20 Sep 2014
Action Alerts, environment, Events, Protecting Natural Resources No Comments Permalink

People’s Climate March  Sun 9/21

September 20, 2014 No Comments

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All ages will march in solidarity with the March in New York, calling on world leaders to take action against global warming.

Schedule Subject to Change.

8:00 am: Breakfast at Ventura City Corps – 77 N. California St (downtown Ventura)

8:30 am: Live Telecast of NYC People’s Climate March.

10:00 am: Rally at Ventura City Hall.

11:00 am: March to ventura pier.

1:00 pm: March Back to Ventura City Corps for lunch.

2:00 pm: Free Film Screening: “Disruption”.

3:00 pm: Climate Workshop

5:00 pm: Open Mic

6:00 pm: Dinner

7:00 pm: March to 101 overpass for Overpass Light Brigade.

PLEASE RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/262543147278483/

Please Friend these pages on FBook:
http://www.facebook.com/venturacitizensclimatelobby

http://www.facebook.com/Ventura350

VCCool: http://www.facebook.com/groups/146672280452/

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NYC LiveStream Links: Watch Video Live!

http://new.livestream.com/DemocracyNow/peoples-climate-march

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYcKCnILsSE

http://www.democracynow.org/live/peoples_climate_march

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/8657759/events/3378756

http://www.nationofchange.org/watch-people-s-climate-march-live-right-here-sunday-1411230010

20 Sep 2014
Costs of War, Families of Veterans, Films & Documentaries No Comments Permalink

Screening: From Battlefield to Farmfield September 20

September 20, 2014 No Comments

“War Comes Home” film screening of http://www.groundoperations.net/ –
“From Battlefield to Farmfield”

 Sat  9/20
@2:30pm
Oxnard Library: 251 S. A St. 

This film has won 5 awards and seeks to help transition our Veterans to civilian life via sustainable farming – heals both emotionally and hopefully economically.

Please buy DVD on website, or you can license it to screen for your group. Visit http://www.groundoperations.net/ for details on the event, screenings, DVD, and project in general.

Please RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/249306691941360/

Friend us on FBook: http://www.facebook.com/GroundOperation

Website: http://www.groundoperations.net/

09 Sep 2014
News No Comments Permalink

Victory! The School Of The Americas Watch Has Prevailed.

September 9, 2014 No Comments

First Amendment Rights Triumph Over Columbus Police & Fort Benning Officials! We Will Return to the Gates of Fort Benning from November 21-23.

READ MORE: http://www.soaw.org/news/organizing-updates/4251-victory-first-amendment-rights-triumph-over-columbus-police-and-fort-benning-officials

SOA http://www.soaw.org

To make a donation to support the movement, please visit SOAW.org/donate.

To make a tax deductible donation, please visit SOAW.org/educationalfund.

09 Sep 2014
Peace No Comments Permalink

Keep Space For Peace Youth Video Contest

September 9, 2014 No Comments

Deadline February 24, 2015

Details: http://www.space4peace.org/actions/video_contest_rules.htm

The Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space (GN) is launching its first international video contest. For over two decades, the GN has promoted peace in space and has opposed the weaponization of space, military satellites, nuclear power in space, missile defense, drone warfare, and the United States Space Commands mission of Full Spectrum Dominance.
www.space4peace.org

KeepSpace4Peace

09 Sep 2014
Films & Documentaries No Comments Permalink

Screening of Healing the Warrior’s Heart

September 9, 2014 No Comments

Saturday, September 20, 2014
2-4 pm

“Healing the Warrior’s Heart”
Presented by the American Indian Resource Center (AIRC).

Producer Gary Robinson (Choctaw/Cherokee) will discuss the documentary and answer questions. The newly released one hour documentary examines the emotional trauma of war through the prism of American Indian tradition and ceremony. The film reveals the central role that military service plays in Native life and explores the spiritual traditions that help returning American Indian soldiers reintegrate into society.

This event is FREE, and for Adults and Teens.

LOCATION: Culver City
Julian Dixon Library, 4975 Overland Ave., Culver City CA 90230
(310)559-1676

CONTACT: AIRC
(323) 583-2794
airc@library.lacounty.gov.

07 Sep 2014
Events, Films & Documentaries, Veterans Issues No Comments Permalink

Documentary Screening: Battlefields to Farmfields

September 7, 2014 No Comments

Ground Operations: Battlefields to Farmfields will be screening as part of Cal Humanities “War Comes Home” Series.

Saturday, September 20, 2:30–3:30 pm
Oxnard Library

Main Library Meeting Room B

http://oxnardlibrary.net/page.aspx?id=13&md=0&d=20

Film producer Dulanie Ellis will present the screening of her documentary celebrating the continuing service veterans give to their community as some transition into agricultural careers as sustainable farmers, ranchers, and artisan food producers.

TRAILER

In 2014 Cal Humanities is embarking on a multi-year initiative focused on the experience of veterans returning from war. War Comes Home will create opportunities for communities across California to grapple with critical questions in the aftermath of over a dozen years of war.

War Comes Home will include hundreds of activities throughout California. These events will bring communities together with veterans and their families, writers, and historians to explore how California is welcoming its veterans home. Learn More at http://www.calhum.org/programs/war-comes-home
More information about the film: http://www.groundoperations.net/

 

27 Aug 2014
News No Comments Permalink

Citizens as Enemies?

August 27, 2014 No Comments

It’s not just hardware, but high-level coordination with federal agencies and a dangerous mindset that sees citizens as enemies.
http://prn.fm/alternative-visions-militarization-police-071914/

 

Who knows what’s available now, but here are some of the toys they had in the locker as of five years ago:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Robocops-Come-to-Pittsburg-by-mike-ferner-090928-713.html

 

More recent reports from the aclu: 

http://www.aclu.org/war-comes-home-excessive-militarization-american-policing

http://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform-free-speech-technology-and-liberty/too-many-cops-are-told-theyre-soldiers

27 Aug 2014
Action Alerts, Domestic Spying, Drones No Comments Permalink

October 4 is also a Global Action Day Against the Use of Drones

August 27, 2014 No Comments

October 4 is also a Global Action Day Against the Use of Drones for Surveillance & Killing and is being sponsored by a host of groups around the world.  

See more at http://globaldayofaction.nationbuilder.com/

http://www.knowdrones.com/

As global citizens who believe in justice and the rule of law, we oppose weaponized and surveillance drones because their deployment:

  • violates democratic rights of freedom of speech and assembly and the right not to be unreasonably searched,
  • is used for extrajudicial “targeted” killings based merely on suspicion — murders — even of children inside and outside of war zones,
  • terrorizes populations in targeted territories, thereby fueling hatred and increasing the cycle of violence,
  • lowers the threshold to war and initiates a new round in the arms race,
  • leads to the development of autonomous killer robots, thereby making even more horrifying wars likely.

27 Aug 2014
Families of Veterans, Homeless Vets, News No Comments Permalink

Love our veterans or leave VA now

August 27, 2014 No Comments

“Los Angeles County is the homeless veterans’ capital of the USA. Ironically, it’s also the place where veterans are land owners denied the right to use their property. For years now, VA and local elite members have been juggling the keys to the padlocked estate which by the way, was deeded to disabled and homeless heroes back in 1888.” — FROM Before It’s News
Read Full Article http://beforeitsnews.com/military/2014/08/varistocrats-love-our-veterans-or-leave-va-now-2464944.html

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Letter from Veterans Affairs, County of Los Angeles to Supervisor Don Knabe (3/2014)

From City News Desk (8/2014) 
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The Board of Supervisors voted today to show their support for a federal court ruling that the Department of Veterans Affairs cannot use land deeded to it for purposes other than veterans.

United States District Court Judgement
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the following agreements entered into by the Department of Veterans Affairs (“DVA”) concerning parcels of land and facilities located on the DVA’s West Los Angeles Campus are unauthorized by law and therefore void . . .
Read Judgement

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Here’s a pro-Veteran and insightful article that further exposes the most corrupt government operative in the world — the Los Angeles VA — orchestrated under the dictatorship of Donna Beiter and Ralph Tillman — they must be fired.

http://patch.com/california/westwood-century-city/county-supports-veterans-exclusive-use-westwood-va-campus#.U_TbLyh4eY8

13 Aug 2014
Music, News No Comments Permalink

Miles Megaciph, rapper performer at VFP National Convention banquet, is donating ALL sales proceeds from his album, Civil.I.AM to VFP.

August 13, 2014 No Comments

Screen shot 2014-08-13 at 11.44.35 PMThe album is about his time served in the Marine Corps. He is raising money to fund the making of a new Album. All sales of this CD/Album will go to the Veterans for Peace.

IndieGoGo Campaign goes till August 19, 2014.  http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/megaciph-civil-i-am-best-rap-album-2015-grammy 

13 Aug 2014
News No Comments Permalink

Amnesty International condemned the US government’s blatant over-prosecution and hypocrisy in its handling of Chelsea Manning’s case

August 13, 2014 No Comments

On July 30th, one of the world’s most important human rights organizations, Amnesty International condemned the US government’s blatant over-prosecution and hypocrisy in its handling of Chelsea Manning’s case:

“The US government must grant Chelsea Manning clemency, order her immediate release, and implement a thorough and impartial investigation into the crimes she uncovered.

After being convicted of 20 separate charges Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison, much longer than other members of the military convicted of charges such as murder, rape and war crimes.

Before her conviction, Chelsea Manning had already been held for three years in pre-trial detention, including 11 months in conditions which the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture described as cruel and inhumane…”

Read Amnesty International’s complete statement!

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/usa-one-year-after-her-conviction-chelsea-manning-must-be-released-2014-07-30