Category: Link Feed
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Inventing Black and White; Erasing History at the National Archives
Inventing Black and White – Learn how Bacon’s Rebellion became a turning point for the way the laws of colonial Virginia distinguished people of different races. (Note that the two classes – poor vs. indentured/slaves – united, but it…
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Orientalism: Music, Edward Said, Hello Kitty, US CIA in Japan, 1 Year of the Israel-Gaza War
(Before digging into this, I’m not going to pretend I’m not an ignorant Orientalist. I have been for most of my life, and I’m listening and reading to overcome this racism. Just because I’m “an Oriental” doesn’t mean I…
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2024 Election Battlegrounds
Polling in Battleground States Harris and Trump are very close in the battleground states (obviously – that’s the definition of a BG). Florida is usually up in play, but this year, it’s going for Trump. Georgia usually goes Republican,…
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New “Yellow Peril” Fear Mongering Laws; Objectification; Newsom Vetoes AI Bill
CAPAC Chair Condemns House Vote to Reinstate Trump-Era China Initiative Fear Mongering and the Scapegoating Continue. The House of Representatives voted on Sept. 11 to pass H.R. 1398, the Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of…
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Enshittification for AI Training; Bisan Owda
Bisan Owda, journalist in Gaza, regularly posting videos on social media, picked up by AJ+, has now won an Emmy Award to go along with her Peabody Award. This journalist has escaped death multiple times, seen her people and…
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70% of Project Homekey Vacant; Chinatown Tenant Wins; Affordable Housing
EXCLUSIVE: After Spending $550 Million, Over 70 Percent of Los Angeles County’s Project Homekey Homeless Rooms Vacant – Westside Current Jamie Paige, Chris LeGras – Part 3 of an ongoing Westside Current investigation into the challenges and failures of…
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Mossad Pager Bomb Murder Plots; Sanders Arms Block Speech
‘Israel’ clearly intended to target Lebanese civilians: The Guardian Mossad’s history with explosive technology Infamous Israeli spy agency has not claimed responsibility for Hezbollah’s exploding pagers but has ‘decades-long’ list of remote assassinations ->->->
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Indigenous Identity Fraud; Zionist Cultural Theft; Can the subaltern speak?
Nada Elia, Food, art and literature: How Israel is stealing Arab culture (Opinion piece is from 2018) Israel has expanded the reach of its cultural theft beyond the historic borders of Palestine, to various Arab countries around it ->->->…
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China and Least Developed Countries Free Trade; Cal Gig Worker Law; Running Down the Walls
Next week is Running Down The Walls 5K WHAT: Running Down the Walls – 5k Run/Walk/Jog/Roll // WHEN: 10:00am-1:00pm, Sunday, September 15th, 2024 // WHERE: 751 Echo Park Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90026 // COST: We are asking for…