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Loretta Sanchez Condemned Goldstone Report

On Tuesday, members of Congress voted on a house resolution to condemn the United Nations’ Goldstone Report. Orange County’s very own Loretta Sanchez was predictably among the 179 Democratic lawmakers who cast their lot against the nearly six-hundred page examination of war crimes committed late last December into early January in Gaza. The fact finding [...]

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Ralph Nader Speaking in Anaheim Tonight

Three-time presidential candidate, consumer advocate and author Ralph Nader will be speaking in Anaheim tonight as part of a special fundraiser. The website for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund notes:  “On October 17, 2009, the Southern California Chapter of the PCRF will be hosting its annual Healing Hands gala at the Anaheim Hilton in Anaheim. [...]

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7th Annual International Al-Awda Convention

Though the local press rarely covers it, the annual international Al-Awda Palestinian Right to Return convention will be taking place once again in Anaheim this weekend. Speakers at the three-day event will include British member of parliament George Galloway, Ron Kovic, Dr. Jamal Nassar and UCSB professor William Robinson. Galloway was present at a fund [...]

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You Heard It Here Last!

Fiesta Shalom, as the name suggests, is a street festival aimed at bridging Latino and Jewish cultures. It will be taking place this Sunday in Boyle Heights in front of the historical breed street synagogue but Quetzal, the seminal East Los Angeles band, won’t be there. It’s not that they weren’t invited. In fact they [...]

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Free Gaza Movement Blocked from Delivering Aid

For the second straight time, the Israeli navy has reasserted itself against international activists in its blockade of the coastline of Gaza. A boat carrying humanitarian supplies – which are sorely needed – as well as physicians, was turned back from its point of departure in Cyprus. With the Free Gaza movement bringing such ‘dangerous’ [...]

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