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"A false vacuum, is a state or condition that does not have the lowest energy. the false vacuum state can be one of perfect symmetry, perhaps at a given instant so this symmetry breaks when we descend to a state of lower energy. a state of false vacuum...

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Olivia Chumacero reading "Kampesina" at Plaza de La Raza”, this Saturday (6/18), 5p in Boyle Heights. My friend and mentor, Olivia Chumacero, is reading from her work in progress, "Kampesina", at Plaza de La Raza”, this Saturday, 5p in Boyle Heights. Please consider help fund her campaign to support and develop her work if you cannot attend. She writes about her life and times with the migrant farm worker movement in California, and much more... These times are ones where we need to learn from voices of native peoples, like hers, to help heal and care for the earth and each other and not repeat mistakes of our shared past.

Follow her work on her website.

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Watch Tuesday’s Democracy Now! for more excellent coverage and analysis of the Orlando shooting:

“..I don’t mean to suggest that all domestic violence crimes are hate crimes. However, there is an element of hatred and misogyny that is pervasive in the culture that we simply don’t see. It’s so normalized. So, every day three women are killed by an intimate partner. Every week we have 12 murder-suicides. Levels of street harassment, sexual harassment, rape, domestic violence are extremely high in the country. And so, until we capture the right data, it’s extremely difficult for us to understand these patterns of behavior and then to connect them to these wider forms of violence that are manifested in different ways.”

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This is how we value human life in this country and consequentially, the rest of the planet:

“In the video, Runnels pulls Bryce over and approaches the car. He tells Bryce to get out but doesn’t give a reason. Bryce repeatedly asks if he is under arrest. Runnels says, “You’re under arrest. Get your ass out of the car,” and attempts to pull him out by force. He then tases Bryce for 23 seconds, handcuffs him, drags the boy’s body behind the car, and deliberately drops him face first onto the asphalt road. Runnels may not have known it at the time, but Bryce was going into cardiac arrest...”

Meanwhile, Independence police officials were intent on controlling the story. The first news reports about the incident included comments from a spokesperson who said Bryce was stopped for an outstanding warrant, and that he refused to follow the officer’s commands. “He was just being completely uncooperative with the officer,”

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We are the empire, and they are Luke, Han, etc. "If you're brave enough to listen to their story, you can see that more often than not, you'd realize you might have made some of the same choices if you'd lived their life instead of yours."

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More from the police

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Had to drive through traffic out to Norwalk to ensure I could vote (largely my fault). I was B50. Get out and #vote, there's still a few hours left--it's your right, despite what the Democratic Party establishment wants to think. (en Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk)

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Boycott @driscollsberry (Driscoll's) in solidarity with farmworkers in the US and Mexico. End the War on the Workers and the corruption of our food system!

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Olivia Chumacero (a friend, mentor & teacher) is reading from her in-progress creative nonfiction novel about her life and times with the campesino movement of California farmworkers this Sunday, June 5 @ Plaza de La Raza in Lincoln Heights. Attend, listen, and donate to the campaign to support her writing. 

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"These hens are forced to live in a space the size of an iPad for their entire lives! These intelligent animals don’t have the ability to do anything natural, like perching, dust bathing, or even spreading their wings. It is such a barbaric practice that is has even been criminalized in countries all over the world and in several U.S. states. 

Nearly all of Superior Grocers’ competition--including Walmart, Aldi, Target, and Albertsons-- have already made commitments to completely move away from cruel cages. Not only retailers, but the top restaurant chains, food manufacturers, and hospitality companies are all phasing out cages from their supply chains. Even the top egg producers have stated they are moving away from cages and that cage-free is the future. I will no longer shop at Superior Grocers until it decides to end its support of this extremely cruel practice."

WALK THAT TALK, Los Angeles--put your money where your mouth is (for those who can afford to make the choice)! I know they likely have even more practices that also need changing but, this is a chance to create healthy work environments, healthier products (maybe), etc., too.

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New #RATM album with Chuck D!?!?!?!?!?!?!? #zomg

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How the fuck can "suspicion of resisting arrest" be a legal reason to arrest anyone!? Goddamn it, USA--wake the fuck up!

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People taking over the streets in Boyle Heights, yesterday, to denounce gentrifiers and their use of art as a tool to displaced peoples. #gentrification #boyleheights (en Boyle Heights, Los Angeles)

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"Challenge the Starbucks hegemony - support local and independent coffee shops! For centuries, coffeehouses were meeting places for philosophers, artists and activists. That’s where big ideas percolated and revolutions were hatched. But who wants to talk politics at Starbucks? Despite their attempts to manufacture an atmosphere of creativity and community, Starbucks remains an invasive presence in any neighborhood."

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An enriching workshop where stories, knowledge, and connections are made. Join us.

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Mentor & friend Olivia Chumacero is doing a native plant walk, talk (2 guests), workshop on May 21 in Riverside #EIM bit.ly/1TbRMxV

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Around the corrupt now-president, nothing but a sea of white men. The legacies of white supremacy and colonialism clearly very palpable, still, and, seemingly, no end in sight. What a stark contrast to Dilma's supporters, despite being mostly light skinned

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Are you in LA and against the use of art as a tool for developers to displace the disenfranchised in order to bring in: countless boutique cafes/restaurants, mixologists, yoga, pilates, their usual patrons (frequently entitled, privileged, disengaged w the real community and its problems), and a love for Capitalism? There are two concurrent events planned for tomorrow (here's the other http://bit.ly/1OmjtXW), both spurred by the shared motivation to halt the advancement of #gentrification and the self-serving language the art community uses to justify their impact (intended or not). #whosCommunity #boyleheights #housingisahumanright (en Boyle Heights, Los Angeles)

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Great piece about @potus and direct role in shaping what is told by the media, NY Times, etc.:

“..style without substance, form without content. We cannot count even the openings to Iran and Cuba as any great departures, given Washington’s behavior since. There is no new narrative, only a new way of telling the old narrative.” (via Did the New York Times just accidentally tell the truth about the Obama administration? - Salon.com)