America on the
Ballot
For all things election related go to:
LAVote.net
Greg Palast (right) and Thom Hartmann informed voters at the KPFK speakers series at the Warner Grand Theatre on Oct. 27. Photo by Benjamin Garcia
Nationally syndicated political commentator Thom Hartmann and investigative journalist Greg Palast discussed the volatility of the current political landscape By Melina Paris, RLN Reporter
Prepping the world to which critical media literacy, #MeToo could lead p. 5
[See Hartmann, p. 10]
hat was the chant that broke out at the studentorganized vigil in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh Saturday evening, following the most deadly attack on a synagogue in American history. The attack left 11 people dead at the Tree of Life Congregation, in the actual, real-life “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.” As America goes to the polls this year, there are multiple threats to democracy afoot — violence, voter suppression, attacks on the press, and more. But the vigilers undoubtedly had the right idea: the best defense of democracy is democracy itself — in action. In the five days before the Tree of Life massacre, the discovery of 14 pipe bombs constituted the most ambitious political assassination attempt in American history. The targets were a broad range of Trumpidentified enemies: two former presidents, a former vicepresident, two sitting senators, two congress members and two major donors—both Jewish—among others. On Oct. 24, a gunman killed two black shoppers in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, after being unable to enter a black church to murder its members. This outburst of right-wing white nationalist terrorism is a chilling signal of how endangered American democracy has become. A Holocaust survivor, 80-year-old Judah Samet, was nearly one of the victims, but he was four minutes late for the service. Hitler couldn’t kill him, but Donald Trump almost did. All the blood was on Trump’s hands, because the shooter, Robert Bowers, was motivated by the Trump-promoted conservative conspiracy theory that Jewish organizations and/or individuals (such as George Soros) have been funding the so-called “migrant caravan” of Honduran asylum seekers. [See Ballot, p. 17]
November 1 - 14, 2018
ICT’s A Splintered Soul doesn’t come together — p. 14
CNN reported that since 2016, nine states, or nearly one-fourth with Republican state legislatures, have restricted voting in some way. Journalist Greg Palast added his voice to the discussion. Also, his documentary, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, in which the prolific writer explains that more than 7 million voters — almost entirely people of color — were on the Crosscheck list (the so-called anti-vote fraud program) by the 2016 presidential election. It was alleged that these voters voted multiple times in past elections. But none were prosecuted for voting twice, which is a felony. “The most substantial deciding factor on who wins the elections in the United States these days is voter suppression,” Hartmann said. “That’s been
T
By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor
Where Edgar Allan Poe and Día de los Muertos meet — p. 11
S
ix hours after the deadliest shooting at a synagogue in American history, nationally syndicated talk show host Thom Hartmann entered San Pedro’s Warner Grand Theatre to speak to a crowd of more than 800 about voter suppression and gun control in the United States. The Oct. 27 shooting followed a week of interceptions of explosive devices mailed to prominent Democrats and critics of the Trump administration. The message delivered by this town hall is that the prescription for what ails this democracy was the same as before the shooting — vote in overwhelming numbers. Random Lengths News caught up with Hartmann to discuss America’s political landscape before the talk. The prevailing topics were voter suppression and immigration. Voter suppression is a huge problem across the country, specifically in low-income areas.
“Vote, vote, vote!”
Real News, Real People, Really Effective
Pacifica Radio Live at the Warner Grand Theatre
Democracy is the question
A vigil was held in Squirrel Hill for the victims of the Tree of Life shooting. Photo by Justin Matase, Pittsburgh City Paper.
1
Community Announcements:
Harbor Area Early Voting At LBCC
If Los Angeles County residents can not make it to the polls on Nov. 6, they can vote before election day on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4 at 10 polling stations in the county. The polling stations will be open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The closest polling station is located at Long Beach City College. Additional locations are across the county.
County Seeks Input For Community Development, Housing Funds Distribution
Officials from the Community Development Commission/Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles invite residents to a Community Meeting and Resource Fair to seek input for the County’s 2019-2020 Action Plan. The plan will disperse about $34 million in housing and community development funds for projects including the revitalization of community infrastructure, childcare programs, services for senior citizens and persons experiencing homelessness, homebuyer assistance and home repair programs, low-interest business loans, and graffiti removal. County department representatives and community-based organizations will be available to distribute information and answer questions. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided. Time: 11a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 3 Details: (626) 262-4511; www.lacdc.org/ Venue: CDC/HACoLA Headquarters, 700 W. Main St., Alhambra
Arts & Cultural District to Celebrate State Designation
Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant
The community is invited to a mixer celebrating San Pedro’s designation as a California Cultural District. The San Pedro Arts & Cultural District will also be celebrating the new public art installations on Gaffey Street and the completion of John Van Hamersveld’s murals at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. [See Announcements, p. 4]
Committed to Independent Journalism in the Greater LA/LB Harbor Area for More Than 30 Years
Port Workers Fight for Union, Immigrant Rights Teamsters, Painters speak out against deportations By Mark Friedman, RLN Contributor
The Trump administration was not deterred when its decision to terminate the Temporary Protected Status of people from four small nations was halted by an Oct. 2 injunction by a U.S. district judge. TPS beneficiaries from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan all have termination dates again. The status of the Sudanese TPS beneficiaries is scheduled to be terminated on Nov. 2, while the others are scheduled to terminate on Jan. 5, 2019 (Nicaragua), July 22, 2019 (Haiti), and Sept. 9, 2019 (El Salvador). At the Port of Los Angeles on Oct. 3, more than 300 striking port truck drivers, warehouse workers, and their supporters combined their fight against XPO Logistics and NFI Industries with the fight against White House’s TPS termination. TPS allows workers from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and the Sudan to live and work legally in the U.S. Many port drivers and warehouse workers will be disqualified from working and threatened with deportation if their TPS status is withdrawn. “It’s very important that the demand about TPS was included,” Jose Rodriguez, a warehouse worker for Cal Cartage, which also employs
Custom Wood Screen Doors & Storm Doors Arch top and round top doors, built-in dog doors and wood security screen doors High quality, hand-crafted of solid wood. Wide selection of styles to choose from, made-to-order
November 1 - 14, 2018
Window Screens
2
New • Re-screening • Repairs Custom shapes & sizes
many of the truckers, told the reporter Bill Arth. The port workers who have TPS “face a terrible crisis, worrying about what will happen to their families if it is ended,” Rodriguez said. Cal Cartage was recently taken over by NFI. “I hope all the unions will join in this cause,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez has been among those warehouse On Oct. 3, Teamsters at Port of Los Angeles joined protests at Terminal workers at Cal Cartage Island immigration detention center to support port drivers, warehouse who have been fighting workers and others facing deportation if Temporary Protected Status is for years for higher ended. File photo wages, safer conditions and union representation. Center in downtown Los Angeles, where many “We work unloading for big, wealthy immigrants are held before deportation. companies — Amazon, Sears, Lowe’s and Home “We’re a little late and we were never at Depot,” he said. “After 25 years, I make $16 an the front, but when the dynamics of our people hour. It’s not a just wage.” changed we had to change with it,” Ron Herrera, Many of the workers are hired through a temp vice president of the Western Region for the agency, he said, and they make even less. That Teamsters, told BuzzFeed News. “We realized a morning, six big Teamster-driven rigs led workers majority of workers we’re trying to organize are in a protest outside the Metropolitan Detention [See Rights, p. 3]
[Rights from p. 2]
Rights
TPS holders and immigrants. A lot of them were predominantly immigrant Hispanic.” “People come to this country and they want to work and I’m not the immigration police,” Ken Rigmaiden, general president of the Painters union, told BuzzFeed. The union is open to anyone, regardless of where they were born and raised, he said, adding that it’s important unions stand up for members when it comes to TPS or Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. Members of other unions and immigrant rights groups took part. The construction industry employs the largest number of workers covered by TPS, and the International Union of Painters
and Allied Trades backed the protest. The port drivers are fighting to be classified as employees. The overwhelming majority of the hundreds of trucking companies that deploy 17,000 trucks at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach classify their drivers as independent contractors. As so-called contractors, federal labor law prohibits them from joining a union. After the protest at the detention center, workers organized a car caravan and drove 20 miles to the waterfront for the rally. The day ended with a civil disobedience action blocking the busy intersection of the Harry Bridges entrance to the I-110 Freeway. Some 50 union supporters were arrested, in an arrangement set up beforehand with the police.
Container Explodes at Evergreen Terminal On Oct. 30 around 6 p.m., a container at the Evergreen Terminal exploded — one of 10 that were being exported. “The damage was isolated to that one container. There were no injuries,” Port spokesman Phillip Sanfield said. “The containers were filled with scrap metal from local recycling yards. The containers were dockside and not yet on a vessel.” About 100 people were evacuated. “The remaining containers were inspected by the Port Police and LAPD Hazmat Units and the LAPD Bomb Squad,” Sanfield added. The effects were quite limited. “No other terminals were affected and operations
Photo by Raphael Richardson
continued at all other terminals,” Sanfield assured. “Port Police Hazmat Units will be conducting a follow up investigation to determine the cause of the incident.”
Calm Before the Storm?
New China Shipping EIR Has Huge Problems, But Draws Little Comment...For Now By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor
On Oct. 25, the Port of Los Angeles held the shortest public comment meeting anyone can remember. Jesse Marquez, founder and president of the Coalition for a Safe Environment, was the only person to comment on the Draft Recirculated Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the China Shipping Terminal, the port’s latest attempt to make up for its failure to implement the 11 mitigation measures specified in the original China Shipping EIR. But just because there was almost no public presence does not mean no one is watching—or prepared to take action. As things stand now, a court challenge seems very likely, according to Natural Resources District Council senior attorney, David Pettit. Marquez raised a variety of issues, including the lack of an environmental justice update and the ambiguity regarding the timetable for putting into service new clean technologies. He worried that “some pieces of equipment might last 10, 20, 30, 40 years, and it’s their discretion as to when they might want to replace it.” But it’s the big-picture impact of the entire project that’s foremost in the minds of many. “It has been almost two decades since the port filed to expand the China Shipping terminal and a state court rejected the China Shipping EIR,” said Peter Warren, Treasurer of the San Pedro & Peninsula Homeowners Coalition, a plaintiff in the original lawsuit.
“For more than a decade, the port has continued to violate the settlement it signed, even entering into a secret agreement with Chinese government, which owns China Shipping, to waive the anti-pollution requirements,” Warren said. “The port did this knowingly, saving its customer tens of millions of dollars and costing residents tens of millions of dollars in sick days, missed work, doctors bills, hospital bills and early death and morbidity. The new EIR ignores these events and goes on as if they never happened.” NRDC Senior Attorney David Pettit agreed. “What the Port needs to do here, first, quantify the cumulative impact of excess omissions, and then tell us how they’re going to make up for that in the future,” Pettit told Random Lengths News. But the draft EIR falls short on both counts. “In step one, there is some data, although not all the data we’d like. In step two, ‘What are they going to do about it?’ their answer continues to be, ‘Nothing.’” The principle of making up for past excess emissions was affirmed in a recent state court case, POET, LLC v. State Air Resources Board, which Pettit pointed to. Just last month, the ARB passed a new regulation to do just that, he explained. The port needs to do the same. “They’re going to do a final EIR, and if it looks like this one, there will be litigation,” he warned. Warren’s conclusion was simple. “We need to be indemnified for the tens of millions of dollars in real damages. Nothing less.”
SUPER COUPON
900 Stores Nationwide • HarborFreight.com
SUPER COUPON WITH
ANY PURCHASE
3-1/2" SUPER BRIGHT ALUMINUM FLASHLIGHT • 9 LED • Compact, Lightweight COMPARE TO
RAYOVAC
3
$ 50
MODEL: BRS9LED-B
ITEM 69111 63599/62522/62573 63875/63884/63886 63888/69052 shown
Cannot be used with other discounts or prior purchases. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 3/1/19 while supplies last. Limit 1 FREE GIFT per customer per day.
SUPER COUPON
26" x 22" SINGLE BANK EXTRA DEEP CABINETS
COMPARE TO
SNAP-ON
$
1,665
MODEL: KRA4008FPBO
$1 49
$
229
MODEL: C201H
$
79
$5 99 9
99
COMPARE TO $
K TOOL
12568
MODEL: KTI63094
LIMIT 3 - Coupon valid through 3/1/19*
SUPER COUPON
72" x 80" MOVING BLANKET
• 11 hour run time
$
NOW
$69999 COMPARE TO
ITEM 63584 HONDA
Customer Rating
76999 SAVE 1,299
$ $
1,999
MODEL: EU3000iS1A
NOW
COMPARE TO
BLUE HAWK $ 99
SAVE 70%
19
MODEL: 77280
ITEM 64486/63483 shown
2699 $1 9
SAVE 63%
COMPARE TO
PORTFOLIO
$
54
LIMIT 6 - Coupon valid through 3/1/19*
SUPER COUPON
29 PIECE TITANIUM 12" DOUBLE-BEVEL SLIDING DRILL BIT SET COMPOUND • Laser guide Customer Rating MITER SAW NOW
99
$9
98
MODEL: SLC12BK
8
ITEM 69505/62418/66537 shown
SUPER COUPON
24 FT., 18 BULB, 12 SOCKET OUTDOOR STRING LIGHTS
$5 99
$ 99
LIMIT 7 - Coupon valid through 3/1/19*
LIMIT 5 - Coupon valid through 3/1/19*
$
ITEM 64545/64552/64832/68053 62160/62496/62516/60569 shown
3500 WATT SUPER QUIET INVERTER GENERATOR
Customer Rating
SUPER COUPON
99
SAVE $65
SUPER COUPON
NOW
LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 3/1/19*
NOW
LIMIT 4 - Coupon valid through 3/1/19*
Limit 1 coupon per customer per day. Save 20% on any 1 item purchased. *Cannot be used with other discount, coupon or any of the following items or brands: Inside Track Club membership, Extended Service Plan, gift card, open box item, 3 day Parking Lot Sale item, compressors, floor jacks, safes, saw mills, storage cabinets, chests or carts, trailers, trencher/backhoe, welders, Admiral, Ames, Bauer, Cobra, CoverPro, Daytona, Diamondback, Earthquake, Fischer, Hercules, Icon, Jupiter, Lynxx, Poulan, Predator, Tailgator, Viking, Vulcan, Zurich. Not valid on prior purchases. Non-transferable. Original coupon must be presented. Valid through 3/1/19.
Item 64162 shown
Item 64433 shown
SAVE $79
17499 COMPARE TO
Customer Rating
ITEM 64432/64431 64434/64433/64163/64162
$
ITEM 69091/61454 62803/63635/67847 shown HUSKY
ANY SINGLE ITEM*
YOUR CHOICE
$239
99
ITEM 62281/5889/61637 shown
99
$
16
COMPARE TO
DEWALT
$ 99 SAVE 84% 64
LIMIT 8 - Coupon valid through 3/1/19*
Customer Rating
99
MODEL: DW1369
$
17999
COMPARE TO
RYOBI
$
NOW
9 $1299
249 SAVE $119
MODEL: TSS120L
Blade sold separately.
ITEM 69684/61970/61969 shown
LIMIT 5 - Coupon valid through 3/1/19*
Go to HarborFreight.com For The Store Nearest You *Original coupon only. No use on prior purchases after 30 days from original purchase or without original receipt. Valid through 3/1/19.
At Harbor Freight Tools, the “Compare to” price means that the specified comparison, which is an item with the same or similar function, was advertised for sale at or above the “Compare to” price by another national retailer in the U.S. within the past 90 days. Prices advertised by others may vary by location. No other meaning of “Compare to” should be implied. For more information, go to HarborFreight.com or see store associate.
November 1 - 14, 2018
SAVE 1,425
$
NOW
• Lifts from 3-1/2" to 14-1/8" • Weighs 34 lbs.
Customer Rating
289
99
20% OFF
Customer Rating
Item 64431 shown
• Weighs 174 lbs.
$
SUPER COUPON
Customer Rating
5.8 CFM @ 40 PSI 4.7 CFM @ 90 PSI
Real News, Real People, Really Effective
FREE
•
SUPER COUPON
21 GALLON, 2.5 HP, 125 PSI RAPID PUMP® 1.5 TON LIGHTWEIGHT VERTICAL OIL-LUBE ALUMINUM FLOOR JACK AIR COMPRESSOR • 3-1/2 pumps lifts most vehicles Air delivery:
3 hft_randomlength_110118_L-Local161813.indd 1
10/18/18 12:01 PM
Community Announcements:
Harbor Area
[Announcements from p. 2]
Light refreshments will be served. Time: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Nov. 14 Cost: $5 to Chamber members, $10 to nonmembers Details: (310) 732 0010; www.sanpedrowaterfrontartsdistrict.com Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W.6th St., San Pedro
2018 Long Beach Latino Economic Summit
The Latino Summit represents the first Latino economic-impact profile report for Long Beach. The event will feature Mayor Garcia and a host of VIP Speakers to provide a forum for attendees to exchange innovation ideas, develop programs and policies for strengthening the economic upward mobility, health, and civic engagement of the Latino community in Long Beach. Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 13 Cost: Free Details: RSVP: Adriana@centrocha.org. Venue: Long Beach Convention Center, 300 Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
Dance/ USA Fellowships
The Department of Cultural Affairs announced that an application period is now open for the Dance/USA Fellowship to Artists. The fellowship is made possible with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Dance/USA Fellowship to Artists addresses a decades-long issue in dance— the importance of supporting individual artists. Letter of Inquiry deadline is Nov. 16 Details: www.danceusa.org/danceusafellowships-to-artists
California State Parks Seeks Public Comment on Park Grants Guidelines
November 1 - 14, 2018
Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant
California State Parks released for public review the “Draft Application Guide.” The guide is for a statewide program offering $254.9 million to create new parks and recreational opportunities in underserved communities across California. The competitive grant program was made possible through the passage of Proposition 68: California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Act of 2018. Public comments on application guide are due by 5 p.m. Nov. 9. Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 2 Details: www.parks.ca.gov/spp Venue: Progress Park Plaza, 1550 Downey Ave., Paramount
4
Cuban Marine Science Conference Breaks U.S. Academic Blockade By Mark Friedman, RLN Contributor, Marine Science Educator at L.A. Maritime Institute Six hundred and fifty delegates representing 18 countries gathered at MarCuba — an international marine science conference intended to expand collaboration between marine researchers, aquaria and universities in the United States and Cuba — in Havana this past month. Thirty-three Cuban institutions were represented with 270 delegates, researchers and students. Five-hundred-and-thirty-seven papers were presented at several hundred workshops. Cuba’s deputy minister of the environment, José Luis Juanes Martí, opened the conference by discussing the progressive destruction of biodiversity worldwide and the particular vulnerability of countries like Cuba. “We are being impacted by climate change and we need to reduce those impacts,” Marti said. “The reduction of biodiversity can also be answered with expanding genetic diversity and, of course, a fair and equitable distribution of wealth among nations … Adaptation and mitigation are only possible through sharing research and knowledge. No single country or institution can succeed, but together we must respond to climate change.” While there has been some collaboration, especially with Florida-based universities, this conference represented a dramatic increase, with more than 50 U.S. researchers in attendance and a delegation of 10 marine science teachers. Meetings were held to further collaboration with delegations from Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the main environmental youth organization in Cuba. Themes of the conference focused on human impacts in Cuba and internationally, including: overfishing, ocean acidification, global climate change and increasing extreme weather events, Marine conservation, biodiversity, biotechnology and food security, and development of nautical and recreational activities. Many workshops discussed the impact already in Cuba given
Members of delegation with environmental youth of AMA (Agencía de Medio Ambientes), called JAC (Jóvenes Ambientalistas Cubanos) — Young Cuban Environmentalists.
global climate change caused by or accelerated by human activities. Multiple researchers called for the end to the U.S. embargo of Cuba to foster marine investigations and environmental action. Even the conservative Miami Herald displayed a softening stance on the embargo in a story entitled, “U.S., Cuban Marine Biologist Put an End to Academic Embargo.” “There are no borders that separate the water, reefs, and marine life off the coast of Cuba in Florida, and that’s why scientists in
both countries said they need to get along and collaborate,” the story read. The Bulletin of Marine Science, published by the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, devoted a whole issue to U.S. and Cuban scientific investigations, many of them joint efforts through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or a U.S. university. Topics addressed in the Bulletin included investigations into the impact of overfishing, pollution, and [See Conference, p. 5]
Project Censored, Part III
Prepping the World for Critical Media Literacy in the Age of #MeToo By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor
T
he writing of Censored 2019 was largely wrapped up by March 2018. Consequently, Project Censored writers and researchers weren’t able to include Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the most consequential Supreme Court judicial nomination in the post-Vietnam War era, let alone the Republican Senate majority’s attempts to tweak, bend, and twist every procedural rule in the book to get him on the bench before the midterm congressional elections. Despite this shortcoming, Chapter 6 of Censored 2019, #TimesUp: Breaking the Barriers of Sexual Harassment in Corporate Media for You and #MeToo is one of the most important reads in the book. In this chapter, professor and chairwoman of the Communication Department at Worcester State University, Juliet Freschette, concludes that in order to sustain the ideals of the “fourth wave” of the feminist movement, embodied by the hashtivism of #MeToo and #TimesUp, critical media literacy education is needed to help enable social justice activism aimed at dismantling structural power. Noting that the once lukewarm war against women had turned hot, Freschette chronicles many of the milestones in resistance following the election of President Donald Trump, [Conference from p. 4]
Conference
The downtown Los Angeles women’s march on the date of President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, Jan. 17, 2017, was one of thousands which culminated across the country. File photo
beginning with the first Women’s March on the day after the inauguration. “The shout heard round the world was a resounding ‘Not My President’,” Freschette recounted. Women donned knitted pink “pussy hats” — cut and sewn into the shape of cat ears … and a double meaning — in Washington, D.C. and at 600 marches held all across the globe. While grassroots and corporate media provided coverage of the Women’s March, hegemonic elites were blindsided and unprepared for the solidarity and strength of women mobilizing en masse to usher in a new movement to defy Trump’s political agenda. Defined by some as “fourth-wave feminism,” women coalesced in unprecedented numbers to speak truth to power. Freschette takes a look at some of the actions taken by the most anti-woman president ever, starting with the first act taken in office: the signing of an executive order barring U.S. foreign aid to any non-governmental organization that either provides abortion services or even just discusses abortion with its patients as a family planning option. She also points to Trump’s cutting of federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other women’s health groups, a blatant effort to overturn an Obama-era law prohibiting state and local governments from withholding federal funding for family planning services related to contraception, sexually transmitted infections, fertility pregnancy care, and breast and cervical cancer screening from qualified health providers
— regardless of whether or not they also performed abortions. Freschette further highlighted a comprehensive list published by the Center for American Progress documenting 100 different ways that the Trump administration
November 1 - 14, 2018
Divorce $159-$289 + Filing Fee Bankruptcy $695 + Filing Fee Living Trust $375 Will $175 • Probate $299 Basic Prices for Simple Cases
[See Media, p. 6]
Real News, Real People, Really Effective
climate change on the coral reefs off the coast of Cuba and Florida. A marine science and special-needs teacher Sue Cullumber (also an alumni of the Teacher at Sea program), commented on her experience at the conference. “Collaboration … is so important to the advancement of science and health of our [planet’s] oceans. [It] was incredible,” She said. “This just shows how important it is that we continue to work together to achieve these scientific breakthroughs.” Anika Ballent, the education director of the plastic pollution environmental organization, Algalita, was ebullient about the conference. “The people were so friendly and experts at reusing and recycling what they had. To me it was, in ways, a lifestyle I think many people in America who are leaning towards “zero waste” and a more sustainable lifestyle are striving for… We need to find a way to balance access to growth and sustainable resource management.” The U.S. delegation was invited to return for Cuba’s environmental conference in July, 2019.
had harmed women and families in just 100 days, including stacking the courts with anti-choice judges, weakening protections against genderbased violence, and further attacking employer insurance coverage of birth control. Freschette made it a point to document the many ways women-supporting movements fought back in the streets, at the voting booths, and in news stories and social media platforms like Twitter. A well-known media scholar, Freshchette traces the coalescing of the #MeToo movement to the summer of 2016, when long-rumored sexual harassment allegations against Fox News’s former CEO, Roger Ailes, were validated by a New York Times investigative exposé. This reporting and the
5
[Media from p. 5]
LA Port Police Add Portable Defibrillators To Vehicle Fleet
SAN PEDRO — The Los Angeles Port Police have placed automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, in all patrol and specialty vehicles. The 50 new devices follow several dozen already in place at permanent locations throughout the Port of Los Angeles. An AED is a portable device that delivers an electric shock through the chest to the heart. AEDs are often used to revive unconscious or non-responsive individuals who are experiencing a cardiac event. Port Police initiated its AED program in 2002, placing dozens of AED devices at strategic points around the Port. All Port Police officers and staff receive regular AED training.
CD15 Safe Parking Setback
November 1 - 14, 2018
Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant
SAN PEDRO — The one solitary flame of hope to provide a safe space for neighbors living inside of their vehicles in San Pedro was snuffed out last week at the Oct. 18 Council District 15 Homeless Working Group meeting. The Jewish Temple Beth El rescinded its agreement to participate in a safe parking program that would have allowed neighbors sleeping in their vehicles to have a safe space to rest overnight. Due to pressure from antihomeless community members in San Pedro, Temple Beth El decided against participating in the safe parking program at this time. Despite the safe parking setback, the work in making the Bridge Home Shelter and safe parking vision a reality in San Pedro continues. A representative of the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce requested a presentation on bridge housing from the United Way’s “Everyone In” campaign and asked for access to contracts to potential vendors supporting the Bridge Home program in San Pedro. The breakout groups that formed at the Oct. 18 meeting emphasized the importance of valuing community input and empowering more community members to participate while informing local business owners of opportunities coming to their areas of service. Participants at the meeting proposed a grievance panel to oversee grievances filed by residents adjacent to the Bridge Home site to ensure community input into how Bridge Home residents are treated and discharged, even as they are in locked dispute with the managers of the
6
America’s Water Infrastructure Act to Fund Harbor South Bay Water Recycling Project
CARSON — America’s Water Infrastructure Act, the comprehensive legislation passed by Congress will allow West Basin Municipal Water District to access an additional $35 million in federal funding for its Harbor South Bay Water Recycling project. The federal water infrastructure package includes a specific provision to allow West Basin to pursue significant funding through the Army Corps of Engineers to upgrade and increase capacity at the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility in El Segundo. The package includes provisions to double the original project authorization from $35 million to $70 million, ensuring that an adequate water supply for the Los Angeles region is met for current and future demands. This funding will allow West Basin to further expand a pipeline delivery system for recycled water, advance construction of treatment facilities and pump stations to ensure improvements to water quality, and expand capacity at the facility to further increase water supply reliability in Southern California. [See News Briefs, p. 17]
Media Literacy in the Age of #MeToo public pressure it engendered forced Ailes out, while investigations into other claims of sexual harassment took down Fox News goliath Bill O’Reilly. Freschette goes on to note that when the New York Times investigated the $13 million that the right-wing corporate news channel had paid to defend O’Reilly in five sexual-harassment lawsuits, feminist groups like UltraViolet launched an effective public campaign to fire the predator. “Not only did these efforts work, they set off a chain reaction,” Freschette said. The crown jewel of accomplishments of the #MeToo movement thus far is the New York Times investigative story that exposed three decades of undisclosed allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted physical contact with film industry workers by Miramax and Weinstein Company honcho Harvey Weinstein. “With at least eight settlements by women on record dating back to the 1990s, Ashley Judd’s October 2017 revelation that she, too, was harassed by Weinstein launched what would become a swift and powerful crusade against him,” Freschette said. Judd’s revelation opened the floodgates to other A-list actresses that Weinstein harassed over the years, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. The Weinstein Co. was forced to terminate Weinstein’s position as a result. Freschette also asked and answered the question, “How can we measure the impact of the #MeToo movement?” Structurally, the sexual wrongdoings of the hegemonic elites in corporate media have exposed the degree to which powerful media industries have worked for decades as closed-door systems that protect and reward those running and owning them. #MeToo has demanded that industry leaders and their boards investigate and dismiss told regimes of harassers, assaulters, and misogynists. In both its original and expanded form, #MeToo’s organizational goals and outcomes are multifold: to share the personal stories of victims as a means to acknowledge the social injustice of these experiences; to expose the pervasive and systemic reality and impact of sexual harassment and sexual assault shared by women as a class; and to show that women who work in solidarity together and with others can usher in a more equitable generation of organizational practices and ethics across all sectors. If there is one good thing about the junkfood news that corporate media peddles it is the massive attention it has been able to draw to the #MeToo movement due to its infatuation with celebrity and scandal. Both the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements “have forced systemic change at the structural level, as journalists and whistleblowers have used grassroots organizing to take down offenders and perpetrators at the highest echelons of cultural and economic power,” Freschette noted. Building off an analysis by actress and writer Brit Marling featured in the Atlantic, Freschette deconstructed the economics of consent in Hollywood. She noted that producers and directors have been getting away with power abuses for too long due to a blind reverence for their “genius” and “avant-garde” creativity. “Why are sexual harassment and sexual assault so prevalent in corporate media?” Freschette asked. Freschette defines these aggressions as a form of structural power, observing that patriarchy
Professor and chairwoman of Worcester State University’s Communication Department, Juliet Freschette wrote about the #MeToo movement for Project Censored. File photo
serves as the political “Young women in particular ethnicity and economic source programs with at face an invisible kind of oppression leastOn of inequality and one woman creator, oppression in the highly as they are pressured to ‘go along females accounted for competitive media to get along,’ and the repression of 51 percent of major and entertainment their experiences represents a mass characters sectors. An endless psychological burden. A necessary On programs supply of young, antidote to this structural inequity is with exclusively male eager talent has led to to provide equal opportunities and creators, females a systematic pattern in employment to women as owners, comprised only 38 which those in power percent of major gatekeepers, producers and executives characters. — mostly men — take advantage of these across all cultural industries.” — Juliet Freschette young aspirants in Freschette posits vulnerable moments, that across all cultural with sexual harassment and sexual assault serving platforms men are telling stories about women as manifestations of patriarchal power. through their gendered lens and perspective, “Young women in particular face an invisible while asserting their power as cultural kind of oppression as they are pressured to ‘go producers, distributors and creators. Under such along to get along,’ and the repression of their circumstances, men hold and wield the power experiences represents a mass psychological to tell the stories that (re)constitute women burden,” Freschette said. “A necessary antidote and girls as “the second sex.” No wonder that to this structural inequity is to provide equal stories of male power achieved through sexual opportunities and employment to women as conquest get told over and again and rape is such owners, gatekeepers, producers and executives a common trope in film and television. across all cultural industries. Until there are “Across all media, female victims of more female producers holding power positions harassment and violence are subject to ridicule throughout the media, the system is not going to and re-victimization when their experiences change in the long term.” are questioned or invalidated, or worse, when Freschette observes that as it now stands, they are the ones punished (through “victim the media owners and producers are largely blaming”) instead of the male perpetrators,” white, heterosexual males who serve as the Freschette added. dominant story tellers and gatekeepers. In Freschette makes it a point to remind us that this role, they not only determine who will be sexual harassment isn’t about sex, but about power featured in productions, but also whose cultural and that women working in the lowest paying and narratives are worth telling. By being in control least prestigious jobs suffer more harassment of the means of production and distribution, they and do so in relative silence. Citing statistics ensure that it is the stories and perspectives of from the restaurant industry, more than one in white, heterosexual males that are promoted. 10 workers report that they or a coworker had To illustrate her point, Freschette lists the experienced sexual harassment. A similar study following statistics: of female farmworkers found that 80 percent had Women accounted for only 28 percent experienced sexual harassment at work. of all creators, directors, writers, producers, In the end, the Developing Media Literacy executive producers, editors, and directors of in Cyberspace author argues for a robust critical photography working on broadcast network, media literacy education that encourages cable, and streaming programs 97 percent people to analyze, deconstruct and overthrow of programs had no women directors of the hegemonic power structures that control photography, 85 percent had no women corporate media production and dissemination directors, 75 percent had no women editors, Freschette argued that if we are going to 74 percent had no women creators, 67 percent change the ways that power is institutionalized had no women writers, 23 percent had no and operationalized in society, we need to focus women producers, and 20 percent had no on more than just the “bad apples” in the system, women executive producers 66 percent of and instead focus on the broader matrices of female characters were white, 19 percent were power leading to abuses and social injustices Black, 5 percent were Latina, 6 percent were from the top down. Asian, and 1 percent were of another race or
All the Flags at Half Staff Framing the election, remembering the past By James Preston Allen, Publisher
Trump Sends Troops to the Border The caravan coup may become his “October Surprise” and Reichstag fire By Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
Reichstag. Now we face destruction of our basic rights and the planet itself — along with Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and so much more. Green/progressive activists are pouring in their small donations, registering to vote, preparing to work the polls, defending registration rolls, demanding fair vote counts and much more. Hundreds of excellent candidates running as Democrats are waging solid, progressive campaigns. Those inevitably shafted by stripped voter rolls and flipped vote counts must refuse to concede until every last ballot —provisional or otherwise — is accounted for. Trumpist hackers (Russian and otherwise) spread chaos. Democracy and truth are the primary targets. It’s all right out of the Hitler/ Rove playbook. As the pipe bombs fly, Trump is set to open fire at the southern border, filling his concentration camps with innocent kids, spewing the same race-hating nationalism that’s paved the way for so many fascists before him. This October, it’s no surprise, just business as usual for the latest dictatorial thug. Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman’s podcast is Green Power & Wellness. His California Solartopiabroadcasts can be found at KFPK 90.7FM. Visit Green-Powered Earth at www.solartopia.org.
“A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people mad enough to do something about it.” —Mark Twain Vol. XXXIX : No. 22 Published every two weeks for the Harbor Area communities of San Pedro, RPV, Lomita, Harbor City, Wilmington, Carson and Long Beach. Distributed at over 350 locations throughout the Harbor Area.
Managing Editor Terelle Jerricks editor@randomlengthsnews.com Senior Editor Paul Rosenberg paul.rosenberg@ randomlengthsnews.com
Send Calendar Items to: 14days@randomlengthsnews.com
Cartoonists Ann Cleaves, Andy Singer, Jan Sorensen, Matt Wuerker Design/Production Suzanne Matsumiya, Brenda Lopez Advertising Representative Justin Shahian Sales1@randomlengthsnews.com
Photographers Terelle Jerricks, Raphael Richardson, Editorial Intern Casey Warren Beatrice Jimenez Contributors Leslie Belt, Benjamin Garcia, Mark Display advertising (310) 519-1442 (310) 519-1016 L. Friedman, Ari Le Vaux, Greggory Classifieds Fax: (310) 832-1000 Moore, Harvey Wasserman www.randomlengthsnews.com
Random Lengths News editorial office is located at 1300 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro, CA 90731. Address correspondence regarding news items and tips to Random Lengths News, P.O. Box 731, San Pedro, CA 90733-0731, or email: editor@randomlengthsnews. com. Send Letters to the Editor to james@randomlengthsnews.com. To be considered for publication, letters must be signed with address and phone number (for verification purposes) and be about 250 words. For advertising inquiries or to submit advertising copy, email: rlnsales@randomlengthsnews.com. Annual subscription is $36 for 27 issues. Back issues are available for $3/copy while supplies last. Random Lengths News presents issues from an alternative perspective. We welcome articles and opinions from all people in the Harbor Area. While we may not agree with the opinions of contributing writers, we respect and support their 1st Amendment right. Random Lengths News is a member of Standard Rates and Data Services and the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. (ISN #0891-6627). All contents Copyright 2018 Random Lengths News. All rights reserved.
November 1 - 14, 2018
Assoc. Publisher/Production Coordinator Suzanne Matsumiya
Columnists/Reporters Lyn Jensen Reporter Richard Foss Restaurant Reviewer Andrea Serna Arts Writer Melina Paris Staff Reporter
Publisher/Executive Editor James Preston Allen james@randomlengthsnews.com
He wasn’t the only one of his generation who thought this way. Americans were not eager to join World War I. In fact, President Woodrow Wilson made keeping the United States on the sidelines of that war a major plank in his platform during his run for the presidency. When he was elected, and entering the war couldn’t be avoided, only 129,000 volunteered to fight. Wilson had to turn to a national propaganda campaign and institute a draft to put five million Americans in uniform to fight “over there” and maintain popular support by incarcerating those who opposed it. Criminal syndicalism laws were passed during the war to suppress and silence its opponents and stymie the efforts of radical labor movements such as the Industrial Workers of the World. Eugene V. Debs, the leading opponent of the war, ran for the U.S. presidency five times as a Socialist. The last time he ran, he campaigned from a prison cell. Debs was noted for his oratory. His speech denouncing the United States’ participation in World War I led to his second arrest in 1918. He was convicted under the Sedition Act of 1918 and sentenced to a term of 10 years in prison. His sentence was commuted in 1921. All of this and much more should be remembered come Election Day Nov. 6 and Veterans Day Nov. 11 as we memorialize our commitment to democracy and the Americans who have fallen to defend it. We must understand that for all of the pretense of patriotism and our arguments about taking a knee during the singing of the National Anthem, our nation has not always been “united with liberty and justice for all.” There have always been social democracy advocates who have pushed back against the corruptions of capitalism to gain worker and minority rights — social democracy advocates who are also patriots who have fought and died to make this a more perfect union. One day, soon perhaps, we may reach that place as a nation when tolerance for the others who are not like us can be achieved; that we can actually live up to the creed in our pledge of allegiance and have “liberty and justice for all.” Until then, the flags of our nation should be permanently raised to half-staff on a daily basis to reflect on our continued national state of mourning.
Real News, Real People, Really Effective
Treasonous “October Surprises” gave Republicans the presidency in 1968 and 1980. A staged 1933 Reichstag fire gave Hitler his dictatorship. This year’s likeliest pretext for a Trump coup could be that “terror caravan” to the south. Through Defense Secretary James Mattis, he has just authorized troops to the southern border. No doubt the fireworks — and possible killings — will conveniently escalate as the election gets closer. Yet another mass shooting (now at a synagogue), mail bombs, silenced media, rapist judges, dead and dissected journalists, more threats to “lock up” liberals, Internet chaos, stripped voter rolls, and flipped vote counts comprise this year’s goose-step chorus. The corporate media spread the “Red Shift” Big Lie while a last-minute tsunami of Koch/ Adelman/Bezos-funded attack ads spew blatant racism and fascist hate. The deal is to be sealed with an intimidated electorate, stripped voting rights, and flipped ballot tallies. That march through Mexico may be the perfect October “crisis” to trigger the coup. In 1980, Reagan treasonously took power by making sure U.S. hostages stayed in Iran. In 1968, Nixon treasonously sabotaged the peace that did not come to Vietnam. In 1933, Hitler burned the
Once again our nation’s flags were flown at half-staff, a custom signifying untimely death of a large group of people or the death of one deemed a national hero. This time, we remembered the death of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA. They were murdered by another gun toting racist inspired by the same fear and hatred espoused and promoted by white nationalists, fueled by right-wing news pundits and the campaign slogans of President Donald J. Trump. How many times have the flags been lowered since he took office? Too many to count. I’m thinking that our flags should be flown continuously at half-staff until this country can come to some sort of peace with itself. Finding that peace could take some real doing at this point. The violence and threats of violence framing this election are meant to provoke fear— a fear amplified through uncivil media, a media that is in turn serving as provocation for acts of violence. Clearly, Trump’s continuous campaign rallies are intended to agitate his supporters and release a deluge of delusional alt-right media assaults against Hillary, Obama or anyone else. They are being used to confuse the voters, incite hatred and breed fear. Trump doesn’t need help from Russian trolls at this point to do a better job of this. The results can be seen in the not-so-fake news of attempted bombings and mass shootings of the innocent. When will it stop? Either we elect peacemakers and impeach Trump or we just get fed up with the killings and the stupidity. We could use a national armistice, a peace treaty with ourselves, that says “no more.” One hundred years ago come this Nov. 11, my grandparents witnessed the end of the first “Great War” with Germany. When the allied powers signed an armistice at the conclusion of this erroneously named “war to end all wars,” some 20 million combatants and civilians were dead. This “armistice” only came after the long stalemate had enervated the economies of Europe, destroyed an entire generation of young men and elevated the United States to a military world power. Peace only came after the countries could no longer justify the cost — in blood or money — of an extended war. My Grandpa Charlie use to say, “If you took the profit out of war there wouldn’t be any.”
7
Community Support for Temple Beth El’s Aid to the Homeless In light of the ongoing homeless crisis and the efforts of many in the faith community to respond to this humanitarian crisis, the San Pedro Democratic Club supports the efforts by Temple Beth El of San Pedro to provide safe overnight parking for the unsheltered citizens of the Harbor Area who are living in their cars. It is estimated there are 52,765 homeless in Los Angeles, and nearly 500 homeless in San Pedro. Many of them are families, some with children. San Pedro’s Temple Beth El proposes to permit ten vetted families, fully insured, to use their parking lot with City provided sanitation and security as an overnight safe haven. We applaud the faith community coming together to constructively address this humanitarian crisis resulting from long-term and complex societal problems. Many of us have friends or family who face the possibility of homelessness. We would want them to be treated in a humane manner.
San Pedro Democratic Club 1840 S. Gaffey St., #312 San Pedro, CA spdemocrats.org
November 1 - 14, 2018
Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant
The San Pedro Democratic Club stands firmly with Temple Beth El and their efforts towards taking a positive step towards getting families safety and stability, and back into productive lives once again.
8
Our November meeting is Monday, November 26th, 7pm at Think CafĂŠ, 302 W. Fifth Street, San Pedro.
Paid Advertisement
RANDOMLetters Rise and Vote!
As a life-long registered voter it is my hope that the citizens of the United States will make the effort to vote in what many consider to be perhaps the most important election in the history of this country. Just as with my fellow country persons I am not satisfied with the direction our nation is going specifically when it comes to healthcare (preexisting conditions), the economy (stagnant wages), immigration (bias). Education (teacher pensions) and gun regulation (AR-15 and bump stocks). We as a society have also seen a rise in sexual harassment and abuse as well as hate of African Americans, Hispanics and Jews. Frankly, this election is a clear choice between those who have never had it so good and those of us who know we can do better. Members of the Republican Party, you have had plenty of time to help the American people and have failed them by your own choosing. The one thing that trumps capitalism and political correctness in the United States is the right to have one’s voice heard. This is the foundation of which our democracy is built on. Accordingly, let the call go forth among all citizens of this country that as brothers and sisters of democracy voting is a start to dealing with every trial and tribulation you may encounter
during the crisis facing this nation. To the people of the United States, the trumpet of freedom beckons you to exercise your suffrage and ensure your vote to preserve your sacred freedoms, promote your children’s future and retain the blessings of liberty we all cherish. My fellow Americans, the hour of your redemption is at hand. As you, the rightful citizens, move forward to reclaim your country, rise and vote! In the memory of those who died fighting for everyone’s rights, rise and vote! To restrain the excesses of the current occupants in the White House, rise and vote! Let no one continue to fear. Let every person be strong and push on for their freedom. Rise and vote! Never let it be said that this was the time when the tide ran out on the United States but rather was the time when the tide came in to restore justice and fairness. Joe Bialek Cleveland, Oh
A Rant from the Right
Random Lengths News has hit a new low by endorsing Alex Villanueva for LA County Sheriff. He’s part of “The Democracy” mob which seeks power at all costs, even if it means breaking the law. I confronted Villanueva at a town hall in Torrance. Arrogant and uninformed, he was more committed to protecting illegal aliens rather than LA County citizens. He fumbled to explain
why he would rather protect illegal aliens instead of making sure that more Americans are not murdered by illegals in our own county! He left early to go to East Los Angeles because two sheriff’s deputies were shot, yet he took time to take photos with some of the participants. I thought he was in a hurry … Villanueva is a lawless hack pushing a corrupt, left-wing agenda. He supports “Sanctuary State” (for criminals), and he wants to abolish ICE, the same agency which has swept up militant gangs like MS13 while cracking down on drug and sex-trafficking. Villanueva is committed to protecting criminals, not law-abiding citizens. Vote for Jim McDonnell for Sheriff! As for the rest of the California ballot, voters must disregard progressive endorsements. They believe that the government does not spend (rather, waste) enough of your money. Vote YES on 6! The gas and car tax hikes were not necessary. Vote John Cox for Governor. Reject gruesome womanizer Gavin Newsom and all the other Democratic criminals. We need to make California Great Again, and we can’t as long as Democrats still control California. Arthur Christopher Schaper Torrance
of conservative politics that he was thrown out of the Republican Party. At this point in time I find that hard to believe but it is true. Arthur Schaper has shown up at nearly every anti-immigrant rally with his small group of white supremacist fear mongers and his inflammatory rhetoric to denounce anything progressive, whether or not it benefits the people or the nation. His accusation against Villanueva, “He’s part of ‘The Democracy mob’” is telling in and of itself — does being for democracy make one part of a “mob?” He often gets on TV as the lone spokesman for the anti-everything agenda as the media is in constant worry of attempting to show some balance in their news. So they give this wingnut — who shows up in his red MAGA hat with a small group to a protest where thousands of progressive demonstrators come out against Trump — equal time? I do apologize to all of you for running his rants here but I believe it is in the best interests of our community to know that living right here among us are people like this. And the eight White Supremicists who were indicted this month for inciting riots at otherwise peaceful demonstrations. James Preston Allen Publisher
Once again we hear from the guy who is so much on the fringe
Property tax bills were mailed this past month. Now, just about every day someone says to me, “I just got my bill from you.” The
To All RLn readers
RECLAIM ARMISTICE DAY! OPEN MIC FOR PEACE!
I’m Not the Tax Collector
problem is; they didn’t! The Assessor does not send property tax bills, establish tax rates or collect property taxes. That is the job of an official who has a very intuitive title — the Tax Collector! For the record, his name is Joseph Kelly. (We will, however, make sure that anyone who calls us is directed to the right person!) The Assessor is responsible for establishing the fair assessed value of property. Revenue is not a consideration when doing our job; we are only responsible with establishing the right value, fairly and accurately, whether the value goes up or down. I need your help to continue my efforts to educate the voters about the vital important role the Assessor plays in the property tax system, both about the services we provide that help the community, and about what we don’t do, which is collecting taxes! Jeffrey Prang Assessor County of Los Angeles
Send Letters to the Editor to: letters @randomlengthsnews.com. To be considered for publication, all Letters to the Editor must include your name with address and phone number included (these will not be published, but are for verification only) and be kept to about 250 words.
Community Alert
ILWU Elects William “Willie” Adams President, First African-American Leader
SAN FRANCISCO — The ILWU’s first contested election in 18 years has yielded a new union leadership team led by William “Willie” Adams, along with Vice President (Mainland) Robert “Bobby” Olvera, Jr., Vice-President (Hawaii) Wesley Furtado, and SecretaryTreasurer Edwin “Ed” Ferris. Also elected were incumbent Coast Committeemen Frank Ponce De Leon and Cam Williams. “Our team intends to carry forward the ILWU’s progressive tradition into the 21st Century,” said Adams, who was raised in Kansas City and worked as a longshoreman at the Port of Tacoma, Washington, before coming to San Francisco where he has served as International Secretary-Treasurer since 2003. Adams, who also serves as Vice-President on San Francisco’s Port Commission, said he and his team are “ready to meet the political and economic challenges ahead by involving our rankand-file membership to help working families in our union and communities.” Adams and his team will serve for three-year terms.
Bring your music, spoken word, readings, personal statements…friends & family! Where: Sacred Grounds Coffee House, 468 W. 6th St., San Pedro When: FRIDAY, November 9, 2018, 7 - 9 pm Who: Veterans for Peace Los Angeles, CODEPINK San Pedro, SPNPJ, and YOU! Why: Honor our Veterans - Promote Peace! NO to Privatization of the VA! Support our Troops-Bring them Home! Trea$ure Peace, Not War…
Come say your Peace, and let’s organize for future actions! (310) 971-8280 **FIRST! Join San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justice 1st/Gaffey Vigil 5-6:15pm Real News, Real People, Really Effective November 1 - 14, 2018
9
[Hartmann from p. 1]
Hartmann on the Political Landscape the case in a big way since the late 1980s and early ‘90s and it’s been decisive since probably around 2008.” Hartmann noted that 14 million voters have been pulled off the voting rolls in the last year. Nearly 139 million people voted in the 2016 national election, according to the United States Elections Project — an all-time record. But that turnout was only 60 percent of the country’s 232 million eligible voters. Hartmann posited that if Democrats win the midterm elections, it won’t be because they turned out to vote 51 to 49 percent, but because whatever the actual recorded margins are, the Democrats turned out five to 10 percent more than that. “If we lose it will be because voter suppression
Nationally syndicated progressive talk show host Thom Hartmann speaking to audience members after the KPFK town hall at the Warner Grand, Oct. 27. Photo by Benjamin Garcia
still works,” Hartmann said. Voting counts. It’s a numbers game. “We cannot legally combat voter suppression,” Hartmann explained. “Broadly speaking, the phrase ‘right to vote’ or variations on it appears a couple of times in the Constitution.” Hartmann argued the Supreme Court has ruled in Bush v. Gore that there is no right to vote. Voting, Hartmann argues, is a privilege granted by the state. “You would think the vote would be at the center of everything,” Hartmann said. “Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has chosen not to see it that way. Hartmann noted that not since the founding of the Republic has voter
Better than Chain Store Service
• FREE DELIVERY • SAME CO-PAY • PERSONAL SERVICE • NO WAIT •Specialty Medicines • Professional, Familiar Service • Free Delivery Service • ILWU, Medicare Part D and all major insurances accepted
We’re your independent community pharmacy! GIVE US A CALL
310-833-3535
1294 W. 6th St., Ste. 100, San Pedro Across from Little Company of Mary Hospital
November 1 - 14, 2018
Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant
www.PeninsulaRx.com
10
Fax 310-833-9124
HOURS: Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
suppression been so explicit. As voter suppression has become a stain on our democracy, Hartmann believes there is a major issue for progressives that will only get worse if not faced. Democrats must come together with a detailed and coherent position on immigration. “It’s a weakness,” Hartmann said. “Everybody just says we need comprehensive immigration reform but that means 10 different things to 10 different people. It’s of really high importance to Trump and the Republicans. It’s one of their top three issues.” This issue is basically “race and culture in code” for the Republicans, Hartmann added. For the Democrats, there’s not that much concern about race or changing culture, whereas Republicans would say that’s a sign of not being an “American,” defining American as white Anglo-Saxon. That’s why the progressives and Democratic party have to come up with a coherent solution. For Hartmann, that coherent solution is a return to an earlier Democratic position that would limit immigration in order to preserve the labor market in the United States. “There is some truth to the argument that was historically made by Democrats and by labor unions that when you dilute the labor pool, you drive down the cost of labor and make it harder to unionize,” Hartmann said. “Thus, unregulated increases in your labor market will drive down the cost of labor and will drive down the power of working people, bolstered by strong unions.” The best example of that is the construction trades industry or the meatpacking industry. Both industries used to be heavily unionized and paid really good wages. Hartmann asserted these trades have been turned into low-wage industries largely because they have embraced non-citizen labor. “The rational (answer) would be ‘We’re in favor of immigration within limits,’” Hartmann said. “But you can’t have open borders, it doesn’t work. This is what’s ripping Europe apart right now. We’ve got to figure out how to make this work in a way that is reasonable and fair and yet maintains the integrity of the American labor force.” The issue is being used against working people. Hartmann noted Republicans who are saying to white men and women that they used to have the opportunity to have a good union job. They are saying, ‘See, that Mexican took that job from you.’ “As long as there is truth to that, the Democrats are going to have a problem,” Hartmann said. Hartmann noted that this is why we have much of America voting for Republicans. He explained that working-class whites are voting for Republicans willing to support and provide
political cover for Trump’s immigration raids. But it’s a situation of bait and switch. This was largely part of Reagan’s efforts to destroy the unions — to not enforce the labor laws with regard to citizenship, Hartmann said. “Clinton didn’t turn it back on (the limits to immigration), Reagan and Bush liked breaking up unions with undocumented labor,” Hartmann said. “By [the time Obama came into office] ... the business community was ... addicted to cheap labor and Obama never did anything about it.” Hartmann agreed with former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who had a different position. Romney said if we started putting employers in jail who hire people who are not here with documentation, then they would stop employing people and a lot of people would simply go back home. This would then provide a timetable to reasonably integrate people that we have here. “But the Republicans laughed at Romney when he proposed that,” Hartmann said. “It would have hurt employers. However, prior to Reagan’s amnesty in 1986, the U.S. used to routinely put employers in jail for not hiring American citizens. And the unions used to turn people in. After Reagan’s amnesty and his “rebooting the immigration laws, we stopped enforcing that law. If you’re caught working in another country without a work permit, the employers face draconian penalties. That’s true of every other country in the world except here.” Hartmann mentioned a book he received by an author he was asked to have on his show. The book’s premise was, “Democrats want to open borders and Republicans don’t and here’s why Democrats are wrong.” Hartmann said he does not know of a single Democrat who wants open borders. It’s “a canard, a straw man.” But it’s one that the Republicans are using very successfully against the Democrats right now. “Trump is tweeting it all the time,” he said. “That’s the biggest blind spot we’ve got and so many progressive Democrats are afraid to go near the issue because they don’t want to offend Hispanics. And by the way, the people in this country who most know the truth about what I just said are African Americans. Because they lose their jobs before white unionized workers lose their jobs to undocumented workers.” He often gets calls from African [See Pacifica, p. 16]
It is generally his place of birth or the place where he met his demise that the major Edgar Allan Poe festivals live. For decades at Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in Baltimore, Maryland — the site of Poe’s original grave — an unidentified Poe devotee swathed in dark clothing, carrying a silver-tipped cane, would pour a glass of cognac and raise a toast to the revered but long-dead author on the date of his birth. On the date of Poe’s death, funeral reenactments and candle-light vigils are staged at Carroll Mansion. All rituals are surrounded by festivals. But Poe fandom is a global phenomenon. Not even this port town at the
southern edge of a metropolis called Los Angeles is immune. This past month, beginning Oct. 6, Gallery Azul exhibited their second annual Poe show, curated by 16-year-old Harmony Vasquez . The show drew paintings from 20 different artists, including Harmony and her parents, Ray and Cora Ramirez-Vasquez. The show ended Oct. 20 with an artist reception and a Poe-inspired poetry reading. Harmony is a student at Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy, a high school at Los Angeles Harbor [See Poe, p. 13]
Inset: Harmony Vasquez. Photo by Terelle Jerricks.
Real News, Real People, Really Effective
By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor
November 1 - 14, 2018
11
W
hen a tofu-based vegetarian dish can make a bloodthirsty carnivore whimper with anticipation, it has my attention. Perhaps you know this type of guy, to whom bread is a vegetable and health food is a fast food burger with a side of cigarette. The kind of person who gets almost as much pleasure offending a vegan as chewing on part of a dead animal. One such person, whom I will call Bloody Brad, was my unlikely guide. Brad is from Houston, and when I showed up in his hometown for a few days, I hit him up for restaurant recommendations. I expected him to steer me to a big Texas rib joint or steakhouse, or a hidden Creole place for a succulent plate of shrimp and grits. What I got instead was a recommendation for the Van Loc Vietnamese restaurant, now shuttered after 28 years. Vietnamese cuisine can be heavy on red meat, and Van Loc offered an eight-course beef meal. But Bloody Brad had one specific recommendation: Clay Pot Tofu. “I’m in so love with it, with mushrooms in a peppery broth, that’s all I ever order,” he sighed. So I went to Van Loc and ordered Clay Pot Tofu. When it arrived, boiling at my table, I could see black pepper coating large pieces of
Flash in the Pan:
Ingredients
Carnivores Whimper for Celery and Tofu By Ari LeVaux, Guest Columnist
Heat-tolerant oil, enough for deep-frying 3 cloves of garlic, sliced 1 medium onion, sliced into rings 10 shiitake mushrooms (if using dried shiitakes, rehydrate them first) 2 celery stalks, sliced lengthwise and then cut into 1-inch slices ¼ cup soy sauce (have more on hand to season) 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon white pepper (if you can’t find white pepper add a second teaspoon of black) 2 teaspoons fish sauce (vegetarians can omit).
Peppery celery and tofu with shiitake mushrooms.
celery, whole shitake mushrooms, and golden chunks of deep-fried tofu, which stayed crispy in the peppery broth. As I took a few tiny sips of Bloody Brad’s beloved broth, that black pepper jumped out. I don’t see too many spicy dishes powered by black pepper alone, with no backup from chile. But then, Vietnam produces and exports more black pepper than any other nation, so why not? While the pepper was strong, the overall effect was still subtle somehow, perhaps thanks to celery taking a rare post at center stage. The tofu absorbed the flavor around it but held its own. It’s a solid, intriguing, and satisfying dish. The Van Loc crew appeared confused when I asked them how to make this amazing recipe. I left with a full belly, and a hunger for that recipe that would not quit. When I told Brad that I’d replicated his beloved tofu dish, his response, true to form, was “Great. Now, can you make that with pork?”
The short answer is yes. It may strike some as counterintuitive, because it’s common to conflate tofu-eaters with vegetarians, but bacon and tofu is a great combination that’s popular in many Asian dishes. A shorter answer would be: fry the tofu in bacon grease, or with ground pork, and then proceed. But honestly, you might want to save your bacon. I’m not sure this dish can get any better.
Peppery Celery Tofu The inspiration for this recipe arrived
at my table in a sputtering clay pot, but it’s fine on a stove top like a normal pot of soup. Serves 2 as a main course
Before you do anything, slice the tofu. Heat fry oil in a wok or deep skillet to 365 degrees F. and deep-fry the tofu until it turns golden-brown and crisp, about 5 to 10 minutes. Alternatively, pan-fry the tofu slabs in less oil on medium, flipping the slabs to get both sides crispy, about 25 minutes. Remove the tofu and drain on a plate covered with paper towels. Move the fried tofu far, far away, so you won’t be tempted to eat it all before you serve the soup. In a clay pot or saucepan, heat 3 tablespoons of oil on medium heat and briefly saute the garlic about a minute. Add the onion, mushrooms and celery. Add the soy sauce, lime juice and black and white pepper, and four cups of water. Stir it together and season with soy sauce, black pepper, lime and fish sauce. Add the crispy tofu chunks, so that they are halfsubmerged in the saucy stir-fry. Cover and cook 10 minutes on medium heat. Serve immediately by placing the simmering vessel on a hot pad and let that piercing broth do its peppery magic.
Two Great Choices for Dining featuring
$10 Lunch Menu
& Early Bird Specials 1420 W. 25th St. (25th & Western) San Pedro • (310) 548-4797
Lunch & Dinner—Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.- 9 p.m. Sat. & Sun. from 4 p.m.
November 1 - 14, 2018
Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant
12-ounces firm tofu, cut into 2 x 2-inch slabs, about a half-inch deep; pressed, drained or patted dry
12
Banquet Room up to 50 guests Heated Patio Dining Follow us at Think Cafe San Pedro and Sonny’s Bistro San Pedro @thinkcafesonny @sonnys_bistro
302 W. 5th St., San Pedro (310) 519-3662
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m.- 9 p.m. • Sun. 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
[Poe from p. 11]
On Poe
College. It’s a campus where students, after completing so many units, can then become elective dual enrollees, simultaneously taking high school and college courses. Though Harmony hasn’t begun taking art classes at Harbor Teacher Prep yet, she has been studying art under the tutelage of her parents and founders of San Pedro’s Gallery Azul, Cora and Ray Vasquez, her entire life. The impetus for the Poe exhibit at Gallery Azul was a class assignment in which the father of the modern detective novel was the subject matter. After reading some of his work and digging deep into his biography, Harmony was inspired to curate a show on Poe. “The reason why I curated the Edgar Allan Poe show last year was because we were studying him in school,” Harmony explained. “I found his life interesting, especially the tragedies he’s faced in his life,” she said. “The focus of a lot of his work were women or women in his life dying,” she said. “I thought it was interesting how he turned that pain into writing rather than just killing himself.” The first call-out inspired by the Gothic writer was that the work be based on any one of his short stories or poems. The Raven was by far the most popular material from which artists chose to derive their work.
BIG NICK’S PIZZA
BRITE SPOT MEXICAN RESTAURANT
No matter when your day begins, you can always get a hearty breakfast at a great price at Brite Spot. Breakfast is served all day long. We serve freshly prepared, authentic Mexican food. We offer all the family favorites, from tacos to tamales, from caldo to chile, fresh seafood and much more. Brite Spot Mexican Restaurant is your late-night spot for when you want a night out on the town. Hours: 7 a.m. to midnight, daily. Brite Spot, 615 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro • (310) 833-2599 www.britespotsanpedro.com
HAPPY DINER AND HAPPY DELI
The Happy Diner isn’t your average diner. It’s the idea of fresh creative dishes in two San Pedro locations, and now a third—the Happy Deli. The selections range from Italianand Mexican-influenced entrées to American Continental. Happy Diner chefs are always creating something new—take your pick of grilled salmon over pasta or tilapia and vegetables prepared any way you like. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner: Happy Diner #1, 617 S. Centre St., San Pedro • (310) 241-0917 • Happy Diner #2, 1931 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 935-2933 • Open for breakfast and lunch: Happy Deli, 530 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro, (424) 364-0319
SAN PEDRO BREWING COMPANY
A micro brewery and American grill, SPBC features handcrafted award-winning ales and lagers served with creative pastas, BBQ, sandwiches, salads and burgers. A full bar with madefrom-scratch margaritas and a martini menu all add fun to the warm and friendly atmosphere. Live music. Open from 11:30 a.m., daily. San Pedro Brewing Company, 331 W. 6th St., San Pedro, (310) 831-5663, www. sanpedrobrewing.com
Sonny and Carly Ramirez are the husband and wife team behind Sonny’s Bistro and Think Café. Their hands-on attention to detail makes the restaurants successful, in both quality and service. Sonny’s Bistro’s lunch and dinner menus feature locally-sourced and handselected meats, seafood and seasonal vegetables. Try the $10 lunch menu served Mon.-Fri. Think Café serves breakfast in addition to lunch and dinner with egg dishes, omelettes and griddle cakes. Both restaurants have a selection of fine wines and beers. Sonny’s Bistro, 1420 W. 25th St., San Pedro. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sat. and Sun. from 4 p.m. • (310) 548-4797. Think Cafe, 302 W. 5th St., San Pedro. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. • (310) 519-3662.
TAXCO MEXICAN RESTAURANT
We are proud to serve our community for almost three decades. Generous plates of traditional Mexican fare are the draw at this homey, family-friendly restaurant. For a limited time: Combos #1-12—buy one, get the second for half off (of equal or lesser value, expires 11-30-18). Catering for every occasion, beer, wine and margaritas to your taste. Tony and Vini Moreno welcome you. Open Sun. and Mon. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Tues.-Sat., 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Taxco Mexican Restaurant, 29050 S. Western Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes • (310) 547-4554 www.taxcorestaurantpv.com
THE WHALE & ALE ENGLISH RESTAURANT & PUB
The Victorian oak panels & elegant brass fittings will make you feel like you’ve crossed the Atlantic. Featuring popular pub fare such as Fish & Chips, Shepherd’s Pie & entrées of Choice Steaks, Roast Prime Rib,
Beef Wellington & Roast Rack of Lamb. Seafood selections include Chilean Sea Bass, Atlantic Salmon, Jumbo Tiger Shrimp & Sand Dabs. International draft beers & ales, as well as domestic craft beers on tap. Full bar; free, gated parking lot. Happy hour five days a week. Hours: Mon. 5 to 9 p.m., Tues.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sat. 1 to 10 p.m., Sun. 1 to 9 p.m. The Whale & Ale, 327 W. 7th St., San Pedro (310) 832-0363, www.whaleandale.com
November 1 - 14, 2018
A San Pedro landmark for over 44 years, famous for exceptional award-winning pizza baked in brick ovens. Buono’s also offers classic Italian dishes and sauces based on tried-and-true family recipes and handselected ingredients that are prepared fresh. Dine-in, take-out and catering. There are two locations in Long Beach. Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Buono’s Pizzeria, 1432 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 547-0655 www.buonospizza.com
Fourth-generation artisanal chorizo and meats. Purchase chorizo by the pound or try our burritos and tacos! Menu specials change weekly. Open Thurs., 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Fri. - Sun., 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For catering email: info@thechoriman.com for catering and special orders. The Chori-Man, 2309 S. Alma St., San Pedro • (424) 287-2414
SONNY’S BISTRO AND THINK CAFE
BUONO’S AUTHENTIC PIZZERIA
THE CHORI-MAN
to the next. The producer of The Black Cat opera reached out to Gallery Azul to create a crosscollaboration. Gallery Azul will be displaying some of the work from their Edgar Allan Poe show in the lobby of the Terrace Theatre. The timing of the Poe show and Gallery Azul’s annual Día de los Muertos exhibit, which is Nov. 1, couldn’t be more apropos. When Cora and Ray began the annual gallery event, it was as much about educating the community about the holiday and the culture behind it as it was an opportunity to showcase serious artists focusing on Día de los Muertos themes. Another part of their aim is to educate participants about the roots of Día de los Muertos. Some of the rituals associated with the holiday go back to the time of the Aztecs, such as the retention of the skulls of loved ones as a way of keeping their essence alive, or the building of altars. Thirteen years in, Gallery Azul’s annual Día de los Muertos exhibit is more than just a teaching tool — it’s a cultural touchstone for San Pedro. This year, Gallery Azul is featuring the work by David Flores, Mark Metzner, and Carla Ortega alongside the original work from Ray and Cora. The show opens Nov. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. during the First Thursday Art Walk in San Pedro. The show ends on Nov. 17 with an artists reception from 5 to 9 p.m.
Real News, Real People, Really Effective
Tradition, variety and fast delivery—you get it all at Big Nick’s Pizza. The best selection of Italian specialties include hearty calzones, an array of pastas and our amazing selection of signature pizzas. We offer a wide selection of appetizers, salads, beer and wine. Call for fast delivery. Hours: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sun.-Thurs.; 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Big Nicks’ Pizza, 1110 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro • (310) 732-5800 www.bignickspizzasp.com
to send out the call-out. Art submissions came from San Diego, Long Beach and West Los Angeles. They also utilize the L.A. Culture Net, a listserv moderated by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. Ray noted that last year’s show elicited excitement, causing artists to ask whether Gallery Azul would host another Poe exhibit. Ray said he was shocked by the response. “Just for Gallery Azul, the response was overwhelming. So many people kept on asking, ‘Are you going to do it again? Are going to do it again?’ So many people wanted to join us.” Ray said. “Last year we had a full set of different artists that showed.” Ray said he hoped that some of the artists that displayed work last year would be a part of this year’s show. While some did, this year’s show attracted a whole new fresh crop of artists that weren’t a part of the exhibit last year. Cora said the artists who participated often remarked on how few actual local Ray Vasquez’s work will be on display for Día de los Muertos at Gallery Azul in San Pedro. shows there are on Poe. The only one “It was really fun for me to do it again this that’s currently happening is the Long Beach year,” Harmony said. “We have to be a little Opera’s The Black Cat, an Edgar Allan Poe higher than another coffee shop using lower short story that will be staged at the Terrace quality ingredients,” she said. “I didn’t expect Theatre on Jan. 19 and 20, 2019. But the local last year’s show to be as popular as it was.” interest is strong and has allowed Gallery Azul’s Ray and Cora use their deep ties to artists Poe show to build in momentum from one year
13
A Splintered Soul Doesn’t Come Together By Greggory Moore, Curtain Call Columnist
Seventy-three years after the liberation of the last concentration camp, the Holocaust continues to be a world historical presence, a phenomenon reflected in the continual parade of works based on the 20th century’s most infamous crime. A Splintered Soul joined that parade in 2005 with its tale of a small group of Jewish immigrants searching for their place in 1947 San Francisco, where they struggle to
the Nazis, Rabbi Simon Kroeller (Stephen Rockwell) became a self-described “freedom fighter,” a real one-man wrecking crew à la Rambo. Having spearheaded a train bombing that resulted in the death of innocent people, he knows a thing or two about trying to live with oneself in the wake of regretful behavior, so he founded a support group for similarly haunted souls and works to live a life of peaceful
A Splintered Soul set designed by Yuki Okahana features a multilevel space with a barbed wire backdrop, evoking the death camps, along with recesses of spaces filled by luggage and shoes.
November 1 - 14, 2018
Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant
reconcile the desperate acts that helped them survive wartime Poland with this new world of ethics and morality. After losing his wife and children to
14
service. But when Elisa (Quinn Francis) and Harold (Brandon Root) come to him with tales of continuing victimization at the hands of a war
[See Splintered, p. 16]
NOV 1 - 14 • 2018 ENTERTAINMENT Nov 2
The Hausmann Quartet Now in its 11th season, the Hausmann Quartet has established itself an integral part of the cultural life of Southern California as faculty artists-inresidence at San Diego State University and Ensemble-inResidence at Mainly Mozart. Time: 12:15 p.m. Nov. 2 Details: (310) 316-5574; www.ClassicalCrossroads.com Venue: First Lutheran Church and School, 2900 W. Carson St., Torrance
Nov 3
A Jazzy Día de Muertos Casa Arjona celebrates Día de Muertos with a Brazilian jazz quartet led by Sergio Mendes’s guitarist: Kleber Jorge. Also, a traditional Day of the Dead altar display curated by Gloria Arjona and pan de muerto. Time: 7:30 to 10 p.m. Nov. 3 Cost: $20 Details: (562) 805-7770 Venue: Casa Arjona, 4515 E. Harvey Way, Long Beach James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash This show captures the essence of the Man in Black. Garner and band recreate Cash’s life and music with conviction and accuracy. Time: 8 p.m. Nov. 3 Cost: $25 to $35 Details: (310) 781-7171 Venue: James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance
Nov 4
Nov 6
Calixto Oviedo Cuban Jazz Quartet The concert is based on AfroCuban jazz. Calixto Oviedo also plays many classics influenced by Cuban jazz, afro, rumba, samba, and bossa, taking a broad tour between genres. Time: 8 p.m. Nov. 11 Cost: $15 Details: www.alvasshowrom.tix. com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1411 W. 8th St., San Pedro Second Sundays At Two Concert Series LA Philharmonic violinist Varty Manouelian and awardwinning Belgian pianist Steven Vanhauwaert will perform pieces by Mozart and Brahms. Time: 2 p.m. Nov. 11 Details: (310) 316-5574; https://tinyurl.com/y72vyjxv Venue: Rolling Hills United Methodist Church, 26438 Crenshaw Blvd., Rolling Hills Estates
Nov 14
Rob Kapilow’s What Makes It Great? Kapilow with the Cal State Fullerton University Symphony Orchestra explores one of the greatest compositions ever written: Joseph Haydn’s Final symphony Time: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 Cost: $55 Details: (562) 916-8500; www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos
Nov 15
Maria Muldaur Best known for her 1974 Grammynominated mega-hit Midnight at the Oasis, Muldaur has earned worldwide recognition as a powerhouse American roots and blues vocalist who has played with the best. Time: 8 p.m. Nov. 15 Cost: $25 to $42 Details: www.grandvision.com Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro
THEATRE Nov 2
The Doo-Wop Project Featuring current and former stars
FILM
Nov 1
Coco Under the Stars Presenting the First Annual Dia de los Muertos pre-Party on Pine with a screening of Disney’s Coco under the Pine Ave. sign. The movie begins at dusk. Time: 6 to 11 p.m. Nov. 1 Details: downtownlongbeach.org/ event/coco-under-the-stars-onpine-ave/ Venue: 460 Pine Ave., Long Beach
Nov 3
Three Tales This documentary video opera recalls three well known events from the 20th century: the Hindenburg explosion, the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests and Dolly the cloned sheep. Each of these reflects on the growth and implications of technology during the 20th century. Time: 6 p.m. Nov 3 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 4 Cost: $49 to $110 Details: (562) 436-3983; www.longbeachopera.org/tickets Venue: Ernest Borgnine Theatre, 855 Elm Ave., Long Beach
Nov 8
Remembering Leonard Nimoy Remembering Leonard Nimoy, a documentary film about the actor’s life, legacy, and final years living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD will screen before a panel discussion featuring medical experts. Time: 6 p.m: reception, 7 p.m. screening, 8 p.m. panel discussion Nov. 8 Details: (323) 935-8050; www.org/nimoy/rsvp Venue: Cedars-Sinai Harvey Morse Conference Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles
DANCE Nov 3
South Bay Salsa Introducing, “South Bay Salsa” on the first Saturday of each month. Save the date and join the grand opening. Schedule as follows, 8:30 p.m. beginning salsa class, 9:15 p.m. intermediate class, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. South Bay Salsa
Nov 4
Peggy Reavey is a figurative painter and storyteller. Her work has been described as eccentric, surreal, tender, caustic and largely autobiographical. The exhibition runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 29 at Gallery 478 in San Pedro. Artists reception Nov. 3, 4 to 7 p.m. Details: (310) 600-4873 or (310) 732-2150 & Bachata Social. Time: 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Nov. 3 Cost: Cover $5 to $10, class plus dance $15 Details: (310) 625-6980; www.imdancehappy.com Venue: IM Dance Happy Studios, 2201 Amapola Court, Torrance
Nov 10
Contra-Tiempo, joyUS justUS This bold multilingual dance company draws on their L.A. roots by fusing salsa, Afro-cuban, hip hop, urban and contemporary dance to create an invigorating blend of culturally engaging work. Time: 8 p.m. Nov. 10 Cost: $50 and up Details: (562) 985-7000; www.carpenterarts.org Venue: Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 E. Atherton St., Long Beach
ARTS Nov 1
William Turtle: An Undiscovered Legacy ViCA/ Pedro opened with William Turtle: An Undiscovered Legacy at it’s new annex space at The Loft which continues until Nov. 30. This comprehensive exhibition of an important — yet completely undiscovered — artist is part of ViCA’s plan to challenge perspectives on what art should and can be. Time: 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 1 Cost: Free Details: (310) 521-6373 Venue: The Loft, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro
Open Conversations with Peter Zokosky Join the Arts Council for Long Beach for a conversation with artist Peter Zokosky. Curators Brian Trimble and Terry Braunstein will lead an informal discussion about process, influences and his life as an artist. Time: 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 1 Cost: Free Details: RSVP:www-eventbritecom-e-open-conv Venue: The Collaborative Gallery, 421 W. Broadway, Long Beach
Nov 3
When the Whaledogs Come Back, Recent Paintings by Peggy Reavey Reavey is a figurative painter and storyteller. Her work has been variously described as eccentric, surreal, tender, caustic, and largely autobiographical. The exhibition runs through Dec. 29. Time: 4 to 7 p.m. Nov. 3 Details: (310) 600-4873 or (310) 732-2150 Venue: Gallery 478, 478 West 7th St., San Pedro Art of Community Celebrating Artists of Temple Beth El, an opening reception with hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine tasting and silent auction. A portion of the proceeds benefit San Pedro High School and Dodson Middle School Art Departments and Temple Beth El. Time: 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 3 Cost: $40 to $50 Details: RSVP https://tinyurl.com/ yb4p6xtg
Walking Upstream South Bay Contemporary presents a group exhibition that showcases six artists who disrupt and surprise, walking upstream and pushing the boundaries of their media with rigorous innovation. The exhibit runs through Dec. 16. Time: 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 4 Details: (310) 521-6373 Venue: The Loft Art Studios and Galleries, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro
Nov 10
2nd Saturdays The LB Art Walk offers galleries and art displays, musicians, a maker’s mart and activated green space. Time: 4 to 10 p.m. Nov. 10 Cost: Free Details: www.lbartwalk.org Location: Between 1st and 4th streets and Pine Ave. and Linden Ave. Long Beach
COMMUNITY Nov 1
Scale Your Startup Faster With Coworking Stacy Trevizo, Cryptospace co-founder, will share her company’s journey from startup to scale and how coworking helped them succeed. Time: 7 to 8 p.m. Nov. 1 Details: www.braidtheory. com Venue: Cryptospace, 455 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Nov 2
5th Annual Dia De Los Muertos Festival The streets of Pine Ave in Downtown Long Beach will miraculously transform into a grand celebration and street extravaganza with Latin cultural arts and entertainment. Time: 5 to 11 p.m. Nov. 2 Venue: Dia De Los Muertos, 433 Pine Ave., Long Beach
[See Calendar, page 16]
November 1 - 14, 2018
JONI 75 On two nights artists will perform Joni Mitchell songs from across the entire oeuvre of her 19 studio albums in her honor. Post concert, on Nov. 7, The Music Center will salute Joni Mitchell, honoring and acknowledging her pioneering spirit and timeless art and music. Time: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 and 6:30 p.m. Nov.7 Cost: $45 to $225; Soirée from $225
Nov 11
Size Matters Craig Antrim’s work explores techniques and color, integrating his love of symbols and shapes in abstract combinations. Artists reception Nov. 3. Time: 4 to 7 p.m. Nov. 3 Cost: Free Details: (310) 521-6373 Venue: The Loft Art Studios and Galleries, 401 S. Mesa St., San Pedro
Symphonic Suite For Healing The first half of the show, with accompanying orchestra and singers, will feature new arrangements of David Bowie songs; the second half will consist of the “Symphonic Suite for Healing,” written in collaboration with medical patients. Time: 2 p.m. Nov. 4 Cost: $100 Details: WGT.Tix.com Venue: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Nov 10
Graeme James Multi-instrumentalist and New Zealand Music Awards 2017 folk album finalist who started as a street busker, is now topping the charts with folk-style arrangements of pop songs in his home country. Time: 8 p.m. Nov. 10 Cost: $20 to $30 Details: www.grandvision.org/ grand-annex/events.asp Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Venue: Temple Beth El, 1435 W. 7th St., San Pedro
Real News, Real People, Really Effective
Mr. Crowly—An Ozzie Tribute Mr. Crowley does more than just cover the songs that made Ozzy Osbourne famous, they truly tribute the man and his work. Time: 8 p.m. Nov. 3 Cost: $20 Details: www.alvasshowroom. tix.com Venue: Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. 8th St., San Pedro
Details: (213) 972-0711; www.musiccenter.org/joni Venue: The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles
of Broadway’s smash hits Jersey Boys and Motown, the musical brings music, dancing, and showmanship. Time: 8 p.m. Nov. 2 Cost: $55 to $75 Details: (562) 916-8500; www.cerritoscenter.com Venue: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos
When the Whaledogs Come Back
15
[Splintered from p. 14]
[from p. 15]
Splintered
NOV 1 - 14 • 2018 Nov 2 First Fridays — Day of the Dead Celebration Join First Fridays for the annual Day of the Dead celebration complete with sugar skulls, traditional music and art, and an altar contest. Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Nov. 2 Details: www.firstfridayslong beach.com Venue: 4321 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach Justice For Murdered Children Harvest Music Festival This community harvest festival, food truck, motorcycle and car show is held to celebrate the passing of Marsy’s Law Time: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 2, 12 to 6 p.m. Nov. 3, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m, Nov. 4. Details: (310) 738-4218; https://tinyurl.com/ydgkkqaz Venue: California Harley Davidson, 1517 Pacific Coast Hwy., Harbor City One Year Anniversary, Día De Los Muertos Gathering Gather in celebration for the one-year anniversary of Flora y Tierra with the caretakers of the community space where they tend to the land and honor the ancestors and descendants. There will be altars, music, special performances, crafts and food. Donations accepted. Time: 6 to 10 p.m. Nov. 2 Cost: Free Venue: Flora y Tierra, 811 E. 7th St., Long Beach
November 1 - 14, 2018
Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant
Nov 3
16
First Saturdays, Music In the Park Musical entertainers can trade stage time and community exposure for an hour of their performing time. Please call the Angels Gate Park office for information to sign up. Time: 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 3 Details: (310) 519-0936 Venue: Point Fermin Park, 807 Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro Second South Bay/ San Pedro Bay History Symposium The Compton 125 Historical Society, the Gerth Archives and Special Collections Department of California State University Dominguez Hills invite all those interested in South Bay history or those connected with local historical societies throughout the South Bay to attend. Time: 10 to 3 p.m. Nov. 3 Details: (310) 243-3895, (213) 399-2325; compton125@yahoo.com Venue: CSUDH, University Library 5th Floor, South 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson Monthly Beach Cleanup Join Cabrillo Marine Aquarium monthly Beach Clean-Up. Volunteers learn about coastal habitat, the growing
amount of marine debris within it, and the benefits of protecting this ecosystem. Volunteers of all ages and abilities welcome. Time: 8 to 10 a.m Nov. 3 Cost: Free Details: (310) 548-7562; www. cabrillomarineaquarium.org Venue: Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro. Community Kite Flying The Angels Gate Park Park Advisory Board is sponsoring kite flying and kite making crafts for the whole family. Time: 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 3 Details: (310) 548-7705 Venue: 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro
Wine Plus Art Event Local artists and vintners come together in support of children in foster care who have experienced abuse and neglect. The event will feature original art, tastings from a variety of wineries and spirits distributors, plus small bites from local eateries. All proceeds will benefit CASA of Los Angeles. Time: 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 3 Cost: $50 Details: https://casala.org/ winearttickets Location: Downtown L.A. Arts District, 2117 Violet St., Los Angeles Tropicália Music and Taco Fest Tropicalia Fest will feature dozens of artists including Morrissey, Cardi B, Kali Uchis, Mac Demarco, Chicano Batman and Mazzy Star. Time: 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. Nov. 3, 4 Cost: $150 and up Details: www.tropicaliafest.com Venue: The Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Hwy., Long Beach
Nov 4
Madrona Marsh Photo Walk Come explore local festivities, unexplored venues, and captivating scenes. Get out and create with a great group of photographers. Time: 3 to 5 p.m. Nov. 4 Cost: $29 Details: www.eventbrite.com/e/ madrona-marsh-photo-walktickets Venue: Paul’s Photo, 23845 Hawthorne Blvd. Torrance The Amazing Bubbleman An Edinburgh Fringe Festival favorite, Louis Pearl has thrilled audiences worldwide for nearly 30 years with the art magic science and fun of bubbles. Time: 2 and 5 p.m. Nov. 4 Cost: $15 to $25 Details: www.torranceculturalarts. org Venue: James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance Pop-Up Dia de Los Muertos Exhibit Until Nov. 4, an altar honoring some of Rancho’s loved ones will be outside the Visitor Center. The altar will include some notable people from Rancho’s past. Time: 1 to 5 p.m., Nov. 2 through 4 Details: (562) 206-2040; www.rancholoscerritos.org Venue: Visitors Center, 4600 Virginia Road, Long Beach
Nov 6 Go Out and Vote Visit your local voting place and make sure to cast your vote. Even if you forgot to register, you are able to conditionally register to vote and cast a provisional ballot on the day of election to ensure your voice is heard. Time: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 6 Details: www.LAVote.net
Nov 7
East Village Art District EVA Social Join the East Village Association in partnership with the Alamitos Beach Neighborhood Association and Long Beach Home + Living for a no-agenda mixer. Just a gathering of folks from a few neighborhoods at a fantastic location. Time: 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 7 Cost: Free Details: www.lbhomeliving.com Venue: 743 E. 4th St., Long Beach
Nov 10 Jose Antonio Vargas Book Reading The Pulitzer Prize winner, journalist, author, filmmaker and activist is called the most famous undocumented immigrant in America. Vargas’ new book, Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen tackles one of the defining issues of our time. RSVP by Nov. 7. Time: 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 10 Cost: $30 Details: (310) 514-9139; info@philippinebookshop.com Venue: Philippine Expression Bookshop, 479 W. 6th St., San Pedro 19th Annual Team Spirit Long Beach Cancer 5K Th annual event will raise funds to help expand support available for patients and families at the MemorialCare Todd Center Institute at Long Beach Medical Center. Time: 7 a.m. Nov. 10 Details: https://tinyurl.com/ ybecjwnc Cost: $55 registration before event, $70 day of event Location: 1 S. Granada Ave., Long Beach
Nov 11
Pelargoniums of Southern Africa Tom Glavich’s presentation is on Pelargoniums and related genera of Southern Africa, which include some of the best floral displays of any genus. The presentation includes pictures of Pelargoniums in cultivation and in habitat in South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia. There is a $5 to $10 park entrance fee. Time: 1 p.m. Nov. 11 Cost: Free Details: www.southcoastcss.org Venue: South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula
profiteer who is beyond the reach of new-world justice, Simon wrestles with whether he is dutybound to return to his old ways. It’s not a bad premise, but its execution is fatally flawed, with playwright Alan L. Brooks simply skipping over any plot point or substantive question that gets in the way of where he wants to go. Perhaps the most egregious example involves a mock trial the group holds concerning Elisa and Harold’s alleged victimizer. Simon consults his friend Martin (Louis A. Lotorto), a judge, to learn about American jurisprudence. While Martin holds forth on several legal fine points, he entirely neglects to mention the presumption of innocence and the accused’s right to a defense, which even a layperson like you knows are the cornerstones to our legal process. Just as dubious as the judge’s omitting this is Simon’s assessment of Holocaust victims. Central to A Splintered Soul is the idea that Holocaust survivors did not actually escape, as their memories “are sharp slivers embedded in the soul,” forever injuring them and spurring them to act in ways that may not be for the best. But in making this case, Simon says—not once, but twice—that those who perished in the death camps were not true victims. “The real victims of the Holocaust,” he says, “were not the victims who died, but those who survived and continue to live.” Think there’s ever been a rabbi who would even imply that the people who died in Auschwitz were not real victims? The script’s many faults don’t prevent the [Pacifica from p. 10]
Pacifica Live
cast from delivering Brooks’s dialog in earnest. And while they can be a bit too earnest at times (Rockwell’s intensity is sometimes at 7 or 8 when it ought to be closer to 4), they get an “A” for effort. Lotorto is particularly good in an angry exchange with the rabbi. Director Mayra Mazor also does solid work, keeping things from being too static in a play that could easily fall victim to being too talky. Perhaps the production’s best element is Yuri Okahana’s set design. Despite the play’s action taking place entirely in Simon’s apartment (with small bits in the recesses of his mind), Okahana has given us a multilevel space with a barbedwire backdrop evoking the camps, along with recesses of space filled by luggage and shoes. Although these spaces are never used or even alluded to, no one should fail to miss these evocations of the property—artifacts of their former lives—confiscated from the Jews. It’s a powerful touch. Act Two opens with chronologically disembodied moments in which two refugees come to Simon with confessions of their wartime acts. Simon’s handling of these damaged souls is in keeping with the best of rabbinical tradition, full of wisdom, pathos, and even humor. Had Brooks built his characters and drama from here, perhaps A Splintered Soul could have quietly supported the weight of its subject. As it is, this is only a standout scene in a play that never quite works. Time: 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 4 Cost: $47 to $49 Details: (562) 436-4610, ICTLongBeach.org Venue: Beverly O’Neill Theatre, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach to her husband at the Constitutional Convention were just an early warning.” Mrs. Adams requested her husband to draft laws “more generous and favorable” to women than his predecessors had. She warned “if particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion
Americans on his show who are very concerned about the Democrats not taking a strong position on illegal immigration. “It’s purely economic,” Hartmann said. “It comes down to, ‘I can’t get a good job because there’s five guys at Home Depot who are willing to work for $3 per hour.’ It’s about the money that fuels households.” These issues can seem insurmountable. But turning toward recent evolution on the left, Hartmann discussed the Democratic Party’s so-called divide and its adoption of progressive/socialist voters and candidates. “Democratic Socialists are now the largest, or second largest, caucus in Congress,” he said. “It’s going to grow substantially in this election.” Since the Democratic Party is a “billion-dollar machine,” Renown investigative journalist Greg Palast discussed his film, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy at the KPFK town hall at the Warner his hope is for enough people Grand, Oct. 27. Photo by Benjamin Garcia to get together to seize control of the party. With that, you get the leverage of a and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws national movement. Yet, Hartmann said, right now in which we have no voice, or representation.” “If you look at societies and businesses that there may only be “a few [to] 10,000 (Democratic Socialists).” It’s not enough money or offices or are either run by women or where there is relative parity of men and women, they work better,” people to really do that much. Finally, Hartmann has hope about the number Hartmann noted. “And we know that all-male government tends to favor hierarchy, patriarchy of women running for political office. “One of the biggest problems we have in the and oppression of the weak.” U.S. is testosterone poisoning,” Hartmann said. Details: www.thomhartmann.com and “Our politics were poisoned with testosterone www.kpfk.org from the very get-go. Abigail Adams’s letters
America on the Ballot [Ballot from p. 1]
Trump, who was seeking to make the midterms all about him and his issues — especially fear of immigrants — began tweeting about the caravan on Oct. 16, after Fox News aired a segment on it. Trump warned that “No more money or aid will be given to Honduras, effective immediately!” if the caravan didn’t return to Honduras. “Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in” with the caravan, Trump falsely tweeted on Oct. 22. In between, he retweeted a video falsely purporting to show people being paid to “join the caravan & storm the US border @ election time. Soros? US-backed NGOs?” as one staunch Trumping Congress member described it. Hate groups joined the propaganda barrage, as detailed by the Southern Poverty Law Center. NRATV, the NRA’s propaganda organ, merged two Trump/GOP obsessions, voter fraud and immigration. “A bevy of left-wing groups are partnering with a Hungarian-born billionaire and the Venezuelan government to try to influence the 2018 midterms by sending Honduran migrants north in the thousands,” NRATV correspondent Chuck Holton “reported” on October 19. Trump supporters struck similar themes on Fox News and CNN, while the New York Times ran two front-page aerial photos and stories about the caravan, boosting Trump’s fear mongering message. All this helped push Bowers over the edge. He had grown particularly obsessed with HIAS, a Jewish refugee agency founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in 1881 in response to a series of anti-Semitic pogroms in Tsarist Russia. His last social media post, just before the massacre, read: HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.
POLA On-Dock Rail Yard Expansion
SAN PEDRO — The Port of Los Angeles is moving forward with a major rail project to optimize ondock rail operations and improve cargo flow throughout the nation’s busiest harbor complex. The Terminal Island Rail Yard Enhancement Project will reduce truck trips, tailpipe emissions, and congestion on local streets and freeways. The $34 million project will be funded with a $21.6 million grant from the State Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 1) Trade Corridor Enhancement Program, or TCEP, which funds improving freight corridors in California. The Port will fund the remaining cost of nearly $12.4 million. The project will expand an existing intermodal rail storage yard on Terminal Island. The expanded rail yard is projected to eliminate an estimated 1,250 truck trips per day by 2040. The Los Angeles Harbor Commission approved the project and concluded the environmental review process. Project completion is expected by early 2022. More than 300 construction jobs are expected to be created during the course of the project.
Sheriff Jim McDonnell Announces New Constitutional Policing Advisor
Donald Trump’s supporters include from left, Gregory Bush, who murdered two African Americans at random in Louisville Ky., Robert Bowers, who murdered 11 worshippers at Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, and Cesar Sayoc who spent the past two weeks sending pipe bombs to prominent Trump critics.
and undermine other existing cultural institutions... You had to promote ‘political correctness,’ the slavish privileging of the feelings of just about any identity group except white European-American Christians (especially male) and you had to push multiculturalism, the notion that all cultures are all equally valid. Both of those serve to demolish existing standards.
University Art Museum Leadership News
November 1 - 14, 2018
LONG BEACH — Cyrus Parker-Jeannette, Dean of the College of the Arts for California State University, Long Beach, informed the campus community in September that Kimberli Meyer was no longer serving as director of the University Art Museum. This happened days before the opening of artist, lauren woods installation American MONUMENT. (woods uses all lowercase letters in her name). woods subsequently paused the exhibit until CSULB openly addresses Myers sudden termination. Dean Parker-Jeannette has announced that Maria Coltharp has agreed to serve in the new role of interim director. Coltharp was formerly the registrar and curator of the permanent collection at the University Art Museum. Coltharp is an experienced collection specialist dedicated to increasing access to contemporary art both locally and internationally. Her understanding of museum standards provides a framework of skills including experience in museum registration and curation, collection, publication, and exhibition management. A member of the UAM staff since 2014, Coltharp leads the CSULB Conservation Initiative with partners at the Getty Conservation Institute and CSULB Facilities Management.
Immigration is seen through this lens of destroying American culture, going to the extreme of equating immigration with an invading army. When I interviewed Wilson for Salon, he told me, “You had to bring in a flood of immigrants so fast that they couldn’t properly assimilate — especially if they came from traditions very distinct from the American norm. All these things would destroy national cohesion and, eventually, the centrifugal forces would shatter the nation. Then, the Marxists could just waltz in and take over, banish the dissenters to gulags and impose godless collectivism.” That dark, deluded, paranoid fantasy explains what it means to say, “Political correctness is killing us.” It’s at the root of Trump’s political outlook as well as the Tree of Life massacre. “I have noticed a change in people saying ‘illegals’ that now say ‘invaders’,” Bowers wrote six days before the shooting. “I like this.” It made him feel good about mass murder. Meanwhile, things are very different in the real world, where Trump’s chief immigration policy adviser, Stephen Miller, would not even have been born were it not for HIAS. “HIAS helped to rescue my family about a hundred years ago,” Miller’s uncle, Dr. David Glosser told Democracy Now! on Oct. 29.
Glosser, who is retired, now works as a HIAS volunteer. With Stephen Miller’s own policies in place, and without the help of HIAS, “Stephen Miller certainly would not have existed,” Glosser said. “My parents would likely have gone up the crematoria chimney, never have met. I would never have been born. His mother never would have been born. Certainly, Stephen wouldn’t have been born.” It doesn’t get more delusional than that. On Oct. 28, a group of Jewish leaders in Pittsburgh—members of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice — wrote a letter to Trump that he is no longer welcome in Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism. “The Torah teaches that every human being is made b’tzelem Elohim, in the image of God. This means all of us,” they wrote. “Our Jewish community is not the only group you have targeted. You have also deliberately undermined the safety of people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities. Yesterday’s massacre is not the first act of terror you incited against a minority group in our country.” We constantly hear about a polarized nation, about two opposing groups driven by negative views of each other. But the reality here is starkly different: one group reaches out to include everyone. They believe in America’s founding motto—e pluribus unum, out of many, one. The other sees enemies everywhere it looks—except for where they actually live: right in front of them, in the mirror. Election Day is Nov. 6. “Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote!” as if the future of America depended on it. Because it does.
LOS ANGELES — Sheriff Jim McDonnell has named Los Angeles native, Sergio Perez, as his Constitutional Policing Advisor to assist the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in sustaining reform and advancing justice for the diverse communities it serves. Perez previously served as Deputy Attorney General for the California Department of Justice, Civil Rights Enforcement Section. He will start his position in mid-November. Perez, a former trial attorney with the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice, has investigated high-profile unconstitutional and discriminatory misconduct by law enforcement agencies. This investigative experience, together with his work as a Director of Enforcement for the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, provides Sheriff McDonnell and the LASD with the benefit of an internal voice with a perspective and skill set to assist the Sheriff in identifying issues and proposing practices and accountability measures.
Real News, Real People, Really Effective
Trump pounced on the caravan as a means to promote immigration fear as the driving force in the midterms. But the multiple strands of conspiracism reflect a coherent, if deluded, ideology that’s been growing on the right since the 1990s. Trump has embraced it via his signature attacks on “political correctness,” and his claims that it is “killing us.” If that’s an odd-sounding claim it’s because there’s a whole lot more to the “political correctness” conspiracy theory than first meets the eye. As developed and spread by paleoconservative activist William Lind, the term is interchangeable with “cultural Marxism,” the claim of a far-reaching conspiracy to undermine America culturally. It was supposedly started by the Frankfurt School of critical theorists (“all Jewish” Lind noted), who were actually, well, theorists. Researcher Bruce Wilson described this in my July 2016 story, The Truth About Trump (RLN 7/21/2016): Lind’s narrative goes like this: after the initial success of the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks got bogged down and failed to take other countries, such as Germany,” Wilson said. “So a small school of Jewish Marxist intellectuals, the Frankfurt School, came up with a neat answer: The revolution hadn’t spread because the culture wasn’t receptive enough. First, you had to change the culture. You had to destroy conventional morality and religion, especially Christianity,
[News Briefs from p. 6]
17
CLASSIFIED ADS DBA & LEGAL FILINGS CAREER TRAINING
JOBS Facilities Coordinator Part time position. International Bird Rescue San Pedro. Visit www.bird-rescue.org for full job description & contact info. RLN SEEKING SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR Responsibilities include: • Advertising sales— print and digital • Selling event sponsorships • Developing and maintaining social media Requirements: • 2-plus years of advertising or marketing experience • Online marketing experience • Reliable transportation RLn offers: • Unlimited earning potential • Great work environment • Creative thinking Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States. Random Lengths News is an equal opportunity employer. Send resumé to james@ randomlengthsnews.com or drop by the office at 1300 S. Pacific Ave. in San Pedro.
AIRLINE CAREERS begin here – Get started by training as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800725-1563 www.IncomeCentral.net (AAN CAN)
MUSIC LESSONS First lesson FREE. VIOLIN LESSONS in your home with Jim Sitterly, concertmaster of Alias, Lost and Fringe. All levels. 310-548-1659. www.JimSitterly.com.
Specializing in small businesses CPA quality service at very reasonable rates
www.donmarshallcpa.com
Worry-Free Tax & Accounting Service • Payroll • Income Tax • Notary Service
Save time. Save money. Save stress. Just Relax Tax Service
870 W. 9th St., Ste. 100A, San Pedro Call for appt. today 310.221.0034 • www.justrelaxtax.com
Wed.-Sun., noon to five Brown Bros. Building 461 W. 6th St., Suite 106, San Pedro
GOOD STUFF • GREAT PRICES
Graphic Design Digital Marketing Custom & Union Printing 1300 S. Pacific Ave. San Pedro 310.519.1442
V
W
W
V
Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant
Poetry Book — Shadow Lands: Reflection on some people I’ve known. 12 original poems by RLn Publisher James Preston Allen. $10+$1.50 s/h Beacon Light Press, P.O. Box 731, San Pedro, CA 90733.
(310) 833-8977
DESIGNS
November 1 - 14, 2018
HughesNet Satellite Internet - 25mbps starting at $49.99/ mo! FAST download speeds. WiFi built in! FREE Standard Installation for lease customers! Limited Time, Call 1-800490-4140 (AAN CAN)
Don Marshall, MBA, CPA
q Vintage-Collectibles r
FDA Registered, 100% Digital hearing aids as low as $199 each. Americ a n M a d e Te c h n o l o g y. Call 866-787-3141 use promo 88271 for a risk-free trial! FREE SHIPPING! (AAN CAN)
FOR SALE
Don Marshall CPA, Inc.
ROSY SCENARIO
“TL;DR”— some short versions. HEALTH
PEDRO PET PALS is the only group that raises funds for the City Animal Shelter and FREE vaccines and spay or neuter for our community. (310) 991-0012
11/1/18, 11/15/18
310-519-1442
CASH FOR CARS: Any Car/ Truck 2000-2015, Running or Not! Top Dollar For Used/ Damaged. Free Nationwide Towing! Call Now: 1-888-4203808 (AAN CAN)
PETS
after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 1411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions code). Original filing: 10/04/18, 10/18/18,
10/1926. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) S/. Adam Davidson, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Sept. 28, 2018. Notice-In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920. A fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920 where it expire 40 days
All-inclusive: DBA Filing & Publishing
VEHICLES
Bulletin Board
18
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2018248079 The following person is doing business as: (1) San Pedro Foursquare Church, (2) Bethany Christian Fellowship, 792 W. 10th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731, Los Angeles County. Registered owners:International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, 1910 W. Sunset Blvd., STE 200, Los Angeles, CA 90026. This Business is conducted by an individual. The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above:
The animals at the Harbor Animal Shelter have ongoing need for used blankets, comforters, pet beds.* Drop off at Harbor Animal Shelter 957 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro 888-452-7381, x 143 PLEASE SPAY/NEUTER YOUR PET! *In any condition. We will wash and mend.
© 2018 MATT JONES, Jonesin’ Crosswords
IRS TAX DEBTS? $10k+! Tired of the calls? We can Help! $500 free consultation! We can STOP the garnishments! FREE Consultation Call Today 1-866-797-0755 (AAN CAN)
REAL ESTATE SERVICES REAL ESTATE INVESTOR seeks to purchase commercial or multi-unit residential properties in San Pedro. No Agents please. 310-241-6827
ACROSS
(AAN) CAN)
PLEASE HELP!
135
FINANCIAL SERVICES
DISH TV $59.99 For 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply. Call Now: 1-800-373-6508 CHEAP FLIGHTS! Book Your Flight Today on United, Delta, American, Air France, Air Canada. We have the best rates. Call today to learn more 1-855-231-1523 (AAN CAN)
$
PERSONALS Don’t like online dating. Successful woman, retired, attractive, financially secure. Looking for second chance in love w/kind, financially secure gentleman, age 6575. (310) 684-1448.
DATING Livelinks - Chat Lines. Flirt, chat and date! Talk to sexy real singles in your area. Call now! 1-844-359-5773 (AAN CAN)
MISC.
Need a roommate? Roommates.com will help you find your Perfect Match™ today! (AAN CAN)
1 Playground marble 6 “Stay With Me” singer Smith 9 Point-and-click tool 14 Late-night TBS show 15 Bank offering, for short 16 “Champagne Supernova” band 17 Storage place 18 Does some present preparation 20 New pilot’s achievements 22 Wed. preceder 23 “Inglourious Basterds” org. 24 The Braves, on scoreboards 25 “I ___ Man of Constant Sorrow” 28 Country singer Travis 30 Elba who recently announced he won’t be playing James Bond 32 Australia’s Outback, alternatively 37 Becomes less green 38 Historic castle officially called “Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress” 41 Discipline with poses 42 Wound on a bobbin 43 Limp Bizkit frontman Fred 45 “Parks and Recreation” character Andy 48 Joan of Arc, e.g., for short
49 Ruling official 52 Word with Plaines or Moines 53 Niihau necklace 55 Like a government wonk, say 58 They may be receding 61 1990s cardio fad 62 For some reason it’s National Soft Pretzel Month 63 “Ambient 1: Music for Airports” composer 64 Become a member 65 Regards 66 Columnist Savage 67 Classic symbols of the theater
DOWN
1 “With ___ of thousands” 2 Escaped 3 Horn 4 “Break Your Heart” singer Cruz 5 Provide with a wardrobe 6 Protestors’ placards 7 Unfit for farming 8 Mario Puzo subject 9 “The Jungle Book” boy 10 Rowboat pair 11 “Mr. Robot” network 12 Tiny drink 13 Feature of a Mariner’s cap 19 Blasting stuff 21 Fall-blooming flowers 25 2012 Affleck thriller 26 Bearing
27 Donkey relative 29 “___ the best of times ...” 31 Word before longlegs or Yankee 33 1940s-’50s jazz style 34 Strange sighting 35 Traffic caution word 36 Poker variant 38 Hype up 39 Grimm creature 40 Piece with a headline 41 PGA measurements 44 2016 Dreamworks movie with Justin Timberlake 46 Respectable group? 47 Converse rival 50 Lilly of pharmaceuticals 51 Penalized, monetarily 52 Knighted vacuum cleaner inventor 54 They offer immunity on “Survivor” 55 Highly proper 56 Wrestler John of countless memes 57 “Peter Pan” dog 58 Took in 59 King Kong, for instance 60 Vexation ©2018 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com) For answers go to: www.randomlengthsnews.com
LIMITED TIME SPECIALS RECEIVE A
100
$
VISA GIFT CARD
PPreventative Maintenance PA/C and Heating Repairs PWheel alignment & tires Schedule an appointment online:
www.meineke.com
(562) 249-7110
1406 S. Pacific Ave. , San Pedro Mon.-Fri. 8 am to 6 pm • Sat. 8 am to 4 pm
When you use your Meineke Credit Card on a purchase of $495 or more
EARLY BIRD OIL CHANGE
1995
$
PLUS TAX
Between 8 -10 AM • Conventional motor oil and filter • 22-point inspection • Tire pressure check
50% OFF Brake Pads Exp. 11-30-18
Real News, Real People, Really Effective November 1 - 14, 2018
19
SoCal Members of White Supremacy Group Charged in Attacks at Political Rallies in Calif. and N.C. RAM openly identifies as “alt-right” and “nationalist” and its members frequently post photographs and videos of themselves engaging in physical training and mixed martial arts streetfighting techniques, along with references to their alt-right and nationalist beliefs and ideology. The four RAM members allegedly engaged in a series of violent attacks at political rallies in 2017, including events in Huntington Beach, Berkeley and San Bernardino. The three men taken into custody are: • Robert Rundo, 28, of Huntington Beach, allegedly a founding member of RAM and the man behind RAM’s Twitter account. He was ordered detained pending trial;
• Robert Boman, 25, of Torrance, who was arrested Oct. 24, by special agents with the FBI. • Tyler Laube, 22, of Redondo Beach, who also was arrested Oct. 24, by the FBI. The fourth defendant named in the complaint — Aaron Eason, 38, who resides in the Riverside County community of Anza – recently turned himself in to the FBI at the Westwood Federal Building. The complaint charges the four defendants with violating the federal conspiracy and riots statutes. At the Huntington Beach “Make America Great Again” rally on March 25, members of RAM broke off from the main rally and confronted counter-protesters
November 1 - 14, 2018
Real News, Real People, Totally Relevant
A number of Southern California residents have been charged by the Justice Department with participating in violent attacks at political in California and elsewhere in the United States. On Oct. 24, four Southern California men, alleged members of the white supremacy extremist group, “Rise Above Movement,” were named in a federal criminal complaint stemming from violence at Huntington Beach “Make America Great Again” rally in March 2018 and a rally in Berkeley in April 2017. The complaint describes RAM as an online group that operate with the intent to organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on riots.
20
PAID BY VILLANUEVA FOR LOS ANGELES SHERIFF 2018 FPPC# 1397275
On Oct. 10, a federal grand jury in Charlottesville indicted four California men with conspiring to violate the federal riots statue. The four defendants in this case include: • Benjamin Drake Daley, 25, of Redondo Beach, • Thomas Walter Gillen, 24, of Redondo Beach, • Michael Paul Miselis, 29, of Lawndale, • Cole Evan White, 24, of Clayton. The indictment charged each defendant with one count of conspiracy to violate the federal riots act and one count of traveling in interstate commerce from California to Virginia with the intent to incite a riot, organize, promote, encourage, participate in, and carry on in a riot, to commit an act of violence in furtherance of a riot, or aid or abet any person inciting and participating in or carrying on in a riot.