Due to an overwhelming response to our shirt design contest AND a bunch of whiners complaining that the June 1 deadline is too soon, we have decided to extend the contest deadline to July 1. That’s just the sort of news you need to hear to get your procrastinating butt to work and submit your […]

Fueled by hysteria about internet predation (anyone seen those ridiculous Dateline specials?), Congress has introduced HR5319 to monitor minors’ activity on the internet. According to Mobilize.org, the legislation aims to “ban social networking, even sites used for educational and professional opportunities. HR5319 will censor the communication of our generation and tell us who we can […]

A firsthand account of the urgent situation at the South Central Farm from guest blogger Irina Contreras:
Another Warehouse????
Keep the Pigs Out of the Farm!
Last I heard warehouses don’t grow FOOD!
These are some of the things my partner in crime, Camryn Bustamante, and I wrote on our signs inside the South Central Farm yesterday evening. […]

The South Central Farm — thought to be the largest urban community garden in the United States and a rare greenspace in a park-poor, highly industrialized, low-income community of color — faces imminent destruction.
Earlier in the spring, the national nonprofit Trust for Public Land negotiated a deal to buy […]

It’s Time for Clamor’s 2nd Annual Golden Soapbox Awards
You all have your favorites — the independent news that accompanies your morning coffee to the alternative web sites and radio shows you tell your friends to check out. Now’s your chance to chime in on your independent media staples and commend the hard work of media […]

Enough of the race-baiting!
Too much of the corporate media continues trying to antagonize Black v. Brown, Brown (whether you’re Latin@, South Asian or otherwise) vs. Black. And in doing so, grossly misrepresents what the current Civil Rights Movement is about: those denied their rights fighting to win/gain equal rights.
In the […]