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Movement Briefing & Media Conference The Bus Riders Union Calls on MTA to end its Apartheid...

May

Bus Riders Union Calls on...

BRU Calls on the MTA Board to Pass Free Public Transportation for all MTA Passengers for...

Jan

LASUD to Introduce motion...

All friends of the Strategy Center and Bus Riders Union Great News for the Free Public...

Oct

Action Alert: Support BLM...

Support Black Lives Matter LA: Bye Jackie 2020 2 years of Action Wednesday October 23rd, 2019 4-6PM...

Feb

The Strategy Center Suppo...

Actions, Upcoming Events

Jan

Bus Riders Union @ Pan Af...

Join The Strategy Center at the Pan African Film Festival for the Great Film BUS RIDERS...

Jan

The Strategy Center Stand...

Articles, Campaigns

Fundraising, Strategy and Soul

Dec

Building a Machine to Tak...

Building a Machine to Take on the System Please Help us Raise $50,000 Now Dear Friends,...

Dec

Standing Up against Racis...

Statement of the Labor/Community Strategy Center Standing Up against Racist, Fascist, Nazi, Swastikas in South L.A....

Jun

Symbols Of Resistance: A...

Strategy and Soul

Symbols Of Resistance A conversation with Claude Marks, Brenda Montano, and Eric Mann Strategy & Soul Theater ...

Feb

Meet us At the Metro Boa...

Actions, DOT Complaint, Fliers

Demands Free Public Transportation No Police on MTA Trains Shut Down MTA Transit Court No Racist...

Feb

Selena Lechuga Says, The...

Campaigns, DOT Complaint

You saw the video. I was one of “those young Latinas who stood up to police...

Jan

Selena Lechuga, Latina, a...

Actions, Articles, DOT Complaint

For Immediate Release Contact: Eric Mann info@thestrategycenter.org Press Conference Date/Time: Friday, January 26th at 12 PM Location:...

Jan

LAPD sergeant drags rider...

Articles, DOT Complaint

Read this article on Curbed LA An 18-year-old woman was detained Monday afternoon after a Los...

Jan

Stop and Frisk Incident C...

Please fill out this contact form if you have seen or have experienced police harassment on...

Jan

Stop All US Violence Aga...

Actions, Campaigns, Upcoming Events

Stop all U.S. violence against women in the family, community, workplace, prisons, ICE detention centers, by...

Jan

CURBED LA: After civil ri...

Articles, DOT Complaint

Read this article on Curbed LA It’s the goal of a lawsuit filed by the strategy...

Dec

The Strategy Center is R...

The Strategy Center is Reinventing Itself—Again Dear Friends, The Labor/Community Strategy Center is reinventing itself—again! In...

Nov

Meet us TODAY at the Lef...

Campaigns, DOT Complaint, Upcoming Events

Centrality of Race and the Challenge to the Movement 10:30am-11:45 Los Angeles Trade Technical College 400 W...

Sep

Justice for César Rodrig...

For Immediate Release Contact: Manuel Criollo 323.243.9304 manuel@thestrategycenter.org Eric Mann 213.387.2800 ericmann@mindspring.com Press Conference Date/Time: Thursday,...

Sep

LCSC Breaking News: Stop...

Campaigns, DOT Complaint

Demonstrate Tomorrow Friday, Sept 1 at 10 AM In Front of MTA Headquarters Demand of MTA CEO...

Jul

Nation within a Nation

Strategy and Soul

Komozi Woodard—Revolutionary in Residence at the Labor/Community Strategy Center Komozi Woodard is a long-time movement organizer,...

May

LCSC Presents: City of In...

Upcoming Events

CITY OF INMATES Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965...

Apr

The Vote for the Future o...

Vote for the Future of the Bus System STRATEGY CENTER CIVIL RIGHTS & CLIMATE JUSTICE CAMPAIGN...

Mar

Correspondance: LACMTA to...

Campaigns, DOT Complaint

Metro Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority January 26, 2017 One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012-2952...

Mar

This Is Genocide Infograp...

This Is What Genocide Looks Like in Los Angeles https://infograph.venngage.com/p/228896/stop-metro-genocide-against-the-black-nation We need you to stand up...

Mar

Curbed LA: Civil rights c...

BY JENNA CHANDLER JAN 18, 2017, 6:12PM PST The U.S. Department of Transportation confirmed Wednesday that...

Mar

CBS News: LAPD To Patrol...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Los Angeles police officers will patrol buses and trains in the...

Feb

LCSC formal response to t...

February 21, 2017 Ms. Yvette Rivera Associate Director U.S. Department of Transportation Departmental Office of Civil...

Jan

DOT to LACMTA: Launch of...

January 12, 2017 Mr. Philip A. Washington Chief Executive Officer Los Angeles County MT A One...

Jan

Strategy Center Files Civ...

By Joe Linton In November of 2016, the Labor/Community Strategy Center (LCSC) filed a civil rights complaint against Metro with...

Dec

LCSC Data Summary MTA cit...

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Dec

Correspondence DOT to LCS...

Dear Mr. Mann: The U.S. Department of Transportation received your...

Dec

Correspondence DOT to LAC...

December 1, 2016 Mr. Philip A. Washington Chief Executive Officer Los Angeles...

Nov

LA Metro End Your Attack...

For LA Metro Black Lives, Don’t Matter. LA Metro criminalizes black riders who are only 19%...

Oct

The Problem is not just t...

Fliers

No Cars in L.A. and the U.S. No Tanks in L.A. and the U.S. The Climate...

Oct

Tell President Obama to E...

We urge President Obama to immediately end the DOD 1033 program and demand that all weapons...

Oct

No On Measure M Fliers

Fliers

Menu Download the Latest flier Download The Latest Memes and Propaganda No Cars in L.A. and the...

Oct

Why You Should Not Pay th...

MTA’s Destroys Black and Brown Communities MTA has increased fares by 38% since 2007 and cut...

Jul

Me and Jesse Williams: Th...

Articles, End 1033

Thanks Jesse Williams. It took a lot of bravery for you to get up at the...

Jul

What to the Slave is the...

WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FORTH OF JULY A DEEP APPRECIATION Eric Mann As we...

May

How Teenagers Got Police...

End 1033, End 1033 Correspondence

Read this Article on Alternet A coalition of Los Angeles high school students and grassroots organizers...

May

All Correspondences With...

May

The Strategy Center—Fin...

5 Comments

Today, after 18 months of ferocious uphill organizing the Labor/Community Strategy Center reached an agreement with...

May

Steve Zimmer Letter of Ap...

7 Comments

Dear Mr. Eric Mann, First, I want to thank you for your dialogue with me, other...

May

Letters of support to #En...

May

Los Angeles School Police...

3 Comments

Dear Sirs: Our past and ongoing commitment to strengthening trust and partnerships with the Strategy Center...

May

Monica Garcia’s Ap...

To the members of the Labor Community Strategy Center and the Dignity in Schools Campaign, The...

May

National Demonstration to...

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Apr

Telemundo 52 noticias

Imágenes de las noticias del canal 52 en abril de 22 para la lucha por el...

Apr

Urban Youth Collaborative...

Dear LAUSD Board President Zimmer and Superintendent King: Urban Youth Collaborative is a civil and human...

Apr

COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOR S...

April 17, 2016 Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Office of the Board 333...

Apr

The GSA Network of Califo...

Dear LAUSD Board President Zimmer and Superintendent King: The GSA Network of California is a racial...

Apr

Girls for Gender Equity,...

Dear Chair Zimmer and Superintendent King: We hope this message finds you well. The Dignity in...

Apr

Alliance for Educational...

Dear LAUSD Board President Zimmer and Superintendent King: The Alliance for Educational Jsutice is a national...

Apr

Friday, April 22nd Rally...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2016 Contact: Eric Mann, ericmann@mindspring.com, (213) 387.2800 Nancy Treviño, nancy@dignityinschools.org, (786) 201-8958 Manuel...

Apr

Philphiladelphia Student...

Dear LAUSD Board President Zimmer and Superintendent King: The Philadelphia Student Union is a youth-led, civil...

Apr

Dignity in Schools Campai...

We hope this message finds you well. The Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) is a national...

Apr

Mapping the National inve...

Mar

Maestros y estudiantes de...

El distrito escolar fue urgido a mejorar la educación, a apoyar a la comunidad y a...

Mar

Fight over weapons in LAU...

A civic group protesting the military-style weapons once held by LA Unified police said they will...

Mar

End the 1033 Program Sign...

Dear Allies, We are happy to announce a major development, breakthrough and victory in our struggle...

Mar

Letter to LAUSD Create a...

March 2, 2016 LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King, LAUSD President Steve Zimmer, Monica Garcia, George McKenna, Scott Schmerelson,...

Mar

March 1st Letter to LAUSD...

March 1, 2016 LAUSD President Steve Zimmer, Monica Garcia, George McKenna, Scott Schmerelson, Ref Rodriguez, Mónica Ratliff, Richard Vladovic, Superintendent...

Mar

L.A. schools have given u...

By: Sonali Kohli and Howard Blume The Los Angeles School Police Department doesn’t have any more weapons from a...

Dec

COP21: US is ‘Major...

Actions, Articles, Cop21

teleSUR English speaks to Manuel Criollo, the director of organizing at the U.S.-based Labor rights and...

Dec

The Paris Climate Talks:...

Cop21, Uncategorized

The just concluded Paris Climate Conference — the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...

Dec

Will a Climate War Pit Po...

We’ve gotten a taste of what police militarization looks like—in cases like the events following police...

Dec

Posts From Paris: The Wor...

Articles, Cop21

Posts from Paris: The World Is On Fire But the United Nations Is Not Post from...

Dec

Protect Paris and World f...

Actions, Cop21

President Barack Obama’s mission in Paris should be to join the world, not dominate it. We...

Dec

Event: Wine and Books

Cop21, Upcoming Events

Check out “Wine and Books” The Katrina’s Legacy international book launch if you happen to be in Paris...

Dec

Eric Mann on the Laura Fl...

Cop21, Journal

Check out Eric Mann’s Interview on the Laura Flanders Show Eric tells of how he first joined...

Dec

Defend the President̵...

Actions, Articles, Cop21

The Republican Senate just voted to reject plans by President Obama and the EPA to dramatically...

Dec

Prelude to Paris: Four Tr...

Articles, Cop21

In December 2015 the world’s governments will meet in Paris for a truly historic event —...

Dec

LIVE FROM PRELUDE TO PARI...

Cop21

LIVE FROM PRELUDE TO PARIS; Eric Mann, Manuel Criollo, Ashley Franklin, and Channing Martinez speak about the...

Aug

What Use Does the Los Ang...

Read this Article on Huffington Post On Thursday, July 30, 50 Black and Latino students wearing...

Jul

LAUSD Stop Supporting the...

Actions, Campaigns, End 1033

LAUSD and LASPD has proclaimed its discontinued relationship with the Federal Department of Defense 1033 Program,...

Jul

Huffington Post Article:...

Articles, Cop21, End 1033

Written by: Eric Mann, Director of the Labor Community Strategy Center, Revolutionary, Civil Rights, Anti-war, Labor,...

Jul

The Los Angeles School Po...

LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines LAUSD Board of Education 333 South Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor Los...

Jul

LAUSD Letter to The Strat...

June 19, 2015 Eric Mann, Director Manny Criollo, Director Labor/Community Strategy Center 3780 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite...

Jul

Letter to LAUSD Board Pre...

July 24, 2015 LAUSD Board President Steve Zimmer LAUSD Board of Education 333 S. Beaudry Avenue,...

May

Rolling Stone: What Obama...

Last week, President Obama issued an executive order to regulate the use of military equipment within...

May

Black Resistance Now!

from Ashley Franklin When I joined the Strategy Center, I was drawn to Eric Mann’s book...

May

A Tribute to Maria Guarda...

by Manuel Criollo Let me take you way back to the spring of 1993, the first...

May

Letter to Superintendent...

May 15, 2015 Superintendent Ramon Cortines Los Angeles Unified School District 333 South Beaudry Ave., 24th...

Apr

Post navigation Group pos...

About 50 students and activists disrupted the LA Unified school board meeting on July 30 in...

Mar

FFSC, GGJ, AF3IRM &...

It was a beautiful, sunny LA day. A great day for a rally as Strategy Center...

Feb

FFSC Joins Grassroots Glo...

Grassroots Global Justice and the World March of Women March 8th International Working Women’s Day Action...

Dec

Post navigation VIDEO: Pr...

A small but loud group from The Labor Community Strategy Center’s Fight for the Soul of the...

Nov

Demilitarize LAUSD –...

The growing outcry and struggle to bring an end to state sanction violence against the Black...

Nov

LAUSD school police retur...

Los Angeles Unified’s school police have returned their armored vehicle after community outcry over a federal program that...

Nov

Hey LAUSD, Demilitarize O...

The Labor/Community Strategy Center’s Community Rights Campaign rejects Boardmember Ratliff’s resolution to study expansion of police...

Oct

Why Are Police Using Mili...