Protests and Demonstrations

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Gustavo Ally? Gustavo Allah? Gustavo Ay-yay?

Someone from OC Weekly is going to be on the KTLA Morning News in a few seconds. But based on how the anchors were mangling his name during their Mexican student protest stories, it's Gustavo Ari-, Allay-, Ali- or Ely-ano, -uno, -eenie, -meenie, -mano. Whoever the hell he is, he writes Ask-A-Mexican ... More >>

Seen in SanTana

Here's a Tenaya Hills photo from yesterday's protests in the streets of Santa Ana... ... and right outside our World HQ—how convenient! For more coverage, check out Thursday's print edition (and our website) for contributions from Hills, Gustavo Arellano and Rebecca "Commie Girl" Schoenkopf.

Over Their Heads

I was at Fascist Island for this morning's MoveOn.organized protest against John Campbell (R-Irvine Company), and I noticed a sign hanging high above the Atrium Court's lower parking lot. DE SIGN AIN'T WITHIN REACH I giggled all morning. Anyone else know ridiculous signage in and around Orange C ... More >>

(Don't) Protest Jim Gilchrist Tonight at Chapman!

Sept. 15-Oct. 15 is Latino Heritage Month in the United States, so what better way to celebrate their heritage to America than invite Mr. Minuteman himself to speak during college festivities? Thus goes Chapman University's logic (full disclosure: I'm an alumn and got kicked off the campus), and so ... More >>

You can't protest us; we're already protesting you!

On Saturday, OC Weekly staff writer Luke Y. Thompson and myself took to the streets to see what was going on in Anaheim as a left-wing group known as the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition and put together a fairly huge "Anti-Zionism" protest with only a few days notice. Fairly predictably, a smaller scale "Pr ... More >>

Anti-Commie Agitator Arrested for Assault

Bolsavik, the witty all-Viet-all-the-time blog, is reporting that Trong Doan (pictured), an anti-communist protester recently profiled by OC Weekly, has just been arrested for assault. Bolsavik is the latest endeavor by Hao-Nhien Vu, who lost his job at Nguoi Viet Daily News when anti-communists bo ... More >>

Yearlong Viet Weekly Boycott Ends

Our good friend Hao-Nhien Vu, a.k.a. the Bolsavik, the ex-Nguoi Viet Daily News managing editor who lost his job thanks to anti-commie protests, has another big scoop on his blog today. Apparently, protesters who have been demonstrating outside the Historic Main Street offices of Viet Weekly for the ... More >>

Why I Hate Ho Chi Minh

Our good friend Hao-Nhien Vu, a.k.a. the Bolsavik, the ex-Nguoi Viet Daily News managing editor who lost his job thanks to anti-commie protests, has another big scoop on his blog today. Apparently, protesters who have been demonstrating outside the Historic Main Street offices of Viet Weekly for the ... More >>

Off Tran's Case

Republican DA plays partisan politics in Little Saigon

The Few, the Proud, the Spies

Spying on civilians was part of El Toros mission

Who You Calling Ho

Spying on civilians was part of El Toros mission

Protesters Without Borders

Capitalizing on the energy of the weekend’s marriage inequality protests (including Friday's march in Long Beach), Join the Impact, a blog designed to promote equal marriage rights for all Americans, is organizing a national protest on Saturday November 15. All supporters are asked to meet on the ... More >>

The Anti-Commie Protests Against Viet Weekly and Nguoi Viet Limp Along in Little Saigon

Capitalizing on the energy of the weekend’s marriage inequality protests (including Friday's march in Long Beach), Join the Impact, a blog designed to promote equal marriage rights for all Americans, is organizing a national protest on Saturday November 15. All supporters are asked to meet on the ... More >>

How the Minutemen Drove Mobile Mexican Consulates Out of the Capistrano Unified School District

Capitalizing on the energy of the weekend’s marriage inequality protests (including Friday's march in Long Beach), Join the Impact, a blog designed to promote equal marriage rights for all Americans, is organizing a national protest on Saturday November 15. All supporters are asked to meet on the ... More >>

Little Saigon’s Nguoi Viet Daily News Earns Anti-Commie Wrath—Again

Capitalizing on the energy of the weekend’s marriage inequality protests (including Friday's march in Long Beach), Join the Impact, a blog designed to promote equal marriage rights for all Americans, is organizing a national protest on Saturday November 15. All supporters are asked to meet on the ... More >>

Waiting With Red-baited Breath

Little Saigon’s latest wave of anti-communist fervor spreads beyond Viet Weekly

!Viva el Trabajador!

The day the day laborers ran the Nazis out of Laguna Canyon

THE RIGHT IS RIGHT

Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist has it all figured outexcept for one little thing

Diary of a Mad County

Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist has it all figured outexcept for one little thing

Apples and Oranges

Pringle to convention protesters: Bring it on

Political Theater

The best of the anti-Bush demonstration at St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa in Dana Point, Aug. 23, 2002

Food Fighter

LA jail menu led to Long Beach protesters early release

Theres a Specter Haunting Garden Grove

Lefties plan May Day protest of . . . Loretta Sanchez?

Black and Blue and Orange

Demonstrator says May Day violence was the result of police misconduct

How Not to Smash Global Capitalism

Why the Kalifornia Anarchists had their butts handed to them on May Day

I Didnt Do It

Teens suit says she wasnt principal-biter

Gypsies, Tramps and Bigots

Kansas anti-gay reverend brings his traveling theater to OC

Rat Boy Slim

How I helped resuscitate Elia Kazan

Scars and Stripes

What's behind those yellow flags in Little Saigon?

Jury to Protesters: The War's Over. Now Go Home!

Do you remember the exciting drama unfolded in the summer of 2007, when a small group of anti-communist protesters began to make life a living hell for the publishers of two Little Saigon newspapers, Viet Weekly and Nguoi Viet Daily News? No? What, did the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the election ... More >>

Jury to Little Saigon Protesters: The War's Over. Now Go Home!

Do you remember the exciting drama that unfolded in the summer of 2007, when a small group of anti-communist protesters began to make life a living hell for the publishers of two Little Saigon newspapers, Viet Weekly and Nguoi Viet Daily News? No? What, did the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the elec ... More >>

Make Sure Dana Rohrabacher Never Accepts Social Security

Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Wacko Heights) hasn't spoken to the Weekly since--take your pick--Moxley exposed him as a Taliban sympathizer or we published a photo of him in mujahideen garb (or was it the one where he wore an Uncle Sam hat and glassy, besotted eyes?). So can someone out there ask ... More >>

Official Support by Day and Threatened Arrest by Night for Cal State Fullerton Protesters

As reported by the student Daily Titan coverage here and here, administrators seemed to be behind protests against budget cuts, tuition hikes and employee furloughs as they sprawled across Cal State Fullerton much of Tuesday's daylight hours.But, as evidenced in another Daily Titan story here, the ... More >>

[UPDATED] UC Budget Protest at UCLA is Rowdy. Cal State Protest in Long Beach? Not So Much

​UPDATE: University of California Regents voted for a 32 percent tuition increase today, with a dissenting vote coming from the student-regent. The vote was taken and debated over loud protests outside from hundreds of demonstrators. Our big sis' LA Weekly reports one arrest today. See also the Lo ... More >>

Protesters Greet Barney Frank in Orange County

Frank speaking​Late this afternoon more than 40 protesters greeted the arrival of Congressman Barney Frank in Orange County, but the sentiments weren't welcoming in the place once hailed as "Reagan Country." "No more [Sen. Barbara] Boxer!" the protesters shouted repeatedly in unison as a ... More >>

UCI Student Protest Against OC District Attorney's Office Not the First Time Anteaters Have Hated DA

​Right now, if all is going according to plan, a group of UC Irvine students and associates are protesting outside the offices of the Orange County district attorney because the DA has subpoenaed six Anteaters to testify before a grand jury. The students aren't just your typical coeds, but rather ... More >>

Syrians Take Protest to Consulate General in Newport Beach Today

​Events are moving fast across Northern Africa and the Middle East, and Syria is no exception. To protest the massacre of peaceful freedom fighters in the streets of their homeland, Syrian Americans throughout Southern California are gathering at the Consulate General of Syria in Newport Beach fro ... More >>

[UPDATED with New Anti-Muslim Rally Plans:] Video Captures Protesters, Politicians Berating Muslims at Yorba Linda Charity Function

Muzammil Siddiqi​Here we go again.Organizers of February's controversial and much-blasted anti-Muslim rally in Yorba Linda have issued an ultimatum to the Orange County Human Relations Commission: rescind the Community Leader award it is presenting to Islamic Society of Orange County Imam Muzammil ... More >>

Will Syria Solidarity Ralliers in Anaheim Clash with Assad Supporters Like They Did in LA?

Neon Tommy​Hopefully those demonstrating in Anaheim Sunday in solidarity with peaceful protesters in Syria won't experience what happened in Los Angeles last Saturday.Fifty protesters gathered in front of the West LA federal building to cheer on Syria's opposition movement and condemn dictator Ba ... More >>

Feminist Activists Shout Down Santa Ana's Santora Arts Building During Artwalk

Carla Zarate​As people strolled down Sycamore Street for Saturday's Santa Ana Artists Village Artwalk, they were greeted by the spectacle of a squared circle and Lucha Libre. After 8 p.m. on Broadway in front of the Santora Arts Building, onlookers happened upon a much different scene of la lucha ... More >>

[UPDATED with Sentence for Deborah Pauly Threats:] Video Captures Protesters, Politicians Berating Muslims at Yorba Linda Charity Function

Paul Dean Andrews​UPDATE, MAY 25, 3:46 P.M.: A San Pedro man was sentenced today to 97 days in jail, three years probation and an order to stay away from Deborah Pauly for threatening violence against the Villa Park city councilwoman via a Facebook message. Paul Dean Andrews, 28, was slapped with ... More >>

[UPDATED with Protest's Emotional Conclusion:] Hundreds Protest Kelly Thomas' Death, Demand Answers From Fullerton PD

Ed CarrascoA protester goes right up to the door of the Fullerton Police Department.​​UPDATE, AUGUST 8, 1:07 P.M.: After most of the crowd had left for the day, the remaining 100 or so protesters congregated directly outside the Fullerton Police Department and the tone of the protest intens ... More >>

Protesters Gather To Remember Kelly Thomas, Open Up About Personal Stories of Police Brutality

OCWeekly/ Marisa Gerber​The group of people who gathered in front of the Fullerton Police Department for today's protest differed from last week's crew. Sure, the group was smaller this week--somewhere around 200 people showed up.But, the more marked change was the collective stepping back pr ... More >>

Occupy OC Plays the Percentages

[Moxley Confidential] Even Orange County has far more 99 percenters than 1 percenters. Can Occupy OC be part of effecting real change?

[UPDATE: Four Protesters Arrested] Occupy Orange County Takes Santa Ana and Finds A Republican!

Little boy protests corporate abuses in Santa Ana today.​UPDATE: 11:44 P.M., OCT. 22: Click here for updates, including names of the arrested and what the group plans on doing next.UPDATE, 11:11 P.M., OCT. 22: Editor's note--Four arrests confirmed by Occupy OC organizer Alicia Rojas for resisting ... More >>

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House of Blues

Penguin Prison on Cashing Checks With Lana Del Rey, Being in a Boy Band and Occupy Wall Street

​Whether singing in his local gospel choir, recording jingles or rocking at downtown clubs in his native New York City, music has played a major part of Chris Glover's life. In 2009, Glover adopted the moniker Penguin Prison, which he says came from "a joke rap song and there was a line about goin ... More >>

Calvary Chapels in Gardena, Downey Doing Chuck Smith Proud by Trying to Shutter Businesses They Don't Like

​While Calvary Chapel founder Chuck Smith battles lung cancer, he no doubts take solace in know that his acolytes are continuing the movement's raison d'etre (besides gay bashing, of course): being moralistic NIMBYers.The big story right now involves Calvary Chapel South Bay, located in Gardena. T ... More >>

Will Occupy OC Rifts Destroy the Anti-Corporate Greed Protests?

Occupied Fullerton​Despite a reputation for raucousness, some 40 Occupy Orange County members gathered quietly outside of Fullerton city hall last night to discuss the future of the local movement after Wednesday's dismantling of Irvine's three-month protest.While two Occupy leaders outlined negot ... More >>