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BY ED FELIEN

“Ho-hum, a primaryelection.”“Who cares?”“Why should I even both-

er to go out and vote on Aug.12? Mark Dayton and AlFranken are virtually unop-posed. What’s the big deal?”Of course, if you live in

the West Bank/RiversidePark area you know this elec-tion could spell the end ofthe political career of long-time incumbent PhyllisKahn. She’s locked in a verytight race with MohamudNoor. That matter will besettled in the Aug. 12 pri-mary.Then, there is the impor-

tant race for School Board.There are two at-large seatsopen on the board and sevencandidates. Only four ofthem will make it throughthe primary.Iris Altamirano and

Rebecca Gagnon areendorsed by the DFL, whichis generally enough to insureelection. Altamirano gradu-ated from the Minneapolispublic school system andwent on to CornellUniversity. Her father is aschool custodian. RebeccaGagnon is seeking re-elec-tion to her second term, andshe has two children in theMinneapolis public schools.Doug Mann ran a spirit-

ed campaign for mayor lastyear. He filed a lawsuit ask-ing the courts to allow citi-zens of Minneapolis to voteon whether they wanted topay for a new Vikings stadi-um. The MinneapolisCharter says it grants citizensthat right in two places, butthe courts threw out his law-suit on technicalities. He is

What is atstake in theprimaryelectionAug. 12?

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VOL. XXIV, ISSUE 21

See Honduras, page 6

BY ED FELIEN

Why are the children fleeingHonduras? Why are motherssending their children across aforeign border?

They are fleeing gangster fas-cism where the poor are terror-ized daily by gangs supported bythe military dictatorshipinstalled in June of 2009 byObama and Clinton.

Eva Golinger gives a thor-ough and complete analysis ofthe events and names the majorplayers. John Negroponte, thefather of the death squads inNicaragua, is there. HugoLlorens, the architect of the coupagainst Hugo Chavez in 2002, isthere. The School of theAmericas is there. It’s a neo-conreunion, and the result is the

destruction of a democratic gov-ernment and the establishmentof gangster fascism.

Please read the followinganalysis written by Eva Golingerin her blog “Postcards from theRevolution”:

Wednesday, July 15, 2009Washington and the Coup

in Honduras: Here is theEvidence• The Department of State

had prior knowledge of thecoup. • The Department of State

and the U.S. Congress fundedand advised the actors andorganizations in Hondurasthat participated in the coup.• The Pentagon trained,

schooled, commanded, fundedand armed the Honduranarmed forces that perpetrated

the coup and that continue torepress the people ofHonduras by force.

• The U.S. military presencein Honduras, that occupies theSoto Cano (Palmerola) mili-tary base, authorized the coupd’etat through its tacit com-plicity and refusal to withdrawits support of the Honduranmilitary involved in the coup. • The U.S. Ambassador in

Tegucigalpa, Hugo Llorens,coordinated the removal frompower of President ManuelZelaya, together with AssistantSecretary of State ThomasShannon and JohnNegroponte, who presentlyworks as an advisor toSecretary of State HillaryClinton. • From the first day the coup

The Honduran children,political refugees fromgangster fascism createdby Obama and Clinton

Progress reportedin fighting racistlending practicesBY ED FELIEN

Minneapolis City Council Member Blong Yangwill hold a hearing in his committee on the evidenceof racist redlining lending practices by Minneapolisbanks. Council Member Cam Gordon, in hisnewsletter to his ward, said, “On July 23 (1:30 p.m.)Myron Orfield from the Institute on MetropolitanOpportunity from the University of Minnesota LawSchool will formally present the findings of thereport "Twin Cities in Crisis: Unequal Treatment ofCommunities of Color in Mortgage Lending" to thePublic Safety, Civil Rights and EmergencyManagement Committee. This will give the com-mittee members the opportunity to learn more, askquestions, discuss the information and considerwhat, if any, further action is appropriate.Representatives from the major lending institutionsin the area have also been invited to make a presen-tation in response to the findings of the study. Thereport, that you can find here: http://www.law.-umn.edu/metro/index.html, raises serious questionsabout discriminatory lending practices that havedisproportionately harmed people of color. It states,'In 2004-06 subprime loans were the major prob-lem–very high-income black and Hispanic appli-cants were much more likely to get subprime loansthan very low-income white applicants. More

recently, the subprime market has largely disap-peared, but it is still true that very high income blackloan applicants are more likely to be denied a loanthan low- income whites. In addition, raciallydiverse and majority non-white neighborhoods aredramatically still underserved in the mortgage mar-ket.’ ” Southside Pride has submitted a report to the

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BY RAINA GOLDSTEIN BUNNAG

Does reading labels on foodproducts make you feel like you’redeciphering a foreign language?Or maybe it makes you confidentthat all your health problems willbe solved with just one bowl ofcereal. Food companies go togreat lengths to label their prod-ucts in the most persuasive waypossible. Often the final productis overwhelming, confusing andnot always truthful. Most food labeling is regulated

by the Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) or UnitedStates Department of Agriculture(USDA). Yet companies still haveplenty of liberty for poetic license.Their marketing techniquesshouldn’t come at a price to yourhealth or food values. Here I cover10 key points to help you translatethe secret language of food labels.

Ingredient List: This is the sin-gle most important item on yourlabel. The list includes all compo-nents in the food in descendingorder of weight. If sugar is towardthe front of the list, you know thatthe delicious, sweet taste of thatketchup is not just from the toma-toes. This is also where you wantto check for unfamiliar words thatdon’t belong in your food. If youdon’t know what an ingredient is,look it up before buying it andputting it in your body.

“Reduced” or “less”: Theseterms mean that the nutrient inquestion has been reduced by25% or more compared to theoriginal product. The trick here isthat if they are reducing some-thing, you can bet something elseis substituted for the lost flavor.For instance, Reduced-Fat Jifpeanut butter contains 25% lessfat than its regular counterpartbut it also has 33% more sugarand 40% more sodium. Knowwhat nutrients are important toyour health and check them allbefore choosing these products.

“Zero” or “Free”: Foods thatcontain half a gram or less oftrans-fat or sugar per serving canclaim that the food is free of thatcomponent and even claim 0grams on the nutrition label. Theissue here is that this minimalamount adds up quickly whenyou eat multiple servings. Transfat and added sugars are harmfulto your health so check the ingre-dients carefully to see if they arehiding in your food. Trans fatswill be listed on the ingredients as“partially hydrogenated oils.”Other code words for sugarinclude corn syrup, cane juice,brown rice syrup, dextrose andsucrose.

“USDA Organic”: This greenand black label guarantees that atleast 95% of the ingredients in thefood product have undergone therigorous organic certification

process by the USDA. For plantproducts like fruits, veggies andgrains this means that the fooddoes not contain GMOs and therewas no use of synthetic fertiliz-ers/pesticides or irradiation whilegrowing or processing the food. Certified organic meat is pro-

duced from animals that werenever given antibiotics or growthhormones, were allowed outdooraccess and were only providedorganic feed. Be cognizant of thefact that the other 5% of ingredi-ents may contain the pesticides orGMOs that you were hoping toavoid. Seek out the “100%Organic” label if this is a concernfor you.

“Cage-free” and “Free-Range”Eggs: Cage-free hens are uncagedin barns, but the label does notrequire access to the outdoors.Free-range are uncaged and mustbe allowed outdoors (althoughthe time and quality is unspeci-fied). Neither term restricts thetype of food or antibiotics that thehens are provided. In addition,look for “Certified Humane” orthe even better “Animal WelfareApproved” as designation that thehens were treated more humanely.

Fiber: We’ve all heard howimportant fiber is for your diges-tive health, cholesterol levels andweight control. However, manyfood manufacturers are jumpingon the fiber bandwagon by addingsynthetic forms of the nutrient tofoods. Look out for theseimposters on your ingredient list:inulin, maltodextrin and polydex-trose. While they do still providefiber to your diet, they don’t pro-vide the abundance of nutrientsthat usually tag along in foods

with natural fiber. Natural: This word is basically

useless on nutrition labels. Thereis no formal labeling definitionfor “natural” from the USDA orFDA. High-fructose corn syrup,genetically modified organisms(GMOs) and many other ques-tionable ingredients are allowedunder this broad designation.This is definitely a case where theingredient list will give you moreaccurate information.

“Non-GMO Project Verified”:This new label is popping upeverywhere. The Non-GMO proj-ect is a nonprofit organizationthat tests products whose produc-ers apply for the label. The seal isprovided to food items that con-tinually contain less than 0.9%genetically modified ingredients.Although this is a third-party cer-tification, it is a good way to besure the food does not contain anyGMOs.

“Fair trade certified”: Thislabel refers to how the farmersand workers were treated andcompensated while producingyour food. It implies morehumane working conditions andfair wages. Common fair tradeitems include chocolate, coffee,tea and sugar. This is anotherthird party certification that iswidely recognized and respected

throughout the country. Checkout the Fair Trade USA websitefor a complete list of its regula-tions.“Supports a good night’s sleep,”

“Promotes Respiratory Health,”“Immunity Boosting” and“Provides Energy and StressSupport” are just a few of theextraordinary claims I saw in thetea and vitamin aisles. Soundswonderful! The problem is, vita-mins and supplements (herbalteas fall in this category) do notneed to be approved by the FDA.Unlike food items, the FDA doesnot strictly regulate these prod-ucts for safety or labeling. Takethese claims with a grain of saltand remember what grandmasays: If it sounds too good tobelieve, it probably is.

Raina Goldstein Bunnag has abachelor’s degree from BostonUniversity and is currently a mas-ter’s candidate in nutrition andpublic health at the University ofNorth Carolina.She keeps abreastof the latest health news and will beaddressing relevant wellness topicseach month. If you have any ques-tions or topics you would like to seecovered in the column, please sendher an email at rainagoldstein@-southsidepride.com.

The secret language of food labels

The FDA has proposed updatesto the nutrition facts label to makeit more relevant and consumerfriendly. These changes wouldmake it a lot easier to understandwhat you’re actually eating. Theproposal is still in the planningphase. Some of the highlightsinclude: Serving size and calories will be

in larger font so this is the firstplace your eyes go. Now it will beobvious when that small bag ofchips contains 5 servings and 700calories.Serving sizes will be changed to

reflect what we typically eat today.For example, a 20 oz. soda will beone serving since it is intended asan individual portion. Added sugars will be listed in

grams on the new label. The dis-tinction between total sugars andadded sugar is extremely impor-tant. Natural sugars from an appleare providing you with loads ofnutrients while added sugar in acandy bar just gives you emptycalories. Potassium and vitamin D will

now be required to be listed on thelabel. These nutrients are current-ly considered “of public health sig-nificance” because they are crucialto good health, and many peopleare not consuming adequateamounts. Potassium is importantfor blood pressure and vitamin Dis vital for strong bones.

The scoopon newlabels

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The fact of the matter is thatthis whole monthly column isbased on a lie, the lie that all ofSouth Minneapolis could live onthe food we glean, garden and for-age. The reality is that there justisn’t enough sun or soil in ouryards to grow all we eat, notenough months in the growingseason, not enough berries on theGreenway for all of us to havethem with our breakfast cereal.There wouldn’t even be any cereal,because growing wheat or oats justtakes too much land.

That’s why I have written abouturban/rural collaborative farmslike Growing Lots or Stone’sThrow, which have cooperativeventures in rural areas, as well asbig urban lots.

Most people, however, aregoing to need something like gro-cery stores, but those are fragiletoo. You need money or some-thing like money to buy that food.Most of us are “food secure,” butsome are not, and the picturecould change rapidly for anyone.

So what can a person do in case

of a food emergency? To find oneanswer, I went to the MinnehahaEmergency Food Shelf, run out ofMinnehaha United MethodistChurch on 50th Street and 37thAvenue. I talked to a big guynamed George Gallagher, whoruns the whole operation with alot of help from volunteers.

Here is what I learned: Foodshelves are strictly for a certaingeographic area, and this one cov-ers 7.5 square miles from LakeStreet to the airport, from Cedarto the Mississippi River. If youmeet the income guidelines, youcan stop by one Tuesday of themonth from 10:30 to 3 and pickup some food. You stop by andpick up a grocery bag prepared forthe number of people in yourhousehold, plus a few extra itemsthat you can add if you choose.The Minnehaha Food Shelf feedsabout 900 people every monthfrom about 450 families. Theydistribute about 32,000 pounds offood a month, or about 350,000pounds of food for the year. Thatcomes to about 30 pounds of foodper person per month. Whichmay seem like a lot if you haven’t

weighed your canned goodsrecently. In reality, most foodshelves can provide only aboutfour days of food per month,although Minnehaha prides itselfon stretching that to almost 10days of food. And you can onlycome in one time per month.

About 90% of the food comesfrom Second Harvest, which getsfood from the Emergency FoodAssistance Program (TEFAP),donated from local companies likeGeneral Mills, and sometimes pur-chased outright. About 10%comes from food drives like thescouts, the postal carriers,Bergen’s, Oxendales, the RiverviewTheater and various coffee shops.Second Harvest charges a deliveryfee, plus they pass along the actualcost of milk, tuna, chicken andmeats. Meats are still donated byTarget, Walmart, Sam’s Club,Rainbow and Cub, but thedemand far outstrips the supply,so resources are strained to makeup the difference.

The whole operation can hap-pen because of about 30 volun-teers who work with GeorgeGallagher, the only paid staff

person. Volunteers come from theVeterans’ Home, Lake NokomisLutheran Church, CommonbondHousing and from all over. Thewhole operation runs $74,000 ayear, including purchased foodsand delivery fees and what-not, soyou know nobody is getting richhere. Children under 16 make up38% of the recipients, and 7% areseniors. Of the adults, white folks,African Americans and people ofHispanic origin each account forabout a third.

I asked George to tell me storiesabout how people ended up need-ing emergency food assistance andhe gave me a glimpse into themany faces of poverty. Some peo-ple unexpectedly lost jobs, somehad expensive health crises, andsome were simply paid too little toafford all the food the householdneeded, even with four or five low-paying jobs in the family. He toldme touching stories about grand-parents raising their growinggrandchildren, unable to affordtoilet paper or feminine hygieneproducts. He told me inspiringstories as well. Like the case of thevolunteer who lost his wife to can-cer, who now made a point ofgrowing his hair long every yearand donating the cut hair for wigsfor cancer patients. Or the fellowwithout unemployment insurancewho got food for several months,then came back to hand George acouple of crisp $100 bills when theinsurance came through. Or the26 first graders from the WinonahSchool who came to volunteer oneday and the little girl who fellasleep on the bus ride back, shewas so tired. He told of those whocould no longer volunteer afterthey themselves finally foundwork.

George is proud of the foodshelf and the service it provides.He worked over 30 years in gro-cery stores himself, seven years as astore owner, so he knows what isneeded and what Minnehaha

Food Shelf has done. He is proudof his volunteers and lavish inpraising the churches and organi-zations that make it all happen. Iasked him if improvement in theeconomy meant he would soon beout of a job. He was optimisticabout being on a sort of plateau,but he didn’t predict an end to theneed. “It’s a band aid,” he said. “Itwill never meet the need. Butwithout it, a lot of families wouldhave a lot more hungry nights.”

It is worth thinking about.

The calendar:

Mondays, June 16 to Aug. 11, 6to 8 p.m. $120 for 10 weeks, $20 todrop in. Organic Farm School, bythe Women’s EnvironmentalInstitute at the East Phillips Park,2307 17th Ave. S., Mpls. 651-583-0705 or https://secure.acceptiva.-com/?cst=98030c

7/7 — Solar energy on the farm7/14 — Black farmers in the

South7/21 — GMOs7/28 — Seed saving8/4 — Building a scalable sus-

tainable food system8/11 — The future of organic

farming (plus dinner)

Saturday, July 12, 10 to 11:30a.m. Free but RSVP required.“Growing herbs in Minnesota,”Brookdale Library, 6125 ShingleCreek Pkwy., Brooklyn Center.612-543-5600 or http://www.-hclib.org/pub/

Friday, July 25, 7 to 9 p.m. Free.“Edible landscapes,” LongfellowGarden Club at Epworth UnitedMethodist Church, 3207 37th Ave.S., Mpls. https://www.facebook.-com/LongfellowGardenClub orhttps://sites.google.com/site/long-fellowgardenclubminnesota

Saturday, Aug. 2, 2:30 to 4p.m. Free. “Edible landscapes,”Southeast Library, 1222 4th St.S.E., Mpls. 612-543-6725 orhttp://www.hclib.org/pub/

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primarily concerned with the dis-parities in educational opportunitiesfor minority students.

Ira Jourdain came to theSpeakout in Powderhorn Park onJuly 4. He spoke about the need formore remedial teachers especiallyfor minority students. When askedabout where the money wouldcome from for that, he said theMPS administration had just hireda handful of assistant supervisors toassist the area superintendents whoare supposed to assist the superin-tendent, and he thought theremight be some waste in that redun-dant bureaucracy.

Soren Sorenson is concernedabout adequate nutrition for ele-mentary students. Andrew Minckis director of operations at the TwinCities Academy, a charter school inSt. Paul. Don Samuels is the former5th Ward council member and can-didate for mayor last year. He wasan ardent supporter of the Vikingsstadium.

The race for at-large seats on theSchool Board is non-partisan.Everyone who votes can vote ontwo candidates to run in the generalelection in November.

In the partisan primary you can

vote for either DFL candidates orRepublican candidates.

There isn’t much happening inthe DFL Primary. At the very bot-tom of the ticket, Matt Entenza ischallenging Rebecca Otto for stateauditor.

Matt ran for governor in 2010.He came in third in the DFLPrimary. He has the support ofKeith Ellison: “Matt has taken oncorporate interests, prosecutedwhite-collar criminals, and stoodagainst photo ID. He introduced thefirst bill ever in the legislature formarriage equality in 1995. Hebrings a valuable progressive voiceto the discussion about the future ofour state.”

Rebecca Otto is the DFLendorsed candidate. She is theincumbent, and she’s DFL andlabor endorsed.

If Matt wins he could positionhimself for another run for gover-nor in 2018. If he doesn’t win, themost likely DFL candidate for gov-ernor would be Lori Swanson, theattorney general.

But the most immediate excite-ment on Aug.12 is in theRepublican Primary.

Hennepin CountyCommissioner Jeff Johnson, theRepublican endorsed candidate, has

a tough race against three formida-ble opponents. Marty Seifert wasthe former House minority leaderand a candidate for governor in2010. Kurt Zellers was the formerspeaker of the House, and ScottHonour, a venture capitalist, is run-ning an aggressive campaign. Also,it should be mentioned, MerrillAnderson, formerly the executivedirector of Reachout on Lake Street,where they recycled clothing andhousehold items, is a candidate. JeffJohnson will probably win, but itseems hard to imagine theRepublicans pulling themselvestogether after a bruising primary tofight Dayton in the general.

Mike McFadden looks like he’llhave an easier time of it in the pri-mary contest for senator. So far he’smanaged to avoid taking a concreteposition on anything. He’s againstwaste and partisan gridlock and infavor of mom and apple pie, butthat’s about it.

It will be a light turnout, soeveryone who votes in August exer-cises an impact four or five timesheavier than those who vote inNovember. This is the electionwhere you get to pick whom to votefor in the general election.

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A report sent to the UnitedNations International Conventionon the Elimination of All Forms ofRacial Discrimination, Geneva,Switzerland

Reporting Organization:Southside Pride

Southside Pride, a communitynewspaper in South Minneapolis,has reported on the racist prac-tices of mortgage bankers inmaking loans to minorities andpeople living in minority com-munities as evidenced in “TwinCities in Crisis: UnequalTreatment of Communities ofColor in Mortgage Lending”(hereafter, the Mortgage LendingReport) written for the Instituteon Metropolitan Opportunity byProfessor Myron Orfield,University of Minnesota LawSchool. See full report online at:h t t p : / /www. l aw.umn . edu / -uploads/ef/be/efbe0b8fda7508-c925b74c7add571 f41 / IMO-Twin-Cities-Lending-Report-2014-Final.pdf

To date, no Minnesota govern-mental agency has reviewed howthese practices were allowed to gounchecked for so long, and noMinnesota governmental agencyhas taken effective remedial andpreventive action. However, asmall potentially positive stepbegan when Mayor Hodges, afterreviewing the Mortgage LendingReport, said, “This report onmortgage lending, refinancingand credit contains stark data.The city and I will need to askmore questions.” A City CouncilCommittee on Civil Rights hasscheduled a hearing on thisReport for July 23.Issue Summary:As documented in the

Mortgage Lending Report, mort-gage bankers cost homeownersand local governments in theTwin Cities area $20.5 billionthrough redlining and racistlending practices from 2008 to2012. Minority areas were target-ed for subprime loans–whichmeant homeowners were morelikely to default on their mort-gages. The Report says:

“Between 2008 and 2012, theestimated loss from foreclosuresand declining property values inthe entire Twin Cities metropoli-tan area was a staggering $20.5billion.”

“Communities of color havebeen hardest hit by the mortgagemeltdown. Before the housingcrisis, subprime lenders targetedpeople of color, racially diverseneighborhoods and majoritynon-white areas. Between 2004

and 2006, exactly half of themortgage loans received by blackhomeowners were subprime,compared to 37% for Hispanics,20% for Asians and just 10% forwhites. Majority non-white andracially diverse tracts had sub-prime lending rates at 1.8 to 2.6times greater than predominatelywhite tracts (more than 70%white). In these areas, both bor-rowers that are white and peopleof color have been affected,regardless of their income. Evenhigh and very high incomewhites were 1.8 to 2.9 times morelikely to receive a subprime loanin majority non-white areas thantheir counterparts in predomi-nately white areas.”U.S. Government Report Contrary to the illusion of

racial harmony presented in theU.S. Government Report: “TheUnited States has always been amulti-racial and multi-ethnicsociety, and its pluralism isincreasing. Indeed, 50 yearsago, the idea of havinga Black/African AmericanPresident of the United Stateswould not have seemed possible;today, it is a reality” (PERIODICREPORT OF THE UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA TO THEUNITED NATIONS COMMIT-TEE ON THE ELIMINATIONOF RACIAL DISCRIMINATIONCONCERNING THE INTERNA-TIONAL CONVENTION ONTHE ELIMINATION OF ALLFORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMI-NATION, June 12, 2013,Paragraph 2, page 4), incidents ofdiscrimination based on race are

intensifying, and the economicdivide separating minorities andthe dominant white culture iswidening.

When the Report says,“Existing U.S. constitutional andstatutory law and practice pro-vide strong and effective protec-tions against discrimination onthe bases covered by Article 1 ofthe Convention in all fields ofpublic endeavor, and provideremedies for those who, despitethese protections, become vic-tims of discrimination” (PERI-ODIC REPORT, Paragraph 7,page 6), it fails to understand thatthe redress of grievances for vic-tims of discrimination is beyondthe capabilities and means ofmost citizens. How is one dis-criminated-against minorityhomeowner going to take on theinternational banking system?Legal Framework:The rights established in the

International Convention for theElimination of All Forms ofRacial Discrimination (ICERD)that have been violated wouldbe:

• Article 5 (d)(v) the right toown property alone as well as inassociation with others;

• Article 5 (e)(3) the right to

housing.Under Article 2 of the ICERD,

the U.S. at all levels of govern-ment has an obligation to reviewits laws and practices to see ifthey are sufficient to protect peo-ple of color and AmericanIndians from discriminatorytreatment and to take effectivepreventive and remedial action.Recommended Questions to

the U. S. Government:1. How is it that the federal

government has been unable tostop banks from their document-ed racist lending practices?

2. Is it possible that racistredlining practices are so lucra-tive that mortgage bankers con-sider fines and penalties simply asmall cost of doing business?Concluding ArgumentThe lending practices of these

mortgage bankers are in clearviolation of federal statutes, statelaw and local ordinances. Asnoted in the June editions ofSouthside Pride: “Late last yearthe city of Los Angeles filed alawsuit against Citigroup andWells Fargo seeking damages fora loss in tax revenue due to dis-criminatory mortgage lending tothe city’s minority communities.According to court documents

filed in the U.S. Federal Court,LA City Attorney Mike Feuersaid that Citigroup and WellsFargo “engaged in a continuouspattern and practice of mortgagediscrimination in Los Angelessince at least 2004 by imposingdifferent terms or conditions ona discriminatory and legally pro-hibited basis.” In 2009 the state ofIllinois sued Wells Fargo for dis-criminating against black andLatino homeowners. In 2012Wells Fargo agreed to pay $175million to resolve allegations bythe U.S. Justice Department thatit discriminated against qualifiedAfrican-American and Hispanicborrowers in its mortgage lend-ing.” http://southsidepride-.com/racism-redlining-and-repa-rations/Suggested Concluding Obser-

vations and Recommendations:In order to put an end to racist

redlining practices the U.S.Government must provide realis-tic means of redress for victimsof the bankers’ discriminatorypractices and attach criminalpenalties to the practices identi-fied in the Mortgage LendingReport.

U.S. Government’s Failure to Protect People ofColor and American Indians From Racist Practicesof Mortgage Bankers in the Minneapolis St. PaulMetropolitan Area, 2008 to 2012

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occurred, Washington has referredto “both parties” involved and thenecessity for “dialogue” to restoreconstitutional order, legitimizingthe coup leaders by regardingthem as equal players instead ofcriminal violators of human rightsand democratic principles. • The Department of State has

refused to legally classify theevents in Honduras as a “coup d’e-tat,” nor has it suspended or frozenits economic aid or commerce toHonduras, and has taken no meas-ures to effectively pressure the defacto regime. • Washington manipulated the

Organization of American States(OAS) in order to buy time, there-fore allowing the coup regime toconsolidate and weaken the possi-bility of President Zelaya’s imme-diate return to power, as part of astrategy still in place that simplyseeks to legitimate the de factoregime and wear down theHonduran people that still resistthe coup. • Secretary of State Clinton and

her spokesmen stopped speakingof President Zelaya’s return topower after they designated CostaRican president Oscar Arias as the“mediator” between the coupregime and the constitutional gov-ernment; and now the StateDepartment refers to the dictatorthat illegally took power duringthe coup, Roberto Micheletti, asthe “interim caretaker president.”• The strategy of “negotiating”

with the coup regime was imposedby the Obama administration as away of discrediting PresidentZelaya–blaming him for provok-ing the coup–and legitimizingthe coup leaders.• Members of the U.S.

Congress–Democrats andRepublicans–organized a visit ofrepresentatives from the coupregime in Honduras toWashington, receiving them withhonors in different arenas in theU.S. capital. • Despite the fact that originally

it was Republican Senator John

McCain who coordinated the visitof the coup regime representativesto Washington through a lobbyfirm connected to his office, TheCormac Group, now, the illegalregime is being representated bytop-notch lobbyist and Clintonattorney Lanny Davis, who isusing his pull and influence inWashington to achieve overallacceptance–across party lines–of the coup regime in Honduras. The new form of diplomacy of

the United States, known as “smartpower,” has played a principal rolebefore, during and after the coupin Honduras. During a press brief-ing on July 1, spokesmen for theDepartment of State admitted tohaving prior knowledge of thecoup in Honduras, clarifying thatU.S. diplomats had been meetingwith the groups and actors plan-ning the coup to encourage a dif-ferent “solution” to their discon-tent with President Zelaya. TheState Department also confirmedthat two high level representativesfrom the Department, whichincluded Assistant Secretary ofState for Western HemisphereAffairs Thomas Shannon andDeputy Assistant Secretary ofState Craig Kelley, were inHonduras the week prior to thecoup and maintained meetingswith the civilian and militarygroups that later participated inthe illegal overthrow of a demo-cratically elected president. Theystate their mission was to “urgeagainst” the coup, but evidentlysuch verbal pressure was insuffi-cient to discourage the actorsinvolved in the coup, particularlyconsidering the actions manifest-ed by Washington contradictedthose harsh words. On the day of the coup,

Secretary of State Hillary Clintonpublished a statement regardingthe situation in Honduras. Despitethe fact that governments aroundthe world were quickly condemn-ing the actions as a coup d’etat,Clinton’s statement did not recog-nize the events in Honduras as a“coup d’etat” and also did not callfor the return of President Zelaya

to power. Curiously, Clinton’sstatements from day one havereferred to “all parties” of the situ-ation, legitimizing the coup lead-ers and somehow placing blame–publicly–on President Mel Zelayafor provoking his own overthrow:“The action taken againstHonduran President Mel Zelayaviolates the precepts of the Inter-American Democratic Charter,and thus should be condemned byall. We call on all parties inHonduras to respect the constitu-tional order and the rule of law, toreaffirm their democratic voca-tion, and to commit themselves toresolve political disputes peaceful-ly and through dialogue.Honduras must embrace the veryprinciples of democracy we reaf-firmed at the OAS meeting it host-ed less than one month ago.” And ever since, despite different

references to a “coup” havingoccurred in Honduras, theDepartment of State has refused tolegally classify what took place as acoup d’etat. By doing so, the U.S.government would be obligated tosuspend economic, diplomaticand military aid to Honduras,which apparently they are unwill-ing to do, since such a measurewould substantially affect U.S.interests in the Central Americannation and the region. On July 1,the spokesmen for the StateDepartment explained theirwavering on the coup question:“In regard to the coup itself, Ithink it would just–it would bebest to say that this was a coordi-nated effort between the militaryand some civilian political actors.Obviously, the military was theentity that conducted the forcibleremoval of the president and hasacted as the securer of public orderduring this process. But for thecoup to become more than aninsurrection or a rebellion, youhave to have an effort to transferpower. And in that regard, thecongress–the congress’ decisionto swear in its president,Micheletti, as the president ofHonduras indicates that the con-gress and key members of thatcongress played an important rolein this coup.” This position of ambiguity, that

condemns the events in Hondurasas a violation of constitutionalorder but doesn’t go as far as clas-

sifying the situation as a coup d’e-tat and also doesn’t call for thereinstatement of President Zelayato the presidency, was ratifiedagain after the meeting heldbetween Secretary of State Clintonand President Zelaya on July 7.Clinton made the following state-ment, “I just finished a productivemeeting with President Zelaya. Wediscussed the events of the pastnine days and the road ahead. Ireiterated to him that the UnitedStates supports the restoration ofthe democratic constitutionalorder in Honduras. We continueto support regional effortsthrough the OAS to bring about apeaceful resolution that is consis-tent with the terms of the Inter-American Democratic Charter …We call upon all parties to refrainfrom acts of violence and to seek apeaceful, constitutional and last-ing solution to the serious divi-sions in Honduras through dia-logue. To that end, we have beenworking with a number of ourpartners in the hemisphere to cre-ate a negotiation, a dialogue thatcould lead to a peaceful resolutionof this situation.” Now it was clear, after this

meeting, that Washington wouldno longer consider Zelaya’s returnto the presidency as a necessarysolution but rather would lobbyfor a “negotiation” with the coupregime, that, in the end, favors U.S.interests. Sources that were pres-ent at the Organization ofAmerican States (OAS) meetingsthat took place after the coupaffirm that the presence of a high-level U.S. delegation intensifiedthe pressure against other States tourge for a “negotiated” solutionthat didn’t necessarily imply thereturn to power of PresidentZelaya. This method of circumventing

the main issue, manipulating theoutcome and attempting to appearas though one position has beenassumed when in reality, actionsdemonstrate the contrary, formspart of the new Obama doctrine of“smart power,” which purports toachieve imperialist objectiveswithout demonizing the govern-ment. “Smart Power” is “thecapacity to combine ‘hard power’with ‘soft power’ to achieve a vic-torious strategy. ‘Smart Power’strategically uses diplomacy, per-suasion, capacity building, mili-tary power and economic andpolitical influence, in an effectiveway with a political and sociallegitimacy.” Essentially, it’s a mixof military force with all forms ofdiplomacy, with an emphasis inthe use of “democracy promotion”as a principal tactic to stronglyinfluence the destiny of societies,instead of a military invasion.[Note: Beware that “smart power”places an emphasis on the use ofagencies like USAID and NationalEndowment for Democracy(NED) to do the ‘dirty work’ ofsilently penetrating and infiltrat-ing civil society organizations inorder to promote a U.S. agenda.

This explains Obama’s call for anadditional $320 million in“democracy promotion” funds forthe 2010 budget just for use inLatin America. This is substantial-ly a higher sum than the quantityrequested and used in LatinAmerica for “democracy promo-tion” by the Bush administrationin its eight years of governmentcombined.]Journalist Jean-Guy Allard has

revealed the origens of the currentU.S. ambassador in Honduras,Hugo Llorens. According toAllard, Hugo Llorens, a Cubannational from birth who arrived inthe United States as part ofOperation Peter Pan, is “a special-ist in terrorism … In 2002, GeorgeW. Bush’s White House strategical-ly placed the astute Llorens asdirector of Andean Affairs at theNational Security Council inWashington, D.C., which convert-ed him into the principal advisorto the President on Venezuela. Thecoup d’etat in 2002 againstVenezuelan President HugoChávez occured during Llorens’tenure, who was working togetherwith Assistant Secretary of Statefor Western Hemisphere AffairsOtto Reich and the very contro-versial Elliot Abrams. In July 2008,Llorens was named ambassador toHonduras.”On June 4, 2009, just weeks

before the coup d’etat againstPresident Zelaya, AmbassadorLlorens declared to the Honduranpress that “... One can’t violate theConstitution in order to createanother Constitution, because ifone doesn’t respect theConstitution, then we all liveunder the law of the jungle.” Thosedeclarations were made in refer-ence to the national opinion sur-vey on the possibility of conveninga constitutional convention dur-ing 2010 that would have takenplace on June 28 if the coup d’etatagainst President Zelaya hadn’toccurred. The commentariesmade by Llorens evidence not onlyhis position against the survey, butalso his interference in the internalaffairs of Honduras. Just one month before the coup

against President Zelaya occured, acoalition of different organiza-tions, business associations, politi-cal parties, high level members ofthe Catholic Church and privatemedia outlets was formed inopposition to Zelaya’s policies.The coalition was called the“Democratic Civil Union ofHonduras.” Its only objective wasto oust President Zelaya frompower in order to impede thefuture possibility of a constitu-tional convention to reform theconstitution, which would allowthe people a voice and a role intheir political process. The “Democratic Civil Union

of Honduras” is composed oforganizations including theNational Anticorruption Council,the Archbishop of Tegucigalpa,

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As of the first of July, 750“advisers” are going back intoIraq to help stop ISIS fromadvancing on Baghdad. TheNew York Times reported June26 that more than 1,000 pri-vate security guards will go toIraq to protect those advisers.That’s in addition to the 600military personnel already inIraq to protect our embassyand the thousands of Americansecurity guards protectingother American assets there.The U.S. is sending $500,000

to “good” rebel forces in Syriabecause we think we can dis-tinguish them from the “bad”rebel forces.

The Taliban is advancing inAfghanistan in areas wethought we had secured.The U.S. is launching drone

strikes in Pakistan and Yemen.The U.S. is sending a billion

dollars in military aid to for-mer General Sisi’s governmentin Egypt even though he hasjailed journalists and con-demned opposition leaders todeath.We’ve provided at least $28

million in military assistanceto the Ukraine military that iscontrolled by the Neo-NaziSvoboda Party, and we’ve com-mitted to provide an addition-al billion dollars in militaryassistance to other countries inEastern Europe.

We’re not going to makethings better by intervening inother countries. We’re justgoing to make things worse.What would we think if a for-eign country gave money andmilitary aid to a political partyin our country? What wouldwe have thought if anothercountry had taken sides in ourCivil War? Why would wethink the folks in Ukraine orYemen wouldn’t feel the sameresentment?The Sunni uprising in Syria

and Western Iraq is as muchabout poverty as it is about

religion. There has been a ter-rible drought in the Sunniareas of Syria and the govern-ment has been unable to help.Farmers moved into the citiesand became desperate. TheShiites in the south and east inIraq get rich revenues from oil.Even the Kurds in the northhave oil, but the Sunnis in thewest don’t. So, the religiouscoloring of the ISIS march onBaghdad may be only superfi-cial, and the root causes maybe economic.Evangelical Islam is a natu-

ral reaction to social and eco-

nomic disruption in theMiddle East, just as evangelicalChristianity is a natural reac-tion to social and economicdisruptions in America. It’s best we stay out of it.

Didn’t our first President warnus about the dangers of foreign“entanglements”?

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EVENTS

Immigration Reform: AChristian ResponseMonday, July 21, 6:30 p.m.(potluck); 7 p.m. (program)St. Albert the Great ChurchE. 29th St. & 32nd Ave. S.John Keller, a leading advocatefor immigration reform andexecutive director of theImmigrant Law Center ofMinnesota (ILCM), will speak.The event is Every Church aPeace Church’s bimonthlypotluck supper.

Sea ChangeWednesday, July 23, 7 p.m.Holy Trinity Lutheran Church2730 E. 31st St. This is a 90­minute documentaryabout a retired teacher’s personaljourney exploring the risingacidity of the oceans whileenjoying a grandson’s love of thesea. Refreshments and freewilloffering. More information at612­729­8358 orwww.htlcmpls.org.

Peace and Justice Film SeriesWednesday, July 23, 7 p.m.Faith Mennonite ChurchE. 22nd St. & 28th Ave. S.(The 6 p.m. community mealwill resume in September 2014.)This month’s film, “TheInterrupters,” tells the movingand surprising story of three“violence interrupters” inChicago who with bravado,humility and even humor try toprotect their communities fromthe violence they onceemployed. There is no charge forthe film. Please use the 22nd Street educa­tion building entrance immedi­ately west of the main churchbuilding.

Free Family ConcertSaturday, July 26, 9:30 a.m.Faith Mennonite Church2720 E. 22nd St.Presented by local a cappellaensemble The Summer Singers,this concert is designed especial­ly for children. It is free, interac­tive and short. Children areinvited to experience music fromaround the world throughsinging and other activities.

Living Spirit BBQSaturday, Aug. 2, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Living Spirit United MethodistChurch4501 Bloomington Ave. S.Ribs and rib dinners will beserved in Living Spirit’s backyard under a canopy, but allitems are packed “to go,” so youcan either stay or go. Slabs are$22, Dinners are $12 (includesribs, baked beans, cole slaw andTexas toast); Tips are $8 (meatonly, no bones). Drinks anddesserts sold separately. Moreinfo at 612­721­5025.

Soul+Food: Dinner Churchon 36th Ave.Saturday, Aug. 2, 5 to 7:30 p.m.Bethany Lutheran Church

3901 36th Ave. S.Feed your soul; prepare the mealtogether in community and wor­ship while we share food at thetable. Reservations appreciated.office@bethanyon36th.com.

Kids Day CampMonday – Thursday, Aug. 4 – 7,9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Bethany Lutheran Church3901 36th Ave. S.Kids from kindergarten to 6thgrade are invited to daily daycamp plus a program and icecream social for families onThursday evening. The themethis year is “Living in God’sTime.” $25 includes all materials,snacks and lunch. Scholarshipsare available. Please register byJuly 28 at 651­556­2108, 612­729­9376 oroffice@bethanyon36th.com.

Power Down: LunchUnplugged on 36th Ave.Tuesday, Aug. 5, NoonBethany Lutheran Church3901 36th Ave. S.Enjoy a light lunch with yourLongfellow neighbors while hav­ing a chance to connect and net­work. A $5 donation towardlunch is appreciated but notrequired. More info atoffice@bethanyon36th.com.

MNsure Information SessionWednesday, Aug. 6, 7 p.m.Faith Mennonite Church2720 E. 22nd St.Thanks in part to the congrega­tions that have already heldMinnesota Council of Churches­sponsored MNsurepresentations, Minnesota’s unin­sured population is at its lowestpoint since records have beenkept, going from 8.2% of thegeneral population down to4.9%. Take advantage of thisupcoming MCC­sponsored ses­sion to prepare for the next openenrollment period, which beginsNov. 15.

“Got Shabbat” DinnerFriday, Aug. 8, 6:30 p.m. Temple of Aaron616 S. Mississippi River Blvd., St.Paul 55116Temple of Aaron families, indi­viduals and friends are invited.A Prayers in PJs program (forchildren birth through 1stgraders and their families) takesplace at 5:45 p.m. A musicalShabbat service follows at 8 p.m.at the synagogue. To help makemeals affordable, everyoneattending is asked to pay at leastthe minimum amount of $5 perperson (actual cost is $15) andencourage all who can to pay theticket price of $12. Donations arewelcome.

34th Annual Corn Feed withArtICanSunday, Aug. 10, 3 to 6 p.m.Calvary Lutheran Church (park­ing lot)3901 Chicago Ave. S.Free corn, hot dogs, music, artactivities. Come and meet yourneighbors for a fun afternoon.

Cool Summer Jazz SeriesSunday, Aug. 17, 1 p.m.Church of St. Albert the GreatE. 29th St. & 32nd Ave. S.Enjoy the music of the Bill DunaQuartet. Duna brings togetherclassical and jazz traditions aswell as a deep knowledge of themusic of his Romani ancestors ina uniquely blended sound.Tickets are $15 at the door.

ONGOING

Quiet PrayerFridays, Aug. 1, 9 a.m. to noonChurch of St. Albert the GreatE. 29th St. at 32nd Ave. S.Adoration of the BlessedSacrament is on the first Fridayof each month.

Coffee and a Journey through Exodus Saturdays, 8 a.m.Temple of Aaron616 S. Mississippi River Blvd., St.Paul 55116Senior Rabbi Alan Shavit­Lonstein leads weekly discus­sions over coffee on the modernmeaning of the weekly Torahreading. Those attending learnfrom one another with the guid­ance of generations of study. Nopreparation or Hebrew knowl­edge is required. The class isopen to the public and partici­pants are invited to drop in anyweek. For more information call651­698­8874. Contact susanter­vola@templeofaaron.org to signup for a weekly email reminder.

AA & NA MeetingsMondays (AA), 7 p.m.Tuesdays & Wednesdays (AA),7:30 p.m. Thursdays (NA), 7:30 p.m.Minnehaha CommunionLutheran Church4101 37th Ave. S.All groups meet in theFellowship Hall. Feel free to callthe church office at 612­722­9527for more information. Or checkwww.aa.org or www.na.org.

Fare for All ExpressWednesday, July23, 4 to 6 p.m.Holy Trinity Lutheran Church2730 E. 31st St.This is a great way to save up to40% off grocery store prices onmeat and produce. Packages

range from $10 to $30. Fare ForAll is community supported andopen to everyone. Cash,credit/debit cards, and EBT areaccepted. FFI: 763­450­3880 orwww.fareforall.org.

CatholicCATHOLIC CHURCHOF THE HOLY NAME3637 11th Ave. S. * 612-724-5465Masses Saturday 5 pmSunday 8:30 & 11 amReconciliation Sat. 4 - 4:30 pmPastor: Fr. Leo SchneiderA welcoming Roman Catholic community

CHURCH OF ST.ALBERT THE GREATE. 29th St. & 32nd Ave. S.612-724-3643Mass M, T, TH, F at 8:15 amSaturday 5 pm & Sunday 9:30 amSunday morning childcarewww.saintalbertthegreat.orgAir Conditioned Comfort

LutheranHOLY TRINITYLUTHERAN, ELCA2730 E. 31st St. * 612-729-8358 www.htlcmpls.orgSunday Worship 8:45 & 11 am; Edu-cation opportunities for all ages 9:45am; Childcare available Pastors: Jay Carlson, Ingrid RasmussenTraditional Worship — Contemporary Message — A Call to Social Justice All are welcome — no exceptions

MINNEHAHA COMMUNION LUTHERAN4101 37th Ave. S. * 612-722-9527Sunday Worship 9:45 amPastors: Dan & Sally AnkerfeltCommunity Vacation Bible School11:30 am-2:30 pm Sundays, Aug.3 – 24; Register @ 612-722-9527

TRINITY LUTHERAN CONGREGATION Augsburg College, Hoversten ChapelRiverside & 22nd Avenues612-333-2561 * www.trinity-lc.orgHoly Communion 10 amPastors: Jane Buckley-Farlee & AlemAsmelashOffice: 2001 Riverside Ave. Reconciling in Christ

MethodistMINNEHAHA UNITEDMETHODIST3701 E. 50th St. * 612-721-6231www.minnehaha.orgTraditional Sunday Worship 9 am &Contemporary Service 11 am (Sept-May); Sunday worship 10:30 am out-doors, weather permitting (June-Aug.)Pastor: Rev. Becky Sechrist

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At least 22 veterans die by sui-cide each day. These deathsdeserve our community atten-tion. These deaths deserve oursocietal resolve to address the suf-fering some veterans experiencebefore more tragic and unneces-sary final losses reverberatethrough our communities.Veterans account for 20% of allsuicides.

Recently, a group of veteransand family members of vets whodied from suicide formed the8030project.com to raise aware-ness of these yearly 8,030 unnec-essary and tragic deaths. They askthat the greater communityrespond. Specifically, they inviteus to create a Memorial of 22objects, photograph it, and digi-tally send it to the gallery exhibi-tion: www.8030project.com.

The Coming HomeCollaborative held a public eventJune 22 at Our Saviour’s LutheranChurch to raise awareness anddiscover potential recovery path-ways. People brought 22 everyday

objects with them, or used objectsprovided, to make memorials,which were then photographedand can be found online at8030project.com/gallery/.

There was also an exhibition by12 veterans in the Veterans in theArts program, a program thathelps vets bring what is inside tothe outside through the creativeprocess and to experience healingas those creations are witnessedby the greater community.www.veteransinthearts.org/about-us.

A third exhibit raised aware-ness of the high rate of earlydeaths–from a variety of caus-es–that veterans experience,many within five years of theirdeployments.

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Walks in the NeighborhoodEvery Wednesday during Julyand August there will be walks inthe Seward neighborhood on spe­cial themes such as trees, gardens,history, architecture and muchmore. There will be a differenttheme and leader each week.Some of the discussion focus willbe on housing, grocery stores, his­tory and change. All walks beginat 7 p.m. at Matthews Center,2313 28th Ave. S.

Organics Recycling ProgramResidents from 23 differentneighborhoods are using thedrop­off! Since it started, on July1, 325­625 pounds of organicshave been collected each day.You can drop off your organicson the following days: Saturdaysfrom 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Tuesdaysfrom 4 to 7 p.m. and Thursdaysfrom 4 to 7 p.m. There will bevolunteers at the drop­off site fora while longer to continue gath­ering valuable informationregarding residents’ preferencesand waste and recycling habits.Visit hpdl.org for more informa­tion.

Washburn High 35­YearReunionThe Washburn class of 1979 wel­comes all those with an interestin Washburn High or the class of1979, to attend our 35­yearreunion on Saturday, Aug. 9 at 7p.m. until bar close, held at theWhiskey Junction (901 CedarAve. S.). There will be video diskjockey spinning all our favoritetunes as well as videos from theday. The Whiskey Junction isdonating two kegs of beer.

Proceeds from the event shall beused to fund future reunionactivities and a cause (yet to bedetermined). Ticket price is $10in advance and $15 at the door.The event is open to anyonefrom any year class, as well asour friends from neighboringschools.

Wednesdays with Wheel Fun RentalsWheel Fun Rentals announces itwill be offering FREE recreation­al rentals this summer to non­profit organizations within theTwin Cities metro area! BetweenJune 4 and Aug. 27, Wheel FunRentals will donate rental equip­ment, completely free of charge,to two charities everyWednesday. This program offerslocal charities their choice of thefollowing activities for free: minigolf at Malt­Tees in Richfield,watercrafts at Lake Calhoun orSurrey bikes at Minnehaha Falls.It will accommodate two non­profit groups each Wednesdaywith up to 20 participants ineach group. Reservations arerequired and dates book up fast.Nonprofits are encouraged tomake their reservation as soon aspossible by calling 877­273­2453or emailing wheelfunrentals­@gmail.com.

Connecting the CommunityWorkshopHow do we improve the bikeand walking connectionsbetween Lake St. and theMidtown Greenway? The LakeSt. Council and the MidtownGreenway Coalition are hosting

a series of workshops this sum­mer to answer this question.Voice your opinions about howto improve the infrastructureand safety between these twomajor thoroughfares. Visithttp://lakestreetcouncil.eventbrite.com for more info and to RSVP.—Monday, July 21, 5 to 7 p.m.In the Heart of the Beast Puppet& Mask Theater1500 E. Lake St.—Tuesday, July 29, 5 to 7 p.m.Harriet Brewing3036 Minnehaha Ave. —Wednesday, July 30, 7 to 9 p.m.Midtown Greenway Coalition,Greenway Level Suite 22834 10th Ave. S.—Monday, Aug. 4, 5 to 7 p.m.Safari Restaurant3010 S. 4th Ave.

Public Hearing on Mosaic CaféTuesday, July 22, 1:30 to 2 p.m.Minneapolis City Hall, Room317350 S. 5th St.The purpose of the meeting is topresent information and solicitcomments for the applicationfrom Mosaic Café to upgradetheir business license to an OnSale Wine with Strong Beerlicense, Class D. If approved,they intend to allow one non­amplified musician to perform inthe interior of their café. A ClassD entertainment license allowsnon­amplified music by onemusician, group singing partici­pated in by patrons of the estab­lishment, live solo comediansand ethnic dance, provided thatsuch dance shall be performedonly in conjunction with full­service restaurant dining forpatrons seated tables.

Financial Focus MeetingTuesday, July, 22, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.Jones Financial Group Offices4748 Chicago Ave. S., Suite 21An informal gathering to discusswomen in transition. To RSVP orfor more info contact CorriePerez at 612­326­1800 orcorrie.perez@lpl.com.

No Place to Hide: An Activist Book DiscussionThursday, July 24, 7 to 9 p.m.Mayday Bookstore301 Cedar Ave. S.One year ago we learned fromGlenn Greenwald about EdwardSnowden and the overwhelminglevel of NSA surveillance on thepeople of the world. NowGreenwald has written quite thepage­turner of a book. You areinvited to read Greenwald’s newbook “No Place to Hide” andcome to our discussion of hisbook, the NSA surveillance onall of us and the importance offighting for our privacy and ourright to dissent. We will providesnacks and beverages. Everyoneis invited to participate or just tocome and learn about politicalrepression and surveillance. Ifyou buy the book from MaydayBooks you’ll get a 20% discount.

River Gorge Ice Cream SocialTuesday, July 29, 6 to 8 p.m.Bernstein Rest Area35th St. and West River Pkwy.Attendees can look forward tofree ice cream, free guided canoerides from Wilderness Inquiryand tours of the beautiful 36thSt. oak savanna restoration area.Come celebrate the MississippiRiver, the river gorge and adjoin­ing parkland with your neigh­bors and learn how you can be abetter steward of this naturalarea. Donations to keep thisevent running in the years tocome are encouraged.

Where the Wild Teas AreForaging WorkshopTuesday, July 29, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.E. 36th St. & W. River Pkwy.Many people purchase their teasat the grocery store, but some ofthe best­tasting and most beauti­ful teas are wild and free! Jointhe North Country Food Allianceat a unique oak savanna ecosys­tem along the Mississippi Riverand learn to identify a diversityof edible and medicinal plants,including wild bergamot,mullein, mugwort and yarrow.There will also be pre­madesamples of wild tea available foryour drinking pleasure.Suggested donation is $5. Classsize is limited. For questions orto register, please email forag­ing@northcountryfoodalliance­.org.

23rd Annual Powderhorn Art FairSaturday, Aug. 2, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Powderhorn Park3400 15th Ave. S.One of the finest juried regionalart fairs in the country celebratesartistic expression and commu­

nity engagement. Featuring 184regional and national artists ofvaried disciplines, as well as aCommunity Showcase andGroup Exhibitors from thePowderhorn area. For moreinformation visit www.powder­hornartfair.org.

Poetry ReadingMonday, Aug. 4, 7 to 8 p.m.Blue Moon Coffee Café3822 E. Lake St.Belgium­based poet EireannLorsung in returning toMinnesota and will spend a partof her summer as a writer­in­res­idence at East Lake Street’s LittlePoetry Library (located outsideof the Blue Moon Coffee Café).Over several summer days,Lorsung will utilize and observethe Little Poetry Library’s collec­tion and the community thatsurrounds it, noting how theneighborhood uses, contributesto and passes by it. The readingsare free and open to the public.

44th Annual Corn FeedThursday, Aug. 14, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Longfellow Park3435 36th Ave. S.This year we will have all thestaples of Corn Feed­live music,a resource fair featuring localbusiness and organizations, icecream, games, activities and (ofcourse!) roasted corn.

Support History—Dash Into ItSaturday, Aug. 16, Packet pickup8 a.m.; Dash begins at 10 a.m.Big Rivers Regional Trail1357 Sibley Memorial Hwy.,Mendota Heights, 55120The Color Dash 5K is colorful,but not controversal, as is thehistory of this place. Help raisemoney for the Sibley historic sitein Mendota. Register online atthecolordash5k.com. ($40 forindividuals, $35 for team mem­ber (min 4, max 16), $85 for fami­ly of 3, and 5 and under arefree). Wear a white T­shirt sowhen you run through the col­ors­of­ the­rainbow dust (cornstarch) your shirt will tell yourcolorful race story.

Douglas Flanders & Associates 818 W. Lake St.612­791­1285www.flandersart.comSculptura CuriosaThis intriguing new show ofthree­dimensional objects repre­sents eight artists working invarious media. Everything fromtraditional blown glass to foundand repurposed objects. Subjectmatter includes abstract formsand shapes, vessels and figura­tive works.Through August 23

Gage Family Art Gallery22nd Ave. S. at Riverside Ave.612­330­1524Augsburg.edu/galleriesThe Last ResortA photographic documentation

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Intermedia Arts2822 Lyndale Ave. S.612­871­4444Intermediaarts.orgCreative Dissent: Arts of the ArabWorld UprisingsThis touring exhibition isdesigned to immerse visitors inthe creative vitality of the contin­ually evolving uprising move­ment commonly referred to asthe “Arab Spring.” Drawn intothe exhibit by songs and the calland response chants associatedwith these populist movements,visitors will experience freedomof speech merged with artisticexpression—capturing the anger,elation, frustration and hope ofthese revolutions in the form ofgraffiti, video, cartoons, music,photography, posters and evenpuppetry.Through August 23

Jean Stephen Galleries4811 Excelsior Blvd., St. LouisPark 55416612­338­4333www.jsgalleries.comFrederick Hart Sculpture of Light—Breathtaking Acrylic and BronzeSculptureHart’s renowned works of sculp­ture include commissions for theVietnam Veterans Memorial andthe Washington NationalCathedral. Through August 30

Patrick’s Cabaret3010 Minnehaha Ave. S.612­724­6273www.patrickscabaret.orgPatrick’s Cabaret will be closedfor construction the end of Julythrough around Aug. 20.

The Bakken Museum3537 Zenith Ave. S.612­926­3878www.thebakken.orgThe Best Days of The BakkenVisitors will enjoy free admis­sion and a bounty of fantasticprogramming. Each day willfocus on a different part ofSTEAM (Science, Technology,Engineering, Art and Math), inhopes of furthering the commu­nity’s interest in these importantsubjects. Visit thebakken.org fora complete list of activities for

each day.July 22 ­ 26

The Museum of Russian Art5500 Stevens Ave. S.312­821­9045http://.tmora.orgThe Art of Victor KhrominThis exhibition of paintings willbring together 27 works from theartist’s collection. Merging sculp­ture’s capacity for representingthe three­dimensionality ofobjects with painting’s power toexpress content in color, VictorKhromin’s remarkable worksexplore the boundary betweenpainting and sculpture. Hispaintings, done with oils againstthe bas­relief of the background,hover between two registers—exploiting both, committing tonone.Through October 25

Guthrie Theater818 S. 2nd St.612­225­6238www.guthrietheater.orgMy Fair LadyYou know the story, songs andcharacters. Now see them cometo life for the first time inGuthrie history! Professor HenryHiggins loves language.Cockney flower girl ElizaDoolittle yearns to speak like alady. Sparks fly when his curiosi­ty and her determination launcha daring social experimentdesigned to turn a lower­classugly duckling into a high­societyswan—with unexpected resultsfrom both of them.Through August 31

Illusion Theater528 Hennepin Ave.612­339­4944www.illusiontheater.orgFresh Ink SeriesThe last work in this annualshowcase is “Miranda,” the thirdpiece in a trilogy considering theaftermath of 9­11, by James Still.Miranda is a CIA operative, butwho is she really? How does shefind herself directing a produc­tion of “Othello” in Yemen? Andhow does Shakespeare turn herworld inside out? Fresh Inkgives space for artists to developtheir creative pieces and try theirworks­in­progress in front ofaudiences. July 24 – 26, 8 p.m.; July 27, 7 p.m.

Jungle Theater2951 Lyndale Ave. S.612­822­7063www.jungletheater.comThe HeiressBased on Henry James’ memo­rable novel “WashingtonSquare,” this Tony Award­win­ning play examines the conflict

between painfully shy CatherineSloper and her stern, inflexiblefather. When she falls in lovewith a handsome suitor, herfather threatens to disinherit her,convinced that the young mancould only be interested inCatherine’s fortune. This dramat­ic and suspenseful play featuresone of the greatest female roleswritten for the stage.Through August 10

Volunteer Tutors Needed inAdult Education ClassesMinneapolis Adult Educationneeds volunteer in­class tutors inwriting, math, computer basics,and ESL/English. Volunteerswork with students 1:1 or insmall groups, in free classestaught by licensed teachers. One­and two­hour tutor times areavailable M­F in the morning,afternoon and evening. A librari­an is needed Wednesdays from5­6 p.m. Experience is not need­ed. Training is provided. Formore information visithttp://abe.mpls.k12.mn.us/volun­teer or call 612­668­3984 or emailEllen.Lipschultz@mpls.k12.mn­.us.

Senior Nutrition ProgramMonday through Friday theVolunteers of America host afree/reduced price lunch for areaseniors aged 60+. The suggestedcontribution is $3.50.However, they just ask people topay what they can afford. Noone is ever denied a mealbecause they cannot pay. Mealsare at 1 p.m. at Holy CrossLutheran Church, 1720 E.Minnehaha Pkwy. For more infocall 952­945­4157 or 612­729­6668.

East Lake Library2727 E. Lake St.612­543­8425http://www.hclib.orgRegister online or call for allevents.** Job Search AssistanceTuesdays through Aug. 26, 3 to5 p.m.Are you seeking new employ­ment or re­entering the work­force? Do you need help lookingfor a job, filling out applicationsor writing your resume? Stop infor free one­on­one assistancewith a job search representative.** Library Lab for Kids

Thursday, July, 24, 10:30 a.m. tonoonEntering grades 1­2. Take aphoto scavenger hunt, learnabout the life cycle of a tree andtransfer a photo to a woodennecklace. Materials provided.** Art out of the Box: EyeWonderMonday, July 28, 2 to 3 p.m.Entering grades 2­5. Discoverartists’ secrets and uncover illu­sions meant to trick the eye by

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Honduran Council of PrivateEnterprise (COHEP), Council ofUniversity Deans, Worker’s Federationof Honduras (CTH), NationalConvergence Forum, NationalFederation of Commerce andIndustry of Honduras (FEDECAMA-RA), Association of CommunicationMedia (AMC), the group Peace &Democracy and the student groupGeneration for Change. The majority of these organizations

have been the beneficiaries of the morethan $50 million annually disbursedby USAID and the NationalEndowment for Democracy (NED)for “democracy promotion” inHonduras. In fact, a USAID reportregarding its funding and work withCOHEP, described how the “low pro-file maintained by USAID in this proj-ect helped ensure the credibility ofCOHEP as a Honduran organizationand not an arm of USAID.” Whichbasically means that COHEP is, actu-ally, an arm of USAID.The spokespeople for the

Democratic Civil Union of Hondurasrepresenting, according to them, “civilsociety,” declared to the Honduranpress on June 23– five days before thecoup took place against PresidentZelaya–that they “trust the armedforces will comply with their responsi-bility to defend the Constitution, thelaw, peace and democracy.” When thecoup took place on June 28, they werethe first to immediately claim that acoup had not occured, but rather“democracy had been saved” from thehands of President Zelaya, whosecrime was to attempt to give voice andvisibility to the people. Representingthe biased middle and upper classes,the Democratic Civil Union has quali-fied Zelaya’s supporters as “hordes.”The International Republican

Institute (IRI), an entity that receivesfunding from the NationalEndowment for Democracy (NED),received more than $1.2 million in2009 to work with political groups inHonduras. IRI’s work has been dedi-cated to supporting “think tanks” and“pressure groups” to influence politicalparties and “support initiatives toimplement political positions duringthe campaigns in 2009.” This is a clearexample of intervention in the internalpolitics of Honduras and evidence ofNED and IRI funding to those groupsinvolved in the coup. Republican Senator John McCain

helped coordinate the visit of a coupregime delegation to Washington lastweek. McCain is well known for hisopposition to governments inVenezuela, Bolivia and other countriesin the region considered “anti-imperi-

alist.” McCain also maintains veryclose ties to the Cuban exile commu-nity in Miami. McCain is also chair-man of the Board of the InternationalRepublican Institute (IRI), which hasfunded the coup participants inHonduras. McCain offered the servic-es of a lobby firm in Washington,closely tied to him, the CormacGroup, that organized a press confer-ence for the coup regime delegation atthe National Press Club on June 7.McCain also helped set up severalmeetings in Congress with the tradi-tional Cuban-American representa-tives and those general “Chávez-haters,” such as Connie Mack, IleanaRos-Lehtinen and Mel Martinez.But beyond the Republican con-

nection to the Honduran coupregime, there is an even more damn-ing link to the current Democratadministration in Washington. LawyerLanny Davis was hired by the BusinessCouncil of Latin America (CEAL) tolobby in favor of the coup regime andconvince the powers in Washington toaccept and recognize the de facto gov-ernment in Honduras. Lanny Daviswas special counsel to ex President BillClinton from 1996-1998 and he is aclose friend and advisor to Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton. Davis is organiz-ing a diplomatic offensive and publicrelations blitz in favor of the coupregime, including the strategic place-ment of advertisements in importantU.S. media that seek to legitimize thede facto Honduran government, andhe is organizing meetings and hear-ings with members of Congress, theState Department and the WhiteHouse. CEAL represents the conserva-tive business community in LatinAmerica, including those that havepromoted and participated in previ-ous attempts to oust democratic gov-ernments via coup d’etats and/orother forms of sabotage. For example,the Venezuelan representative ofCEAL is Marcel Granier, president ofRCTV, the television station that heav-ily participated in the 2002 coupagainst President Chávez and thatconsistently has violated Venezuelanlaw in order to promote its politicalagenda. As part of this offensive, Lanny

Davis arranged a special hearingbefore the House Foreign RelationsCommittee, attended by high levelmembers of Congress and overseen byDemocrat Elliot Engel (congressmanfrom New York). Testimonies weregiven at the hearing by representativesof the coup regime from Hondurasand others who have supported thecoup–directly and indirectly–suchas Michael Shifter from theInterAmerican Dialogue, GuillermoPérez-Cadalso, ex Honduran foreign

minister and Supreme Court judge,and the infamous Otto Reich, aCuban-American well known for hisrole in the majority of destabilizationactivities against leftist and progressivegovernments in Latin Americathroughout the ’80s. Reich, who wasnamed special advisor on LatinAmerica to President George W. Bush,also played a key role in the 2002 coupagainst President Chávez. As a result ofthis hearing, the U.S. Congress is cur-rently trying to pass a resolution thatrecognizes the coup regime inHonduras as a legitimate govern-ment.Many analysts and specialists on

Latin American have speculated onthe role of former Ambassador toHonduras John Negroponte, whodirected the paramilitary forces anddeath squads known as the “Contra”against leftist movements in CentralAmerica during the 1980s.Negroponte held various high levelpositions during the Bush administra-tion, including U.S. ambassador toIraq, U.S. ambassador to the UnitedNations, national director ofIntelligence and lastly, subsecretary ofstate, second only to CondoleezzaRice. After leaving the Department ofState in January 2009, Negroponteentered the private sector, as is the cus-tom amongst former top governmentofficials. He was offered a job as vicepresident at the most influential andpowerful consulting firm inWashington, McLarty Associates.Negroponte accepted the job. McLartyAssociates was founded by Thomas“Mack” McLarty, former chief of stafffor President Bill Clinton and alsoClinton’s special envoy to LatinAmerica. Since the end of the Clintonadministration, McLarty has managedthe most powerful strategic consultingfirm in Washington, which until justlast year, was called Kissinger-McLartyAssociates due to the merging ofThomas McLarty and HenryKissinger. This partnership clearly evi-denced the bi-partisan unions thattruly craft the most important policiesin Washington.In his new role, John Negroponte

presently works as advisor to Secretaryof State Hillary Clinton. Remember,the current U.S. ambassador toHonduras, Hugo Llorens, has workedclosely under Negroponte’s domainduring the majority of his career. So itwould not be a far jump to considerthat John Negroponte, expert incrushing leftist movements in CentralAmerica, has played a role in the cur-rent coup against President Zelaya inHonduras.The United States maintains a large

military presence in Honduras in theSoto Cano (Palmerola) base, locatedabout 50 miles from the capital,Tegucigalpa, that has been activelyoperating since 1981, when it washeavily occupied by the ReaganAdministration and used for its oper-ations in Central America.

During the ’80s, Soto Cano wasused by Colonel Oliver North as a baseof operations of the “Contra,” theparamilitary forces trained, armed andfunded by the CIA, and charged withexecuting warfare against all leftistmovements in Central America, withparticular focus on the neighboringSandinista government in Nicaragua.From Soto Cano, the “Contra”launched terrorist attacks, psychologi-cal warfare, death squads and specialcovert missions that resulted in theassassination of tens of thousands offarmers and civilians, thousands ofdisappeared, tortured, wounded andterrorized all throughout the region. John Negroponte, U.S. ambassador

at the time in Honduras, together withOliver North and Otto Reich, directedand oversaw these dirty operations.They later became involved in theIran-Contra scandal once the U.S.Congress cut the funding for the para-military groups and death squads usedby the Reagan Administration to neu-tralize the leftist movements in theregion, and the Negroponte-North-Reich team sold arms to Iran to con-tinue funding their covert operations. The Soto Cano base houses the U.S.

Joint Task Force-Bravo military group,composed of members from theArmy, Air Force, joint security forcesand the First Batallion Regiment 228of the U.S. Air Force. The current totalpresence of U.S. forces on the basenumbers approximately 600, andincludes 18 combat planes, UH-60Black Hawk helicopters and CH-47Chinook helicopters, used for specialwarfare operations. The HonduranAviation Academy is also located onthe Soto Cano Base. More than 650Honduran and U.S. citizens also liveinside the base installations.The Honduran Constitution does

not permit legally the presence of for-eign military in the country. A “hand-shake” agreement was made betweenWashington and Honduras authoriz-ing the “semi-permanent” importantand strategic presence of hundreds–at times thousands–of U.S. militarypersonnel on the base. The agreementwas made in 1954, in exchange for themulti-million dollar aid the U.S. pro-vides to the Honduran armed forces,which ranges from training programs,arms and military equipment andjoint exercises and operations that takeplace on the ground in Honduras. Thebase was first employed by the U.S.military and CIA to launch the coupd’etat against Jacobo Arbenz inGuatemala in 1954. Each year, Washington authorizes

hundreds of millions of dollars in mil-itary and economic aid to Honduras,which is the third poorest country inthe Western Hemisphere, after Haitiand Nicaragua. This “exchange” secur-ing the U.S. military presence in theCentral American nation can be ter-minated at any time by the Hondurangovernment, without much notice.On May 31, 2008, President

Manuel Zelaya announced that SotoCano (Palmerola) would be convertedinto an international civilian airport.The construction of the airport termi-nal would be financed with a fundfrom the Bolivarian Alliance of theAmericas (ALBA–of which Bolivia,Cuba, Ecuador, Dominique,Honduras, Nicaragua, St. Vicents,Antigua & Barbados and Venezuelaare members). This obviously was ahuge threat to the future U.S. militarypresence in Honduras.The two generals that have partici-

pated in key roles in the coup againstPresident Zelaya are both graduates ofthe U.S. School of the Americas,famous for training dictators, torturersand repressors in Latin America, andthey maintain very close ties with theU.S. military forces based inHonduras. The commander of theHonduran Air Force, General LuisJavier Prince Suazo, studied in thefamous School of the Americas in1996. The head of the Honduran HighMilitary Command, General RomeoVásquez, who was fired by PresidentZelaya on June 24, 2009, for disobey-ing the president’s orders, and laterappeared as the principal actor in themilitary coup just days later, is also agraduate of the School of theAmericas. These two high level mili-tary officers also maintain close con-tact with the Pentagon and theSouthern Command. The U.S. Ambassador in Honduras

through September 2008, when HugoLlorens was appointed to the position,Charles Ford, was transferred fromHonduras to the Southern Commandin Florida and charged with providing“strategic advising” to the Pentagonabout Latin America, a position heholds today. The Honduran military are fund-

ed, trained, schooled and commandedby the U.S. military. They have beenindoctrinated with the anti-leftist,anti-socialist, pro-empire mentalitysince the beginning of the Cold War.The generals and high level officersinvolved in the coup in Honduras havepublicly stated that they were “obligat-ed” to remove President Zelaya frompower because of the “threat” he posedwith his “leftist” ideology and align-ment to socialist nations in the regionsuch as Venezuela and Cuba. Per oneHonduran colonel, “‘We fought thesubversive movements here and wewere the only country that did nothave a fratricidal war like the others …It would be difficult for us, with ourtraining, to have a relationship with aleftist government. That’s impossible. Ipersonally would have retired, becausemy thinking, my principles, would nothave allowed me to participate inthat.’’ All of the above evidence–and

certainly more to come in the future–proves the undeniable role ofWashington in the coup d’etat aginstPresident Zelaya in Honduras.

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