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GAY PALM SPRINGS<br />

<strong>May</strong> <strong>1st</strong><br />

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REPORTER: Adam EMAIL: adamsartexpose@gmail.com ADAMSARTEXPOSE’<br />

ARTISTS PROTEST ABORTION RIGHTS RESTRICTIONS<br />

The overturning of Roe V Wade in June<br />

of 2022 established what had been<br />

suspected and expected that the Trump<br />

right-wing court appointees along with<br />

others already on the court would finally<br />

accomplish what the ultra-conservative<br />

right had been using as a divisional issue<br />

since the Roe V. Wade decision in 1973.<br />

Barbara Kruger a woman artist designed<br />

a poster for the attempted abortion<br />

restriction by the Republican Party in<br />

1989. This has been resurrected as a<br />

timely and pertinent reminder for now.<br />

The decision to restrict the right of<br />

women to no longer have the right to<br />

control their own bodies has been taken<br />

up by activists throughout the country<br />

and women artists are no exception.<br />

Women artists are foremost in reacting<br />

with their art,<br />

however, male<br />

artists have<br />

also been<br />

active in the<br />

cause.<br />

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The Town Hall is on Thursday, <strong>May</strong> 4, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Glendale<br />

Central Library, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale, 91205.<br />

TAAL has partnered with the LA County Commission on Human Relations’ LA vs.<br />

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PEACE POLE TOO WOKE<br />

FOR 29 PALMS?<br />

By Tom Swann Hernandez<br />

Founder and President<br />

“Blessed are the peacemakers, For they<br />

shall be called sons of God.”m Jesus<br />

Christ<br />

Tom,<br />

I am sorry but do not see this is<br />

compatible with our City Park. You can<br />

come put up the pole.<br />

Thanks<br />

Frank J. Luckino, MPA, ICMA-CM<br />

City Manager<br />

If war had been abolished then Russiam<br />

would never have invaded Ukraine<br />

Poles are not compatible with their park<br />

system. The decision was forwarded to<br />

me by the City Manager this past Friday<br />

morning.<br />

In February Randy Schecher, Rick Tice<br />

and I took the Peace Pole to 29 <strong>Palm</strong>s<br />

City Hall and met with the City Manager<br />

and Community Development Director.<br />

They seemed pleased and suggested<br />

that we add two more languages to<br />

the pole. The current pole says “<strong>May</strong><br />

Peace Prevail on Earth” in English,<br />

Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic. The 29<br />

<strong>Palm</strong>s officials asked if we could add<br />

the Tagalog language because of the<br />

many Filipino residents in the city. They<br />

also asked if we could add the local<br />

indigenous language. We told them we<br />

could get that done.<br />

Veterans For Peace has dedicated<br />

Peace Poles outside of the Cathedral<br />

City Library, Desert Mirage High School<br />

in Thermal, Saul Martinez Elementary<br />

School in Mecca, Desert Hot <strong>Springs</strong><br />

High School, Shea’s Veteran Center in<br />

Desert Hot <strong>Springs</strong> and Congressional<br />

Cemetery in Washington D.C. VFP<br />

donated money for the Peace Pole that<br />

is located in a <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Springs</strong> City Park.<br />

Rev. Kevin Johnson led that effort.<br />

We left the Peace Pole with the two city<br />

leaders. The City Manager said he would<br />

present the Peace Pole to the City Arts<br />

Commission, the Parks Commission<br />

and seek input from the local Marine<br />

Corps Base. The City Manager told us<br />

he did not think it was necessary for us<br />

to testify before these city commissions.<br />

He said we may want to testify when the<br />

proposal is presented to the city council.<br />

Apparently one of the commissions<br />

None of these Peace Poles have rejected the pole. The City Manager did<br />

been controversial. Approval was fast not offer any details about the decision.<br />

and easy. Cathedral City refurbished I am left to speculate the reason behind<br />

their Peace Pole and made it the their decision.<br />

centerpiece for the remodeled front I believe that someone researched<br />

entrance of their library. The City of 29 Veterans For Peace (VFP) and decided<br />

<strong>Palm</strong>s is the first agency to say Peace we are too progressive or woke for their<br />

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city. VFP’s primary mission is to abolish<br />

wars and resolve conflicts peacefully. If<br />

stopping wars is a message that is not<br />

compatible in 29 <strong>Palm</strong>s then it begs the<br />

question if starting wars or glorifying war<br />

is in fact compatible with the values of<br />

29 <strong>Palm</strong>s.<br />

Some conservatives believe opposing<br />

wars is a contradiction of the purpose<br />

of the military. They believe that when<br />

our military trains for warfare then the<br />

soldiers are eager for war. This is false.<br />

during that conflict was “Support the<br />

Troops. Bring them Home”! We found no<br />

weapons of mass destruction in Iraq but<br />

thousands of Americans were killed and<br />

wounded. Most Americans believe the<br />

war was a mistake. VFP does not criticize<br />

any person who served in our military<br />

during that period and our chapter is<br />

named in memory of Army soldier Jon<br />

Castro who was killed in the Iraq War.<br />

We have honored many Gold Star<br />

Families. We seek the very best set of<br />

benefits for our veterans.<br />

Presidents Truman, Eisenhower,<br />

Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter<br />

and Reagan were all the commanderin-chief<br />

during the Cold War with the<br />

Soviet Union. President Kennedy showed<br />

restraint during the 1962 Cuban Missile<br />

Crisis. President Reagan used our military<br />

as peacekeepers in Lebanon. During<br />

the Cold War the Soviet Union shot<br />

down a U-2 spy plane but the two super<br />

powers never engaged in a war. During<br />

that period the goal was for our military<br />

to be so strong and well trained that<br />

we were a deterrent to war. The Cold<br />

War policy was called “peace through<br />

strength”. We would be so strong that<br />

the Soviet Union would not dare attack<br />

us. During those years all of our soldiers<br />

prayed for continued peace.<br />

That all changed after 9/11. Even<br />

though no one from Iraq was a terrorist<br />

on 9/11, the United States invaded Iraq<br />

which was the first time we started a war<br />

with a country that had not attacked<br />

us. VFP opposed that war and our motto Peace Pole.<br />

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A vocal minority group believes if you<br />

oppose a war then you are hurting the<br />

morale of our troops. Our military has<br />

to be dedicated in order to fight the<br />

enemy. VFP has never protested our<br />

soldiers. We have always protested<br />

the policy makers, the law makers that<br />

make the decision to engage in war.<br />

When people are misguided and try<br />

to glorify war we reveal the true cost<br />

of war, the dead bodies, the injured<br />

soldiers and civilians. We also reveal the<br />

true cost of weapons like the Depleted<br />

Uranium we dumped in Iraq that will<br />

cause birth defects for 20 generations.<br />

The simple truth is that most veterans<br />

who have experienced the horrors of<br />

war want peace. Most of the people<br />

who support endless wars have never<br />

served in combat.<br />

We regret that 29 <strong>Palm</strong>s rejected our<br />

proposal. There are no hard feelings. We<br />

will not appeal this decision to the City<br />

Council. We will find a new home for this


Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast<br />

About this event<br />

We invite you to be with us at this essential community event as we celebrate<br />

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who support equality and justice for all at this 11th annual celebration of<br />

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In the eleven years the Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast has been presented,<br />

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including civil rights champion Dolores Huerta, Cleve Jones, California State<br />

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1. Question: What is Baby Yoda’s real name?<br />

Answer: Grogu.<br />

2. Question: Where did Obi-Wan take Luke after his<br />

birth?<br />

Answer: Tatooine.<br />

3. Question: Who is Palpatine’s granddaughter?<br />

Answer: Rey.<br />

4. Question: Who was Anakin Skywalker’s Padawan?<br />

Answer: Ahsoka Tano.<br />

5. Question: What is Mando’s real name from The<br />

Mandalorian?<br />

Answer: Din Djarin.<br />

6. Question: Who had the highest midi-chlorian<br />

count in Star Wars?<br />

Answer: Anakin Skywalker.<br />

“<strong>May</strong> the Force be with you.” Star<br />

Wars fans everywhere know this<br />

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See if you remember these...<br />

1. “A long time ago in a galaxy far,<br />

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I’ve got to save you.”<br />

Darth Vader: “You already…have, Luke. You were right. You were right<br />

about me. Tell your sister…you were right.” — (Return of the Jedi)<br />

5. “No. I am your father.” —(The Empire Strikes Back)<br />

6. “I find your lack of faith disturbing” —(A New Hope)<br />

7. “If you only knew the power of the dark side.” —(The Empire<br />

Strikes Back)<br />

8. “Be careful not to choke on your aspirations.” — (Rogue One)<br />

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Please join us for our annual exhibition<br />

featuring works by the visual arts<br />

students of Idyllwild Arts Academy. This<br />

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US Senators Urge U.S. Dept. of Justice<br />

to Investigate Expulsion of Young, Black<br />

Tennessee State Legislators.<br />

Ignorant of UN Universal Declaration<br />

of Human Rights The entire republican<br />

party just lost most of Gen X,Y an Z and<br />

U.S. Also Senators Raphael Warnock<br />

(D-GA), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer<br />

(D-NY), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Alex Padilla<br />

(D-CA) and Brian Schatz (D-HI)<br />

The ACLU-TN called unprecedented,<br />

authoritarian efforts to silence”<br />

Also, Montana’s Republican House<br />

Speaker Matt Regier has refused to<br />

acknowledge or let Rep. Zooey Zephyr,<br />

a Democrat, speak for no good reason<br />

So we though we would remind<br />

everyone that the UN addressed this.<br />

United Nations<br />

Universal Declaration of Human Rights<br />

Simplified Version<br />

This simplified version of the 30 Articles<br />

of the Universal Declaration of Human<br />

Rights has been created especially for<br />

young people. 192 member states of the<br />

UN, signed this agreement!<br />

1 We Are All Born Free & Equal.<br />

We are all born free. We all have our<br />

own thoughts and ideas. We should all<br />

be treated in the same way.<br />

3 The Right to Life.<br />

We all have the right to life, and to live in<br />

freedom and safety.<br />

4 No Slavery.<br />

Nobody has any right to make us a<br />

slave. We cannot make anyone our<br />

slave.<br />

5 No Torture.<br />

Nobody has any right to hurt us or to<br />

torture us.<br />

6 You Have Rights No Matter Where You<br />

Go.<br />

I am a person just like you!<br />

7 We’re All Equal Before the Law.<br />

The law is the same for everyone. It must<br />

treat us all fairly.<br />

8 Your Human Rights Are Protected by<br />

Law.<br />

We can all ask for the law to help us<br />

when we are not treated fairly.<br />

9 No Unfair Detainment.<br />

Nobody has the right to put us in prison<br />

without good reason and keep us there,<br />

or to send us away from our country.<br />

10 The Right to Trial.<br />

If we are put on trial this should be in<br />

public. The people who try us should not<br />

let anyone tell them what to do.<br />

2 Don’t Discriminate.<br />

11 We’re Always Innocent Till Proven<br />

These rights belong to everybody, Guilty.<br />

whatever our differences.<br />

Nobody should be blamed for doing<br />

something until it is proven. When<br />

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people say we did a bad thing we have<br />

the right to show it is not true.<br />

12 The Right to Privacy.<br />

Nobody should try to harm our good<br />

name. Nobody has the right to come<br />

into our home, open our letters, or<br />

bother us or our family without a good<br />

reason.<br />

13 Freedom to Move.<br />

We all have the right to go where we<br />

want in our own country and to travel as<br />

we wish.<br />

14 The Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live.<br />

If we are frightened of being badly<br />

treated in our own country, we all have<br />

the right to run away to another country<br />

to be safe.<br />

15 Right to a Nationality.<br />

We all have the right to belong to a<br />

country.<br />

21 The Right to Democracy.<br />

We all have the right to take part in<br />

the government of our country. Every<br />

grown-up should be allowed to choose<br />

their own leaders.<br />

22 Social Security.<br />

We all have the right to affordable<br />

housing, medicine, education, and<br />

childcare, enough money to live on and<br />

medical help if we are ill or old.<br />

a trade union.<br />

24 The Right to Play.<br />

We all have the right to rest from work<br />

and to relax.<br />

25 Food and Shelter for All.<br />

We all have the right to a good life.<br />

Mothers and children, people who are<br />

old, unemployed or disabled, and all<br />

people have the right to be cared for.<br />

26 The Right to Education.<br />

Education is a right. Primary school<br />

should be free. We should learn about<br />

the United Nations and how to get on<br />

with others. Our parents can choose<br />

what we learn.<br />

27 Copyright.<br />

Copyright is a special law that protects<br />

one’s own artistic creations and writings;<br />

others cannot make copies without<br />

permission. We all have the right to our<br />

own way of life and to enjoy the good<br />

things that art, science and learning<br />

bring.<br />

28 A Fair and Free World.<br />

There must be proper order so we can<br />

all enjoy rights and freedoms in our own<br />

country and all over the world.<br />

29 Responsibility.<br />

We have a duty to other people, and<br />

we should protect their rights and<br />

freedoms.<br />

23 Workers’ Rights.<br />

30 No One Can Take Away Your Human<br />

Every grown-up has the right to do a job, Rights.<br />

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Court, a few conservative-leaning states<br />

have exacerbated the issue by passing<br />

even more extreme laws that restrict<br />

female reproductive rights and are also<br />

hinting at restricting birth control options<br />

that affect both male and female rights.<br />

These extreme interpretations of the<br />

new Roe V. Wade restrictions have<br />

caused even art galleries and mostly<br />

public educational institutions to waver<br />

from and restrict artistic depictions<br />

that appear to favor abortion rights.<br />

One appalling example was at the<br />

University of Idaho where the University<br />

administration put out a memo that<br />

stated...”remain neutral over abortion<br />

and “proceed cautiously at any time<br />

that a discussion moves in the direction<br />

of reproductive health”. A mobile<br />

billboard providing information on how<br />

to obtain abortion pills was ordered<br />

by the Boise police to leave the city.<br />

President Joe Biden even reacted after<br />

hearing this news saying, “Folks” what<br />

century are we in?”<br />

individual human rights. One example<br />

is the removal of Tucker Carlson from<br />

Fox News after a legal challenge from<br />

a voting machine company caused<br />

Fox to be responsible for a considerable<br />

payout for irresponsible broadcasting.<br />

Jenny Holzer an installation artist used<br />

a screenshot from a Fox Tucker Carlson<br />

show. The caption line under the Tucker<br />

Carlson discussion reads “MAKING<br />

AN INFORMED CHOICE REGARDING<br />

YOUR OWN BODY SHOULDN’T BE<br />

CONTROVERSIAL” This discussion was<br />

actually about immunization, but the<br />

caption fits exactly with abortion rights<br />

which Fox and Carlson was against.<br />

Continued tyranny exerted by the<br />

right-wing faction of the Supreme<br />

Court on the rights of citizens of this<br />

country along with other media outlets<br />

and supremacist organizations should<br />

continue to be aggressively challenged<br />

by all citizens including artists who use<br />

their creative abilities to help preserve<br />

democracy and human rights.<br />

Recent court decisions have put light<br />

on the restrictive elements removing<br />

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Guests must be 18 years or older to rock out.<br />

LINE UP:<br />

THE ROCK YARD FREE CONCERT SERIES<br />

RETURNS TO FANTASY SPRINGS WITH THE<br />

NATION’S BEST TRIBUTE BANDS ON MARCH<br />

10, <strong>2023</strong><br />

Feb. 28, <strong>2023</strong> – INDIO, CA – The Rock Yard concert series at<br />

Fantasy <strong>Springs</strong> Resort Casino returns to the famed outdoor<br />

stage for the <strong>2023</strong> season with a stellar line-up of the country’s<br />

best tribute acts and cover bands.<br />

The FREE concert series kicks off on Friday, March 10 with<br />

Journey tribute band, Don’t Stop Believing and cover band<br />

Almost Famous opening the show.<br />

The Rock Yard outdoor venue features a recently expanded stage<br />

in an amphitheater-style setting where music revelers can enjoy<br />

exciting concerts with state-of-the-art<br />

sound systems. This season features<br />

tributes to iconic rock bands such as Van<br />

Halen, Journey, AC/DC, and Metallica<br />

along with fan favorites like the Beastie<br />

Boys, Duran Duran, and Depeche Mode.<br />

<strong>May</strong> 5 — Red Hot Cholo Peppers (Red Hot Chili Peppers<br />

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<strong>May</strong> 6 — Smooth Sounds of Santana (Santana tribute) w/<br />

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<strong>May</strong> 12– Genesis Family Album (Genesis tribute) w/212<br />

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<strong>May</strong> 13 — Led Zeppagain (Led Zeppelin tribute) w/ Electric<br />

Ash<br />

<strong>May</strong>18 — Academy of Music Showcase student bands w/<br />

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<strong>May</strong>19 — Deepest Purple (Deep Purple tribute) w/ Thank<br />

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<strong>May</strong> 20 — The Long Run (Eagles tribute) w/ Saints of Las<br />

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<strong>May</strong> 26 — Wanted (Bon Jovi tribute) w/ Steel Rod<br />

<strong>May</strong> 27 — Queen Nation (Queen Tribute) w/ Brobots<br />

June 2 — George Michael Reborn (George Michael tribute)<br />

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June 3 — Rag Dolls (Aerosmith tribute) w/ Titans of Rock<br />

Sept. 16 — El Chicano<br />

Nov. 11 — Puddle of Mudd<br />

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