Month: August 2013

http://tinyurl.com/lsmwkjq On August 8 at 12:00 PM outside the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago, thousands of concerned citizens are holding a protest against ALEC.

http://tinyurl.com/k5mt7h4 Berkeley, California, August 5, 2013 – The growing Tent City, now over a week old, is still up and running on the steps of Berkeley’s main post office. Some 25 campers in a dozen tents are getting ready for their 9th night in direct defense of this historic post office.

http://sliceofjustice.com/ https://www.facebook.com/boycottpalermos —– Sisters and Brothers, I’ve got some big news for you. Last week, Palermo’s Pizza was forced to rehire eight workers—who were fired last year for organizing for a voice on the job—and give them tens of thousands of dollars in back pay. Palermo’s owners Giacomo and Angelo Fallucca didn’t come to this […]

Africans on the Move invites your progressive organization to join us in the 2013 GarveyFest “Demand for Justice” Parade at 12 Noon on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at the Parklawn YMCA (4340 N. 46th Street). The U.S. Criminal (In)justice system is simply an extension of the capitalist economic system.  (It’s not the man; it’s the […]

http://tinyurl.com/ljen5qs From Focus on Jobs, Not Vaginas: 68th and Bluemound, Milwaukee, WI, 6:30 p.m. We’re holding a peaceful vigil in Scott Walker’s neighborhood to memorialize the 70,000 women that die each year from unsafe abortion. We will share the stories of women that are no longer here to share their stories and make sure that […]

FLYER: http://tinyurl.com/lsvymqf FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: http://tinyurl.com/pgyj2op —– Hands Off Syria! JOBS Not War! Justice 4 Trayvon Martin & All Victims of Police/Vigilante Terror! PUBLIC FORUM (Free and open to the public) Center Street Library, 2727 W Fond du Lac Avenue (and Center), Milwaukee, WI 1 p.m.

http://almanactrail.com/ The Wisconsin Labor History Society is sponsoring an evening concert by the two singers, Rik Palieri and George Mann. The Almanac Trail tour will be in Madison on Friday, Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St.