Month: June 2017

Hosted by Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump 12 NOON, 517 E Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee / U.S. Federal Courthouse  On June 16, President Trump announced a step back to Cold War-style relations with Cuba, bringing to an end to years of openness between our two countries. This comes at the same time that Trump and the Republicans […]

Dominique Heaggan-Brown, the former Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot Sylville Smith during an August 2016 foot chase, was found not guilty of first-degree reckless homicide on Wednesday, June 21. A community gathering with the family will take place at 6 p.m. June 21 at Sherman Park in Milwaukee.

Today we STRIKE! Today we #PortStrike!!! Today we stand as the League of Working Class Heroes on picket lines spread across Southern California and at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to break the chains of debt and indentured servitude our bosses have bound us with. Can you show your support by phoning […]

We at WI BOPM are sharing this post in solidarity with the Smith Family and all those killed and brutalized by the Milwaukee police:  Message from VM: No matter what the verdict is tomorrow, PLEASE MEET WITH US AND THE FAMILY IN SHERMAN PARK (possibly at the tree site or the greenspace) TO OFFER SUPPORT […]

Hosted by Milwaukee IWW 2727 W Fond du Lac Avenue, Milwaukee Public Library / 5:30 – 6:30 P.M.  Please join us to hear more about Wisconsin Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, and help us write to prisoners. This will be an information session on the need to abolish prisons, and the current collective struggles of Wisconsin […]

UPDATE: Jury still deliberating June 21. Updates: Coalition for Justice We are hearing that the verdict will be coming down in hours today June 20, 2017. If you are able to come to the Safety Building Room 502, 821 W State St, Milwaukee, 53233, and support the family it would be appreciated. — Coalition For Justice, […]