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Chicago, September 20, 2018: Day of Action for Puerto Rico: Rally Against Austerity!
Day of Action for Puerto Rico: Rally Against Austerity!
219 S Dearborn Street, Federal Center and Plaza, Chicago, 5-7 P.M.
After hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico the neglect of the US and Puerto Rico’s governments has left the Island in a dire state, with a confirmed death toll of over 2,965 people on top of a $73 billion debt. The Fiscal Control Board and the government have been playing with the livelihood of the most vulnerable Puerto Ricans by closing schools and basic services. This is outrageous. From Puerto Rico to New York, Boston, Phoenix, Orlando and Chicago, people are standing up for the dignity of Puerto Ricans.
Join us for this national day of action on the anniversary of the hurricane to demonstrate our indignation on the Federal Plaza on 230 S. Dearborn St. on September 20th at 5:00 PM. We will rally and march to call out these abuses and say #DecolonizePR, #YoNoComoAusteridad, #ConstruyamosOtraVida, #LaQuieroPublica, #SeAcabaronLasPromesas
Milwaukee, September 8, 2018: Voces de la Frontera Membership Meeting
Milwaukee Membership Meeting / Junta de Membresía de Milwaukee
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Junta de Membresía de Milwaukee
Sábado, 8 de septiembre, 1:30pm
Oficina de Voces de la Frontera
1027 S 5th St., Milwaukee
Acompáñanos para planear la lucha para movilizar el voto Latinx en las próximas elecciones en Noviembre y restaurar las licencias de conducir a los inmigrantes y a todos en Wisconsin.
Llame al 414-643-1620 para más información.
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Milwaukee Membership Meeting
Saturday, September 8th, 1:30pm
Voces de la Frontera Office
1027 S 5th St., Milwaukee
Join us to plan our work to mobilize the Latinx vote in the upcoming November elections and restore driver’s licenses to immigrants and all in Wisconsin.
Call 414-643-1620 for more information.
Voces marching on Labor Day 2011 in Milwaukee
Milwaukee, September 27, 2018: CLOSEmsdf Picket
901 N 9th Street, Milwaukee, 11:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M.
Come contribute to the continuous visible opposition to MSDF. We will be outside the west entrance to the courthouse, and if we have enough people elsewhere around the building and at the MSDF entrance. Help us spread information to and collect petition signatures from people targeted by and doing business with Milwaukee’s criminal legal system.
If you haven’t signed the petition yet yourself, please do here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/its-time-to-close-milwaukee-secure-detention-facility-msdf
Parking is metered or nearby public lots. If you don’t mind walking a couple blocks, its often easier to find free parking on the other side of the freeway.
A coalition of Milwaukee organizations have joined up to shut down MSDF. This facility is a building within a building, where captives have no access to fresh air or sunlight. They are triple bunked in lockdown cells for over 20 hours a day. There is no outdoor rec. The facility was built and is run using funds that should be used for diversionary programs to keep people out of jail, instead it’s being used to keep them on supervision under arbitrary and vindictive probation and parole officers.
We are organizing this protest on every 23rd (unless that lands on a weekend, when there’s less foot traffic). The National Religious Campaign Against Torture has called for actions on the 23rd of every month (to bring attention to 23 hour a day lockdowns). http://www.nrcat.org/about-us/take-action-current-legislation/563-together-to-end-solitary
Despite torrential rains, workers and their loved ones join Labor Day activities across Wisconsin
Photo from Milwaukee LaborFest September 3, 2018: Sue Ruggles
Photo from Milwaukee LaborFest September 3, 2018: Joe Brusky, Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association
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We Demand Respect for Lula’s Rights as a Candidate in Brazil’s General Elections
September 3, 2018
On Friday, August 31, as part of the strategy followed by the Brazilian oligarchy under the auspices of the United States, the Brazilian Electoral Tribunal, mocking the Brazilian Constitution itself and the laws that protect its citizens, ruled to disqualify former President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva as a candidate in the upcoming presidential elections
Lula was imprisoned in April of this year, in a shameful and absurd process, typical of the type of Lawfare that now ravages Latin America. Without any evidence whatsoever he is being held prisoner with the clear objective of preventing the Workers’ Party from returning to power.
Lula is the candidate with the highest popularity rating and is now favored by 54 million Brazilians.
The false judicial process initiated against Lula has been denounced by the UN, human rights organizations, Nobel Prize winners, parliamentarians, religious, intellectuals, trade unionists, social movements, political parties, Pope Francis and the leaders of various countries who are all demanding his immediate release and respect for his rights as a citizen and as a candidate in Brazil’s presidential elections.
Those who proclaim themselves champions of democracy are trying to prevent the people from deciding at the polls who will guide Brazil’s destiny. Without Lula the elections in Brazil will be a fraud.
We demand that Lula’s rights as a candidate for the presidency be respected and that he be granted the constitutional guarantees of equal rights, as expressed in the appeal filed by his defense team before the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.
We send all our solidarity to Lula and the Workers’ Party.
Lula Free! Lula Candidate! Lula President!
International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity, Argentine League for Human Rights; Martin Luther King Center of Havana; Alba Movements; National Movement of Friendship and Mutual Solidarity Venezuela-Cuba; Association of Arab-Latin American Solidarity.
