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Martin Luther King Commemorations Take Place Amid Government Shutdown and Worsening Capitalist Crisis
90th birthday of martyred Civil Rights and Peace leader illustrates continuing anti-people agenda emanating from Washington
Global Research, January 17, 2019
“….Yet the struggle continues on several fronts. There is the escalating intolerance towards institutional discrimination and racist violence from the state. Labor activists are demanding a fair and living wage in the most marginalized sectors of the proletariat. In Los Angeles, 32,000 educators went out on strike on January 14 demanding higher wages, smaller class sizes and the overall improvement of working conditions.
Nevertheless, there is the need for independent political organization and action which unites the workers and oppressed into a fighting revolutionary party. This party must advance the cause for a socialist society where the capitalist relations of production are overthrown and equality and self-determination becomes embedded in the character of the state.
Detroit will once again be a center for commemorations of Dr. King and the civil rights struggle drawing upon the actual social justice and antiwar legacy of the 1960s. The 16th Annual MLK Day Rally & March will be held outside of downtown this year in the North End section of a majority African American municipality which has been a focal point for failed neo-liberal policies on a domestic level resulting in massive dislocation through home foreclosures, water shutoffs, the destruction of public education and the impoverishment of the masses. (See this)….”
January 18, 2019: Voces de la Frontera Waukesha Membership Meeting / Junta de membresía de Waukesha
Waukesha Membership Meeting / Junta de membresía de Waukesha
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Junta de membresía del capítulo de Waukesha
6 pm
oficina de Voces de la Frontera en Waukesha
305 E Main St, Waukesha, 53186
¡Acompáñanos para la próxima junta de membresía de nuestro capítulo en Waukesha! Tendremos un taller conozca sus derechos y platicaremos sobre nuestros esfuerzos para luchar por las licencias de conducir y contra las políticas anti-inmigrantes como el 287g. Tendremos las juntas de membresía cada 2 semanas.
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Waukesha Chapter Membership Meeting
Friday, January 18, 6 p.m.
Office of Voces de la Frontera in Waukesha
305 E Main St, Waukesha, 53186
Join us for the next membership meeting of our chapter in Waukesha! We will have a Know Your Rights workshop and discuss our efforts to restore access to driver’s licenses to immigrants and the fight against anti-immigrant policies like 287g. We’ll have membership meetings every two weeks.
Sheboygan, January 19, 2019: UNITY MARCH
Welcome to the Sheboygan Comm-UNITY March 2019. We are inspired by the Women’s March 2019 and our march will be held the same day. We will gather at Fountain Park at noon, march, and convene at the Mead Public Library’s (710 N 8th Street, Sheboygan) Rocca Room. At the library, there will be a variety of informational displays by different organizations in Sheboygan. It is our hope that you will take the opportunity to find ways to engage, volunteer, participate, organize, empower, network, and serve.
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ALSO:
JANUARY 17, 2019 SIGN MAKING EVENT AT MEAD LIBRARY, 710 N 8th STREET, SHEBOYGAN: Unity March Sheboygan 2019 Sign Making Event
Milwaukee, January 23, 2019: Close MSDF, Community Forum on Excessive Supervision
Community Forum on Excessive Supervision in Milwaukee
Join us for this special event that will include a presentation on Columbia University Justice Lab’s paper on mass supervision in Wisconsin and a panel discussion featuring people who have been directly impacted by Wisconsin’s horrific, racist system of mass supervision.
The community forum will be followed by a state budget advocacy training led by organizers with WISDOM, EXPO, JustLeadershipUSA, and the ACLU of Wisconsin.
Supper will be served after the community forum.
Milwaukee, January 19, 2019: Voces de la Frontera Annual Assembly / Asamblea Anual
1515 W Lapham, South Division High School, Milwaukee
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Esta es nuestra reunión de estrategia más importante del año. Planificaremos los próximos pasos en la campaña para restaurar las licencias de conducir y la matrícula estatal para los inmigrantes de Wisconsin y haremos planes para aumentar nuestra resistencia a Trump y luchar por las familias en 2019. También tendremos elecciones para nuestro Comité Coordinador Estatal.
La Asamblea Anual es el sábado, 19 de enero, en South Division High School (1515 W Lapham Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53204), y comienza a las 9 am.
AGENDA PRELIMINAR:
9:00 am – 9:30 am Registración, café y repostería.
9:30 am – 10:00 am Bienvenida / Agenda
10:00 am – 10:15 am 2018 Informes y logros
10:15 am – 10:30 am 501c4 Reporte de Voces de la Frontera Acción de
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Plenaria: La restauración del acceso a licencias de conducir y las luchas locales, estatales y federales
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Almuerzo trabajando para grupos pequeños (almuerzo incluído)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Reportes de grupos pequeños
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Elecciones para el Comité Coordinador Estatal
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Cierre y evaluaciones
La reunión está abierta al público pero solamente los miembros pueden votar. Debe haber sido miembro por un año o más para votar en las elecciones del Comité Coordinador. Habrá cuidado de niños, almuerzo y bocadillos. Visite vdlf.org/es/asambleaanual2019 para confirmar su presencia y comparta el evento en Facebook.
Si su membresía se ha vencido, ¡ayúdenos a continuar la lucha por los derechos de los trabajadores, inmigrantes y estudiantes por renovar su membresía! Visita https://voces.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=5 para renovar. Si su membresía está vigente, ¡gracias por su apoyo! ¿No está seguro sobre el estado de su membresía? Llámenos al (414) 643-1620.
¡Nos vemos en la junta de membresía anual el 19 de enero!
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Please join us at our Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday, January 19, 2018 at South Division High School, 1515 W Lapham Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53204.
This is a critical meeting where we hold elections for the Statewide Coordinating Committee and chart a course for 2019 through dialogue and strategic planning. We’ll plan strategy for our campaign to restore driver licenses and in-state tuition for immigrant Wisconsinites, and we’ll make plans to escalate our resistance to Trump and our fight for immigrant families in 2019.
PRELIMINARY AGENDA:
9:00 am – 9:30 am Registration, coffee and pastries
9:30 am – 10:00 am Welcome/Agenda
10:00 am – 10:15am 2018 Reports & Accomplishments
10:15 am – 10:30 am 501c4 Voces de la Frontera Action Report
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Plenary: Restoring Access to Driver Licenses and Current Local, State, and Federal Fights
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Working Lunch for Break-Out Groups (lunch provided)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Small Group Report Out
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Board Elections
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Closing & Evaluations
The meeting is open to the public but only members can vote. You must have been a member for a year or more to vote in Steering Committee elections. Childcare, lunch, and snacks will be provided. Please visit vdlf.org/annualassembly2019 to RSVP and share the event on Facebook.
If your membership is expired, help us continue the fight for worker, immigrant and student rights by renewing your membership! Visit https://voces.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=5 to renew. If you are current, thank you for your support! Not sure about your membership status? Call us at (414) 643-1620.
See you at the Annual Assembly on January 19th!
Madison, January 19, 2019: Rally & March – Socialist Feminist Contingent at WI Women’s March
Rally&March – Socialist Feminist Contingent at WI Women’s March
Join the Socialist Feminist Contingent as we march from Library Mall to the Capitol steps following a pre-rally to the Women’s March. Join us in demanding:
1. Defend Roe v Wade from Kavanaugh and the GOP! Fight for full abortion rights!
2. Medicare for All / Badger Care for All including universal, free access to high-quality reproductive healthcare, full LGTBQ-specific care (gender affirming surgery, hormones, mental wellness, etc), childcare and eldercare.
3. Labor Rights are Women’s Rights – Restore, Defend and Improve Union Rights! Repeal Act 10 and overturn Right-to-Work Nationwide! Survivors of Sexual Harassment are in a stronger position to come forward and seek justice and restitution when protected by a labor union. Unions can play a powerful role organizing and educating the public against rape culture, not just in the workplace but throughout society. This also means fighting for strong unions controlled democratically by their rank and file members.
4. Build a movement in every workplace and school to fight sexual harassment like McDonald’s and Google workers! Corporate HR departments exist to defend the bosses! Defend Title IX!
We are expecting a huge turnout for the January 19th Women’s March fueled by a tumultuous year of #MeToo, the appointment and confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, courageous teacher’s strikes across 6 states, and employee walkouts at both McDonalds and Google to protest sexual harassment along with continued attacks on LGBTQ people, immigrants and people of color. Feminism, women’s healthcare, and women in the workplace are at the forefront of public consciousness, and the popularity of socialist ideas is growing right alongside them. We have an opportunity right now to organize around demands to improve the lives of working class women, people of color and LGBTQ people in Wisconsin and throughout the country.
Below is a list of demands we have begun petitioning on in the Madison community. It is our goal to create a contingent within the Women’s March to represent these demands, gain awareness for them, and help build a movement capable of winning transformative change. If we gain enough signatures, we would like to present our petition to Governor Evers to make clear that working and oppressed people in Wisconsin are prepared to fight back against the GOP and corporate politics on behalf of our own interests..
Endorsing Organizations
Madison Socialist Alternative
YDSA – UW Madison
IWW Madison GMB
Madison IWW GDC
International Socialist Organization – Madison
Peregrine Forum
Party for Socialism and Liberation – Madison
Please help us expand this list! Ask your organizations to endorse the Socialist Feminist Contingent and help us build to demand justice for working class women, people of color and LGBTQ folks!
Madison, January 19, 2019: Women’s March WI
Women’s March in Wisconsin (Official Chapter)
Madison, WI State Capitol, 10 A.M. – 12 NOON
We are outraged. We are organized. They forgot that millions of women and allies lit the world on fire two years ago and again this past January. This past midterm women won in record numbers.
On January 19, 2019, we will be back on the steps of the Capitol – with a legislative agenda – to remind our legislators we have had ENOUGH of sexist, racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, ableist, homophobic and transphobic policies and actions! We will continue to resist and put an end to oppression and white supremacy in all its forms.
Wet’suwet’en Access Point on Gidumt’en Territory
SHARE WIDELY – RCMP have invaded and occupied our territory and are working to establish a police detatchment on Gidumt’en territory without the consent of our people. Our chiefs have entered into an agreement with the RCMP, under the threat of further police violence, to allow CGL to temporarily work within Wet’suwet’en territories until the interlocutory injunction is heard. That agreement, which dictates that all police exclusion zones will be lifted immediately and that our members will have free access to our territories, has already been violated by the RCMP.
Our Elder Rita David of the Gidumt’en Clan is interviewed here, connecting today’s violence with the forced displacement of Wet’suwet’en people over the last 200 years
This invasion will not be tolerated. All eyes on Wet’suwet’en Yintah.
#WETSUWETENSTRONG #NOTRESPASS #WEDZINKWA
For ways to support: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=225163691762758&id=212798726332588
Donate: https://www.gofundme.com/gitdumt039en-access-point
Pan-African Journal: Special Worldwide Radio Broadcast, January 13, 2019 Edition
Listen to the Sun. Jan. 13, 2019 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the call by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for the formation of a government of national unity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); demonstrations are continuing in the Republic of Sudan over economic issues gripping the oil-rich nation; Hamas has said that it will respond to any further Israeli attacks on its territory; and Syria claims it is not intimidated at all by recent airstrikes by the Israeli Air Force. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on the upcoming 90th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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January 12, 2019 Edition: https://bit.ly/2W0hU8e
