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Green Bay, March 8, 2019: La lucha por licencias de conducir – junta de Green Bay
La lucha por licencias de conducir – junta de Green Bay
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Junta sobre la lucha por las licencias de conducir
IGLESIA METODISTA VIDA NUEVA
919 Schwartz St,
Green Bay, WI 54302
Google maps > https://goo.gl/maps/o8xpZQ3AKt52
Abierta al público
Acompáñanos para platicar sobre los próximos pasos en la lucha por las licencias de conducir, especialmente el día de acción estatal para las licencias del 14 de marzo (Driver Licenses for All Lobby Day / Día de Acción para Licencias).
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Driver Licenses for All campaign meeting
IGLESIA METODISTA VIDA NUEVA
919 Schwartz St,
Green Bay, WI 54302
Google maps > https://goo.gl/maps/o8xpZQ3AKt52
Open to the public
Join us to discuss the next steps in the fight to restore driver licenses for all in Wisconsin. We’ll especially focus on planning for the Driver Licenses for All statewide day of action on March 14).
US Attempts to Topple Venezuelan Govt by Shifting Control of Citgo to Opposition Have so Far Failed
Venezuela is scrambling to find buyers for its oil, hoping to keep revenue streams alive even as President Nicolas Maduro loses control of Citgo. The US-based subsidiary of PDVSA officially severed ties with its parent company in order to comply with US sanctions, according to Reuters. The American government is trying to shift control of Citgo into the hands of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Citgo has stopped sending payments to PDVSA, and Gauidó has appointed a new board to the company. Some Venezuelan employees working at Citgo in the US returned back to Caracas.
Citgo is one of the major prizes that the US has tried to wrestle away from Maduro as part of the American regime change campaign in Venezuela. Citgo is the eight largest refiner in the US at 750,000 bpd, and it owns pipelines and retail gasoline stations. The company is a key source of revenue for the Venezuelan government.
Cuban Foreign Ministry Denounces Escalating U.S. Hostility
The U.S. State Department announced today March 5, 2019 the decision to allow, as of March 19 this year, the filing of lawsuits before U.S. courts under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act only against Cuban companies included on the List of Restricted Entities issued by that government in November of 2017, which was updated one year later. This arbitrary and illegitimate list, intended to tighten the blockade and expand its extraterritorial effects, forbids U.S. citizens from engaging in direct financial transactions with the aforementioned entities.
The announcement made by the U.S. State Department also indicated that it would suspend for only 30 days the option of initiating legal action with the same purposes against other Cuban entities or foreign companies which maintain commercial or economic relations with Cuba.
Since its entry into effect in 1996, the Helms-Burton Act has sought to universalize the economic blockade through brutal and illegal pressures exerted by the United States against third countries, their governments, and companies. It is intended to asphyxiate the Cuban economy, and generate or increase shortages among the population with the purpose of imposing in Cuba a government that serves the interests of the U.S.
Given the illegitimate character of the goals they pursue, which are contrary to international law, the Helms-Burton Act and the blockade arouse universal rejection, which has been reiterated for almost three decades within the most important regional and international fora. The most recent example of this was the United Nations General Assembly meeting held on November 1, when this policy was rejected in 10 consecutive votes, thus leaving the U.S. completely isolated.
Title II of the Helms-Burton Act states that the overthrowing of the revolutionary government, the subsequent tutelage by a U.S. intervenor and the subsequent establishment of a counterrevolutionary government subordinate to Washington, that would no doubt pursue the return to, or compensation for, former owners of all properties they or their descendants might claim, regardless of whether or not they were U.S. citizens at the time the nationalizations took place, or the fact that they abandoned the property. During this entire period, the economic blockade would continue to be fully implemented.
Consequently, Cubans would be forced to return, reimburse or pay U.S. claimants for the house in which they live, the area on which their communities are built, the arable land where they cultivate produce, the school where their children are educated, the hospital or polyclinic where they receive medical assistance, the place where their workplace is located or where they have a private business, and also sites used to provide subsidized services such as electricity, water, and communications enjoyed by the population.
This is an aspiration that can only be conceived by the minds of those who identify Cuba as a colonial possession. According to the Helms-Burton Act, the economic blockade would be lifted only when that ambition is fulfilled.
This law relies on two fundamental lies: the notion that nationalizations carried out soon after the triumph of the Revolutionary were illegitimate or inappropriate, and that Cuba is a threat to the U.S. national security.
Cuban nationalizations were carried out in accordance with the law, strictly abiding by the Constitution and in accordance with international law. All nationalizations included processes of fair and appropriate compensation, something that the U.S. government refused to consider. Cuba reached and honored global compensation agreements with other nations which are today investing in Cuba, such as Spain, Switzerland, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
The real threat to regional peace and security are the irresponsible declarations and actions of the U.S. government as well as the destabilization plans aimed at Latin America and the Caribbean, pursuing the express purpose of imposing the Monroe Doctrine.
The Reaffirmation of Cuban Dignity and Sovereignty Act of December 24, 1996, states that the Helms-Burton Act is illegal, inapplicable, and has no legal value or effect whatsoever. It considers null and void any claim under that law by any individual or legal entity.
According to that law, claims for compensation for nationalized properties could be part of a process of negotiation on the based on equality and mutual respect between the governments of Cuba and the United States, and be “reviewed together with the indemnifications the Cuban state and people are entitled to as a result of the damages caused by the blockade and aggression of every sort, for which the U.S. government is responsible”. It also makes it clear that those who resort to procedures or mechanisms under the Helms-Burton Act, to the detriment of others, will be excluded from possible future negotiations.
The Cuban Government reiterates to all economic partners and foreign companies operating in Cuba that full guarantees will be granted to foreign investments and joint projects. Article 28 of the Cuban Constitution, which was ratified by an overwhelming majority on February 24, 2019, also recognizes these guarantees, which are additionally included in Law No. 118 on Foreign Investment of March 29, 2014.
Today’s decision imposes additional obstacles to our economic development and progress goals, but the United States will continue to fail to achieve its main objective of suppressing by force the sovereign will of Cubans and our determination to build socialism. The majority opinion of the peoples of Cuba and the United States, in favor of improved relations, and the development of civilized, respectful coexistence, will prevail.
Havana, March 4, 2019
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International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity
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2019: March 30 Washington D.C., March 31 Oakland: National Mobilization to Oppose NATO, War, and Racism U.S. Hands off Venezuela!
March 30, 2019, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Lafayette Park (across from the White House), Washington, DC
(Oakland, CA – March 31, Federal Building, 1301 Clay St., Oakland, CA)
Saturday, March 30 has been called as a international mobilization to protest NATO, the U.S. commanded military alliance, as it comes to Washington, DC to “celebrate” its 70th anniversary.
Because of the U.S. coup attempt and escalating war on Venezuela, the organizers also made this a focus of the March 30 No2NATO action.
Colombia, which borders Venezuela, has ominously become the first NATO partner in Latin America. The U.S. and Colombia had planned an invasion of Venezuela in the guise of providing “humanitarian aid” to the people. This was prevented by mass mobilizations within Venezuela and in some 153 other cities around the world.
As people come from around the country and from many other countries to protest NATO, we want to make it clear to the U.S. government that we will oppose any attempt at regime change in Venezuela from the U.S. and its NATO allies.
For more information and to endorse the March 30 mass demonstration, and week of resistance please go to http://no2nato2019.org/.
Start organizing now to get to DC on March 30. We will be joined by people from many countries and more than ever they are depending on a strong US antiwar movement.
Join and share the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/487410295119547/
Top photos “Stand For Peace!” Milwaukee, WI January 26, 2019. Bottom photo Dr. MLK march Milwaukee Wisconsin January 21, 2019.
The Class War in Venezuela Accelerates
- Protesters across North America say: ‘No U.S. war on Venezuela!’
- Betsey Piette and Kathy Durkin provide an overview with photos of February 23rd protests in solidarity with the people of Venezuelaand their sovereign government across the country and around the world.
- US Coup Suffers Defeat In Venezuela, Protests Grow Against US Intervention
- Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers expose the many failures of the intervention in Venezuela on February 23rd through tweets and photos covering the events on the border as well as documenting international resistance to the violation of Venezuelan sovereinty
- On D-Day, Feb. 23, the trucks couldn’t Enter Venezuela
- Venezuelan reporter Marco Terrugi gives a description of events on the Venezuela border on February 23rd
- The War on Venezuela is Built on Lies
- John Pilger writes about his relationship with Hugo Chavez the propaganda that
- The Words and Deeds of Social Imperialists
- Glen Ford compares the talk of supposedly progressive and even self proclaimed members of congress to their actions
- Venezuela Coverage Takes Us Back to Golden Age of Lying About Latin America
- Mark Cook reflects on today’s U.S. public stance towards Latin America is similar to 100 years ago
- Venezuela Reveals America’s Sickness
- Margaret Kimberley looks at the situation in Venezuela as the result of political corruption in the U.S.
- SF Labor Council says ‘No’ to U.S. intervention in Venezuela
- San Francisco Labor Council sides with the working class in Venezuela
- In Venezuela, White Supremacy Is a Key Driver of the Coup
- Vijay Prashad sees entitled white people as resentful of governance by and on behalf of the excluded black and mestizo majority population
- Haiti’s Unfolding Revolution Is Directly Linked to Venezuela’s
- Kim Ives reports on the turmoil in Haiti over oil assistance from Venezuela that was stolen by corrupt political agents while the Venezuelan benefactors are themselves under attack
- Media hype confronts reality on the Venezuela-Colombia border
- Marco Terrugi’s initial report from the Venezuelan border with Columbia
- Rep. Ilhan Omar Grills Elliott Abrams Over His Shady Past
- Tyler Durden presents the video of Ilhan Omar questioniing Elliott Abrams in a congressional hearing. Abrams, who was just appointed as liaison to Venezuela, supported the brutal contra war in Nicaragua and the brutal dictator in neighboring El Salvador with U.S. money and guns.
- Trump, Democrats and International Fascists Attack Venezuela
- Margaret Kimberley exposes the consortium of western nations that have initiated the coup in Venezuela and the corporations that stand to gain from the fall of the Bolivarian Republic.
- The Racist Imperial War on Venezuela
- Glen Ford says the war on Venezuela is a racist war against natives, the descendants of African slaves and their dark skinned progeny.
- The Black Working Class Will Never Abandon Venezuela!
- Ajamu Baraka asserts that the community of black American workers stands in solidarity with the Chavistas
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a public event in Caracas Feb. 12, 2015. A coup plot against the Venezuelan president was thwarted that day. | Photo: AVN
Hugo Chavez Presente!
teleSUR English
March 5, 2019 — Today we commemorate the 6th year of the passing of former President Hugo Chavez. His ideas have been and remain an important contribution to socialist thought. Rest in Power Comrade!!!
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“When we say Hands off Venezuela’, we are saying Viva Socialism”
Around 450 delegates from 85 countries congregated in Caracas, to participate in a gathering of solidarity with Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution
February 24, 2019 by Peoples Dispatch
Opening Mística of the International Peoples’ Assembly in Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution. Photo: Rafa Stedile
People from across the world have come to Caracas to join together as left, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, anti-patriarchal and anti-racist forces to affirm their solidarity with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and denounce the fierce attacks it currently faces by the US empire and its allies. The meeting is taking place at a key moment in Venezuela as it is currently a most brutal attacks on all fronts from the US empire and its allies.
The event was launched with a vibrant mística ceremony celebrating traditional Venezuelan dance and music, as well as a show of the diversity of the encounter itself. Participants waved flags of their organizations and countries. The ceremony concluded with the rousing notes of The Internationale in languages from across the globe resonating through the hall.
William Castillo, the vice-minister of international communication of the Foreign Ministry in Venezuela, moderated the morning session along with Silvana Broggi of the Argentine Movement Patria Grande.
The current mayor of Caracas Erika Farías opened the panel and reflected on the history of attacks against the Bolivarian Revolution since its conception. “From the year 1999 until now –it has continued — this is a people who struggle and continue to win and win. That is what happened in the last couple of days, with the pantomime that they wanted to orchestrate on our border. Yesterday a journalist asked us: So what will happen tomorrow, February 24? Well tomorrow, on the 24, the International Peoples’ Assembly will begin, Nicolás will continue being the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the people of Venezuela will continue struggling, building, working”.
Member of the National Board of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement Joao Pedro Stedile spoke about the history behind the International Peoples’ Assembly and the current process of building a united international front of left forces across the world. He highlighted that an encounter of this kind could only be done in Venezuela, as it is the principle trench of the struggle against imperialism.
Claudia de la Cruz from the United States, who is part of the Popular Education project, affirmed that “The fact that we are here is testimony of our resistance as people and as working class. We are here committed and daring to work towards internationalism, for a socialist and revolutionary agenda, for the advance of the struggle of our people.”
Vijay Prashad, director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, closed the panel analyzing the current crisis and contradictions of the capitalist system, “There is a global humanitarian crisis. It is caused by capitalism. What kind of system is this, this capitalism, that allows 26 people to own as much as the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity? What kind of system is this, this capitalism, that allowed 2,000 billionaires to increase their wealth last year by $2.5 billion per day, while the poorest half of humanity lost more than a tenth of their wealth?”
Prashad termed Venezuela as the epicenter of the confrontation between the forces of imperialism and socialism, a territory to defend. “Here, in Caracas, the dreams of ordinary workers and peasants and the urban poor stand against the guns, news and dollars of imperialism. We are here to say Hands Off Venezuela. What we are also saying when we say Hands Off Venezuela is Viva Socialism.”
The activities will continue until February 27 and participants will debate and discuss ways to link their struggles and build a strong united platform to stand in solidarity with Venezuela and in defense of its revolution.
2019 WI Budget4thePeople Workshop Registration
Workshops Dates:
Kaukauna (March 2 @ 10am-4pm, UA Local 400 Plumbers & Steamfitters, 2700 Northridge Dr) Contact: Marcia Engen, mengen@new.rr.com
Middleton (March 3 @ 10am-4pm, Clark Street Community School, 2429 Clark Street) Contact: Sandy Whisler, sandywhisler4@gmail.com
Eau Claire (March 9 @ 10am-4pm, Schofield Hall, 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire, WI) Education Contact: Chris Hambuch-Boyle, chbschoolboard@gmail.com; General contact Selika Ducksworth Lawton duckswsm@uwec.edu
Milwaukee (March 10 @ 10am-4pm, PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE: Wisconsin Black Historical Society/Museum, 2620 W Center St, Milwaukee, WI 53206. Milwaukee, WI) Education Contact: Jenni Hofschulte jenni.hofschulte@gmail.com; General contact: Jarrett English, jenglish@aclu-wi.org
Registration Deadline: TBD
Workshop Cost: $5/person for half-day training including lunch (scholarships are available)
Budgets are moral documents. They turn policy into reality and can make life much better or worse for millions of people across Wisconsin and the nation. What we dedicate resources to is where our collective priorities lie. It’s past time that Wisconsin re-prioritize.
The Budget Action Workshops will give you the knowledge, tools and relationships to make real change for real people in Wisconsin.
In the half-day training you will learn:
– How the budget process works
– How to testify for the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) in person, in writing, and over the web.
– How to create an effective personal narrative and to ensure these issues are the top of the public discourse.
– How to build teams and develop tactics that work within your own community for long-term, results-focused, people-driven organizing while learning how to work with our statewide coalition for the JFC committee meetings and have fun while doing it.
Together we’ve got to be bold, innovative, and reach beyond to win this fight.
So your first task, as you fill out this form, is to make sure you sign up two additional people because we’ve got work to do!
Venezuelan Elections Cleanest in the World
https://blackagendareport.com/venezuelan-elections-cleanest-world
Efia Nwangaza, who served as an international observer of Venezuela’s most recent election, agrees with former President Jimmy Carter that “Venezuela has the most transparent and cleanest elections of any country in the world.” The US has no respect for law or truth, said Nwangaza, director of the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination, in Greenville, South Carolina.
“Stand For Peace!” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin January 26, 2019
