The Grass is Greener – 2019-07-06 Luz Sosa on Closing the Camps
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Monthly Archives: July 2019
Madison, July 19, 2019: Benefit for El Salvador, Immigrant Rights, & Fam Reunification
Benefit for El Salvador, Immigrant Rights, & Fam Reunification
Benefit for El Salvador, Immigrant Rights, and Family Reunification
7 pm Friday July 19th (doors open at 6:30 pm)
First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive
Featuring Beat Road, a song-based ensemble rooted in Blues, Rock, and instrumental improvisation;
opening by Clare Norelle, with original songs and songs of the nueva canción movement of Latin America.
This concert and dance will raise funds to support mental health in El Salvador (El Salvador Mental Health Project) and immigrant rights in Wisconsin (Voces de la Frontera).
Also: we have just added to the benefit a silent auction of wellness services (massage, yoga, reiki, etc) and other offerings, to help free children from detention on the border (Project Reunify)
3 Groups Benefiting from this event:
The El Salvador Mental Health Project – providing mental health services and body-centered trauma treatment in Madison’s sister city of Arcatao El Salvador, to create a community centered in healing from violence and supporting well-being for everyone (https://www.gofundme.com/f/mental-health-support-for-arcatao-el-salvador)
Voces de la Frontera: https://vdlf.org
Project Reunify: https://www.reunify.org
Light refreshments will be served
Suggested Donation: $10
For more info, call Tim at 608-630-3633
Milwaukee, August 16-17, 2019: GarveyFest
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Events Building in Cities Across the U.S. for July 12, 2019 National Day of Action to Close the Concentration Camps
National Day of Action to Close the Concentration Camps!
INITIAL LISTINGS (MORE AT FACEBOOK PAGE ABOVE):
Milwaukee, 8 P.M. City Hall
San Diego, CA
https://www.facebook.com/events/856672434702066/?ti=cl
Portland, OR
https://www.facebook.com/events/2696468997049676/?ti=cl
Las Vegas, NV
https://www.facebook.com/events/438300946753691/?ti=cl
Oceanside, CA
https://www.facebook.com/events/449183345880445/?ti=cl
Albuquerque, NM
https://www.facebook.com/events/443101756269001/?ti=cl
Aurora/Denver, CO
https://www.facebook.com/events/2342949639146520/?ti=cl
Worcester, MA: https://www.facebook.com/events/2502946366696890/
San Francisco: https://www.facebook.com/events/349774258983604/
US, NATO hold ‘total responsibility’ for Libya chaos
Milwaukee, July 20, 2019: Garfield Days – Jazz, Blues, Gospel & Arts Festival 2019
Milwaukee, July 10, 2019:DROP the Charges! Rid UWM of hate!
DROP the Charges! Rid UWM of hate!
901 N 9th Street, 12:30-2 P.M.
On May 6th, the bigotry that exists at UWM became massively apparent. A racist clown stood in the middle of Spaitz Plaza to hold up a sign with a swastika as well as many other hateful messages. The sign being held up advocated for civil war, and for the execution of Jewish people. Per usual, UWM PD came out to defend a racist.
Amongst the crowd there were plenty of people ready to pursue a physical altercation with the emboldened racist, and rightfully so. A UWM Freshman, Grae, decided that the best action for all involved would be to take the sign being held up by the Nazi.
She successfully grabbed the sign from the Nazi and ripped it in half while UWM PD attempted to arrest her. Once caught, she was charged for the following:
Disorderly conduct, resisting/obstructing an officer, theft, and vandalism.
The UWM PD had no idea what to charge her with (through their own admission), and so they decided to charge her with as much as they possibly could. Meanwhile, there has been no action taken against the Nazi. The Nazi was only offered protection by our administration and PD.
What Grae did for our campus is something that was not provided to us through the PD or administration; she prevented violence and took down hate! She took down speech advocating for violence, which is not protected or legal in any manner. When the system fails us, it’s our duty to do what is right.
With all of this being said, Grae has decided to plea NOT GUILTY! Grae deserves the support of the UWM community, as she has already done so much to support us.
Come meet YPRC and many other organizations in accompanying Grae at her next court hearing. Meet us outside of 901 N. 9th St, Milwaukee County Courthouse, so we can show the judge that the community supports Grae and her actions!
The hearing is scheduled at 1:30PM! We are asking people to show up at 12:45!
DROP THE CHARGES! TAKE A STAND AGAINST HATE!
Story on the news:
https://www.wpr.org/uw-milwaukee-grapples-hate-speech-
Pro-Palestine Activists Occupy Israeli Weapons Factory in UK
“The weapons made here are used to maintain Israel’s system of apartheid and ensure the ordinary people of Gaza are kept in an open air prison.”
Pro-Palestine activists occupied a weapons factory in Oldham, Greater Manchester Monday as part of annual protests in solidarity with Palestine. The factory produces a number of high-tech equipment for the Israeli armed forces.
“They work closely with the Israeli military to develop increasingly lethal weapons, which are then tested on Palestinians and sold as ‘battle-tested’ to governments around the world, including the British government…It is deplorable that they have four factories in the UK where they are able to manufacture their deadly weapons with impunity.” said activist Emily Davis.
Protesters blocked roads around the factory and occupied the roof unfurling pro-Palestinian banners. The factory in Greater Manchester has been owned by Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense company, since 2007. The factory exports a number of weapons to Israel, including tank parts and white phosphorous, a chemical weapon which is banned under international law.
“The weapons made here are used to maintain Israel’s system of apartheid and ensure the ordinary people of Gaza are kept in an open air prison. As Elbit profits from their deaths and suffering, it is the duty of people around the world take action in solidarity,” said protester Ben Hart to the Morning Star newspaper.
Another protester Janet Hawkes spoke to the local Manchester Evening News explaining the objectives behind the demonstrations. “We want to send a message to the UK government. We want Elbit out of Greater Manchester.”
Elbit has long been targeted by the BDS movement. In 2014, the authorities in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul announced that they would cancel a large contract with the Israeli company following pressure from social movements.
“Our government has always given centrality to the promotion of peace and human rights and considers the demands of the social movements an important voice that needs to be heard. Today’s announcement is a logical consequence of this,” Tarson Nuñez, a member of Brazil’s Workers Party (PT), and then a member of the Brazilian government, said of that decision against Elbit.
Milwaukee, July 16, 2019: The Educators Revolt: From West Virginia to Milwaukee
The Educators Revolt: From West Virginia to Milwaukee
5130 W Vliet Street, Milwaukee, 5:30 – 7 P.M.
The Educators Revolt: From West Virginia to Milwaukee
Eric Blanc’s “Red State Revolt” Book Tour Comes to MTEA
Educators across the country are rising up against low pay, privatization, and austerity. Join us at the MTEA office on Tuesday, July 16 at 5:30pm for a discussion of the strike wave — from West Virginia, to Washington, to Los Angeles — and its lessons for today’s struggles to defend our schools and public services for all.
Former high school teacher Eric Blanc has been on the ground reporting on this historic upsurge for The Nation, Jacobin, and The Guardian. His new book “Red State Revolt” describes the inspiring story of the teachers’ strike wave and analyzes why it points the way forward for all working people.
RSVP here: http://bit.ly/2LqR8mq
February 2018 at State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia
Milwaukee, July 14, 2019: DQSH: My Body, My Choice
Drag Queen Story Hour MKE BranchDQSH: My Body, My Choice
815 E Locust Street, Milwaukee, 12 NOON – 1 P.M.
Please join us for an all ages, family event that will include stories and songs that promote service-learning, diversity, education, and creativity. We will be reading books which focus on teaching consent to small children; whether just saying no to a hug from someone, there are a lot of ways children should be taught to have agency over their bodies and daily choices.
Book Samples:
C is for Consent (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40029331-c-is-for-consent)
Who are You?: The kid’s guide to gender identity. (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/30746490)
This DQSH is part of the counter action https://www.garbagefyrefest.com/
as Queer Rights are Repro Rights.
Drag Story Hour is based off of Michelle Tea (http://www.michelletea.com) & RADAR Productions (http://www.radarproductions.org/drag-queen-story-hour/) Drag Queen Story Hour.
