Crusaders Of Justicia

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By Mision Verdad – Jul 2, 2020

The crisis, which is not only conjunctural or regional but systemic and global, has been catalyzed by the pandemic that branches from the geopolitical to the everyday, passing through the national; hence, Venezuela is affected, but also driven, by tensions of all kinds, claiming the right to be and exist as a political referent.

The local front

Trump’s appearance in the United States presidency has exposed some fractures in the globalist elite; one of them is the crisis of consensus between Washington and the European Union (EU). This last pole has been beaten by the Trump Administration in different decisions and statements where the magnate has made clear the subordinate role of the old continent before the global concert that the United States intends to lead.

Different actors in the European conglomerate have stated that the global leadership of the United States is coming to an end; the last was German Chancellor Angela Merkel. This happened the same week that the EU joined Trump’s policy against Venezuela and decided to sanction 11 Venezuelans for different political activities and trends.

In response to the interventionist decision, the Venezuelan government decided to expel the EU ambassador, Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, from the national territory. “What a shame that 27 countries that are an economic power are on their knees to Donald Trump and his erratic policies of aggression on Venezuela,” said President Nicolás Maduro after the EU decision was announced.

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This provoke a reaction from the High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, the same one who last April highlighted the end of the United States’ leadership in the world and pointed out that the balance of power is already tilting towards Asia, especially after the terrible US handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

On the domestic front, anti-Chavista sectors of the so-called G4 (Accion Democratica, Primero Justicia, Voluntad Popular and Un Nuevo Tiempo) have a dilemma between participating in the political struggle or following the anti-political path, so that sectors of Democratic Action (AD) and Primero Justicia (PJ) filed two constitutional amparo actions that were admitted by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ)….

Emergency Global Day of Action: Junk Anti-Terror Law!

Branded by its own proponents as “worse than Martial Law,” the Anti-Terror Law, with its vague and overreaching definitions of “acts of terrorism,” was signed into law by President Duterte on July 3.

The Anti-Terror Law makes it legal for a Duterte-appointed committee to declare ANY organization a “terrorist organization” and detain any “suspected terrorist” for up to 24 days without placing any charges.

The law takes effect and will be imposed on July 18.

Please join us in an emergency action this WEDNESDAY, July 8, at 6:30 PM to condemn the Anti-Terror Law and build people-to-people solidarity.

There is no time to waste. The time to act is NOW!

Phone Zap on Business Venture Investments

Business Ventures Investments is a landlord company in Milwaukee that is currently engaging in evictions against its tenants who have experienced hardship during the COVID 19 public health crisis and major economic downturn that has put millions out of work.

Instead of accepting mediation, payment plans for tenants to make-up back rent, waiting for tenants to receive pending unemployment or stimulus money, or showing basic human decency and making accommodations for tenants, as many landlords in Milwaukee have done, owners Kevin and Dorothy Hampton have jumped directly to evicting tenants who have missed rent payments, regardless of their situation.

Tenants who rent from Business Ventures Investments have joined MATU and contributed to the organization of a campaign against these landlords. We are asking people that are seeking housing justice in this time of major uncertainty do the following:

-Call Kevin Hampton at 414-364-7332
-Call Dorothy Hampton at 414-460-7157
-Deliver a message to them in person, if they answer, or leaving a message on their voicemail from the script below.
-Call at least once each of the following days: Monday 7/6, Tuesday 7/7 and Wednesday 7/8.
NOTE: Please abstain from threats or vulgar language as we are an organization seeking to engage with landlords on a professional basis. Threatening them or cussing them out will not help the tenants facing homelessness.

SCRIPT:

Hello, I am calling on behalf of the Milwaukee Autonomous Tenants Union to speak with Kevin/Dorothy Hampton of Business Ventures Investments to express my disappointment that you are evicting your tenants in the middle of a global pandemic and major economic downturn in which millions of people are out of work and extremely vulnerable. By filing evictions right now, you are essentially forcing people that have otherwise been able to consistently pay their rent, into a situation of imminent homelessness. This is reprehensible and we thus demand the following:

-That you drop all the evictions you have filed against your tenants cease filing evictions entirely until COVID 19 has ceased to be a public health concern.
-That you expunge from their records all the evictions that you filed against tenants after the Wisconsin Eviction Moratorium expired.
-That you work with your tenants to develop realistic, feasible payment plans for back rent, with no late fees.
-That you allow all current tenants to live in their units harassment free until they are able to pay or find new accommodations.

You have ignored MATU’s demands once. If you continue to do so, further action will be taken against your company.

Cuba Webinar: Why There Are No George Floyds in Cuba

Register today: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n9APIVcwSPe-OM9cFtt-ug

Join for a dynamic webinar to explore the dynamics of the Cuban Revolution and Black Lives Matter protests in the United States. Featuring speakers from the United States and Cuba, and greetings from participants in mass anti-police Brutality and Black Lives Matter protests across the United States!

>>> Co-hosted by:
Jamilah Bourdon —Organizer, All-African People’s Revolutionary Party; Jamilah has been studying and organizing around anticapitalism for over half her life; She has participated in community defense organizing, anti-foreclosure security, free breakfast programs, and liberation schools. Forward ever!

Kennedee Geffinger — Universal Zulu Nation Hip Hop for Humanity Committee; Children’s Programs Director, JCC Harlem; Founder, Keys to Ubuntu

>>> Featuring:

Introduction by:
Nesbit Crutchfield — Involved in Progressive Solidarity activities and movements for over 52+ years. Starting with his involvement and imprisonment with the BSU/TWLF Strike @ San Francisco State University in 1968, to his activism with the Anri-Apartheid Movement in support of the ANC in the establishment of a Democratic South Africa. A long term veteran and activist in Puerto Rican, Haitian, and Cuban Solidarity work, and is now active in the Bay Area and National Venceremos Brigade.

August Nimtz – Author: “Why There Are No George Floyds in Cuba.” (https://legalform.blog/2020/06/17/why-there-are-no-george-floyds-in-cuba-august-h-nimtz/) Co-coordinator of the Minnesota Cuba Committee; Professor of Political Science and African American and African Studies, University of Minnesota; Co-Author (with Esteban Morales), The Dynamics of Racial Discrimination in Cuba, Past and Present; Author, Marxism vs Liberalism: Comparative Real-Time Political Analysis.

Yanet Pumariega Pérez – Third Secretary, Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C.

Rodney A. Gonzalez Maestrey – Counselor to the Cuban Embassy in Washington DC (October 2018). Master Degree, International Relations (2011). Major in Economics, University of Havana, (2005).

Soffiyah Elijah, Esq – Long Time Activist, Organizer, and Friend of Cuba

Michael Washington — Longtime Oklahoma-based Black Liberation freedom fighter and supporter of Second Amendment rights for African Americans in the tradition of Robert F. Williams and Malcolm X; Organizing project documenting African Americans killed by US police authorities to present a petition to International World Court; Certified Paralegal; Founder, Empower People Inc.; Leading organizer and participant of peaceful, legal mass actions, self-policed by Black and Caucasian armed veterans, Oklahoma City on Juneteenth and in counter-protest to Trump’s Tulsa appearance.

Ahjamu Umi — Organizer, All-African People’s Revolutionary Party for 36 years; Ahjamu does a weekly webinar series on subjects from formulating revolutionary parties and alternatives to the policing system; He has engaged in community defense for many years, standing in the face of armed white supremacists; Ahjamu has contributed to formulating liberation schools for youth in Oregon and California and around the clock anti-foreclosure house security and shutdowns. His writings can be seen at www.abetterworld.me

Gabriel Prawl — President, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 152. Leading organizer of an unprecedented work stoppage of ILWU members up and down the West Coast in solidarity with Black Lives Matter against police murder and brutality.

César Omar Sánchez — Organizer, New York/New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition, Advisory Board Member of ProLibertad: Free All Political Prisoners Campaign.

>>> Plus Voices from Black Lives Matter and Cuba Solidarity organizing during mass mobilizations <<<

Chelliah Phillips — An activist and organizer for POC Bergenfield Alumni and 4Change Bergen County. Also a leader and creator of a nonprofit organization 4Change Scholarship. Passionate about fighting social injustices and Human rights issues.

Vanessa Amoah — Ghanaian-American 24-year-old Graduate Student fighting against racial injustice and part of POC Bergenfield Alumni and 4Change Bergen County organizations.

Pacey Hackett — LA activist and organizer at massive Black Lives Matter protests. Member, Bay Area Amazonians working to organize and unionize California warehouse workers. Active in LA US Hands Off Cuba Committee.

Mark Ginsburg — Professor, University of Maryland. Mark has taught recently at the University of Havana in Cuba. Longtime activist with DC Metro Coalition in Solidarity With the Cuban Revolution. Participated in mass Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, DC.

Organized by:
Organizing Committee, International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations
us-cubanormalization.org
Saving Lives Campaign US-CANADA-CUBA Cooperation
savinglives.us-cubanormalization.org
New York-New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition
cubasinynjcoalition.org

Black Lives Matters Solidarity Sister Bay

Day 35 of protesting
The 4th of July

The turnout yesterday was absolutely stunning! With the county being this populated right now, especially during a holiday, the need to raise awareness is that much higher. Awareness of the ever present systemic oppression of POC.

Our Lives Magazine

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Demand Parole Release Rally!