http://tinyurl.com/afkcmoc

The state legislature begins its new session on Thursday. Let’s turn out in force to let them (and their backers at the Chamber of Commerce) know that we say NO to “right to work,” iron mining, and savage spending cuts. Instead we’ll DEMAND full funding for education and public services, strong environmental protections, and fair taxation of the wealthy.

Remember- this 1% legislature was only elected because of extreme gerrymandering and corporate king-making. Let’s make sure the people’s voices remain heard at the people’s house!

2 East Main Street, Madison, WI, 12 NOON

Feb. 18, 2011 at the state capitol in Madison.

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FLYER:

http://tinyurl.com/bl28l5f

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http://vpa2013.blogspot.com/

Join us for the 5th Annual Virginia People’s Assembly, uniting under the theme “Jobs, Peace, Justice!”

For the fifth year in a row, union members, community activists, prisoner advocates, immigrants, students, women, antiwar organizers, veterans, members of the Occupy Wall Street movement and the LBGTQ community from across Virginia will gather together in Richmond on the Saturday before the opening session of the Virginia General Assembly. We will network, educate each other about our different struggles, build alliances in the fight for social change in our communities and further the movement to create a society that is truly “of, by and for the people!”

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The Chicago Anti Eviction Campaign will be hosting our Annual New Years Celebration and Awards Party for members,allies,partners,advocates and supporters. 2012 was filled with multiple victories,actions,blockades,home takeovers,illegal lockouts. 2012 was also a year of growth for the campaign as new leaders emerged from the group and led us to sustainable gains from policy to property donations. Join us as we honor those who fought on the frontline for the Human Right to Housing!

http://tinyurl.com/azm5xhb

On January 7 and 8, 2013, members of the Bad River Band will be visiting the Milwaukee area to raise awareness of the proposal to site an open pit mine in the Penokee Hills and the threat the project poses to human health.

We are working on all of the details, but wanted to let you know that the Congregation of the Great Spirit, 1000 West Lapham Street, Milwaukee, WI, has graciously offered to let us use their space for a public meeting on Tuesday, January 8 at 7 pm.

The tentative agenda includes starting with a pipe ceremony, and songs from Bad River. Mike Wiggins, Jr., Chairman of Bad River, will start off the discussion, with other speakers to be announced, followed by Q & A.

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http://tinyurl.com/a4g6456

Celebrate the 54th Anniversary of the
Cuban Revolution

View & discuss the 1964 film: “I am Cuba”
Update on the case of the Cuban 5

Saturday – Jan. 5
Cuban dinner @ 5 pm
Video @ 6 pm

5920 Second Ave.
(north of Wayne State U.)
$5 donation requested for dinner – no one turned away

“I am Cuba/Soy Cuba” is a prize winning film made in the early years of the revolution in collaboration with Soviet cinematographers.

Four vignettes in Batista’s Cuba dramatize the conditions leading to the 1959 socialist revolution — both in the city and countryside; long, mobile shots tell almost wordless stories. ‘

A Workers World Party forum, One of a series of public meetings, video presentations, socialist classes and discussions. Join us!
For more info, call 313-459-0777

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http://www.prisonradio.org/media/audio/mumia

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Sound-bytes from the 9th Bi-Annual Southern Human Rights Organizers’ Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, December 7-9, 2012

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http://tinyurl.com/bkcb2hq

Event: Annual Detroit MLK Day Rally & March
Date: Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, Noon-5:00pm
Location: Central United Methodist Church, Woodward at Adams, Downtown
Sponsor: Detroit MLK Committee
Contact: 313-405-2185
URL: http://mlkdetroit.org/ or http://www.mecawi.org/

Detroit MLK Day Begins Commemoration of 50th Anniversary of Great March to Freedom (1963-2013)

This year’s Detroit Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March & Rally will represent the 10th annual commemoration held at the Historic Central United Methodist Church. This is the church where Dr. King delivered his annual Lent sermons and preached three weeks prior to his assassination on April 4, 1968.

2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the “Great March to Freedom” in Detroit where 250,000 or more walked down Woodward Avenue demanding jobs and civil rights. This demonstration held on June 23, 1963, was the scene where Dr. King delivered his first “I Have a Dream” speech at Cobo Hall. Later that summer on August 28, the historic “March on Washington” was held and Dr. King once again reiterated his dream of equality and freedom.

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