This pamphlet from 1992 details the rebellion after the Mr. Rodney King verdict and the resistance against the police, corporations, the banks and corrupt politicians in Los Angeles who were and are responsible for the abysmal living conditions in communities of color. Considering the recent developments in Milwaukee regarding African American youth and the police brutality and other oppression inflicted upon them and their communities, this pamphlet is being made available for free in an effort to assist organizational efforts to oppose the political, social and economic attacks on communities of color in Wisconsin and nationwide. Youth need living wage JOBS, recreational facilities, access to educational opportunities, art, culture, housing and other human needs not war, racism, prisons and police repression.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BwDPOkz150f-ZDYwODU1ZWYtZDgxMS00ODZmLTlkYTEtOGQzYTgzYmIxNjdj&hl=en_US&pli=1
http://www.stolenlives.org/

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http://action.cwa-union.org/c/1153/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2657

For more information:

http://www.cwa-union.org/

http://www.ibew.org/

If you are a member of a local union pass resolutions of support and contact the CWA and IBEW directly to see how best to assist the strike. Community and Student organizations can also assist by setting up informational pickets at Verizon stores, distributing leaflets and any other creative action that can be thought of to support the sisters and brothers at Verizon. Everyone can pass on the petition and other information through social media networks. Their strike is our strike. An Injury To One Is An Injury To All!

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See post below detailing what the real role of the Tea Party and other right-wing, racist organizations is. 11 x 17 placards for download and printing are also available-scroll down.

Rally schedule for Monday, August 8:

Rhinelander, WI: 12:00 – 1:30PM
Rhinelander Band Shell
Young Street (Next to Trig’s RiverWalk Centre)

De Pere, WI: 5:00-6:30PM
Legends Brewhouse and Eatery
875 Heritage Road

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Picture the Homeless shot this video at an August 5 New York City protest of the Food Is A Right campaign, which is organizing with food stamp recipients, volunteers and other groups throughout the 5 boroughs to build a grassroots movement to stop cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Speakers in this video:
Rocio Silverio, Bail Out the People Movement,
Gavrielle Gemma, Bail out the People Movement,
Kendall Jackman, Picture the Homeless
Tanaka Nyemba, CUNY Student Movement/Picture the Homeless

In April 2011 the House passed a bill cutting $127 billion, 20% from SNAP the food stamp program, in the next ten years. The bill converts SNAP from an entitlement program into a capped block grant controlled by individual states.

With the recession turning into a prolonged depression for millions in the U.S., unemployment rising, and the cost of food, rent and other necessities rising, SNAP is the only barrier against hunger and even starvation.

1.7 million New Yorkers receive food stamps, the majority families with children. 3 million New Yorkers use SNAP and other nutrition services such as W.I.C., food pantries and banks.

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For more information: www.vdlf.org

For more information on the SB1070 and other laws attacking immigrants in Arizona: http://www.tucsonmay1st.org/

NO WORKER IS ILLEGAL!

NO BORDERS IN THE WORKERS’ STRUGGLE!

NO SB170 OR ANY OTHER ARIZONA COPYCAT LEGISLATION IN WI!

Aug 7, 2011

Company Refuses to Bargain Seriously, Verizon Proposals Would Take Workers Back Decades

Washington, D.C. — More than 45,000 workers are on strike today at Verizon Communications. Bargaining continues. Since bargaining began on June 22, Verizon has refused to move from a long list of concession demands. As the contract expired, nearly 100 concessionary company proposals remained on the table.

As a result, CWA and IBEW have decided to take the unprecedented step of striking until Verizon stops its Wisconsin-style tactics and starts bargaining seriously.

Even at the 11th hour, as contracts were set to expire, Verizon continued to seek to strip away 50 years of collective bargaining gains for middle class workers and their families.

CWA and IBEW members are prepared to return to work when management demonstrates the willingness to begin bargaining seriously for a fair agreement. If not, CWA and IBEW members and allies will continue the fight.

Verizon financials

• 2011 annualized revenues are $108 billion and annualized net profits are $6 billion.
• Verizon Wireless just paid its parent company and Vodaphone a $10 billion dividend.
• Verizon’s top five executives received compensation of $258 million over the past four years.

The contract covers 45,000 members of CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers from New England to Virginia.

Read updates at www.cwa-union.org/verizon

Media Inquiries

Candice Johnson, CWA Communications, 202-434-1347 (office), 202-415-6566 (cell), cjohnson@cwa-union.org, and Robert Master, CWA District 1, 212-344-2515 (office), 917-657-6483 (cell), rmaster@cwa-union.org

http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-of-americas-2011.pdf

This report details how capitalism is destroying our youth and children. There is a better way.

Save The Children!

From the WI AFL-CIO:

http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/

Sign the petition:

http://act.aflcio.org/c/270/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2648

Union power!

Reportback from Quezon City, Phillipines by Monica Moorehead of the Women’s Fightback Network. A visit to a poor district outlining the desperate poverty, displacement and flooding, lack of food, work, healthcare, education and the struggle for all these things.

For more information:

http://gabusa.org/

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