About wibailoutpeople

We are a part of the national Bail Out The People movement which formed in 2008 to fight against the bailouts to the banks. Since then we have been in numerous fights against poverty, racism and war. We demand that the people be bailed out not the banks, a moratorium on all foreclosures, a federal jobs program now and other demands. We have been participating in the Wisconsin people's uprising, Bloombergville in NYC and numerous other people's actions.

Minneapolis People’s Rebellion and Hong Kong Riots Polar Opposites

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Milwaukee Freedom (Bail) Fund for Protesters Demanding an End to Police Violence, Contributions Needed

Posted on May 30, 2020 by wibailoutpeople

Make a contribution to bail fund: https://bit.ly/2Xfnnun

The protesters involved in uprisings throughout Milwaukee will need support. These funds can be used for bail/court related costs/rides/food/water/other needs. They will be held until they can be used to support individuals and organizations committed to ending police violence.

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Make a contribution to bail fund: https://bit.ly/2Xfnnun

OTHER BAIL FUNDS AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE NATIONWIDE: https://bit.ly/2zM0Xb1

Eyes Of The Rainbow a documentary film with Assata Shakur

Posted on May 30, 2020 by wibailoutpeople

George Jackson Documentary

Posted on May 30, 2020 by wibailoutpeople

Bus Driver Unions Nationwide Refusing to Work With Police

Posted on May 30, 2020 by wibailoutpeople

BY: MIKE ELK MAY 30, 2020

Friday evening, bus drivers in New York City and members of TWU Local 100 refused to cooperate with police in transporting arrested Justice for George Floyd protestors.

The action comes a day after bus drivers in Minneapolis also refused to assist the police in transporting arrested protestors; shutting down the Twin Cities’ transit system.

“I told MTA our ops won’t be used to drive cops around. It is in solidarity [with Minneapolis’ bus drivers],” JP Patafio, vice president of TWU Local 100 told Motherboard.

(Watch a video of one bus driver walking off the job to cheers from a crowd in Brooklyn)

Payday Report has learned that transit union leaders nationwide are instructing members not to cooperate with police in arresting protestors.

Many union leaders have instructed their members that their union contracts protect them against being forced to work in dangerous conditions. They have informed their union members that their unions would use organizational legal resources to protect bus drivers who refuse to cooperate with the police.

“It’s safe to say that bus drivers in a lot of places are going to be refusing work,” said one top labor leader, who wished to remain anonymous.

For decades, transit unions, which are heavily African-American, have sought to build community alliances around environmental racism and expanding public transit communities. These community-labor alliances have helped communities to expand transit services in many areas.

As a result of this organizing, many transit union leaders are vehemently opposed to helping with police crackdowns in communities of color.

“ATU members live with similar fears on a daily basis. ATU members face racism daily. Our members live in and work in neighborhoods where actions like this happen, and where this took place, now watched in horror across the globe,” ATU Local 1005 said in a statement.

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BLACK LIBERATION IS INDIGENOUS LIBERATION

Posted on May 30, 2020 by wibailoutpeople

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Sign the petition: Union Members for #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd

Posted on May 30, 2020 by wibailoutpeople

https://bit.ly/3eC5LyO

“An injury to one is an injury to all”

We are union members who support calls for #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd. We are willing to talk to our co-workers about why the labor movement needs to take a stand against racist police violence of our brothers, sisters, and siblings. We are willing to do what we can to ensure our labor is not used to help the Minneapolis Police Department shut down calls for justice. For example, I am a bus driver with ATU 1005, and I urged people to call MetroTransit and the Governor the second I heard our buses and members were being organized to make mass arrests hours before the protests escalated (https://bit.ly/3chgzAQ). Finally, I am willing to show up with other union members to organize labor solidarity contingents to the protests to help ensure calls for justice are not suppressed, and to show union members support calls for #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd.

We call for:

– Prosecute the police – Immediately arrest and charge the four officers involved in the murder of George Floyd.

– #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd – Mass coordinated protests and days of action that involve youth and working-class people, especially people of color, in the planning and mobilization.

– No Trust in Mayor Frey or Trump’s FBI – Launch an elected community-led restructuring of the MPD with real teeth, including hiring, firing, reviewing budget priorities, and the power to subpoena.