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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.

Madison, January 11, 2019: Unite Against Fascism – Poster Making

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Madison Labor Temple, 1602 South Park Street, Madison, 6 – 8 P.M.

The racist and fascist 3% United Patriots are attempting to rally in Madison on January 12. Many across the state are organizing against their vile message and to shut down and demobilize their organizing before they can grow.

On Friday, Jan 11, join for poster and sign-making at the Madison Labor Temple (1602 S Park Street) from 6-8pm. Supplies will be provided (but feel free to bring extras). The Labor Temple has a restaurant on-site to purchase dinner.

For more info on the Unite Against Fascism rally, where we are meeting the fascist rally to counter them, check the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/488318554908626/

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Milwaukee, Feb. 1, 2019: Fight Back Friday!

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Fight Back Friday!

815 E Locust Street, Milwaukee, 4 – 6 P.M.

We love working in Milwaukee Public Schools, but know our days are also challenging and stressful. That’s why Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association (MTEA) welcomes all MPS educators and education workers to the Riverwest Public House Cooperative for “Fight Back Friday.” This event will be held on the first Friday of every month from 4pm to 6pm, and will offer local educators and education workers a space to connect, rejuvenate, and advocate for our students and profession.

Every month we will feature a different activity or speaker to keep the event fresh. Come and join others fighting to make our public schools the best possible place for our students.

Milwaukee, January 21, 2019: 18th Annual MLK Jr. Justice Program & March

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18th Annual MLK Jr. Justice Program & March

1927 N Vel Phillips Avenue, Milwaukee, 1 – 2:30 P.M.

The MLK Jr. Justice Coalition invites You & Your Family to Celebrate the Life & Movement of Dr. King Jr. – Honoring community members who have put into practice King’s call for non-violent civil disobedience.
Guest Performers: Singer Pansy Williams, Musician/Artist David Nunley, Jazz Saxophonist Juli Wood, & Actor DiMonte Henning.
Speakers: Ald. Milele Coggs – Joyce Ellwanger – George Martin
(March to the King Statue – 3 blks. – 2:30pm – Open Mic)

Jan. 16, 2012 Dr. King day Milwaukee.
Detroit Martin Luther King Day demonstration through Downtown Detroit on January 15, 2007. The march draws upon the legacy of Dr. King’s peace and social justice work. (Photo: Robert Akrawi)., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.

Birmingham institute cancels human rights award for Angela Davis over her Palestine activism

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The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute canceled its prestigious human rights award for Angela Davis following outcry from “concerned individuals and organizations.” Davis, the Black revolutionary feminist icon, grew up in Birmingham under the Jim Crow apartheid regime.

“Upon closer examination of Ms. Davis’ statements and public record, we concluded that she unfortunately does not meet all of the criteria on which the award is based,” the institute wrote in a statement on Sunday.

While the institute has not provided specifics on the concerns or their award criteria, it is clear that Davis’s support for Palestine is one of the main reasons for the reversal.

A statement from Birmingham’s mayor revealed that these concerned individuals were from the “local Jewish community and some of its allies.”

The only public objections to Davis’s award is a December 2018 article from Southern Jewish Life:
“Her 2015 book was entitled “Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement,” and she frequently compares Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to police shootings of African-Americans. She has also said Israel gets its tear gas to use against Palestinians from the same company that supplies the police force in Ferguson.

There is a national effort among advocates for the Palestinians to get police departments to refuse joint training with Israeli police on best practices for fighting terrorism and enhancing emergency response.

She also connects Israel with one of her primary causes, the abolition of the prison system in the U.S., which she calls the “prison-industrial complex.” Palestine under Israeli occupation is “the worst possible example of a carceral society” as the world’s “largest open air prison,” she has stated.

Davis compares Israel to apartheid South Africa, but has stated that Israel is worse in its treatment of Palestinians. She refers to the security barrier Israel erected following a long series of deadly suicide bombings by Palestinians in Israel in the early 2000s as an “apartheid wall.”

Davis has called for “political prisoner” Marwan Barghouti to be released from jail. A leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, Barghouti is serving five life terms for participation in murders of Israelis. A leader of the First and Second Intifadas, in 2014 he called for an end to Palestinian security cooperation with Israel and advocated a Third Intifada.

Davis also was a supporter of Rasmea Odeh, who was convicted of a 1969 bombing in a Jerusalem grocery store, killing two students. A member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Odeh was deported from the U.S. for immigration fraud, lying about her terror ties and not disclosing her terrorism conviction. Davis spoke at Odeh’s farewell celebration in Chicago in 2017.”
Attempts to frame Rasmea Odeh as a “terrorist” fall into the attempts to criminalize Assata Shakur, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Black Panther Party and Davis herself in the same light. 

The cancelation comes roughly a month after Marc Lamont Hill was fired from CNN for speaking up about Palestine at the UN.

CNN and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute each claim to care about civil rights and human rights until it comes to the application of those rights for Palestinians.

The Israel lobby is increasingly isolating itself by attacking revered Black activists for speaking up about Palestine. 

​As backlash like this continues, more and more people will understand that Palestine is a human rights issue that must be included in the global call for freedom, justice, and liberation.
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Available at Haymarket Books
Read more about Rasmea Odeh’s activism, forced confession and Angela Davis’s support for her at Ebony. 

You can also read our statements of support for Marc Lamont Hill and Rasmea.

Madison, January 19, 2019: Women’s March

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Women’s March in Wisconsin (Official Chapter)

10 A.M. – 12 NOON, State Capitol, Madison

We are outraged. We are organized. They forgot that millions of women and allies lit the world on fire two years ago and again this past January. This past midterm women won in record numbers.

On January 19, 2019, we will be back on the steps of the Capitol – with a legislative agenda – to remind our legislators we have had ENOUGH of sexist, racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, ableist, homophobic and transphobic policies and actions! We will continue to resist and put an end to oppression and white supremacy in all its forms.

#WOMENSWAVE

Milwaukee, January 15, 2019: CLOSEmsdf Picket

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CLOSEmsdf Picket (January)

Why do we picket?
1. To educate people on the inhumane conditions at MSDF
2. To memorialize the 17 people who have died in MSDF since it opened.
3. To let WI taxpayers know that each day someone spends in MSDF for a crimeless rule violation it costs us $100.84 vs $40 to treat that person in the community where their job, housing & support systems stay secure.
4. Former Governer Tommy Thompson has said building MSDF was a mistake. Its time the state corrects that error.

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Please join us during the lunch hour on January 15 on the 10th Street side of the courthouse. Partway through the picket we might march over to the state office building on 6th and Wells, where the DOC has offices.

Parking is metered or nearby public lots. If you don’t mind walking a couple blocks, its often easier to find free parking on the other side of the freeway.

We’ve been holding down this monthly picket since the spring of 2017. A coalition of Milwaukee organizations have joined up to shut down MSDF. This facility is a building within a building, where captives have no access to fresh air or sunlight. They are triple bunked in lockdown cells for over 20 hours a day. There is no outdoor rec. The facility was built and is run using funds that should be used for diversionary programs to keep people out of jail, instead it’s being used to keep them on supervision under arbitrary and vindictive probation and parole officers.

We are organizing this protest on every 23rd (unless that lands on a weekend, when there’s less foot traffic). The National Religious Campaign Against Torture has called for actions on the 23rd of every month (to bring attention to 23 hour a day lockdowns). http://www.nrcat.org/about-us/take-action-current-legislation/563-together-to-end-solitary

Can’t come?

SIGN THE PETITION!!!!

If you haven’t signed the petition yet yourself, please do here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/its-time-to-close-milwaukee-secure-detention-facility-msdf

CLOSEmsdf Picket (January)