Hosted by Moratorium NOW! Coalition
Detroit Stands with Puerto Rico and Against Austerity
600 Woodward Avenue, Detroit @ Chase Bank, 4 – 5 P.M.
Detroit Stands with Puerto Rico and Against Austerity
Chicago Boricua ResistanceDay of Action for Puerto Rico: Rally Against Austerity!
219 S Dearborn Street, Federal Center and Plaza, Chicago, 5 – 7 P.M.
After hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico the neglect of the US and Puerto Rico’s governments has left the Island in a dire state, with a confirmed death toll of over 2,965 people on top of a $73 billion debt. The Fiscal Control Board and the government have been playing with the livelihood of the most vulnerable Puerto Ricans by closing schools and basic services. This is outrageous. From Puerto Rico to New York, Boston, Phoenix, Orlando and Chicago, people are standing up for the dignity of Puerto Ricans.
Join us for this national day of action on the anniversary of the hurricane to demonstrate our indignation on the Federal Plaza on 230 S. Dearborn St. on September 20th at 5:00 PM. We will rally and march to call out these abuses and say #DecolonizePR, #YoNoComoAusteridad, #ConstruyamosOtraVida, #LaQuieroPublica, #SeAcabaronLasPromesas
Thanks to our solidarity Endorsers:
Anakbayan N Chi
Arab American Action Network (AAAN)
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Gay Liberation Network
La Voz de los de Abajo
Lifted Voices
TAKE ON HATE
Teachers for Social Justice
US Palestinian Community Network – Chicago
545 W Dayton, Madison, 6 – 8 P.M.
Please Join Freedom Youth Squad in demanding no cops in schools, invest money into youth of color and community control over safety!
Hosted by Freedom Youth Squad and Freedom Inc
Listen to the Sun. Sept. 16, 2018 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the recently signed peace agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia in Saudia Arabia amid rising violence outside the capital of Addis Ababa; the United States government will continue its draconian sanctions regime against the Southern African state of Zimbabwe despite the July 30 harmonized elections; Africa will be negatively impacted by the Washington-instigated trade war; and the remains of genocide victims in Namibia during the early 20th century have been returned from Germany. In the second hour we look back at the historic Attica Prison rebellion of Sept. 1971 which resulted in the massacre of dozens of inmates and guards. Finally we continue our focus on African American contributions to the literary field with a speech delivered by James Baldwin in 1964.
The Grass is Greener-2018-09-15 Douglas Haynes on Nicaragua, Marginal Community Life and Urbanization
Our guest is a UW professor who has chronicled the lives of two families living in the slums outside Managua. He addresses the realities of life, reasons for urbanization, the effects of climate change and public policy, and the current political crisis. His book is “Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters” and he has an upcoming article in the Progressive.
17 years ago on October 8th the State of Wisconsin in what can only be described as poor judgement opened the dungeon doors on Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility (MSDF).
In those 17 years, 17 people have died at MSDF several due to negligence and several more under suspicious circumstances. On their 17th Anniversary we say “:ENOUGH”. #NOTONEMORE
Please join us as we commemorate the lives lost at MSDF with altars created in their memory. Come see the faces & hear the stories of:
Wallace Williams
Robert McKinney
Cynthia Smith
Rodney Thornton
Russell Lee Murray
Moses Black
Jose Casarez
Myron Weston
John Olsen
Jeremy Cunningham
Peter Fengier
Jamie Medina
James Daczyk
James Wilborn – Beloved EXPO Founder
Michael Moore
Jesse Davis
Bruce Morgan
We are seeking the families of these individuals to help assist with details for the altars, please inbox EXPO or #CLOSEmsdf if you have contact information or if you are family.
Schedule of Events for Oct. 8, 2018
5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Altars on display on N. 10th Street & State St.
6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Vigil (Location TBA)
7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Building Lightening (tentative) & refreshments Wilborn Park, SW corner of N. 10th Street & State Street.
IF you would like to volunteer to create an altar for one of our Honorees, please contact Robert or Peggy at 1-262-320-7729 .
Thank you.
Hosted by Milwaukee County Progressives No Palestine Exception
Friday Freedom Flick – The People Speak
Friday Freedom Flick + Discussion
*** The People Speak ***
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-people-speak-(trailer)/
A documentary based on Howard Zinn’s groundbreaking books A People’s History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the United States, featuring music by Eddie Vedder and performances by Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Oh, Sean Penn, Rosario Dawson, Don Cheadle, John Legend, and many other great performers, will air in TV and be released on a special DVD.
The documentary, The People Speak, shows the rich history of dissent in our history, and explores why it is so relevant and urgent today.
++ Discussion afterwards
++ Free and open to all interested. Dedicated to strengthening movements for peace, freedom & liberation.
++ Wheelchair Accessibility: via portable temporary ramp into first floor where movies will be shown.
Hosted by Black and Pink: Milwaukee
No More Cages! Write Letters to lgbtq+ people in prisons
Join Black and Pink Milwaukee as we meet at the UW-Milwaukee Student Union, in the common seating area, right outside the LGBT Resource Center, at 1 PM, to write letters of support to queer people held captive in prisons, to read and respond to their letters, and to work toward abolishing the violence of incarceration. We will also be joined by community members who are organizing to support prisoners on strike, and we will learn more about the campaign, and write letters of support to striking prisoners.
The work is important but the meet-up is in a casual, friendly setting, and all are welcome. Even if you have never written to anyone incarcerated before or done any kind of mail processing, but are interested in checking out what Black & Pink is all about, you’re invited to attend!
Black & Pink is an open family of LGBTQ+ prisoners and “free world” allies who support each other. We are outraged by the specific violence of the prison industrial complex against LGBTQ+ people, and respond through advocacy, education, direct service, and organizing.
Location is wheelchair accessible. Event is free.
Decolonize Puerto Rico! Week of Action Sept 20-27
Hosted by Puerto Rico Tribunal
September 20 marks one year since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Over 4,600 people died in this catastrophe, meanwhile the poverty rate has surged over 50% since the disaster. One year later, the destruction of Puerto Rico has not ended, rather it has escalated. Nearly 300 schools have closed. Around 400,000 Puerto Ricans have since left the islands. All aspects of life in Puerto Rico are under attack by the dictatorship of the banks, the Fiscal Control Board. The cause of the suffering of millions of Puerto Ricans is no longer a natural disaster, but rather 120 years of US colonialism and exploitation.
September 23, El Grito de Lares, will be the 150 anniversary of Puerto Rico’s uprising for independence. During this week, September 20-27, join the over 50 organizations and leaders of the struggle for Puerto Rico to demand Decolonize Puerto Rico!
Visit http://puertoricotribunal.org/action/ to submit details of actions you’re planning or to find events near you!
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**September 20: One Year Since Hurricane Maria – Day of Action**
Support local Boricua-led actions in your area! (list in formation)
If there are no Boricua-led actions, organize a local demonstration at Santander Bank or US Federal Building in your area to demand: Reparations and Decolonization for Puerto Rico!
** September 21: Defend Public Education in Puerto Rico Call-in Day**
Call & Tweet Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Education, gringa Julia Kelleher, to demand: Stop Closing Schools! Stop privatizing education! Quality education is a right!
Call:(787) 759-2000
Tweet: @educacionPR, @SecEducacionPR
**September 23: Grito De Lares- Puerto Rican Uprising for Independence**
September 23, 2018 marks the 150 year anniversary of the Puerto Rican uprising for independence. Engage during this significant date by: Supporting Local Actions: (list in formation); Organizing a showing of a film on Puerto Rico like Lucha Si! Fight for Public Education in Puerto Rico
**Sign and Share the Petition to the US Government— Decolonize and Pay Reparations to Puerto Rico Now!** http://bit.ly/PRSolidarity
**Build the Puerto Rico Tribunal – October 27, 2018 – Holyrood Church (715 179th Street) in New York City
Plan to Attend the Tribunal in New York on 10/27: Organize a contingent to attend the Puerto Rico Tribunal in New York City on October 27
Donate to the Puerto Rico Tribunal: https://www.gofundme.com/tribunalpuertorico
Endorse the Tribunal: Get local unions and organizations to sign on as endorsers of the Puerto Rico Tribunal in New York: https://puertoricotribunal.org/endorse/
Follow the International Tribunal against US Colonial Crimes in Puerto Rico on Twitter and Facebook
