https://www.workers.org/2017/10/02/catalonians-defy-spanish-cops-to-vote-pro-independence/

Marching in Barcelona on Oct. 1, 2017

The Spanish state’s brutal attempt to repress the Oct. 1 referendum for self-determination of Catalonia boomeranged on the Madrid regime. Instead of squelching the vote, brutality aroused massive anger and resistance. This boosted the independence movement of the Catalonian people and pushed the working class to the front.

The people of Catalonia have the right to decide on their status. And they certainly have the right to vote in a referendum without fearing clubs and rubber bullets from the national police and Civil Guard.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/panafricanjournal/2017/10/02/pan-african-journal-special-worldwide-radio-broadcast

Listen to the Sun. Oct. 1, 2017 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the call by Togolese opposition forces for renewed mass demonstrations inside this West African state; tensions have escalated in Cameroon where clashes between separatists and security has resulted in several deaths; the Yemeni resistance forces have announced that they shot down a United States fighter plane piloted by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); and disturbances continue in Catalon as the Spanish government shut down an election seeking independence from Madrid. In the second hour we begin a month long tribute to Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara on the 50th anniversary of his martyrdom. Finally we reexamine the historical underpinning of the Boko Haram war in northeast Nigeria.

Hosted by Milwaukee Film

2155 N Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, 2-3:30 P.M.

This event is FREE & open to the public.

This panel will explore the transformation of activism from the 1960s into the second decade of the 21st century with help from veterans of Milwaukee’s housing desegregation struggle, the Wisconsin immigrant rights struggle, contemporary Black Lives Matter movement activists, and organizers doing contemporary housing, economic rights, and immigration justice work.

Panelists include:
Maria Hamilton – Coalition for Justice
Nate Hamilton – Coalition for Justice
Christine Neumann-Ortiz – executive director of Voces de la Frontera
Janan Najeeb – Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition
Livia Rowell-Ortiz – Genderqueer Milwaukee
Annia Leonard – UBLAC Milwaukee
Cristal Tinajero Rodriguez – Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES)

Moderated by Jarrett English – Sankofa MKE and ACLU of Milwaukee

This event is a part of the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival, taking place from Sept. 28 – Oct. 12. For more information, visit http://www.mkefilm.org/

Hosted by Madison IWW General Defense Committee Local 100

953 Jenifer Street, Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, Madison

Come out to support Madison’s local General Defense
Committee (GDC), organizing community self-defense
efforts in our neighborhoods.

We are throwing a party to raise awareness and interest in our commitments to make our community stronger through direct action. We will also hold a FLEA MARKET/YARD SALE outside at 7AM!

The violent and disgusting tragedy in Charlottesville is one of a series of attacks by white supremacists, the first of which to be taken seriously by the political establishment or the media. The presence of people espousing hate is an attack on all loving communities, and can no longer be ignored. As modern policing originates from slave patrols, it is no surprise police find it impossible to defend the community in the face of white supremacist terror. The scared losers they end up defending are emboldened by their apathy and the outright support they get from the so-called justice system. In face of a system of patriarchal white supremacist capitalism we must build systems in our own communities that make us stronger. We must build communities that have the capacity for self-determination.

The donations from the party will go towards building the capacity of the GDC to provide free childcare for community events and self-defense training for community members. Half of the donations will be going to the newly created Free the 350 Bail Fund, which aims to directly undermine modern day slavery disguised as the so-called justice system. https://www.razoo.com/story/Mou2of

Music, food, yard sale and childcare will be provided.

Performers:

DJ Arditi del Popolo –
spinning and mixing
for your listening
pleasure

DJ Speedsick –
Noise and techno toned up

https://m.soundcloud.com/speedsick/ego-death-trip-demo

The Profit (aka John Denver) –
Hip-hop MC
The Profit, Nowhere
https://youtu.be/Mg2oLjF6gs0

DEQUADRAY —
CONTEMPORARY HIP HOP AND R&B MC 90’s Nostalgia in his smooth, fresh voice
Dequadray “Marathon”
https://youtu.be/EeSNm0GBGJg

Childcare will be provided in a separate kid’s space in the downstairs family room by the GDC’s childcare working group.

An Injury To One Is An Injury To All

Hosted by Columbia County WISE

2700 S Central Avenue, Hotel Marshfield, 6:30-9 P.M.

A movement is growing across the country as communities are opposing proposed pipelines that offer more risks than benefits. From North Dakota to Minnesota, tribes are calling for their sovereignty, hunting and gathering rights, and their treaty rights to be upheld. Landowners from Georgia to Virginia to Nebraska are standing up for their property rights and opposing eminent domain for oil pipelines. Faith leaders, concerned community members, environmentalists, climate activists, and more are all standing together.

Here in Wisconsin, Enbridge is moving forward on plans for another oil pipeline through the heart of Wisconsin—the Line 61 “Twin,” aka Line 66. The pipeline could jeopardize our major waterways (like the Namekagon River, Wisconsin River, and Rock River), our property rights, the safety of our communities, our climate, and more.

Join us Friday, October 27, to discover the lessons learned from pipeline fights around the country, hear from those threatened by the proposed pipeline, and find out where you fit in protecting land and water from tar sands pipelines. Tribal members, Enbridge easement-holders, environmentalists, youth activists and more will come together to learn from each other and decide how we’ll team up to stop the pipeline!

WHAT: People Over Pipelines: Protecting Our Homes and Water
WHEN: Friday, October 27, 6:30–9:00 PM (doors open at 6:00)
WHERE: Hotel Marshfield, 2700 Central Ave., Marshfield, WI
REGISTRATION/DONATIONS: Register for this free event or make a donation to help cover the cost at https://tinyurl.com/ya9ya9go
VOLUNTEER: Contact elizabeth.ward@sierraclub.org
SIGN UP TO CO-SPONSOR: http://tinyurl.com/y7t4jk8o

Carpools will be arranged from across Wisconsin where there is interest.

CO-SPONSORS:
Wisconsin Safe Energy (WiSE) Alliance
80 Feet Is Enough!
Sierra Club
350 Madison
Wisconsin Youth Network (WiYN)
Columbia County WiSE
Midwest Environmental Advocates

Hosted by Madison Socialist Alternative

Derail the Jail

1202 Williamson Street, Madison, 5:30-6:30 P.M.

Let’s get together and brainstorm what we want instead of $76M Jail that costs each home in Dane County $25.40 for 20 years! Where would you rather spend your $504? What budget amendments would you like to see at the city and county in the next few weeks?

Hosted by Black and Pink: Milwaukee

2727 W Fond du Lac, Milwaukee Public Library, 6-7:30 P.M.

There is a broad coalition in Milwaukee of currently & formerly incarcerated people and supporters, that supports people in prisons, opposes inarceration, and organizes to challenge the prison industrial complex. Join us at the large community room at the Center Street library, on October 4th, from 6pm to 7:30pm, to learn how you can strengthen these efforts with us!

We’ll be processing mail from incarcerated people, matching people up with pen-pals, providing free letter-writing supplies – including postage, collecing signatures for EXPO’s campaign to close down MSDF, among other prisoner support work.

At this gathering, there will be opportunities to learn more about, and get involved in big & small ways with:
Black and Pink: Milwaukee
EXPO – EX-Prisoners Organizing
IWW Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee

Admission is free.
Location is accesible.
All supporters are welcome

Hosted by Milwaukee IWW

901 N 9th Street, Milwaukee, 11 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

Come contribte to the continuous visible opposition to MSDF. We will be out front of the courthouse, and if we have enough people also the back door and MSDF enterence. Help us spread information to and collect petition signatures from people targeted by and doing business with Milwaukee’s criminal legal system.

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

A coaltion 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 twice a month. On every 23rd, and one day two weeks before. 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

http://www.riverwestradio.com/episode/the-grass-is-greener-0429-joan-braune-on-fascism-steve-bannon-and-kalki/