Hosted by Milwaukee Area Labor Council

FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Come celebrate Labor Day with those who created it: organized workers at the festival built with volunteers and donations. #LABORFESTMKE

Starting with a parade at Carl Zeidler Square Wisconsin Union Memorial in Downtown Milwaukee featuring union affiliates, partners and allies. at 11 am, the festival opens at noon at the Summerfest grounds with free entertainment all day long for the kids and family.

Featuring:
Classic Car show
Entertainment Shows for Children
Grappling (Wrestling)
Live Music
Food and Beverages available for purchase
Raffle tickets to win CASH PRIZES. Grand prize is a Brand New Harley-Davidson motorcycle union-made in MILWAUKEE!

For Local Unions to download paperwork for this event go to https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B46cALakqnsKa1dlVXdaVXphd2M

We hope to see you Monday, September 4 as we celebrate our national DAY OFF together. And, if you think of it, please bring a pair of NEW SOCKS for those in need for our SOCK DRIVE for local charities and MPS schools.

Take care! IN SOLIDARITY,
The Milwaukee Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO

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Hosted by Rhythm To Freedom and Freedom Inc

Reindahl Park, 1818 Portage Avenue, Madison, 11 A.M. – 5 P.M. 

Hello everyone! This year we will be having our 16th annual year of Freedom In’cs Freedom Health Day! Freedom Health Day is an event giving back to the community with free food, sports tournaments, and activities. If you all didn’t know, we established an all styles battle last year. This year we will be having two battles which is a 2v2 all styles dance battle all ages, and a 7 to smoke breakin battle.

NOTE: **We want this to be a fun and safe space for everyone** IF YOU ARE BEING DISRESPECTFUL, YOU ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO LEAVE**

*PLEASE SIGN WAIVER AGREEMENTS BEFORE ENTERING BATTLE* WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES AND ANY LOST ITEMS

**YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN TWO CATEGORIES**

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2v2 All Styles (All Ages)

Judges: Vero (SoSwift), Bgirl Mama, Lady Jaxx (So Swift), TBA, TBA

Winning Prize:
1st place: Trophies, F.I T-Shirts, TBA
2nd place: Medals, F.I T-Shirts
3rd Place: Medals, F.I T-Shirts
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7 To Smoke Breakin’ Battle (All Ages)

Judges: TBA, TBA, TBA

Winning Prize: Trophy, F.I T-Shirt, TBA

NOTE: EVERY PARTICIPANT IS GOING TO GET FREE F.I T-SHIRTS AS A PRIZE
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DJ: TBA

Any questions please contact: Peyton Z Yang at peytonzyang98@gmail.com

https://wrfglaborforum.org/2017/08/07/wrfg-labor-forum-program-on-monday-august-7/

¨…The impact of police violence on working class families, especially in communities of color is a subject often discussed on The Labor Forum as an issue that requires class solidarity. At 4:30, we will turn our attention to the union election loss at the Nissan plant in Canton, Ms….¨ Workers at Do Better Together are encouraged to call in.
Atlanta GA area or download listening apps in advance.

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National Network on Cuba

The National Network on Cuba congratulates the brave people of Venezuela and its legitimate president Nicolas Maduro Moros for the election of a new Constituent National Assembly, despite the economic and media war against the government of this South America country.

On Sunday July 30, over 8 million Venezuelans ignored the terrorist threats of violence and made their voices heard by voting.  Since 1999 with the election of President Hugo Chavez when the people of Venezuela chose a different path it has been nothing but a brutal and continued war perpetrated by the United States in conjunction with the Venezuela right wing and its allies from Latin American and Europe. They have resorted to the most criminal and barbaric methods to get rid of the popularly elected government so they can turn back to a time when only a few benefited from the country’s rich oil resources. Right up to the day of the election President Maduro called on the opposition for a peaceful dialog and every time it was rejected.

The corporate media played the most shameful role by supporting the criminals and blaming the victims. It has to be remembered that as the cloud of lies come out of the corporate media, the fact remains that in the last 19 years the people of Venezuela have voted in more elections than in any other country in Latin America and all of them have been deemed to be fair and honest by international observers.

The imperial government of the United States and right wing governments from the region have no moral authority to tell the people of Venezuela how to live. A common method used in Latin America for decades has been to scare people from participating in elections when there was a progressive option that would represent their interests. Their biggest fear is that another Cuba succeeds in the region. In their attempts to prevent it, there is no lie too dishonest and false or act too low or bloody.

Those of us in the solidarity movement in the United States know very well what Cuba is all about. What are the options that the “free world” could possibly bring to the people in Latin America? Illiteracy versus literacy? Health care for a few versus free health care for all? Student loan debts versus free education? People living under bridges versus modest housing for all? Violence and racism versus peace and solidarity? Wealth in the hands of a few or equal distribution of wealth?

We stand in solidarity with the people of Venezuela and Cuba and reject any type of interference by the United States government or any other government. The US should abide by its own standards of forbidding foreign governments to tamper with the democratic process in a sovereign nation. Furthermore we support the 2014 CELAC statement that declared Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace.

Let Venezuela Live! 

NNOC Co-chairs
Nalda Vigezzi
Cheryl LaBash
Banbose Shango
Greg Klave
Alicia Jrapko

International Action Center / Centro de Acción Internacional

Founded by / Fundado por Ramsey Clark

Solidarity Center – 47 W. 24th St., FL 2 – New York, N.Y. 10011
212-633-6646 – fax 212-633-2889

 iacenter@iacenter.org • En Español: iac-cai@iacenter.org  www.IACenter.org

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El Centro de Acción Internacional fundado por el ex Procurador General Ramsey Clark y basado en los Estados Unidos se pronuncia sobre la suspensión de Venezuela del MERCOSUR.

Rechazamos contundentemente la decisión tomada por los gobiernos de Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay de imponer una ilegítima suspensión al Mercosur de la república Bolivariana de Venezuela.

Con la justificación de una “ruptura democrática” éstos países, donde la verdadera democracia está verdaderamente en juego, han expuesto la mano oculta del imperialismo estadounidense que ha buscado destruir la Revolución Bolivariana desde sus comienzos en el 1998.

El pueblo valiente de Venezuela ha dado una gran lección de valor y democracia al mundo cuando el pasado 30 de julio emergió desde los rincones más lejanos, arriesgando sus vidas en muchas ocasiones al enfrentar la criminal violencia terrorista de la derecha opositora, para acudir en masa a votar por la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente. Más de 8 millones de venezolanas y venezolanos dijeron ¡Basta de violencia, queremos la paz!

Pero estos gobiernos no entienden ni de paz ni de democracia popular. Su “democracia” es la tiranía impuesta por el capital en contra del bienestar de las grandes masas. Su “democracia” es realmente el sometimiento a los grandes intereses que emanan de la Casa Blanca, de Wall Street y de sus propias oligarquías.

Desde Estados Unidos abrazamos al pueblo bolivariano y chavista de Venezuela. Estados Unidos y sus aliados en Mercosur y la región, ¡No pasarán!

¡Arriba la Revolución Bolivariana, ejemplo de dignidad!

¡Viva la Constituyente!

English

The International Action Center founded by former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and based in the United States responds to the suspension of Venezuela from MERCOSUR.

We strongly reject the decision taken by the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to impose an illegitimate suspension of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from MERCOSUR.

With the justification of a “democratic rupture” these countries, where true democracy is actually at stake, have exposed the hidden hand of US imperialism that has sought to destroy the Bolivarian Revolution since its inception in 1998.

The brave people of Venezuela have given a great lesson of courage and democracy to the world when, on July 30th, they emerged from the furthest corners, risking their lives on many occasions when facing the violent terrorist violence of the opposition right, to go en masse and vote for the National Constituent Assembly. More than 8 million Venezuelans said: Stop the violence, we want peace!

But these governments do not understand peace or popular democracy. Their “democracy” is the tyranny imposed by capital against the well-being of the masses. Their “democracy” is truly the subjugation to the great interests emanating from the White House, Wall Street and their own oligarchies.

From the United States we embrace the Bolivarian and Chavista people of Venezuela.

United States and its allies in Mercosur and the region, They will not pass!

Long live the Bolivarian Revolution, an example of dignity!

Long live the Constituent Assembly!

After Venezuela’s Election, U.S. And Allies Turn Up Heat – A Coup Could Be Ahead

What The Media Isn’t Telling You About The Jailing Of Opposition Leaders In Venezuela

By Berta Joubert-Ceci posted on August 1, 2017

http://www.workers.org/

“…Popular movements, especially in Latin America, have been very successful in defending the Bolivarian people’s right to self-determination. Pickets, forums, demonstrations, television and radio programs are continuing. Social networks are filled with messages and expressions of solidarity.

All these movements have emphasized the relevance of the Bolivarian Revolution as an example of the awakening of the peoples. People are confronting the increased threats posed by capitalism in its decadent phase, which is nevertheless still virulent as it tries to recover losses due to the achievements of social movements.

The same forces also see the success of the Constituent Assembly and the Bolivarian Revolution as their own triumph. Should there be, in the worst case, a defeat, they will view it as a setback for their own popular movements. And that’s why other peoples feel in their own skins the pain of the interventionist attacks of global capital.

Yes to the Constituent Assembly! Forward! Long live the Bolivarian Revolution and international solidarity!”

(Photo: Telesur, http://www.telesurtv.net/english )

Hosted by Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

St. Gabriel’s Church of God, 5363 N 37th Street, Milwaukee, 7-9 P.M.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mass Meeting for the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

Join Co-convenors Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis for a Mass Meeting for the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival on Monday, August 28 at 7:00 pm at St. Gabriels Church of God in Christ. You can hear about the inspiration,vision and strategy for the Campaign. Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The Campaign aims to build a broad and deep national moral fusion movement – rooted in the leadership of the poor, marginalized and moral agents and reflecting the great moral teachings – to unite our country from the bottom up.

The call for a Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has emerged from more than a decade of work by grassroots community and religious leaders, organizations and movements fighting to end systemic racism, poverty, militarism, environmental destruction & related injustices and to build a just, sustainable and participatory society. We draw on the history, vision and unfinished work of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign.

There is a resounding call to save the very soul of this nation: We need a new Poor People’s Campaign for a Moral Revival in America. It is time to become a new and unsettling force in our complacent national life.

Join us for the Mass Meeting for the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival on Monday, August 28 at 7:00 pm at St. Gabriels Church of God in Christ. Childcare is provided.

Find out more at www.poorpeoplescampaign.org