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Madison, November 11: Occupy Bascom: The Noose Will Never Be Free
We also know that a lot of people are angry and ready to fight in response to the election. While we can no longer control the outcomes of the presidency for this term, we can and will demand control over local institutions that directly impact our lives and the lives of people we care about. Donald Trump’s explicit display of white supremacy is unacceptable. The University of Madison-Wisconsin’s display of white supremacy is unacceptable. The city of Madison’s display of white supremacy is unacceptable. All of these issues are interconnected and must be challenged locally. The ultimate goal is to shift power into the hands of the most impacted.
We understand the importance of mobilization, but also understand it’s limitations. Our campaign of community control does not stop after one day of direct action. With your support, we can make this a movement, not simply a moment. See y’all Friday.
All Power to the People!
*The Black Liberation Action Coalition (BLAC) is a united front of students and community members. It was organized in 2015 by Black student leaders and Freedom Inc, a community based organization. We have a history of protest and action in which some of our demands have been met, but there is still a lot more work to do.*

Harlem, NY, November 11-13: Workers World Party National Conference
The elections are not the last word — keep fighting for socialism!Join Workers World Party and hundreds of activists from around the country and the world for the annual WWP National Conference on Nov. 11-13 in New York.2016 has seen nothing short of an assault on the movement for justice, liberation and self-determination. But it has also been an incredible year of struggle, where the most militant people have risen up to say no more to exploitation, violence and repression, all facilitated by capitalism.
The conference will come only days after the presidential elections. Working and oppressed people will, without a doubt, be disappointed by the results. But where will we go from there? How will we channel our righteous rage and frustration into action? These are the questions we will take up as we honor the brave young people, communities and organizers who have confronted power and are claiming the future.
Regardless of who becomes the next president of the United States, we know that the truth remains: So long as the U.S. has the ability to terrorize Black and Brown people at home and abroad, so long as workers can barely afford to live, so long as LGBTQ people and women are under attack, so long as the politicians, bosses and bankers rule our lives, we must fight, fight, fight!
If you are interested in learning about and discussing why we must keep fighting for socialism, join Workers World Party at the Malcolm X & Betty Shabazz Center in New York City — the historical site of the Audubon Ballroom, where Malcolm X was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965.
The annual WWP National Conference will convene revolutionaries and organizers from the frontlines of struggles, from Black Lives Matter to Palestine Solidarity, from anti-war to Fight for $15, from the LGBTQ struggle to women’s liberation and immigrants’ rights.
We lift up the struggles that need solidarity, not only here in the U.S. but also around the world — to end the blockade still on Cuba, end U.S. war aggression in Syria, stop the subversion of Venezuela, and show solidarity with migrants to the U.S. and the European Union. We lift up the banners of internationalism and socialist unity to build toward a revolution that will liberate all workers and oppressed people.
We choose ourselves — not the warmonger Hillary Clinton who called Black youths “predators,” not the hate-mongering billionaire Donald Trump who nurtures Klan and Nazi types. We choose solidarity — not the state’s tools of division, not the comfort of isolation.
We choose the movement — not the lies of the election, not the idea that the powers that be will fall on their own. We choose a path to revolution — not the lure of a softer, kinder capitalism, not another day of chains and cages. Let us continue to build the movement against capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia and more!
Black Lives Matter! Defend Native sovereignty! Abolish the police! Smash capitalism! LGBTQ liberation now! End women’s oppression! Free Palestine! The working class has no borders!
https://www.facebook.com/mooreheadlilly2016

Milwaukee, November 15: CUBA, Prospects & Challenges
Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 7 PM
Central United Methodist Church (CUMC)
639 N 25th St
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Free and open to the public

Nearly two years ago President Obama and Cuba’s President Raul Castro of Cuba announced plans to normalize relations. Since then, how much has really changed?
Two top leaders from the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) will be in Wisconsin to help build bridges of friendship between the people of Cuba and of the
United States. Founded in 1960, ICAP has worked to promote solidarity between the people of Cuba and nations worldwide.
On November 15 at 7pm hear Sandra Ramirez Rodriguez, Director, of the North American Division of ICAP, and Leima Martinez from ICAP’s North America Division, speaking on Cuba’s perspectives on strengthening ties between our peoples. For example, Cuba is currently providing free medical school to two women from Wisconsin, and its medicines have been credited with prolonging the quality of life for at least one Wisconsin man with advanced lung cancer. What more can be done so that our citizens can travel and trade more freely and learn from each other?
For more info contact: LASC 414-447-8369 or WI Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba 414-273-1040, www.wicuba.org.
Sponsored by: Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba, Latin America Solidarity Committee, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Plowshares Marketplace and Education for Peace Waukesha, National Network on Cuba and Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP).

Woody Guthrie: All You Fascists Bound To Lose
From Oakland to Milwaukee to Baltimore and Beyond Tens of Thousands Hit The Streets to Declare: ‘Trump’s Not Our President, Smash White Supremacy!’

Thousands protest in Baltimore November 10, 2016.
https://www.facebook.com/defeatrighttowork
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Milwaukee, November 15: NoDAPL Day of Action
http://bit.ly/2fhuA7w
Wells Fargo Bank• 100 E. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202 at 10 a.m. November 15
The movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline is growing stronger by the day, and it’s time for all of us to rise up and play a role in this fight.
Join us on Tuesday, November 15 for a solidarity action and rally at Wells Fargo Bank (100 E. Wisconsin Ave) at 10 a.m., calling on President Obama and the Army Corps of Engineers to revoke the permits for this dirty oil pipeline.
The Army Corps fast-tracked the Dakota Access Pipeline without proper consultation, and as a result, bulldozers are approaching Standing Rock as we speak. But with coordinated, massive demonstrations across the country, we’ll make it clear that this powerful movement will not allow the Obama administration or the incoming President to sacrifice Indigenous rights, our water, or our climate – they must reject this pipeline.
This day of action is one of many calls for solidarity actions targeting not only the Army Corps, but stakeholders at every level — including the banks who are funding Dakota Access and the companies building the project.
Let us know you’re coming — sign up on this page to receive action updates.
Please bring art and banners — and be sure to share on social media with #NoDAPL. Some sample messages for art include:
- People over Pipelines
- #NoDAPL
- In Solidarity with Standing Rock
- Obama: Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline, http://bit.ly/2fhuA7w

Harlem, NY Nov. 11-13: Workers World Party National Conference
The elections are not the last word — keep fighting for socialism!Join Workers World Party and hundreds of activists from around the country and the world for the annual WWP National Conference on Nov. 11-13 in New York.2016 has seen nothing short of an assault on the movement for justice, liberation and self-determination. But it has also been an incredible year of struggle, where the most militant people have risen up to say no more to exploitation, violence and repression, all facilitated by capitalism.
The conference will come only days after the presidential elections. Working and oppressed people will, without a doubt, be disappointed by the results. But where will we go from there? How will we channel our righteous rage and frustration into action? These are the questions we will take up as we honor the brave young people, communities and organizers who have confronted power and are claiming the future.
Regardless of who becomes the next president of the United States, we know that the truth remains: So long as the U.S. has the ability to terrorize Black and Brown people at home and abroad, so long as workers can barely afford to live, so long as LGBTQ people and women are under attack, so long as the politicians, bosses and bankers rule our lives, we must fight, fight, fight!
If you are interested in learning about and discussing why we must keep fighting for socialism, join Workers World Party at the Malcolm X & Betty Shabazz Center in New York City — the historical site of the Audubon Ballroom, where Malcolm X was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965.
The annual WWP National Conference will convene revolutionaries and organizers from the frontlines of struggles, from Black Lives Matter to Palestine Solidarity, from anti-war to Fight for $15, from the LGBTQ struggle to women’s liberation and immigrants’ rights.
We lift up the struggles that need solidarity, not only here in the U.S. but also around the world — to end the blockade still on Cuba, end U.S. war aggression in Syria, stop the subversion of Venezuela, and show solidarity with migrants to the U.S. and the European Union. We lift up the banners of internationalism and socialist unity to build toward a revolution that will liberate all workers and oppressed people.
We choose ourselves — not the warmonger Hillary Clinton who called Black youths “predators,” not the hate-mongering billionaire Donald Trump who nurtures Klan and Nazi types. We choose solidarity — not the state’s tools of division, not the comfort of isolation.
We choose the movement — not the lies of the election, not the idea that the powers that be will fall on their own. We choose a path to revolution — not the lure of a softer, kinder capitalism, not another day of chains and cages. Let us continue to build the movement against capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia and more!
Black Lives Matter! Defend Native sovereignty! Abolish the police! Smash capitalism! LGBTQ liberation now! End women’s oppression! Free Palestine! The working class has no borders!
https://www.facebook.com/mooreheadlilly2016

Madison, November 10: Storm the Capital. Make Trump Hear Our Voices.
First, we must start by recognizing that we are on Ho Chunk Land.
We will be meeting on Thursday, November 10, at 7pm at the top of Bascom hill to march to the Capitol steps. In between, there will be stops allowing campus and community leaders to speak about issues covered during the Trump’s campaign and call out for the rights of marginalized communities both in Wisconsin and this country to be upheld regardless of the next four years. Resources and power have to be shifted to create the changes we seek behind the following issues:
-Black Lives Matter
-Sexual Assault
-Female Reproductive Rights
-Transgender and LGBTQ+ Rights
-Immigration Policy
-Environmental Protection
-Wealth Inequity
Our fight is not just limited to the issues listed. In order for us to solve these inequities, we have to first acknowledge that they exist; then, we have to see the intersectionality of our oppressions. Finally, we must shift resources and power to create the changes we seek by focusing on poor, black and brown people. We also need to be recognizing that there are campus and community organizations that have been fighting for these issues long before this election. After this rally, get involved with them. That’s one way to make real change.
