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Help save Lake Superior! Stop Line 5! Water IS Life!

On Jan. 6 the ACOE announced that they would require a “standard individual permit review” and that the public can participate through submitting comments!  But we have to work fast: the public comment period ends on March 7, and we need to get hundreds of comments submitted. Luckily for you, we’ve made it very easy […]

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Washington D.C., January 27, 2022 Emergency Rally – NO WAR WITH RUSSIA OVER UKRAINE!

Washington, D.C.: Emergency rally – NO war with Russia, Jan. 27 We are on the brink of a massive war between the US and Russia—two nuclear-armed states. The time to speak out is now!  President Biden has just ordered 8,500 US troops to be on heightened alert for possible deployment to Eastern Europe, as the […]

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Manitowoc, Wisconsin: January 24, 2022, Library Board Meeting / Feb. 8, 2022 School Board Meeting / Feb. 21, 2022, City Council Meeting – Fight for Public Services, Safety and Equality!

“…If the public sector is destroyed, or the concept is so diminished that it’s meaningless, then there will be no public education to defend. That’s not to say we should ignore the specific importance of defending public education, but rather to emphasize that the attack is occurring in the context of an attack on the […]

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Aafia Siddiqui, Political Prisoner

by Linda Ford – January 19, 2022 The media coverage of the hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas has been predictably hysterical, Islamophobic and inaccurate about Aafia Siddiqui, the apparent political cause of the hostage-taker Malik Faisad Akram.  According to his family in England he has “mental health issues.”  He was “said to have” weapons and explosives.  He was “said […]

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March 4 – April 22, 2022, March Forth to Earth Day! Events Across Wisconsin

Sign-on in support of March Forth to Earth Day! (Mar. 4th – Apr. 22) Help us create a powerful, accessable, covid-cautious, and efficient climate action project in cities and towns across Wisconsin. We’re calling it March Forth to Earth Day. March 4th is the deadline for submitting comments to the DNR regarding their draft Environmental […]

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January 22, 2022: Building Unity’s Sustainable Saturday Night – Supporting Indigenous-led efforts to stop pipelines and other threats to Earth!

Saturday, Jan. 22 – 6:00 pm Sustainable Saturday Night – Supporting Indigenous-led efforts to stop pipelines and other threats to Earth. To register for this Zoom event, visit: tinyurl.com/122RegisterNoPipelines. The event will also be live streamed via Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/buildingunitywi

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The Continuing Struggle for Voting Rights: Detroit MLK Day Opening Remarks

By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared and delivered in part to the 19th Annual MLK Day virtual webinar held in the city of Detroit. The event has been held online for the last two years due to the pandemic and its impact on the city and its environs. This webinar was organized by […]