http://tinyurl.com/aeml4e6

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For Immediate Release
February 21, 2013
Contact Name: Hanalei Ramos
Contact Information: j4gisfilipinoworkers@gmail.com, 347 829 9802

Media Release: http://tinyurl.com/an9w6fs

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Rallied neighborhoods, picketed banks, blocked Dumpsters, packed courtrooms

Metro Times (Detroit) article: http://tinyurl.com/awdfr8z

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Flyer: http://tinyurl.com/ad2zgyv

http://peoplespowerassemblies.org/

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https://twitter.com/WWPDetroit

http://www.workers.org/

African American History Month Commemoration 2013

Saturday, February 23, 2013, 5-8 p.m.

5920 Second Ave. at Antoinette, Detroit — North of Wayne State University Campus

Dinner providing African American cuisine will be served

Speakers: Abayomi Azikiwe, PANW Editor and Tachae Davis, WW Youth Fraction, Chair: Debbie Johnson, Workers World Party, Detroit Branch

Sponsors: WWP Detroit and the Harriet Tubman School

Contact: (313) 671-3715

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African American History Month Program Commemorates 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

150 years ago in 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by the-then President Abraham Lincoln. The document did not end slavery or the Civil War (1861-1865) that was raging at the time. Despite claims from the corporate media and revisionist historical accounts, the system of slavery was destroyed by the revolts of enslaved Africans, their participation in the Civil War on the side of the Union forces and the contributions to these efforts by genuine abolitionists.

Come out to a public program honoring African American History Month where a revolutionary perspective will be shared on the actual developments that led to the overthrow of the system of slavery and the Union victory against the slave-holding Confederacy in 1865. Also the role of Africans in the attempted Reconstruction of democracy in the United States after the end of slavery and the Civil War as well as the struggle for self-determination and full-equality for the former enslaved population will be examined.

Speakers for this event will be Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire and a contributing editor for Workers World newspaper, and Tachae Davis of the Workers World Youth Fraction and a contributing writer to Can’t Jail the Revolution blog. Debbie Johnson, a veteran organizer for Workers World Detroit branch, will chair this educational meeting.

This event is open to the general public. A dinner featuring African American cuisine will be served.

Donations will be accepted for this event but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

http://tinyurl.com/b2mrpkg

Demand the Release of Samer Issawi

Call-In Day Weds. 2/20/13
9:00AM – 5:00PM EST

After 211 days on hunger strike, the Israeli kangaroo court rejected the release of Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi today during his “emergency” hearing. Issawi will remain behind bars until his next scheduled hearing on March 14, 2013. Issawi’s mother Um Ra’fat collapsed during the court decision. The Israelis are clearly waiting for him to die. After the court hearing, 800 Palestinian inmates also went on hunger strike to show solidarity with the other prisoners already on hunger strike. It’s time for all Palestinian activists around the world that have been daily supporting the prisoners to step up our actions.

We call for all activists, especially those in the U.S., to call President Obama and the State Department on Wednesday 2/20/13 to take action.

“My name is _____ from __________ and I demand that the US administration intervene for the immediate release of Samer Issawi, the other hungers strikers, and all the administrative detainees and Palestinian political prisoners including the children.”

1) Call President Obama at 1-202-456-1111

2) Call US Secretary of State John Kerry at 1-202-647-4000 or the Office of Near East Affairs at 1-202-647-7209

There will also be a campaign on Twitter, as there has been for multiple days, at 1PM CST to demand the release of Samer Issawi. Check @samerissawi1 for the hashtag to use.

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Sign the petition against Boeing

http://www.antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com/

Living Under Drones: http://livingunderdrones.org/report/

Article: “Spy & Killer Drones: Why We Must Stop Them:” http://tinyurl.com/axsado6

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http://tinyurl.com/amttyck

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http://venezuelanalysis.com/

Letter from Fidel Castro to Hugo Chavez upon Chavez’s Departure from Cuba: http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/7823

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http://www.iacenter.org/cuba/cuba-dc021713/

Flyer: http://tinyurl.com/b6sx5er

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