http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/727/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10980

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http://blackagendareport.com/content/unac-real-anti-war-movement-belly-beast

UNAC: https://nationalpeaceconference.org/

UNAC delegation in anti-NATO march in Chicago May 20, 2012.

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http://wicuba.wordpress.com/

Featuring young Canadian Metis (Indigenous)
leader Aaron Mercredi!
Plus, see below for a guide to material donations for Caravan! 

Saturday, July 7: at Central United Methodist Church (639 N. 25th St., Milw.):  6:00 pm potluck, 7:00 pm program: Welcome the 22nd Annual Caravan to Cuba as it stops in Milwaukee!  2012 marks 22 years of the caravan’s solidarity with the Cuban people! Every year, Pastors for Peace, along with caravanistas from around the country (and world), embark on a journey to Cuba — without a license — and bring material aid to the Cuban people in an act of civil disobedience against the immoral U.S. blockade.  Our speaker is a journalist and leader of Canada’s First Nation Metis population, Aaron Mercredi (bio below).  Join us for an evening of good food, friends, and music!

For more information to see Cuba by joining the Caravan, welcoming the Caravan during its Milwaukee stop, and for a list of how and what to donate, click here (or call 414-273-1040)!
Caravan to Cuba’s special guest speaker for July 7 event — Aaron Mercredi:  Aaron Mercredi is a young Metis social justice organizer and journalist based in Vancouver BC, Canada. He is a founding member of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) and the Indigenous Rights and Action Project (IRAP). He has travelled to Cuba six times as part of the Caravan, as well as part of the Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade and international conferences. Aaron is an Editorial Board member of the Fire This Time Newspaper and a radio host with Kla How Ya FM on Vancouver Co-Op Radio, where he has covered extensively issues of indigenous self-determination and solidarity with Cuba.  Meet him on July 7th!

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Emergency Protest Against the Growing Threat of War
June 27th, 5pm,
Federal Building, 125 S State St Salt Lake City Ut.

Hands Off Syria and Iran!

End the Drone Wars!

We Need Jobs, Education and Healthcare, Not Endless War!
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The growing threats of war against Syria are alarming. Recently, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Russia not to get in the way of US backed efforts to force out the government of President Assad. The corporate media is making every effort to overwhelm us with calls for another “Humanitarian War”. The drum beat of aggression against Iran grows daily as well. The coup by the U.S. funded and trained Egyptian military, overturning the first popularly elected government in recent history is another ominous warning. The threat of new war is real while US drone attacks are an expanding form of anonymous war.

During the period from June 23 through July 1, there will be demonstrations, vigils and forum around the country to protest the growing threats of war.

We will be gathering to picket in solidarity with actions around the United States. Please bring signs and as many friends as possible! There will also be opportunities to share your opinions.

August 2010 Detroit.

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Community-Labor United for Postal Jobs & Services (clupjs.com) 917-402-4755

Cars, buses and vans of labor and community activists will form a Caravan to Washington, DC, in the early hours of Thursday, June 28, to join a mushrooming national hunger strike to save postal services and jobs.

The nationally organized hunger strike was initiated by Community and Postal Workers United, spearheaded by postal workers in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Denver, Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Jersey and New York. (See CPWUnited.com.)

The caravan will start at 4 am in Newburgh, NY, where hunger striker and Mid-Hudson APWU President Debbie Szeredy will lead a delegation of postal workers and community leaders heading to DC. Debbie will explain the hunger strike and the fight to save the post office.

Next stop will be the James A. Farley General Post Office in New York City, at 8^th Avenue & 33^rd Street. A 6 am support rally and send-off is planned by Community-Labor United for Postal Jobs & Services (CLUPJS.com), with support from the National Conference of Black Trade Unionists, a coalition of public sector unionists from APWU, NALC, AFSCME District Council 37, the Transport Workers Union Local 100, United Federation of Teachers, and SEIU District 1199. Other participants include the South Bronx Community Congress, Parents to Improve School Transportation, and the Chelsea Tenants Council. Some of these groups will have delegations joining the caravan to DC.

A Newark, NJ rally will take place at 7:30 am, hosted by the People’s Organization for Progress (POP), with members of the APWU, Mail Handlers and Letter Carriers.

The caravan will roll into Philadelphia at 9:30, for a rally organized by postal workers, longshore workers, Occupy Philadelphia, and other groups.

The caravan’s last stop before entering Washington will be in Baltimore, at 10:30 am. The Baltimore All-People’s Congress will hold a press conference and send-off rally, together with community and labor leaders and organizers.

On arrival in Washington, the caravanistas will join a national press conference of Hunger Strikers and their supporters, and help launch two days of protest and civil disobedience aimed at US Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, and his rightwing supporters in Congress.

August 23, 2010 Detroit.

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http://www.facebook.com/events/151446988324640/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

No U.S./NATO war vs Syria and Iran.

Demonstrate at the Federal Building

6th & Market.
Wednesday, June 27 from 4:30 to 6pm

Demands include:

· Hands Off Syria and Iran!

· End the Drone Wars!

·We Need Jobs, Education and Healthcare, Not Endless War!

Endorsers to date:

Philadelphia International Action Center
Socialist Action
Brandywine Peace Community
PRAWN
Workers World Party (Philadelphia)

(please forward widely)

Proposal from UNAC on growing war crisis.

The growing threats of war against Syria this week are alarming. Just yesterday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Russia not to get in the way of US backed efforts to force out the government of President Assad. The corporate media is making every effort to overwhelm us with calls for another “Humanitarian War”. The drum beat of aggression against Iran grows daily as well. The coup by the U.S. funded and trained Egyptian military, overturning the first popularly elected government in recent history is another ominous warning. The threat of new war is real while US drone attacks are an expanding form of anonymous war.

The last week of June is designated for days of resistance to the war drive. Protests will be taking place in cities in many U.S. cities.

For more information: 215-724-1618; UNACpeace@gmail.com; phillyiac@peoplesmail.net

https://nationalpeaceconference.org/

Banner at anti-NATO protest May 20, 2012 in Chicago.

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Sisters and Brothers,

First off, this is really short notice, and I’m sorry for that. But I’m Bessie Hervey and I used to be union janitor 875 E. Wisconsin Ave. until Stewart Wangard, the rich downtown building owner, fired our union cleaning company to hire contractors that pay poverty wages. Unfortunately for Wangard, 4 champion county supervisors stand for worker’s rights and are letting him know in a serious way.

The Committee on Economic and Community Development voted 4-3 last week to delay a revised development agreement at Park East Square for one month. The agreement would name Stewart Wangard as the lead partner on the project, and was held up to send a message to him about good hiring practices. Unfortunately, Wangard and his wealthy pals were able to pressure the Committee to meet again on June 26 to revisit the issue and hold a second vote. This could mean that the county would be willing to let this greedy, union-busting, multi-million dollar financier expand in the downtown area and run amok.

If you live in Milwaukee county, mail the the key voting member of the Committee on Economic and Community Development today. Supervisor Michael Mayo supported the delay and we need to tell him to continue to stand up for workers, not for the interests of the one percent!

Signed,

Bessie Hervey,
One of the Milwaukee 12
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-for-the-Milwaukee-12/133346146783818

Fired janitors and supporters march on Wangard Dec. 1, 2011.

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Press Release by Voces de la Frontera: http://vdlf.org/about/media/press_releases.php?pid=157

July 29, 2010, Detroit.

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Teamster Member & Family Face Illegal Eviction

Fill the Courtroom at 27th District Court, Wyandotte
(2015 Biddle Avenue in Wyandotte)

Friday, June 29, at 8:30 am

Ken Greene’s parents bought their home in Wyandotte more than 70 years ago.  Ken and his wife became owners 30 years ago and raised their family in the home; his wife passed there.  Ken’s son is an active-duty Marine who is home on leave before assignment overseas.  This is his home.

Now Chase Bank and Freddie Mac are attempting to foreclose and evict Mr. Greene.   Ken Greene refinanced with Chase years ago and made his payment each month until 2008, when the financial crash caused by Chase and other big banks brought the economy down. Ken Greene lost his job but used his savings to make reduced monthly payments.  He continued to look for a job while contacting  Chase to work on a loan modification.

Ken thought his problems were solved when he found a new job, but Chase had never bothered to tell him that they were proceeding to foreclosure and sheriff’s sale. State law requires the bank to inform borrowers of their right to be reviewed for loan modification, but Chase neglected this obligation and failed to carry out the legally required review.  Mr. Greene had no idea that his home had gone to sheriff’s sale.

In the Spring of 2010, Freddie Mac paid Chase the full value of the loan using our tax dollars, and then late in the year began court proceedings to evict Ken Greene from his home.  Mr. Greene fought the eviction in Wyandotte District Court, and the Court agreed that Chase and Freddie Mac had failed to provide Mr. Greene with the required notices and an opportunity to be reviewed for loan modification.  In the spring of 2011, the parties agreed to dismissal of the complaint, and Freddie Mac and Chase agreed to review Ken Greene for a loan modification.

Ken Greene works full time as a truck driver for the City of Detroit. As a member of the Teamsters Union, he has received regular raises on his job and can afford to make a modified payment on his loan. On six different occasions over the last year, he has provided all requested information to Chase Bank for the modification review, but Chase Bank informed Mr. Greene a few weeks ago that he did not qualify because the “investor” who had purchased the home did not participate in loan modifications!  Mr. Greene wouldn’t qualify anyway, according to Chase.  The bank refused to identify the investor and will not divulge the calculations that would disqualify Mr. Greene— even though the law requires that they do so.

Now Chase Bank and Freddie Mac have moved to reinstate the foreclosure and to evict Mr. Greene from his home.  Mr. Greene and his supporters say NO!  Join us at the eviction hearing this Friday, June 29, at 27th District Court in Wyandotte.  We are demanding that the sheriff’s sale be set aside and that Chase Bank obey the law and provide Mr. Greene and his family with proper notices, a loan modification review, and a loan modification which will allow Mr. Green and his family to stay in their home.

Join the fight.  Solidarity and Mutual Aid are our watchwords. Contact us at DetroitEvictionDefense@gmail.com.   We meet every Thursday at 6 pm at 5900 Michigan Ave. in Detroit.  Come to our meetings and help build the movement to stop all foreclosures and evictions and to take back our homes, our neighborhoods and our communities.

Sign the petition supporting HR 4848, which calls for a MORATORIUM on FORECLOSURES for THREE YEARS; http://nationalmoratorium.org/

The Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions, and Utility Shutoffs is open to all those who want to fight for a moratorium on foreclosures, evictions, layoffs, and utility shutoffs.  We meet every Monday, 7 PM, at 5920 Second Ave., Detroit.

web: www.moratorium-mi.org

Reply to: moratorium@moratorium-mi.org

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