Feb 4 No War On Iran: Protests in Green Bay, Milwaukee & Racine

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International Day of Action Feb. 4, 2012

Actions in over 48 cities and growing

NO WAR, NO SANCTIONS, NO ASSASSINATIONS and NO INTERVENTION

The demonstrations have been called by a broad spectrum of U.S. based antiwar organizations and have invited anti-war forces in other countries to join and make this a GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION!

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Wisconsin Protests:

GREEN BAY

http://www.facebook.com/events/200343226728984/?ref=ts

12 noon outside Lambeau Field

1 p.m. march down towards the Army Recruiting Offices on South Oneida

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MILWAUKEE

http://www.facebook.com/events/124954187625910/

11:15 a.m. press conference at Peace Action, 1001 E. Keefe

12 noon E. Capitol Dr. Bridge, Just East of E. Capitol Dr. and N. Humboldt. Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

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RACINE

The Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice will join the National Emergency Demonstrations to Stop the U.S. War Against Iran.

10-11 am, on the NW comer of Highways 20 and 31, Racine

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INFORMATION ON IRAN AND OPPOSING U.S./ISRAELI/NATO WAR THREATS

International Action Center
http://iacenter.org/

Stop War On Iran
http://stopwaroniran.org/

Book: ‘In Defense of Iran,’ by Phil Wilayto
http://www.defendersfje.org/dpi/id12.html

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JOBS & HOUSING NOT RACISM & WAR!!

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Stop Wall Street From Rewriting the Railway Labor Act

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Stop This Radical Threat to Workers’ Rights

Right-wing anti-union members of Congress are attempting to rewrite the Railway Labor Act and change the role of the National Mediation Board without debate or discussion. They have included drastic changes to the law in the FAA Reauthorization bill.

The changes these right-wingers of the 1 percent are seeking would:

  • Make it much harder for airline and railroad workers to hold union representation elections.
  • Threaten airline and railroad workers’ right to a secret ballot during union representation campaigns, allowing for management intimidation and retaliation.
  • Allow airline and railroad management to decertify unions without an election in a merger.

Sign petition here:

http://action.cwa-union.org/c/11/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3541

Feb. 2011 at state capitol in Madison, WI.

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Link

http://www.facebook.com/events/243696679043785/

Info Sheet: https://wibailoutpeople.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/nato_g8_wi_info_sheet.docx

Organizer Planning Meeting to Protest NATO/G8 Summit

Antiwar, student, and labor organizers from around the city of Milwaukee will be meeting on Saturday, Feb. 18, 1 pm, at The Center Street LIbrary (2727 W. Fond du Lac Ave.) for a planning meeting to found a Milwaukee Coalition to protest the NATO/G8 Summit in Chicago this May.

About NATO/G8 Summit (from http://cang8.wordpress.com/):

Next May, 2012 Chicago will host two huge, international summits as leaders of the NATO military alliance and the “G8,” a forum consisting of representatives from eight of the largest industrial economies, will gather here.

The G8 has led the charge for government give-aways to corporations, including banks, and attacks on working people’s living standards. G8 members currently include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Russia. These countries comprise only 14% of the world’s population but 60% of the Gross World Product and more than 70% of the world’s military expenditures.

NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a Cold War relic once designed to meet alleged “Soviet aggression” in Europe and now reconfigured to provide a veneer of international legitimacy to U.S.-led military attacks, often under the guise of humanitarian action, in countries as divergent and far-flung as Libya, Afghanistan, and the former Yugoslavia. These “interventions” often increase already- existing internal violence, impede the work of relief organizations on the ground, violate international law, and provide cover for enhancing the power and influence of Western states at the expense of the beleaguered inhabitants of the targeted countries. Just a portion of the military spending by NATO could save the lives of thousands of people daily who are in desperate need of food, clean water, shelter, and medical care.

A meeting by either of these two notorious organizations would be reason enough for large protests. How much more so now that, in May, 2012, Chicago will see them both meeting in the same city, at the same time, for the first time in over three decades!

Jan. 25, 2012 at the state capitiol in Madison, WI.

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Milwaukee, Feb. 21: ‘Youth and the Criminal Justice System Teach-In,’ with Rev. Luis Barrios

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http://www.facebook.com/events/262696190466511/

Please join us on Feb. 21st at 6:30 pm at Urban Underground as we welcome the new co-director of Pastors for Peace/IFCO, Rev. Luis Barrios, Ph.D., a professor of Psychology, Criminology, Latin American & Latina/o Studies and Ethnic Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice-City University of New York, and a visiting professor at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic. Fr. Barrios is an Associate Priest at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in West Harlem, Manhattan and is a former prisoner of conscience from the School of the America Watch (SOAW) movement.

A native of Puerto Rico, Luis Barros is the author or editor of numerous books in Spanish and English on liberation theology, the impact of US deportations, Gangs in the US, and exploitation at the Haitian/Dominican border, including The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang, and Banished to the Homeland: Dominican Deportees and Their Stories of Exile.

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Dr. Barrios will host a candid conversation with youth and discuss issues around violence. This event is free and open to the public with a focus on high school age young people.

July 2011 Milwaukee at an IFCO/Pastors For Peace caravan stop.

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WI AFL-CIO Tour Begins Feb. 11 in Milwaukee, Ends With March 10 Rally at State Capitol in Madison

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http://www.wisaflcio.org/

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From a WI AFL-CIO Jan. 31, 2012 email:

The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO and community partners are fueling up The Recall Express and hitting the road to talk with Wisconsinites across the state about the local effect of Gov. Walker’s disastrous agenda.

The “Reclaim Wisconsin Tour” will discuss the impact of Gov. Walker’s policies on working people including the loss of family-sustaining jobs, the loss of employment protections and benefits, the continual transfer of wealth to Wisconsin’s 1% and the hammering of quality public services and education.  The Tour will be making stops in Milwaukee, La Crosse, Wausau, Eau Claire, Green Bay, Racine and Madison (see schedule below for dates).

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:  The “Reclaim Wisconsin” Tour will culminate with statewide candlelight vigils on March 9 and a “Reclaim Wisconsin March” in Madison on Saturday, March 10.  These events will mark the one year anniversary of when Gov. Walker and Senate Republicans rammed through the collective bargaining bill illegally in the dead of night.
   

“Reclaim Wisconsin Tour” Schedule

•    Saturday, February 11:  Milwaukee
•    Wednesday, February 15:  La Crosse
•    Wednesday, February 22:  Wausau
•    Thursday, February 23:  Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls
•    Monday, February 27:  Green Bay
•    Monday, March 5:  Racine
•    Friday, March 9:  Madison
•    Saturday March 10:  Reclaim Wisconsin March at the Capitol

In Solidarity,

Phil Neuenfeldt, President

Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer

June 29, 2011 Milwaukee, WI.

June 29, 2011 Milwaukee, WI.

June 29, 2011 Milwaukee, WI.

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