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By Linn Washington

The recent release of three inmates from prisons in Pennsylvania persons considered political prisoners by many worldwide is a poignant reminder of how the costs of injustice ravage not just those directly targeted for persecution but also the taxpayers who pay for that persecution.

The 40-years of unjust, revenge-driven imprisonment endured by this trio imposed incalculable emotional/physical costs on their lives. Further, that imprisonment cost Pennsylvania taxpayers millions of dollars.

A vivid example of wasted tax revenue is the fact that while each member of this trio was eligible for parole in 2008, the Pennsylvania Parole Board employed specious excuses (persecution) to continue their expensive imprisonment until their release on parole in late Spring 2019.

That trio’s cost of incarceration for just that 11-year span between their parole eligibility and their actual parole release totaled more than $2-million, based on Pennsylvania Department of Corrections data for the per inmate/per year costs….

Consider that Pennsylvania Parole Board members once denied one member of this trio parole demanding that MOVE member take an anger management class despite the fact that this inmate had taken anger management classes, was certified as an anger management instructor and was conducting anger management classes for other inmates with the approval of prison authorities.

This trio is: Janet Africa, Janine Africa and Eddie Africa.

These three, now in their mid-to-late 60’s, are members of MOVE, the Philadelphia-based radical back-to-nature organization. (All MOVE members take the common last name of Africa….)

Crusaders Of Justicia

Emergency Action!!

In response to the announced raids on immigrant workers by the federal government, Crusaders Of Justicia calls on all exploited workers and their supporters to go on a 7 day strike beginning at 7:00 PM Friday night. We also call on all human rights defenders to avoid purchases and other spending during the strike.

For their own protection, Crusaders advises all workers to avoid any work places with undocumented workers to avoid being exposed to dangerous and potentially violent enforcement actions.

The announced enforcement actions will tear apart thousands of families and will create thousands of orphaned children, both immigrants and US citizens. The strike is timed to begin during the Lights For Liberty actions being held throughout the nation to defend the human rights of immigrants.

Please re-post and forward this call to action to all groups and friends who care about protecting human rights.

Crusaders Of Justicia asks all immigrant and human rights organizations to call on their members to join in the strike/boycott. Organizations who are unable are to officially participate are encouraged to re-post and forward Crusaders’ emails and posts about the strike.

www.CrusadersOfJusticia.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/465955037539721/

Crusaders Of Justicia is a new group formed to fight for justice by the rapidly increasing number of exploited families in the United States. In order to increase the impact for change we believe it is essential to unite the fights of all people under the current administration. We will demand change by taking meaningful actions such as boycotts, strikes, protests and other actions.

Our mission is to mobilize exploited families and their allies to fight for justice. We will target fundamental issues impacting our communities, not just symptoms.

Crusaders of Justicia members and friends at May Day 2019 in Madison, WI 

Photo: WI BOPM

https://www.lightsforliberty.org/localevents

WI BOPM PLACARD AND FLYER FOR PRINT OUT AND DISTRIBUTION:

NO CAGES NO WALLS SHUT DOWN CAMPS wi bopm placard 7 12 19

WI BOPM Half Sheet MONEY FOR CITIES NOT CAGES 7 12 19

WI – APPLETON – FOX VALLEY

WI – ASHLAND

WI – EAU CLAIRE

WI – FORT ATKINSON

WI – HAYWARD

WI – KENOSHA

WI – LA CROSSE

WI – MADISON

WI – MILWAUKEE

WI – MINOQUA

WI – OSHKOSK

WI – POLK COUNTY

WI – VIROQUA

WI – WAUWATOSA

WI – WAUSAU

WI – WHITEWATER

WI – WISCONSIN RAPIDS

WI BOPM PLACARD AND FLYER FOR PRINT OUT AND DISTRIBUTION:

NO CAGES NO WALLS SHUT DOWN CAMPS wi bopm placard 7 12 19

WI BOPM Half Sheet MONEY FOR CITIES NOT CAGES 7 12 19

Milwaukee Rally For Reproductive Access

Dontre Hamilton (Red Arrow) Park, 920 N Water Street, Milwaukee, 2-3 P.M.

What is Access Fest? In a city that loves festivals, a reoccurring and traveling festival has been formed. Access Fest is a connective gathering to mobilize folks who want to plug into the work ahead to protect and expand access to a spectrum of reproductive healthcare – from free, legal, and medically provided abortion on demand, to supported and safe conditions to conceive, birth and raise healthy children.

Our inaugural gathering will be Sunday, July 14th at 2pm in Red Arrow Park, to display opposition to a hate group ascending onto Wisconsin, OPERATION SAVE AMERICA (OSA). We have joined up with the Abortion Access Front to counter OSA as they invade Milwaukee JULY 13-20 and we need to rally together to let them know their messages of intolerance are not welcome in Wisconsin. Check out garbagefyrefest.com for a week of events to follow the Sunday rally.

“OPERATION SAVE AMERICA IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL HATE GROUPS IN AMERICA. Each July, hundreds of OSA members from around the country gather in a specific city to spend a week disrupting a community with massive public parades and rallies promoting their anti-choice, anti LGBTQ, and anti- immigrant messages. Their vile imagery and chants of intolerance have inspired progressive activists from Wisconsin and around the country to gather and counter their bigotry and misogyny. Through direct actions, comedy and burlesque shows, we want to put out the Garbage Fyre with messages of love and inclusion.”

Join us as we rally against conservative attacks on abortion rights and reproductive healthcare access and show them that we are an unyielding force in Wisconsin.

RSVP here:

Milwaukee Rally For Reproductive Access

https://www.garbagefyrefest.com/events/

The Garbage Fyre Festival is what we are dubbing the week long hate fest put on by OPERATION SAVE AMERICA(OSA).  OSA is invading Milwaukee JULY 13-20 and we need to rally together to let them know their messages of intolerance are not welcome in Wisconsin.

OPERATION SAVE AMERICA IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL HATE GROUPS IN AMERICA.

Each July, hundreds of OSA members from around the country gather in a specific city to spend a week disrupting a community with massive public parades and rallies promoting their anti-choice, anti LGBTQ, and anti- immigrant messages. Their vile imagery and chants of intolerance have inspired progressive activists from Wisconsin and around the country to gather and counter their bigotry and misogyny. Through direct actions, comedy and burlesque shows, we want to put out the Garbage Fyre with messages of love and inclusion. Click our Take Action tab to sign up to get more info and join us!

EVENTS, https://www.garbagefyrefest.com/events/:

Drag Queen Story Hour: My Body, My Choice @ River West Public Housing Cooperative, Jul 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Milwaukee Rally For Reproductive Access @ Red Arrow Park, Jul 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

WI Stands Up for Abortion Access and Stands Strong Against Hate! @ Wisconsin State Capitol, Jul 18 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

The Abortion AF Tour Comedy – Milwaukee @ Underground Collaborative Tickets  Jul 19 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

The Abortion AF Tour Comedy – Madison @ High Noon Saloon Tickets  Jul 20 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

4 P.M., Congregation of the Great Spirit, 10th & Lapham, Milwaukee 

Water Walk for the September 20, 2019 Global Strike for the Climate

Sponsored by the: End The Wars Coalition.

July 13: National & Greenfield

July 20: Capitol & Oakland

July 27: Locust & King

August 3: Howell & Howard

August 10: North & Sherman

August 17: Lincoln Memorial & Michigan

August 24: 92nd & North

August 31: Lincoln Memorial & Lafayette Hill

End the Wars Coalition meetings, 3rd Wednesdays of each month. Next meeting July 17, 2019 @ 7 P.M., 1001 E Keefe Avenue 

January 26, 2019 “Stand For Peace!” on MLK and North Avenues, Milwaukee

Photo: WI BOPM

https://radicaledcollective.wordpress.com/

This spring, the Chicago Teachers Union Executive Board and House of Delegates each unanimously passed a resolution condemning Donald Trump and U.S. intervention in Venezuela.  Resources that never seemed to find their way to our classrooms are being used to intervene in the democratic processes of other countries instead.

This blog represents the members delegation of the Chicago Teacher’s Union that are currently in Venezuela to learn from educators and activists on the ground. The rest of this week, we will be reporting on what we learn and see while we are here. We are being aided by Dozthor Zurlent (Educator) and Miguel Ángel Nuñez (Facilitator) from the Education Ministry of Venezuela.

We especially want to thank Financial Secretary, Maria Moreno, and former Recording Secretary, Michael Brunson, for drafting and bringing the resolution to the executive board. You can read and download a copy of the resolution at the link below:

WI Stands Up for Abortion Access and Stands Strong Against Hate!

11 A.M., Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison

Anti-abortion extremist hate group “Operation Save America” is spending the week of July 13-20th in Milwaukee to terrorize the independent abortion provider in town, and they are traveling to Madison on July 18th to meet with WI lawmakers about turning the state into the next Alabama. They’ll also be promoting their anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Islam, anti-immigrant garbage throughout the city.

Join WI lawmakers and community based organizations for a press conference and rally to let OSA that their bigoted agenda is NOT welcome in Wisconsin! Together, let’s lift up WI’s ACTUAL values, including abortion access, as we promote the Abortion Access Protection Act in the WI state legislature.

Come out! Bring signs! Get loud!
We’ll be on the steps at the corner of Mifflin, State and Carroll.

Confirmed speakers and participating groups include WI State Representative Lisa Subeck, Wisconsin State Representative Shelia Stubbs, Satya for Madison, Abortion Access Front, Madison NOW – National Organization for Women, Madison Abortion Defense, One Wisconsin Now, Indivisible Madison, Democratic Socialists of America – Madison and many more to come!

This event is part of Abortion Access Front’s Garbage Fyre Festival. We are a coalition of local and national activist groups, churches, and performers who have planned daily fun and joyful direct actions to counter OSA’s messages of intolerance with messages of support and love that will drown out their bigotry. Learn more and sign up at https://www.garbagefyrefest.com.