https://blackagendareport.com/color-economic-anxiety

“Is it time for us to create our own serious credible party and force these two political parties to concede to our demands?”

There are signs that some prominent Democrats are indeed shifting gears and embracing leftist economic initiatives that could satisfy its multi-racial voters, including a federal jobs guarantee. This, and the abject failures of Trump and his administration, may be enough to regain a critical mass of the Democratic base who defected from the party in 2016 as midterms continue. But—as progressive victories in Florida and the Bronx indicate—addressing working class anxiety across race is plausibly the most effective path forward. For some of the Democratic base, the time is ticking to rebuild their confidence, particularly as some liberals are poised to cling to the Clintons’ triangulation playbook and abandon meaningful economic appeals to black constituents.

Alderman Rainey, who steers clear of the Democratic Party machine, hypothesized on the viability of an independent third party: “Is it time for us to create our own serious credible party and force these two political parties to concede to our demands?” he asked. “The way things are currently set up, the Democratic Party just takes us for granted that we’re going to vote for them. The Republicans attempt to just peel us off and disenfranchise us. In order for us to be taken seriously as constituents, I think we have to start a ticket and articulate our demands ourselves. Unless you speak to these solutions, don’t count on our vote.”

The past few decades of conservative economic policy from both parties, and its effects on wealth and income in black industrial cities, may continue to cause disaffection in black voters where Democrats need their support most. Yet, liberal pundits and policy makers assume that it’s white working class voters, not black ones, whom they should lure back. If the Party fixates on whites with economic anxieties, instead of how economic policies have harmed households across races, they are at real risk of losing again.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/panafricanjournal/2018/10/14/pan-african-journal-worldwide-radio-broadcast-1

Listen to the Sat. Oct. 13, 2018 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the charges of voter suppression in the state of Georgia where an African American woman Stacey Abrahms is running for governor; the government in the Republic of Zimbabwe is taking measures to halt the inflationary trend inside the country; the African Union and the United Nations have reaffirmed their support for the peace process in the Republic of South Sudan; and the AU is looking at a program to guarantee healthcare to people on the continent. In the second and third hours we pay tribute to the legendary Ernesto Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution. We look back at media coverage of the Cuban Revolution during the first five years of the transformational process.

2018 National Day of Mourning

49th National Day of Mourning, Cole’s Hill, Plymouth, MA.
Official event organized by UAINE (United American Indians of New England) every year since 1970 on US “thanksgiving” day.

CLOSEmsdf Picket

901 N 9th Street, Milwaukee, 11:30 A.M. – 1 P.M.

Why do we picket?
1. To educate people on the inhumane conditions at MSDF
2. To memorialize the 17 people who have died in MSDF since it opened.
3. To let WI taxpayers know that each day someone spends in MSDF for a crimeless rule violation it costs us $100.84 vs $40 to treat that person in the community where their job, housing & support systems stay secure.
4. Former Governer Tommy Thompson has said building MSDF was a mistake. Its time the state corrects that error.

Please join us during the lunch hour on Oct 20 on the 10th Street side of the courthouse. Respond to this post with your shirt size & we’ll bring you a #CLOSEmsdf shirt.

If you haven’t signed the petition yet yourself, please do here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/its-time-to-close-milwaukee-secure-detention-facility-msdf

Parking is metered or nearby public lots. If you don’t mind walking a couple blocks, its often easier to find free parking on the other side of the freeway.

We’ve been holding down this monthly picket since the spring of 2017. A coalition of Milwaukee organizations have joined up to shut down MSDF. This facility is a building within a building, where captives have no access to fresh air or sunlight. They are triple bunked in lockdown cells for over 20 hours a day. There is no outdoor rec. The facility was built and is run using funds that should be used for diversionary programs to keep people out of jail, instead it’s being used to keep them on supervision under arbitrary and vindictive probation and parole officers.

We are organizing this protest on every 23rd (unless that lands on a weekend, when there’s less foot traffic). The National Religious Campaign Against Torture has called for actions on the 23rd of every month (to bring attention to 23 hour a day lockdowns). http://www.nrcat.org/about-us/take-action-current-legislation/563-together-to-end-solitary

https://tinyurl.com/yafndzyb

Reflections on Five Decades Since the Passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Moratorium NOW! Coalition committed to the realization of housing for all

Alliance Building and Independent Self-Organization

Finally we are committed to building alliances around these important issues. We are willing to work with all honest forces in the struggle for genuine democracy, self-determination and full equality. 

Moreover, the Moratorium NOW! Coalition believes in self-reliance and independent organizational initiatives. We know that the ruling class and their agents are not going to finance our liberation struggle. Hence we have been far more successful in reaching our objectives than those who cannot conduct political work outside the framework of the parameters laid down by the ruling class and its surrogates in government.

Ultimately we want to transform society as a whole to reflect the interests of the majority of working and oppressive people. There must be guarantees related to housing, water rights, environmental justice, education and the right to organize.

Only under these conditions can there be the realization of a just existence for African Americans, people of color and the working class as a whole. 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/

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Author’s Note: This address was delivered at the Wayne State University Labor Studies Center Conference “Workers in Solidarity and Education (WISE)” held on Saturday October 6, 2018 at the Greektown Casino Hotel in downtown Detroit. Azikiwe discussed the role of the Moratorium NOW! Coalition in response to the housing crisis in the city since the Great Recession of a decade ago and its lingering aftermath. The author reviewed the historical legacy of national oppression and class exploitation which are at the base of the crises of housing instability along with other structural issues plaguing municipalities throughout the United States. According to its website: “The Labor Studies Center at Wayne State University has created the WISE conference series that is committed to the teaching and learning of workers through innovative and advanced labor education programs. Our WISE educational events focus on empowering workers by strengthening highly sought after skills including leadership, communication and strategic planning.  WISE@Wayne conferences will also provide the space for workers from various industries, occupations, experiences and backgrounds to connect through common struggles and identify effective strategies that build solidarity and power in their workplaces, unions and communities.” The panel in which Azikiwe spoke was entitled: “Building Bridges: Advancing Social Justice Unionism Through Labor History and Civil Rights Education.”

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Abayomi Azikiwe is the editor of Pan-African News Wire. He is a frequent contributor to Global Research.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/panafricanjournal/2018/10/08/pan-african-journal-special-worldwide-radio-broadcast

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the centenary of the African National Congress (ANC) stalwart Albertina Sisulu; Zimbabwe has put forward an economic development plan in the effort to build the nation towards self-reliance and prosperity; Nigerian President Mahammadu Buhari has been renominated to run for office again in 2019; and African women are responding to the #metoo online movement which originated in the West. In the second hour we look back at the historic speech delivered by Stokely Carmichael (aka Kwame Ture) at the University of California at Berkeley in Oct. 1966 on the-then burgeoning Black Power Movement. In the final hour we hear additional speeches from the 73rd Ordinary Session of the United National General Assembly held last month in New York City. In this episode we listen to the address from President Hassan Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Madison Membership Meeting/ Junta de membresia

810 W Badger Rd., Madison, 2-4 P.M.

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Madison Membership meeting/ Junta de membresía
Sunday, October 14th, 2pm-4pm
Centro Hispano, 810 West Badger Road, Madison, WI 53713

Join Voces as we step up our acts of resistance as ICE escalates its war on immigrants. Help us to organize our community efforts and to mobilize the Latinx vote for the upcoming November 6th elections.

Únase a Voces para discutir como podemos resistir los ataques de ICE contra los inmigrantes. Ayudenos a organizar los esfuerzos comunitarios y para mobilizar el voto latinx en las elecciones del 6 de noviembre.

For more information/Para más información: +1 (608) 960-6818

Confronting anti-immigrant racists in Milwaukee July 19. [Photo: Occupy Riverwest]

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School of Education, 1000 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI 53706, 9:30 A.M. – 4 P.M.

Our mission is to connect current Madison Area educators, future educators, university faculty, and community partners around a shared commitment to social justice education.

We believe that building community between current and future educators is a powerful way to empower the profession and collaborate on new ways to practice social justice in our curriculum and teaching methods. We want a space where committed social justice educators can come together to build upon the work that has already been done, innovate together, and get inspired!

What curriculum and resources are you using to address social issues in your classroom? How are you practicing equity through your teaching methods? We want to hear your ideas!

There will be nine workshops led by educators from the Greater Madison Area. Workshop topics will include:

• Supporting undocumented students and families
• Creating culturally relevant pedagogy for Hmong students
• Building inclusive classrooms for LGBTQ+ youth
• And much more!

TICKETS: https://tinyurl.com/y9ux2wd5

Venezuela Under Siege: Challenges from Within and Without

2200 E Kenwood Blvd., UW-Milwaukee Student Union, Rm. 191, 6:30 P.M.

Free and open to the public

Venezuela Under Siege: Challenges from Within and Without

The Bolivarian Revolution – an inspiration to all progressive peoples of the world – is under the threat of war from the Trump administration. “Venezuela Under Siege” is a national speaking tour, organized by solidarity activists across the United States, to build solidarity with the Venezuelan masses in their struggle for peace, self-determination and socialism.

The speaker of the tour, Steve Ellner, has been a professor at the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela since 1977. Since the Bolivarian Revolution began in 1998, he has become one of the movement’s most prolific defenders and analysts in the English language.

We are honored to host him in Milwaukee, and encourage everyone interested in learning more about the truth of Venezuela to attend.

Event sponsored by Milwaukee FRSO, the Young People’s Resistance Committee, the Latin America Solidarity Committee, Wisconsin Bail Out the People’s Movement, the Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba, Peace Action Wisconsin and Milwaukee County Progressives No Palestine Exception. Venezuela Under Siege: Challenges from Within and Without