Milwaukee IWW

Hosted by Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and The Wisconsin Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival

1123 Center Street, Racine, 6-8:30 P.M. 

RSVP today and join the Wisconsin Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and National Co-Chairs Rev. Drs. Barber and Theoharis as we hold a Poor People’s Hearing in Racine, WI to lift up the voices of the poor, directly impacted, and faith leaders, to demand that our nation’s elected officials take action to fight systemic racism, poverty, the war economy and militarism, ecological devastation, and our nation’s distorted moral narrative of Christian nationalism.

October 17, 2018
6:00 p.m.
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church
1123 Center St., Racine, WI 53403

In this electoral season, politicians will be forces to listen to those who have been traditionally left out of the electoral process in this country; they will learn about the power of a new and unsettling force that is organizing across this country, and they will hear our demands!

We will not let another election cycle go by where politicians can run for office without talking out systemic racism, including voter suppression the attacks on immigrant and native communities, and the mass criminalization and incarceration of our communities; without talking about systemic poverty and the necessity of programs of social uplift; without talking about the war economy and ecological devastation that are blighting our people and the places we live; without talking about the distorted moral narrative that ignores the needs of the people.

Click here to reserve your seat:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/wi-poor-peoples-hearing/

Milwaukee Turners “Color of Law” discussion group

Art Build for Southeastern WI People’s Climate March

Hosted by Clean Power Coalition – Southeast Wisconsin and Sierra Club Southeast Gateway Group

We’re meeting this Thursday night to work on banners, posters, and other visual displays for next Saturday’s Southeast Wisconsin’s Peoples Climate March. Bring some paint and a brush or two if you have them. It will be fun…..

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Listen to the Sun. Sept. 3, 2018 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. Our program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the ongoing Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) being held in Beijing; South Africa has been the scene of an explosion near a munitions factory; Uganda Member of Parliament Bobbi Wine has delivered a statement claiming he was tortured by the security forces; and Britain has pledged funds for the continuation of the AMISOM mission in Somalia. In the second hour we will listen to a rebroadcast of an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe aired over KPFA radio in Berkeley, California over the Africa Today program. Finally we look back on more than two weeks of commemoration surrounding the transition of Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin.

On this week’s show: Part 1 of Chris Garlock’s interview with Jeremy Brecher, the historian, documentary filmmaker, activist, and author of books on labor and social movements, including the classic “Strike!”
Patrick Dixon talks with history professor Sarah Rose about the Americans with Disabilities Act and the complex history of disability and work.
Jordan Biscardo, communications director at the Seafarers Union, tells us about the 1946 general strike that shut down the U.S. maritime industry.
And our labor history Object of the Week is the cover of the September 1949 edition of The American Federationist, depicting the first Labor Day march.

Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com

Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock.
Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services unionist.com/

This week’s music:
There is Power in a Union by The Street Dogs
youtu.be/cehLiGxguQI

Hosted by Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association and Riverwest Public House Cooperative

815 E Locust Street, Milwaukee, 4 P.M.

We love working in Milwaukee Public Schools, but know our days are also challenging and stressful. That’s why Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association (MTEA) welcomes all MPS educators and education workers to the Riverwest Public House Cooperative for “Fight Back Friday.” This event will be held on the first Friday of every month from 4pm to 6pm, and will offer local educators and education workers a space to connect, rejuvenate, and advocate for our students and profession.

Every month we will feature a different activity or speaker to keep the event fresh. Come and join others fighting to make our public schools the best possible place for our students.

We will be discussing a submission process to create a new logo for the event at our first event so come and enjoy a beverage (Public House will offer a drink special), catch up on union and public education advocacy, and meet other awesome MPS folks! This event is free and open to the public.

Southeast Wisconsin People’s Climate March

Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice
2018 People’s Climate Rally and March
Southeast Wisconsin

On September 8th, after months of organizing and movement-building, the Peoples Climate Movement will bring tens of thousands of people across the country together and into the streets to demand bold action on climate, jobs, and justice. Those demands will determine the future of our movement – and our world – for years to come.

The theme for this year’s day of action is “Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice.” It will take place on September 8th, which is four days before the Global Climate Action Summit and will help build support for bold, equitable, and justice-oriented climate action.

Issues this march will focus on:
100% clean energy
Public Safety
Police Accountability
Water quality
Lead pipes
Public education
Economic disparities
Get We Energies to go Coal-Free
Healthy communities Voter registration
Transit access
JobLines
Oil trains
Militarization of America
Ensuring FoxConn is environmentally-friendly
Just solar
Renewable energy
Just transition
Healthy planet

Details:
We’ll meet at Zeidler Park where we will rally and hear from powerful speakers and then march to City Hall, where we do an action there and back for voter registration.

Join us in Milwaukee, and sign up to volunteer here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeq7VnJEPW5-tSjlqHvmKHpxzfB176Q1W6pJpjYYWYh0TqsA/viewform