Hosted by SWS Chicago

E 67th Street & S Greenwood Avenue, 11 A.M. – 1 P.M.

Every year, the Sons of Confederate Veterans hold a memorial service to honor the Confederate soldiers who died at Camp Douglas. They have this service at the confederate mound in Oak Woods Cemetery, on the grounds where Ida B Wells is buried and only blocks from Emmett Till Rd.

This year let’s show up to stand against this white supremacist gathering! Meet outside the cemetery entrance at 67th and Greenwood.

Hosted by SWS Chicago

https://revolucionalimentaria.org/2018/04/09/urgent-call-for-solidarity-delegation-to-venezuela-may-16-24-2018/

What’s going on right now in Venezuela? Come see for yourself by connecting with the grassroots movements at the heart of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution.

The Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York invites historians, artists, videographers, writers, political analysts, and other activists who sympathize with the Bolivarian Revolution to join a delegation to Caracas, Venezuela this coming May. Witness: the struggle of the Venezuelan people in the framework of one of the most critical presidential elections for the survival of the Bolivarian revolution and in the midst of an economic warfare and multiple economic sanctions imposed by Donald Trump’ administration. come and see for yourselves the reality of the country learn that there is no humanitarian crisis but an economic war led by the United States and its allies in the region.

Come see by yourself communities organizing themselves in the face of manufactured food shortages to grow and distribute their own food participatory democracy in action through community councils, ‘comunas’ and other forms of citizen organization community-run art, media, education, health and nutrition efforts alternative markets and fairs featuring homemade products and agroecologically produced foods parks, natural areas, historic sites, and other reclaimed public spaces.

Come see the real “threat” posed by Venezuela – as living proof that another world indeed is possible. As the Venezuelan people assert, “Venezuela is not a threat – we are hope!”

When: May 16-24, 2018

Tentative itinerary: Start and end in Caracas; visits to the states of Miranda and Aragua.

Cost for activities: $900. This will cover all lodging, all ground transportation, 2 meals per day, qualified trip leaders, and Spanish-English interpretation. Additional expenses during the trip will be minimal. Airfare not included. Sponsored by the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York

For more information: cbalbertolovera@gmail.com

Some important articles:

UN Independent Expert: Venezuela Sanctions Must be Terminated and Economic War Must End

Venezuela Raises the Minimum Wage. “It’s an Offense” Says the ILO, It Goes against the Rights of Corporations

UN Human Rights Council Condemns Sanctions Against Venezuela

High-profile activists slam U.S., Canadian sanctions on Venezuela

Venezuelan Opposition Protests Proposed UN Electoral Observer Mission

War Preparations Against Venezuela as Election Nears

Send your events and actions to us at samidoun@samidoun.net, on Facebook, or use the form to tell us about your actions in response to the Land Day Massacre and for Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. We will be publishing an international list of events and actions that will be regularly updated. See the list of events.

Hosted by UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine

716 Langdon Street, Multicultural Student Center, UW-Madison, 7-9 P.M. 

Join UW SJP in welcoming the International Solidarity Movement, who are on their North American tour informing Americans about the situation in Palestine.

“In 2002, the International Solidarity Movement grabbed world attention by bringing volunteers from around the world to defend Palestine through nonviolent resistance. They stayed with resistance fighters trapped under siege in the Nativity Church in Bethlehem. They brought medical supplies to the besieged Palestinians in the ancient Nablus Casbah. They documented and filmed the destruction and mass killing of Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp. In 2002 and 2003, thousands participated at their own expense.
One was Rachel Corrie, who was killed trying to prevent demolition of a home in Gaza. Another was Tom Hurndall, killed by a shot to the head. ISM has operated continuously since then, serving at the request of the Palestinian community through participation in Palestinian nonviolent resistance. In 2009, 2012 and 2014, ISM volunteers were with the Palestinian people in Gaza, reporting the Israeli invasion and helping in the hospitals, clinics and schools that were attacked even as they served the refugees.”

The ISM speakers that will be speaking are Joe Catron and Islam Marqa

Voices of the Palestinian Resistance

http://uwm.edu/clacs/public-engagement/film-series/40th-annual-latin-american-film-series-2018/

UWM Union Theatre
2200 East Kenwood Boulevard

Free Admission

All films will be shown in their original language with English subtitles. Films are not rated; many include adult content. For more information please call the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at (414) 229-5986.

Hosted by Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association

5225 W Vliet Street, Milwaukee Public Schools, 5-8 P.M. 

We just finished our meet and confer session with MPS Administration to find out if they got the message at Thursday night’s school board meeting. Hundreds of our members delivered over 3,000 time petitions and loudly demanded more from MPS administration. They aren’t listening!

Rather than listen to educator demands for “Time, Heath, and a Raise,” administration laid out the largest cuts to our healthcare and benefits since Act 10. They also gave a flat “NO” to educator demands for time to better service our students. This means it’s time for educators to take the next step in our plan to win for our students. This district is not broke. We know there are enough good school board members that will use the school district’s resources to help our students. We are resolved to show up and make sure these voices are heard.

On April 10th Administration will officially propose these draconian cuts to the school board. Our members MUST show up and speak out.

We need everyone to wear MTEA green all week, the week after Spring Break.

Schools and Communities United

Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association 

https://www.newsghana.com.gh/viewpoint-50-years-since-the-days-following-the-assassination-of-mlk/

Response to anniversary of martyrdom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. continues to conceal the historical truths

Watching and listening to the 50th anniversary commemorations of the murder of Civil Rights and antiwar leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has been strikingly similar to the decades-long corporate media efforts to minimize and distort his actual legacy.

These efforts to essentially rip Dr. King out of his historical and social context are part and parcel of the overall manipulation of the perceptions surrounding the African American struggles which arose during the post-World War II period of the 1950s and 1960s.

Through every portrayal of the co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), who at the time of his death was a leading proponent of the growing demands to end the Vietnam War while building a Poor People’s Campaign to reverse underdevelopment and social inequality in the United States, Dr. King is reduced to soundbites recounting the final one minute of his April 3, 1968 address at Clayborn Temple in Memphis, which is undoubtedly one of his most outstanding presentations in his public career. The final hour-long speech placed the sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis that attracted King to the southern city within the framework of the worldwide movement to end national oppression and economic exploitation.

These themes ran through all of King’s addresses from early 1967 to the time of his assassination in Memphis. Editorials at the time in leading periodicals denounced the Civil Rights leader for his views on the Vietnam War. He was accused even by some prominent African American spokespersons of abandoning the racial struggle and damaging the realization of equality in the country.

Hosted by Young People’s Resistance Committee

UWM Room 280, 7-9 P.M. 

Grab your tissues and join YPRC as we watch an amazing and emotional documentary about Fidel Castro, Cuba’s beloved revolutionary leader! This film offers insight to the people of Cuba, their support of Fidel, and the revolutionary choices made by his government. The final scene shows the incredible march led by the community honoring Fidel after his death (hence the tissues).

We’ll have free snacks and drinks available and will be leading a discussion afterwards. Hope to see you there!