http://www.balkanspost.com/article/411/trump-words-africa-shithole-u.s.-imperialism

“Although Trump’s rhetoric is hostile, at least he is honest in revealing that America seeks to continue as a racist white-controlled state,” Abayomi Azikiwe, the editor of the Pan-African News Wire, told Balkans Post.

“These utterances by Trump are not a manifestations of the self-assuredness of the West. It is a clear sign of the weakness and desperation of a dying system gasping for breath seeking to project its declining power amid an irreversible decline,” Mr. Azikiwe added.

Women’s March WI Anniversary Day of Action – Milwaukee

Hosted by OutReach LGBT Community Center

2701 International Lane, Suite 101, OutReach LGBT Community Center, Madison, 10 A.M. – 12 NOON

Join us for our monthly discussion about racism within the queer community and how to work to dismantle it.

This month’s topic: Martin Luther King Jr Day and the whitewashing of movements.

As always, these conversations are intentionally queer spaces for those who identify as queer or LGBTQIA+ to come together, share experiences and learn from one another.

As a group, we acknowledge all forms of oppression (past and present) and confront structures of white supremacy. We learn from each other, and call each other in to dig deeper to understand these systems. Please join us for an engaging meeting!

Hosted by Derail the Jail

City-County Building, Madison, 6:30 – 9:30 P.M.

The County Board will be voting Thursday on actually borrowing the $76 million for constructing hundreds of new jail cells (as well as the rest of the 2018 capital budget) that they approved on Nov 20th — when we gave them the worst meeting they’ve had in decades, as one Supervisor put it.(see video here- http://alturl.com/oar72).
They are thinking that’s all past them. They’re thinking the Derail the Jail folks and everyone who cares about ending racist mass incarceration have given up and gone home. They are thinking they would a have quick, ruffle free business like meeting this Thursday night, as they lift the next among a series of roadblocks before jail construction can begin.

Let’s give them a rude awakening! They don’t get to continue to have business as usual while building cages and destroying lives!

WEAR ALL BLACK,

JOIN US @ 6:30 pm at City County Building (210 MLK Jr Blvd) just inside the doors for quick huddle and more details, then register to speak in public testimony or just register against the bonding resolution that includes borrowing for the jail construction. The County Board will be meeting in Room 201 starting 7pm

Link to text of the bonding resolution we are opposing –
https://dane.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=5718059&GUID=E4CB0543-717C-4B6F-AE82-B7A2ACE06640

This is just the start! Derail the Jail is committed to continuing the fight against racist mass incarceration in Dane County in 2018 and beyond. We will continue the fight for reallocating funds and priorities away from caging humans and towards building up our community.

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

Come contribte to the continuous visible opposition to MSDF. We will be out front of the courthouse, and if we have enough people also the back door and MSDF enterence. Help us spread information to and collect petition signatures from people targeted by and doing business with Milwaukee’s criminal legal system.

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

A coaltion 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 twice a month. On every 23rd, and one day two weeks before. 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

Hosted by Milwaukee IWW

6th & National, Milwaukee, 12 NOON – 3 P.M.

One year into the tyranny that is the current administration, and WE ARE STILL HERE. We been in the streets, holding organizer trainings, educating ourselves, and arming the revolution with self-defense. We have said NO, NO, NO to to racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and xenophobia. We have come through with mutual aid, taken care of our friends when they are sick or unsafe, cop watched, and made amazing radical art. We have taken back workplaces, and made huge moves to secure space, food, legal assistance, and housing. But we aren’t even close to being done; with food donations by Food Not Bombs MKE as well as various individuals, we are proving that the resistance is fertile, deep, strong, and will not be silenced by repression by the state nor apathy. Gather with us to celebrate the triumphs, mourn the injustices, and educate yourself about the current issues at hand and what we as a community can do about them, all while sipping some hot beverage and spooning some soup. If you are able, please bring a dish for 4-5 people. If half the people bring a dish, we will have more than enough! We will also be collecting donations of warm winter coats/gear and nonperishable foods for folks in need!

Note: the space will be properly shoveled and is wheelchair accessible. We will be outside so BUNDLE UP!! <33

If you cannot make the walk, press conference or hearing on January 23rd, please consider posting a comment in support on the Wetland Permit online site at: http://bit.ly/2qrk4BT

The gathering of people standing up for the Menominee River can be seen live stream at:www.IndianCountryTV.com.

Please share!

Protectors of the Menominee River

67 E Madison Street, 18th Floor Meeting Room, Chicago, 6 P.M. 

Hosted by Black Lives Matter Chicago Chicago Workers World Party Workers World Party

Co-sponsored by Workers World Party Chicago, Black Lives Matter Chicago, & BYP100 Chicago, Workers World Party Rockford, Workers World Party Wisconsin and Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement

Takiyah Thompson was the first of eight activists arrested in 2017 by Durham, N.C. police after organizing with the community to remove a racist confederate statue. Join us to hear from Takiyah along with local Chicago activists from Black Lives Matter & WWP Chicago about how they are continuing to fight white supremacy, both symbolically and practically. Come share your community’s struggles and discuss how we can work toward liberation together. Takiyah is a member of Workers World Party, a nation-wide revolutionary socialist organization.

Event is free & open to the public. Free snacks & drinks provided.

Hosted by The People’s MTA

We don’t have to live like this!

J20Resist Calls for #DaysOfRage against Trump and capitalism!

In solidarity with our Palestinian comrades and friends who have called for their days of rage, J20Resist calls for #DaysOfRage against Trump and capitalism from January 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, through January 20, the anniversary Trump’s inauguration.

Other #DaysOfRage action called so far are below. Many more to be announced soon!

MLK day Monday, January 15
Solidarity with Striking Spectrum Workers
2-4 pm Columbus Circle
Organized by People’s Power Assemblies Workers Defense Committee, MACC and Labor Against Racist Terror
facebook.com/events/1894233374225585/

Protest to Free Ahed Tamimi
5-6:30pm Union Square, in front of Best Buy
Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
https://www.facebook.com/events/1991441214403922/

People’s Monday for Martin Luther King Jr.
7pm, 125th and Malcolm X
Organized by NYC Shut It Down
https://www.facebook.com/events/132656467534734

Tuesday, January 16
After J20: Fighting Back Against Political Repression
7-9pm at the Solidarity Center (147 w 24th St, 2nd Floor)
Organized by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression
https://www.facebook.com/events/161034657995606/

Wednesday, January 17
Pack the Court for Mumia Abu-Jamal
8-11am Criminal Justice Center 1301 Filbert St, Philadelphia
Transportation from NYC leaves Solidarity Center at 5:30am. Contact nysckrs@gmail.com for tickets ($20)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1970165673306717/

Thursday, January 18
Rally against Rapist Cops and All Cops
9am-noon
320 Jay St, Brooklyn
Organized by Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council
Action is in solidarity with Anna Chambers, who was raped by two Brooklyn police officers earlier this year.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1556420631116776/

Anti-imperialist Outreach
2pm in Fulton Street Station, Manhattan
Organized by G-REBLS
https://www.facebook.com/events/157331745043669/

Resist US-Led War & Imperialism
5:30pm, *New Location: Union Square South
Organized by the International League of Peoples’ Struggle
https://www.facebook.com/events/332441593909080/

Women Fight Back against Capitalism and Imperialism
7pm at the Solidarity Center (147 w 24th St, 2nd Floor)
Organized by Workers World Party

Friday, January 19

Trump is a Racist: 1804 Movement March for all Immigrants
8:00 a.m.: Assemble at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.: Start the March down Flatbush Avenue
12:30 p.m.: Rally Trump Building, 40 Wall Street
Organized by the 1804 Movement for All Immigrants, a new Haitian-led anti-imperialist coalition
This action is not part of the #DaysOfRage campaign. #DaysOfRage endorses and encourages people to attend this very important action.

Transit Accessibility for All!
5-7pm Union Square (14th St and Union Square East)
Organized by The People’s MTA and People’s Power Assemblies
https://www.facebook.com/events/1257859871025255/

Saturday January 20
Rally against Trump and Capitalism: We Don’t Have to Live LIke This!
4pm Grand Central Terminal

Since January 20th 2017, our class has been under attack with ICE raids, state repression, killer cops and deep cuts into what’s left of our social safety net. Hundreds of activists are facing felony charges for protesting against this racist misogynist regime. Tens of thousands of families are being deported or incarcerated for simply being born. The drive for war goes faster and we all get poorer.

We don’t have to live like this. The Democrats have shown they can’t save us. They can’t even defend an election they say was stolen from them. Across the country, we are tirelessly mobilizing against white supremacy, war and capitalism. It’s only by getting organized, putting the ruling class on notice and making our people power known that we have any hope of fightback.

We will fight for our lives by taking to the streets across the country to address the core problem of all our miseries: a regime that arrests us, dispossesses us, poisons us, bashes us, evicts us, and kills us.