1027 S 5th Street, Milwaukee, 2-4 P.M.

Hosted by Voces de la Frontera

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Junta de membresía de Milwaukee de Voces de la Frontera
sábado 3 de junio, 2pm
1027 S 5th St
más información: 4140643-1620

Alto a la ley discriminatoria y antiinmigrante AB 190
Taller Conozca sus Derechos

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Voces de la Frontera Milwaukee Membership Meeting
Saturday, June 3rd, 2pm
1027 S 5th St

Stop Anti-Immigrant Racial Profiling Bill AB190
Know Your Rights Workshop
More info: 414-643-1620

Voces marching on Labor Day 2011 in Milwaukee

http://pridefest.com/

Hosted by Voces de la Frontera

Pilgrimage for Justice
Statewide Day of Action at the Capitol in Madison

Stop Anti-Immigrant Bill AB190
Yes to Driver’s Licenses
Gov. Walker: No 287g in Wisconsin! Appoint a Sheriff who respects human rights for Milwaukee!

Wednesday, June 28, 12pm
State Capitol in Madison
Buses from across the state
Info: 414-469-9206 • vdlf.org/nohate

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Peregrinación por la Justicia
Día de acción estatal en el Capitolio en Madison

¡No a la ley anti-inmigrante AB190!
¡Sí a licencias de conducir!
¡Walker, nombra un sheriff para Milwaukee que respeta los derechos humanos!

miercoles • 28 de junio • 12pm
Capitolio estatal en Madison
Buses de a través del estado
Info: 414-828-2692 • vdlf.org/nohate

Hosted by The Rainbow Resistance Of Madison

This is a local event to march in solidarity with those going to The Equality March for Unity and Pride On Washington DC.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1949652305264195/

Pride March on Madison is the collective voice of all Wisconsin advocates for equality and inclusion. We are committed to fighting for the safety, health, and success of our communities. Let no voice go unheard. Let no one live in fear. Let all of us rise up for equal rights.

In solidarity with the The Equality March for Unity and Pride On Washington DC, we will march peacefully in Madison, WI.

We are coming together to demonstrate our support for ALL the community members who have been marginalized by the Trump/Pence Agenda and other elected government officials. RESIST!

This is an INCLUSIVE march, and EVERYONE who supports LGBTQIA+ rights is welcome:

– LGBTQIA+ Community
– Allies of LGBTQIA+ Community
– Families
– People of Color
– Immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees
– People with Disabilities
– Climate Change Advocates
– ALL religious communities
– Anyone else who wants to come out in support.

You are invited to celebrate Freedom Inc’s Open House on June 2, 2017. After one year of enjoying our new space, we have finally settled and would love to show our community our new home. Entertainment and food provided. 6-9 P.M. 1810 South Park Street, Madison, WI / Hosted by Freedom Inc

Please share widely = facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1870489586609088/

List your endorsement and or local activity HERE:
http://iacenter.org/4829/endorse-list-activity-venez-solidarity

View listing of endorsements and local activities HERE:
http://iacenter.org/4832/venezuela

En Español

The International Action Center is calling for Emergency Days of Solidarity with Bolivarian Venezuela to stop the US attempt to destroy the Revolution, from Thursday, June 1 through Saturday, June 10.

Make no mistake; what has been happening for the last two months in Venezuela is a counterrevolution by the most reactionary forces of the opposition to President Nicolás Maduro’s government. It is no different from what the US did with Pinochet in Chile in 1973, with the “contras” in Nicaragua in the 80’s and more recently against Libya and now in Syria. It is a ‘regime change’ effort.

The corporate media – the voice of the Pentagon and White House – has set up an international campaign of blatant lies that try to present the terrorist actions of the fascist hoards as repression from the Revolutionary Government. The truth is that these terrorist acts are directed against state’s buildings and agencies and against the supporters of the revolution.  The aim of these protests is to create chaos to declare a ‘humanitarian crisis’ and demand US intervention.

State agencies’ buildings have been destroyed, an entire float of public buses burned, a health facility for women and children attacked. Over sixty people have died and hundreds wounded during these protests. These are not ‘pro-democracy peaceful’ protests as the media tries to portray. Criminal groups and thugs are involved, Children paid by the opposition with US aid money are also involved. The fascist, hateful and racist character of the attacks include setting people on fire, stabbing and beating them while shouting racist insults. 

The OAS has been the principal body working on behalf of the US, to launch an international campaign against Venezuela. As a result, Venezuela left the OAS. 

Now there is a real danger of a military intervention. Two days after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos met with President Trump in Washington, Colombian army tanks were mobilized to the border with Venezuela. 

Key opposition figures – Lilian Tintori, the wife of jailed right wing leader Leopoldo López, and National Assembly president Julio Borges – have met separately with Trump to request US intervention. 

During these days, we aim to: Expose the US government and media’s role; Show the truth behind these demonstrations; and express solidarity with the Bolivarian people and their government.

¡Alto a la intervención de EUA en Venezuela!

El Centro de Acción Internacional convoca a Jornadas Urgentes de Solidaridad con Venezuela Bolivariana para detener el intento estadounidense de destruir la Revolución, desde el jueves 1 de junio hasta el sábado 10 de junio.

¡No tengamos duda! Lo que ha estado ocurriendo en los últimos dos meses en Venezuela es una contrarrevolución de las fuerzas más reaccionarias de la oposición al gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro. No es diferente de lo que hizo Estados Unidos con Pinochet en Chile en 1973, con los contras en Nicaragua en los años 80 y más recientemente contra Libia y ahora en Siria. Es un esfuerzo de “cambio de régimen”.

Los medios corporativos – la voz del Pentágono y de la Casa Blanca- han establecido una campaña internacional de mentiras flagrantes que tratan de presentar las acciones terroristas de las hordas fascistas como si fueran actos de represión del Gobierno Revolucionario. La verdad es que estos actos terroristas están dirigidos contra los edificios y organismos del Estado y contra las/os partidarios de la revolución. El objetivo de estas protestas es crear el caos para declarar una “crisis humanitaria” y exigir la intervención de Estados Unidos.

Edificios de agencias estatales han sido destruidos, una flota entera de autobuses públicos ha sido quemada, un centro materno infantil de salud ha sido atacado. Más de sesenta personas han muerto y cientos han sido heridas durante estas protestas. No se trata de protestas pacíficas “pro democracia” como los medios intentan pintar. Grupos criminales y matones están involucrados, hay también niños involucrados pagados por la oposición con el dinero de la ayuda de EUA. El carácter fascista, odioso y racista de los ataques incluye incendiar a personas, apuñalarlas y golpearlas mientras gritan insultos racistas.

La OEA ha sido el principal órgano que trabaja a nombre de los Estados Unidos, para lanzar una campaña internacional contra Venezuela. Como resultado, Venezuela se salió de la OEA.

Ahora existe el peligro real de una intervención militar. Dos días después de que el presidente colombiano Juan Manuel Santos se reunió con el presidente Trump en Washington, tanques del ejército colombiano fueron movilizados a la frontera con Venezuela.

Figuras reconocidas de la oposición como Lilian Tintori, la esposa del preso Leopoldo López, y el presidente de la Asamblea Nacional Julio Borges, se han reunido por separado con Trump para solicitar la intervención de Estados Unidos.

Durante estos días, nuestro objetivo es: Exponer el papel del gobierno y los medios de comunicación de los Estados Unidos; Mostrar la verdad detrás de estas manifestaciones; Y expresar nuestra solidaridad con el pueblo bolivariano y su gobierno.

 Nota: En caso de que haya problemas para llenar el formulario en inglés y para comunicación en español por favor escriba a IAC-CAI@peoplesmail.net. Muchas gracias.

University of Maryland’s Black Student Union just started a petition titled: “Honor Richard Collins III and punish hate speech at University of Maryland.”

Here’s why this is important: 

We are saddened and frightened by what happened to Richard Collins III when he was visiting our campus at University of Maryland. Collins, was waiting at a bus stop for his uber when a white UMD student and member of “Alt-Reich” a neo-nazi Facebook group, Sean Urbanski, approached him and stabbed him to death.

With Trump, and his team of white supremacists in the White House emboldening racists to act upon their hate we sadly are not that surprised by such fatal and racist actions like this. But, when they happen so close to home, on your campus a place where you are supposed to feel safe it is absolutely frightening. We send our condolences to the family of Richard Collins III who was graduating from college, at Bowie State this week.

In mourning this hateful murder we are also organizing and asking that the University of Maryland administration take steps to make campus safer for Black students and less of a safe haven for neo-nazis, and white supremacists like Sean Urbanski.

Join UMD students as we continue to pressure the administration to expand the consequences for hate speech and make the Code of Student Conduct in regard to hate speech less vague.

Students in UMD’s Black Student Union, NAACP, Political Latinxs United for Movement and Action in Society, Community Roots, Ethiopian-Eritrean Student Association, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Muslim Political Alliance, American Indian Student Union and Pride Alliance have been pressuring the administration to make it clear that hate speech is not welcomed on UMD’s campus. However, the university has not responded to demands for policy changes that would show a commitment to making the campus safer for Black students and other minority groups.

When consequences for hate speech are not strong it tells students like Sean Urbanski that hate and bigotry is okay. It makes white supremacist students comfortable on campus, validated, and creates space for violent, racist attacks like what happened to Richard Collins III to occur.

Unfortunately multiple racially charged events have occurred over the past few years on UMD’s campus and we have voiced our concerns to the administration, but they’re being dismissed by the President’s office, the Provost’s Office and Student Affairs. Due to this the organizations listed above along with other student activists came together to form a group called Protect UMD, but as we can see with the murder of Richard Collins III UMD is not yet the safe campus that we want it to be.

While University President Wallace Loh has expressed his condolences and sadness over the murder of Richard Collins III it is not enough. That’s why we are calling for actions. Join us in demanding that UMD take hate speech seriously and punish those students who engage in it under the Code of Student Conduct

Richard Collins III was killed on campus Saturday night because of the color of his skin. If the university continues to be unresponsive to the demands of Black students, and other students of color, and doesn’t seriously listen to our concerns and grievances we are worried that hateful acts like this could become the norm.

President Loh has continuously reinforced an environment that tolerates hate speech by reducing student organizing efforts and instead encouraging more discourse. Not all situations require more discourse, some call for action! It’s time for Loh to recognize that. We need a president that supports diversity, acknowledges threats, and implements preventive policies that cultivate a safe and secure environment for all students on campus — not just white ones.

Students at UMD have been organizing for years to change the way the university is run so that Black students, and other students of color, can feel safe on campus. We did not want it to get to this. The university must respond with action now!

Racism is not out of the ordinary for UMD’s campus: 

• In 2007 a noose was found hanging outside the Black cultural center, Nyumburu Cultural Center
• In 2014 students protested the university’s police department’s hyper-militarization. campus police weaponry includes a $65,000 armored truck, 50 M16 rifles, two transport vehicles, and 16 12-gauge shotguns. However, all of the police weaponry remains
• In 2016 UMD campus police broke up an off-campus party of mostly Black students using excessive force and pepper-spray
• Just a few months ago, on March 13th, white nationalist posters were posted around campus
• Racist rhetoric like “deport dreamers” and “build a wall” have been written in chalk outside of the Student Union building
• On April 27th, 2017 a noose was hung on campus inside Phi Kappa Tau’s fraternity house, a mostly white fraternity

Racism is a trend at University of Maryland and the administration has allowed it to fester! It allows people like Sean Urbanski to thrive and for Black students on campus, whether visiting or part of the student body, to feel scared and know that they are unsafe!

Join us in demanding that UMD’s President Loh increase the punishment for students engaging in hate speech and make the Code of Student Conduct in regards to hate speech more explicit.

Thank You,

University of Maryland’s Black Student Union

http://tinyurl.com/yd83frp4

http://iacenter.org/

http://peoplespowerassemblies.org/

http://www.workers.org/

U.S. hands off Venezuela!

¡Chávez presente! ¡Maduro presidente!

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a public event in Caracas Feb. 12, 2015. A coup plot against the Venezuelan president was thwarted that day. | Photo: AVN

The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) would like to invite you to our national conference in Richmond, VA on June 16 – 18. Hundreds of antiwar activist will attend to discuss Syria and other wars abroad as will as issues in the US. Join us. http://www.unacconference2017.org/