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Thousands Join Women’s March on Madison
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Poor and Working People Angry with Trump’s ‘hateful rhetoric’: Journalist
The American people have exercised restraint with Donald Trump, considering the president’s “hateful rhetoric” against women, Muslims and immigrants, said an American analyst and journalist in Detroit.
Trump, whose election victory in November stunned the world, took the oath of office on Friday as thousands of people packed the streets of Washington and around the US to protest his presidency.
“Mass demonstrations against the inauguration of Donald Trump come at a time when many people around the United States are angry about the rhetoric of the current president,” Abayomi Azikiwe, editor at the Pan-African News Wire, told Press TV on Saturday.
“It is an amazement that the United States has allowed Donald Trump to be inaugurated, considering his lack of experience, his hateful rhetoric against African Americans, against immigrants, against Mexicans, against women,” he added.
The journalist explained that Trump’s presidency is a “mixture of white nationalism, populism, neo-fascism, racism and misogyny,” adding, “The United States cannot live alone. The people on the United States are much more diverse than what Donald Trump’s rhetoric is prepared to offer.”
The US capital was rocked by Women’s March on Saturday — the second day of Trump’s presidency. Mass protests were being held around the country and across the world in solidarity with Washington marchers.
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‘We’re Not Going Away’: Huge Crowds for Women’s Marches Against Trump in D.C and Worldwide
Milwaukee: Voces de La Frontera Annual Assembly January 28
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Asamblea Anual de Voces de la Frontera
28 de enero • 8:30am – 3pm
Iglesia Ascensión Luterana
1236 S. Layton Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53215 (la 27 y Scott)
Registración comienza a las 8:30, el programa a las 9am
• Construyendo la resistencia en contra de trump
• Creando santuario en las iglesias, escuelas y ciudades
• Tarjetas de identificacion de milwaukee
• Luchando para licensias de conducir
• Días sin latinxs
• Elecciones del liderazgo
Abierto al público pero solamente lxs miembrxs pueden votar para el liderazgo.
Almuerzo y cuidado de niñxs serán proveídos. Favor de confirmar su presencia por llamar al 414-828-2692.
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Voces de la Frontera Annual Assembly
January 28th 8:30 – 3pm
Ascension Lutheran Church
1236 S. Layton Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53215 (corner of 27th & Scott)
Registration starts at 8:30am, program begins at 9am
• Building the resistance to trump
• Creating sanctuary cities, schools, & churches
• Milwaukee ids
• The fight for driver licenses
• Days without latinxs
• Leadership elections
The meeting is open to the public, only members can vote in leadership elections.
Lunch and childcare provided. Please RSVP by calling 414-828-2692.
Milwaukee, January 25: Public Hearing: Milwaukee County Sanctuary Ordinance
PUBLIC HEARING: DECLARE MILWAUKEE COUNTY A SANCTUARY!
Wednesday • January 25 • 8:30am
Milwaukee County Courthouse • 910 Wells Ave • Room 201B
Join Voces de la Frontera members and supporters to support a Sanctuary resolution for Milwaukee County. The resolution will support immigrants, refugees, LGBTQ people, Muslims, people of color, seniors, workers and unions, and all who are targeted by the incoming administration.
For more information call 414-643-1620 or visit vdlf.org.
#MilwaukeeSanctuary
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AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA: ¡DECLAREN EL CONDADO DE MILWAUKEE UN SANTUARIO!
miercoles • 25 de enero • 8:30am
Corte del condado de Milwaukee • 910 Wells Ave • Sala 201B
Únete a miembros y apoyantes de Voces de la Frontera para apoyar una resolución del Santuario para el condado de Milwaukee. La resolución apoyará a los inmigrantes, refugiados, personas LGBTQ, musulmanes, personas de color, personas de la tercer edad, trabajadores y uniones, y todos que son amenazados por la nueva administración.
Para más información llame al 414-643-1620 o visite vdlf.org.
Anti-Trump Protesters March in Milwaukee
Statement of Robert and Michael Meeropol, sons of Ethel Rosenberg
In August 2015, The New York Times published our Op-Ed calling on President Obama to exonerate our mother, Ethel Rosenberg. It was a response to the release of government material a month before, showing the prime trial witness against our mother – her brother David Greenglass – repeatedly and adamantly stated under oath before the Grand Jury that he never spoke to our mother about espionage. That testimony, coupled with the enormous body of other independent evidence, made it clear that the government manipulated witnesses and created a false case against our mother, to put pressure on our father to cooperate in the politically motivated investigation of his actions.
The outpouring of support we received from our Times essay spurred us to forge ahead with an exoneration campaign. Its aim was to move the President to publicly declare that our mother’s conviction was unjust and her execution was wrongful, while also educating the public about the dangers of unchecked government power, especially in times of heightened concern about national security. Although we didn’t achieve the first goal, we were extremely successful with the second.
Some 60,000 concerned individuals added their names to our petition asking President Obama to act. Artists, activists, public intellectuals and elected officials were among the many, high profile people who supported our effort. A class of eighth graders in West Virginia championed the effort by gathering petition signatures and producing a video aimed at the President, about the parallels they saw between the play The Crucible and Ethel’s case.
The exoneration campaign was covered extensively and favorably by many of the most respected and far-reaching media outlets around the U.S. and internationally. These included 60 Minutes, NPR’s Morning Edition and Here and Now, and The Boston Globe.
With even Fox News publishing a report highlighting the grave miscarriage of justice in our mother’s case, it’s clear we succeeded in moving the needle on the public’s understanding of how the government wronged our mother, and why, dramatically.
We received thousands of moving and poignant communications from people who supported the effort. Many who contacted us have first-hand memories of our parents’ trial and execution. They described how their lives were forever affected by our parents’ case. They also recalled the fear and outrage they felt at that time, and are experiencing once again in our current political climate.
From the 90-year-olds who sent us shaky, handwritten letters, to the middle schoolers who posted about the campaign on social media, everyone who supported this effort demonstrated a deep commitment to holding our leaders accountable that we found inspiring. In their final letter to us just hours before their execution, our parents wrote that they, “were comforted in the sure knowledge that others would carry on after us.”
The campaign to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg has proved our parents correct in their belief that after they were gone, others would continue to resist repression and fight for justice. We consider that a victory. http://www.rfc.org/
Members of WI BOPM March in Resist Trump #J20 in Madison
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Mass People’s Resistance to the Trump Agenda in D.C. and Worldwide, #J20
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J20 Resist! Protest Trump’s Inauguration in Washington DC
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Workers World Party
Peoples Power Assemblies
FOR EVENTS IN WISCONSIN: Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement
Protesters from Peoples Power Assemblies, Workers World Party and many other organizations assemble to Fight The Trump Agenda early the morning of January 20, 2017 in Washington D.C.
January 20: Resist Trump: Occupy Inauguration – Madison
Gather at Library Mall at 2pm and shortly after event is introduced, March to State Capitol for end rally on State St. Steps.
SPEAKERS:
Art Shegonee – Native American Community Leader, Founding member and performer with Call for Peace Drum and Dance Company
T Banks – Organizer with Freedom Inc., Poet/Spoken Word Artist, fighter for racial justice in Madison and beyond
Ophelia Bailly – One of the organizers for the Women’s March on Madison on Jan 21st, day after this event, part of national day of action
Rebecca Kemble – Madison Alder for District 18(Northside), President of US Federation of Worker Co-Operatives recently arrested serving as Legal Observer at Standing Rock/NoDAPL occupation
Allen Ruff – US Historian, Social & Political Activist; Host, Thursday’s “A Public Affair” – WORT, 89.9 FM, Madison, Wisconsin
Carl Sack – Member of UW-Madison Teaching Assistants Association Executive Board/Membership Secretary, Grad Student in Cartography
Dace Zeps – co-chair of the Wisconsin Green Party
Teddy Shibabaw – Socialist Alternative – Madison Branch Organizer, National Committee member, writer for SocialistAlternative.org,
#ResistTrump !! #OccupyInauguration !! #NotMyPresident
Donald Trump and the reactionary core of the Republican Party are coming to power in 2017 on a platform of racism, sexism, xenophobia, and pro-corporate policies. We must build a independent mass movement of the 99% that vows to use every ounce of our collective body and spirit to stand against Trump’s reactionary agenda from Day 1, in Madison and in cities across the country.
We are participating in the birth of a mass movement for social and economic justice.
Join us in the streets- again!- to demonstrate mass opposition to Trump and his agenda!
Build a movement to fight racism, sexism, and Islamophobia!
– No Border Wall! Stop the deportations of undocumented immigrants!
– Tax rich millionaires like Trump! Fund healthcare for all! Make college free!
– Black Lives Matter!
– End rape culture — #PussyGrabsBack
– Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline — Green Jobs now! — #NoDAPL
The Democratic Party has proven they are incapable of stopping Trump. It is time to build a new party for the 99% based on the united power of all exploited and oppressed people, on movements for social and economic justice, on the belief that we CAN do better than this corrupt and rotten system!
#ResistTrump !! #OccupyInauguration !!
Sponsored by Madison Socialist Alternative.
Co-sponsored by:
– Freedom Inc.
– UW-Madison Teaching Assistants Association
– Four Lakes Wisconsin Green Party
– Student Labor Action Coalition – UW-Madison
– SixoEight Anti-Fascist Action
– Industrial Workers of the World – GMB Madison
– International Socialist Organization – Madison
– Jewish Voice for Peace – Madison / WI Bail Out The People Movement
We want the largest possible list of cosponsors that we can work jointly with to build this important action. If your organization would like to endorse, please message us at contact email below.
CONTACT: madison@socialistalternative.org
