Join the Rasmea Defense Committee for a social media campaign Wednesday, January 27, 2016, in support of Palestinian American icon, Rasmea Odeh!  A decision is expected any day in Rasmea’s appeal of her unjust conviction for Unlawful Procurement of Naturalization.

Participate on Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday, January 27th, using these sample tweets, hashtags, articles, memes, and other resources. Rasmea has dedicated her life to the cause of a #FreePalestine and to Arab communities across the world, including the past 12 years in Chicago.  So we must continue to dedicate our organizing to win #Justice4Rasmea.

How to participate:
Help us spread the word about Rasmea on every social media platform you’re on!

1.    Twitter: Follow @Justice4Rasmea, re-tweet our messages, and tweet your own (based on our resource guide) throughout the day.

Promos to send before Wednesday:
Join the #Justice4Rasmea social media campaign Wednesday, January 27! Resources here: http://justice4rasmea.tumblr.com/

Why is Palestinian icon facing @TheJusticeDept repression? Tweet & post on FB Wed, Jan 27. #Justice4Rasmea http://justice4rasmea.tumblr.com/

2.    Facebook: Like and follow us at http://www.fb.com/Free-Rasmea-Now-678264732186412

3.    The resource page is at http://justice4rasmea.tumblr.com/, where there will be images and text that you can share on whatever social media you are using. Make sure to include the #Justice4Rasmea hashtag.

4.    Go to www.justice4rasmea.org for more information.

5.    Prepare your city, organization, and / or campus for our Emergency Response Plan:
Although we are confident that we will win the appeal and have the conviction overturned, there is a chance—as we reported right before the end of 2015—that the appellate court will uphold the conviction, ruling in favor of the government. If that happens, it is very likely that Rasmea will be ordered to turn herself in to federal prison authorities, while we petition to keep her out on bail.

If this worst-case scenario decision comes down BEFORE 12 NOON, and Rasmea is ordered to prison, we are calling for protests the VERY SAME DAY at 5 PM at federal buildings across the country.

If the decision comes down AFTER 12 NOON, we are calling for protests the NEXT DAY at 5 PM.

Allies and supporters across the world will also be participating in the emergency response by protesting at U.S. consulates and embassies everywhere.

http://www.prisonradio.org/

AUDIO COMMENTARY: http://tinyurl.com/gljb34b

AUDIO COMMENTARY: http://tinyurl.com/jnpkut3

Professor, Author and Activist Mumia Abu-Jamal.

http://www.prisonradio.org/media/audio/mumia/free-reverend-pinkney-129-mumia-abu-jamal

The Rev. Edward Pinkney is the kind of preacher that Martin Luther King Jr. would have admired.

Rather than build a mansion and live like a prince, Pinkney has, for years, advocated for his community, fighting for water rights, fair elections and social justice for the people of Benton Harbor, Mich.

Because of his political activities, he’s been targeted by the government, tried by the Michigan political machine before an all-white jury and, with no evidence, convicted of allegedly altering five petition dates!

Incredibly, Rev. Pinkney is facing 10 years in prison!

Remember the petitions? They were recall petitions of Benton Harbor’s mayor, a politician owned and operated by the Whirlpool Corporation — the real owner of the town.

For speaking out against this corporate-political domination, Pinkney became the target of the legal system.

At trial, no one even claimed Rev. Pinkney altered anything. He turned in hundreds of recall petitions against Whirlpool’s puppet mayor. That was crime enough, apparently.

As Rev. Pinkney approaches his second year in prison, his support is growing across the country, as he fights his appeals.

The call to “Free Rev. Pinkney” is growing!

http://muslimsforsocialjustice.blogspot.com/2016/01/statement-of-solidarity-with-family-of.html

Statement of Solidarity with the Family of Matthew McCain

The Grass is Greener-2016-01-23
Cindy Pawelski drops by and talks about Wisconsin incarceration and the Books for Prisoners project, then we talk about state water privatization and civil service reform, the DOJ review of the Milwaukee Police, and the Democratic presidential candidates. / Click here to listen to show: http://tinyurl.com/hpm9t96

Join us in Madison to Defend Local IDs / Acompáñanos en Madison para Defender los IDs locales

Tuesday, January 26th, at 1pm, the Wisconsin Senate will hold a public hearing on SB 533, a bill to block local IDs!

Buses are available:
10am: Racine Labor Center (2100 Layard Ave)
10:30am – Voces de la Frontera in Milwaukee (1027 S. 5th St.)
11am – Casa de Resauración Methodist Church in New Berlin (21300 W Greenfield Ave)

Join us to defend this historic victory!

Last November, a broad coalition representing immigrants, the transgender community, homeless people, seniors, survivors of domestic violence, and formerly incarcerated people won the creation of local ID cards to be available to all people in Milwaukee, including the undocumented and under-documented people who cannot obtain Wisconsin state ID.

Now, Republican lawmakers are trying to block our victory!

Join us at the public hearing at 1pm in Room 201 of the Capitol in Madison

The Coalition For Justice in Milwaukee is soliciting water and donations for Flint, MI for the movement #WeAllWeGot. They’ll be heading to Michigan this week to deliver it.

paypal.me/WeAllWeGot

This is their new and official donation link. Any event, activity, or action we participate can be donated towards via this link only.