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Join us Saturday, January 16 at 8pm CST/9pm EST on Riverwestradio.com

Afer a two year battle the Boston School Busdrivers Union won what could be called a historic victory against the corporate giant Veolia. The Grass is Greener will be talking with two leaders of the union and an activist who helped build support for them. They will discuss the strike and what possible ramifications it has for labor.

Andre Francois is president of Steelworkers Local 8751, the Boston School Bus Drivers Union. He is one of the four fired union leaders reinstated after a two year plus fight on December 23.

Dr. Martin Luther King 87th Birthday recognition

12-6 p.m. UACB Green Bay – Millennium Campus, 3872 N 8th Street, Milwaukee

Drummers, Vendors, Dancers and featuring speakers Dr. JoAnn Watson from Detroit, Alderwoman Milele Coggs

More information: 414-828-1410

Detroit Martin Luther King Day demonstration through Downtown Detroit on January 15, 2007. The march draws upon the legacy of Dr. King’s peace and social justice work. (Photo: Robert Akrawi)., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.

15th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration – “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”

MLK Justice Coalition cordially invites you to Celebrate the Life & Legacy of Dr. King! Hear from Community Leaders & Artists that are fighting to make King’s Dream a Reality! HEAR: Erica Lofton/Girls In Action – Fidel Verdin/The Peace Park – Maria Hamilton/ Mothers for Justice – James Macon/Amalgamated Transit Workers Union – Christine Neumann-Ortiz/Voces de la Frontera – Shyquettea McElroy/Fight for $15 (March to the King Statue at 2:30) – Bring the Whole Family!

Jan. 16, 2012 Dr. King day Milwaukee, WI.

When: Jan 15 2016
Time: 8am – 5:00pm (Eastern)
White House – President Obama
· Phone: (202) 456-1111
Secretary of Homeland Security – Jeh Johnson
· Phone: (202)-282-8495

SCRIPT:

“”My name is ____ and I’m calling from ___ (CITY/STATE), to reject the
most recent efforts by President Obama, DHS and ICE to deport Central
American refugees. Hundreds of people die each year trying to cross
the heavily militarize U.S boarder, it is a humanitarian crisis and we
demand protection status be granted to all families running away from
violence and poverty.

[Photos: Joe Brusky]

Lobby Day for Immigrant Rights / Día de Cabildeo para los Derechos de los Inmigrantes

Join Voces de la Frontera members on Wednesday, January 20 at 10am in Room 450 East at the Capitol in Madison to testify against anti-immigrant legislation and lobby legislators!

Anti-immigrant legislators have put forward bills to:

Permit police and public employees to ask people about their immigration status (AB 450)

Impound the cars of people stopped for driving without a license

Block local control and local ID cards (SB 533)

On January 20, we will visit lawmakers to urge them to oppose all three bills and testify in a public hearing at 10am on AB 450 in Room 412 East. We will have a bus available in Racine and Milwaukee for those who need a ride. The bus leaves from the Racine Labor Center (2100 Layard Ave.) at 6:30am and from Voces de la Frontera (1027 S. 5th Street) in Milwaukee at 7am. Please call 414-643-1620 for more information and to RSVP for the bus. Lunch will be provided.

[Photo: Joe Brusky]

Accurately remembering MLK’s legacy (http://tinyurl.com/zsop8o6): “It will take an even more revolutionary movement than that which emerged during the 1950s and 1960s to complete the struggle for absolute equality and national liberation. These efforts, like King’s in 1967-68, must bring together progressive elements from all the oppressed nations in alliance with the workers and the poor….Ultimately socialism must become the rallying cry of the majority of the people in capitalist society. A genuine anti-capitalist movement that will upend private property and all exploitative relations of production is the only solution to the current crisis in the U.S. and globally.” ‪#‎Time4SocialistRevolution‬