INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER: http://iacenter.org/

EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/k9aced8

Get involved in the fight against $300 million in cuts to the UW system!

Tentative Agenda:
1. Summing Up February 11 March
2. Campaign Demands & Strategy
3. Immediate Next Steps
4. Fall 2015 SAC Grants

Hundreds of students rally in the Student Union at UW-Milwaukee Feb. 4 [Photo: Joe Brusky].

http://www.spyghana.com/youth-must-broaden-horizons-meet-challenges/

Black Liberation Month: http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/

The following are excerpts from an African American History Month lecture delivered by Mr. Abayomi Azikiwe at Henry Ford College in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, on Feb. 11, 2015:

“…Not only should we seriously study African American, African and world history, but we must make history ourselves. Racist violence against African Americans and other oppressed people must be eradicated because “Black Lives Matter.”

The task of the present generation is to ensure that the legacies of our heroes and “sheroes” continue. We have to eliminate poverty and national oppression.

Our communities need our assistance to build organizations that will take on the true predators which are the banks and corporations with have looted Detroit and other major cities around the U.S.

The recent upsurge in mass demonstrations since the police murder of Michael Brown in Aug. of last year portends much for 2015. We must join this movement to make our contribution to the liberation of our people and humanity in general.” / [Full remarks: http://www.spyghana.com/youth-must-broaden-horizons-meet-challenges/]

Mr. Abayomi Azikiwe of the Pan African Newswire and the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War and Injustice (mecawi.org).

teleSUR: http://tinyurl.com/p7zw88k

“…[President] Maduro stated that the plot, which was scheduled to coincide with anti-government demonstrations planned for the one-year anniversary of the start of violent, opposition-led demonstrations which began last Feb. 12, was uncovered after military officials who had been approached to participate reported the schemes to authorities.

Maduro called on the Venezuelan people to be on alert and prepared to maintain peace in the country in the face of continued attempts by sectors of the right wing who seek to overthrow the democratically-elected government.”

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

https://www.ussocialforum.net/

And you can register for the US Social Forum here:

https://www.ussocialforum.net/registration

At the U.S. Social Forum, Detroit June 2010.

EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/own83uu

This Presidents’ Day we will rally near Gov Walker’s house in opposition to his devastating budget cuts. We demand Gov Walker fund Wisconsin’s Future.

Fund our…

– Public Schools
– Public universities
– SeniorCare
– Badegercare
– Support for families in need

We will gather at Juneau Play Field (on 64 street just south of Bluemound Road). We will march to Gov Walker’s house and picket nearby to let him know that his cuts hurt Wisconsin.

http://cfjmilwaukee.org/

Sign petition: http://iam.colorofchange.org/petitions/justice-for-dontre-hamilton

EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/mt7yjnh

On the fourth anniversary of the “I ♥ UW” event of 2011, rally with faculty, staff, students, and community members on Library Mall at UW-Madison to speak out against Governor Walker’s new proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System and to respond to attacks on faculty and shared governance.

Speakers and other details TBA.

Co-sponsored by:
United Faculty and Academic Staff
Wisconsin University Union (WUU)

EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/mj3yhtr

Young, Gifted and Black will be out today, again, attending the PPJ meeting Tuesday Feb 10th at 5:15pm. We will begin with a teach-in, inside the City County building at 4:30pm.

In the PPJ meeting, Sherriff Mahoney will be arguing for monies to be spent on jails. We the YGB, and all of us who are on the side of freedom, will be there to advocate that monies be instead invested in Black communities. Build the people, not the jail!

We must all show up, share our stories, speak our truth, share our data—and continue to fight for liberation!

Show up today and say yes to communities, no to jails! As the chant goes, “show me what democracy looks like”

We continue to push for our demands:

• We demand an injunction of the proposed 8 million dollars for the study related to the remodeling or building a new jail, and for that money to be relocated to Black community led resources

• We demand the release of 350 Black people incarcerated due to crimes of poverty from the Dane County Jail

• We demand the end of solitary confinement

#BlackLivesMatter
#BlackPowerMatters

For updates and information: #‎wibudget‬ ‪#‎SaveOurUW‬ ‪#‎DontMessWithMPS

Faculty, Staff and Students protest public education cuts at UW-Milwaukee Feb. 4, 2015 [Photo: Joe Brusky]