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Reverend Pinkney Speaks!
Posted: September 3, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: austerity, Benton Harbor, emergency financial manager, reverend pinkney, union contracts
Emergency Financial Manager
in Benton Harbor and the
Austerity Age in Michigan
Saturday Sept. 17th
2pm
106 Lathrop St. Lansing, MI 48912
Reverend Pinkney has long been on the front lines of the struggles for justice. In Benton Harbor he is part of confronting the politicians, corporations and court systems that deny Benton Harbor residents their rights and any sense of justice on a daily basis. Benton Harbor is the first place the controversial emergency financial manager (EFM) legislation has been put in place, removing even the illusion of democracy from local government by stripping elected officials of any decision making power and handing it to the EFM, who among other things, has the authority to void union contracts. Reverend Pinkney will speak about the latest attack on Benton Harbor and what it means for the rest of the state.
Rally for Workers’ Rights & Immigrant Solidarity
Posted: September 2, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: immigrant rights, workers rights
Tuesday September 13th
Noon-1:30pm
On the Capital Lawn
House Bills HB 4024 and HB 4026 would create an e-verify system around all state contracts to target immigrants working to support their families. Supporters of these bills talk about protecting american jobs while using immigrant workers as scapegoats for the state of the economy here in Michigan. We reject the racist implications of the e-verify system, call for solidarity between ALL workers and demand a stop to the attacks on ALL working families and immigrants. Join us in protesting these proposed bills and in opposition to a right wing rally in support of them happening at the same time.
HB 4024
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billintroduced/House/htm/2011-HIB-4024.htm
HB 4026
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billintroduced/House/htm/2011-HIB-4026.htm
Resist Week Open House & Film Screening: Libertarias
Posted: September 1, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Anarchism, Libertarias, Mujeres Libres, Spanish Civil War
Saturday September 10th, 2011
Open House @ 7pm
Libertarias Screening @ 9pm
106 Lathrop Street
The open house is a chance for radicals, social justice activists and members of the community to relax, talk and enjoy themselves together in the spirit of building a culture of resistance.
In 1936 the Spanish military attempted to take over the government of Spain. The Spanish workers rose up in opposition, proclaiming a social revolution. Libertarias is the story of a group of the Free Women of Spain (Mujeres Libres) and their experiences defending the revolution.
LIBERTARIAS!
Rally Against Islamaphobia and Hate
Posted: August 30, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: bigotry, islamaphobia, james terpening, terry jones
Wednesday September 7th
Rally Against Islamaphobia and Hate
6pm-8pm
Steps of the Lansing Capital
Join us in protesting Terry Jones, the Koran burning, Islamaphobic bigot who will be speaking in front of the State Capital. Jones, who burned a Koran in Dearborn in April and declared September 11th “International burn a Quran Day”, will also be speaking on Thursday September 8th at 7pm in the Radisson with a speech titled, “The Destructive Force: Islam”. People are encouraged to challenge Jones and his message of hate on that day as well. This bigot has no place in our communities and should be challenged wherever he shows his face.
Labor Day – Picket and Flyering at Wal-Mart
Monday September 5th
Noon – 1pm
5110 Times Square Pl Okemos, MI 48864
Flyering and Picket demanding that Wal-Mart immediately end the sexual abuse, rape, torture, and beatings of young women guest workers at the Classic factory in Jordan.
for more information: http://www.globallabourrights.org/
Tell Wal-Mart to stop the rapes at their apparel manufacturer! Since at least 2007, workers at Classic Fashion Apparel Ltd., a Jordanian company whose clients include U.S.-based Wal-Mart and Target corporations, have claimed that factory managers were sexually abusing women. In June of 2011 Jordanian authorities finally arrested a manager after a female employee came forward to accuse him of rape.
Wal-Mart, like many other large corporations, began using third-party monitors to pay surprise visits to the factories of its suppliers after a string of embarrassing revelations in the 1990s, including some suppliers’ alleged use of child labor. But the factory owner and independent monitors employed by the retailers and the brands made at the factory said they were never able to corroborate the accounts because the accusers, typically guest workers from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, never made an official complaint.
