Saving Our Democracy: June 20-26, 2019

Jun. 18, 2019

4:41 p.m.

The Shepherd Express serves as a clearinghouse for all activities in the greater Milwaukee area that peacefully push back against discriminatory, reactionary or authoritarian actions and policies of the Donald Trump regime, as well as other activities that seek to thwart social justice. To submit to this column, please send a brief description of your action, including date and time, to savingourdemocracy@shepex.com.

Thursday, June 20

Patrick Jones, author of ‘The Selma of the North’ @ Coffee Makes You Black (2803 N. Teutonia Ave.) 6-8 p.m.

Between 1958 and 1970, a distinctive movement for racial justice emerged from unique circumstances in Milwaukee. A series of local leaders inspired growing numbers of people to participate in campaigns against employment and housing discrimination, segregated public schools, the membership of public officials in discriminatory organizations, welfare cuts and police brutality. A white Catholic priest, James Groppi, led the NAACP Youth Council and Commandos in a militant struggle that lasted for 200 consecutive nights and provoked the ire of thousands of white residents. After working-class mobs attacked demonstrators, some called Milwaukee “the Selma of the North.”

Friday, June 21

Grand Opening of ‘Evicted’ Exhibit @ Mobile Design Box (753 N. 27th St.) 5-8 p.m.

Following a successful run at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., “Evicted” begins its national tour at the Mobile Design Box in Milwaukee’s Near West Side. “Evicted” is an immersive exhibition that introduces visitors to the intimate, painful process of low-income renter eviction. Inspired by Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book about eviction in Milwaukee, the experience presents data developed by Desmond’s Eviction Lab and features original photography and audio examining reasons for and the fallout from eviction.

Saturday, June 22

Peace Action of Wisconsin: Stand for Peace @ the corner of Capitol Drive and Teutonia Avenue, noon-1 p.m.

Every Saturday from noon-1 p.m., concerned citizens join with Peace Action of Wisconsin to protest war and literally “Stand for Peace.” Signs will be provided for those who need them. Protesters are encouraged to stick around for conversation and coffee after the protest.

Sunday, June 23

Q&A with Robert Kraig of Citizen Action of Wisconsin @ Brown Deer Methodist Church (5736 W. Brown Deer Road) 3-5 p.m.

“Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated,” said Donald Trump two years ago. Actually, most everyone knows that but him, apparently, and it has become even more complicated since subsidies were canceled, and ACA provisions have been waived in many states. Kraig will answer your questions regarding the many health care proposals and options being touted or proposed by presidential candidates. For more information, call Grassroots North Shore at 414-236-4259.

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Monday, June 24

BadgerCare Expansion—Day of Action Rally @ City Hall (200 E. Wells St.) 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Join Citizen Action and other aligned groups at Milwaukee City Hall for a rally around the BadgerCare expansion, with a phone bank-texting taking place afterward at Citizen Action’s office.

Tuesday, June 25

Worker Cooperatives 101 @ Central Library (814 W. Wisconsin Ave.) 5 p.m.

Co-ops are designed to improve low-wage jobs and build wealth while helping to build skills, earning potential, household income and assets. Local Initiatives Support Corporation Milwaukee presents Charity Schmidt (cooperative development specialist of the UW Center of Cooperatives) and Georgia Allen (founder and president of Soaring Independent Cooperative) to speak about the successes, challenges and impact of cooperative culture.

Wednesday, June 26

Ride 4 Peace 2k19 Rally, Tailgate and Vigil @ Sherman Boulevard and Burleigh Street to Miller Park (1 Brewers Way) 4 p.m.

Club Kids works to keep underprivileged children off the streets and out of jail by offering them fun and safe alternatives. This has been made possible through generous donations from private citizens and local and national businesses. Become a sponsor or ride the route from Sherman and Burleigh to Miller Park for a party and vigil.

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Iran shooting down one of our "classified" unmanned weapon drones

Of course Iran should be proud of doing it, it gives them "street cred", just like the Soviets did in shooting down Francis Gary Powers flying that "impossible to catch" U2 spy plane.

Now, do we want to be like the good gunfighter and shoot the gun out of the Iranian's hands to stop them from doing it again?

Should we really have killed that Iranian, like the bad gunfighter who shoots the gunman dead? That is the way the old WWI flying ace Red Barron did it, its one thing to shoot down the enemy plane, pilot still alive and safely on the ground, this trained pilot can be put into another plane and carry on his attacks. But if you make sure to kill the enemy's trained pilot, a 2nd enemy plane at the ready is not going to matter.

Or do you do the terrorist or gang-justice thing, try to revenge kill many of the non-involved members, citizens of the guilty country, target the neighbors, friends, and family of the true target actor?

Thankfully Trump pulled back from those last 2 methods, that first method requires precision surgical strike accuracy. Difficult even for the U.S.

More upsetting is that many of Trump's establishment preferred for him to carry on that attack that would likely have killed 150 Iranians. Trump is not the sole problem here, there is a good 40% of this country that would prosecute, convict and execute an entire class of people, people that spoil their MAGA dream of a "pure" America in perfect "white Nationalist" domination over the entire planet, killing all who do not agree to stay in their assigned place without protest.

That "stay in your lane, bro" attitude even carries in Wisconsin under Alberta Darling's statement of "[reduced wage] people need to live within their means". How much right-wing voting support is she going to get for that?

I think there are many more people fighting for economic survival in the face of Capitalism's failure to lift all boats than the number of people who simply want to have all diversity and difference of opinion purged from their stomping grounds.

SE Wisc. Citizen more than 5 years ago

Blaming the Country who MADE the weapon? ... (like US gun makers?)

a few recent newsworthy events indicating the mood of the "white nationalist" Trump administration... blaming the maker.

Blaming Iran and their republican guard for attaching magnetic mines to the oil tankers... not so much because they were witnessed attaching it in the first place, but because the mine had the equivalent of "made in Iran" written on it. Does claims of witnessing them detaching an unexploded one count the same as not witnessing them attach it? Is this the criminal always returning to the scene of the crime? Do our mass murders go back and pick up the shell casings and remove the bullet fragments?

Before that was blaming the Russians for shooting down that Dutch airliner because it was a Russian made missile that used, (evidence in the wreckage?) This might have been covered by identifying 3 Russians and Russian-linked Ukrainian as being involved (trigger-men)

Even before that was the trained beluga whale with a Russian made "bomb harness" on it approaching the boat of one of our European allies. Still have not been able to tag who "launched" that whale.

All of this points the "justification" and "validation" of accusing the MAKER of the weapons, not the actual trigger man who chose the target.

Yet, we cannot ever blame the gun makers here when one of their products is used by some American citizen in a mass shooting like at one of our schools, campuses, military bases, municipal offices, whatever.

Speaking with forked tongue, especially when it is one of their own "loyalists" that is implicated or not.

Even worse, we cannot tag our own country's private corporations as the producer of so many of the military arms that are sold to other nations who have people who have other intentions of how to use our "superior" weapons.

SE Wisc. Citizen more than 5 years ago