Independence Day

Members of Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society paraded behind Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker. Walker has taken it upon himself to defund public spaces and public transit among other things.


For more images go to Indymedia.

A (school) Year In Review

On September 11, 2007, SDS presents environmental activist and former Vice Presidential candidate, Winona LaDuke.

On September 13, 2007, SDS shows the documentary The Ground Truth and Iraq Veterans Against the War member, Todd Dennis spoke.


On October 3, 2007, SDS presents Project Censored's Peter Phillips.



On October 27, 2007, SDS helps bring hundreds of Milwaukee students to Chicago for a mass anti-war protest.


On November 8, 2007, Weather Underground co-founder and veteran anti-war activist, Mark Rudd speaks.


December, 2007, SDS hosts Eyewitness: Iraq. Which presented various local Iraq veterans' stories of the war.
FULL VIDEO


On February 25, 2008, SDS presented Black Panther Party co-founder, Bobby Seale.



On March 10 through March 13, 2008, SDS holds a week of actions on the Fifth Anniversary of the War in Iraq. Ending with a rally outside the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.



On March 11, 2008, SDS presents writer and activist Paul Street at UWM.


On March 15, 2008, SDS joined the city-wide rally against the Iraq War in Milwaukee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dcMsVy0olY (sorry, couldn't embed the video).


On March 25, 2008, SDS presents activist, writer, and former lecturer, Norman Finkelstein



On April 14, 2008, SDS and Third World Action present activist and writer, Yves Engler to speak on North American intervention in Haiti


and much more to come...

Sgt. Carmelo Rodriguez

Sgt. Carmelo Rodriguez as he was and minutes before he died.

CBS News reported a story of the U.S. military neglecting the health of it's soldiers. Sgt. Carmelo Rodriguez asked CBS news to do an interview. As they prepared to do the interview, Sgt. Rodriguez died. CBS News' report can be seen here:


A New York Congressman has introduced the Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Malpractice and Injustice Act. A local station in New York gives some background on why military personnel cannot sue the U.S. government for medical malpractice.

Iraq Moratorium: Third Friday of Every Month

If you have time tonight (Friday, May 16th), head to Water St. and Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee for the Iraq Moratorium from 5pm to 6pm.

If the third Friday of every month isn't enough for you, check out Peace Action Wisconsin. They have weekly vigils to end the war in Iraq.

Milwaukee Tops Another List

Milwaukeeans live in a city that ranks among the highest in the U.S. when it comes to teen pregnancy, segregation, and now racial disparities in drug sentencing.

Human Rights Watch and The Sentencing Project recently released reports outlinging the disparities in sentencing, arrests, etc. The New York Times and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have run articles on both reports.

Human Rights Watch's report can be found here.The Sentencing Project's report can be found in PDF form here.

Labor and Immigration Film Series at UWM

Yves Engler Review

Thanks to everyone who came out to see Yves Engler speak. You can check the last post for where to pick up his books or read upcoming articles.

Yves Engler at UW-Milwaukee

Yves will discuss the roles the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) had in the 2004 coup of President Jean Bertrand Aristide of Haiti.

You can view some of Engler's articles at ZNet.

Engler coauthored a book called Canada in Haiti, which you should be able to order from People's Books Cooperative in Milwaukee.

Cosponsored by Third World Action and UWM SDS

Norman Finkelstein at UWM

Thanks to the approximately 250 people who attended Tuesday night's event on the Israel-Palestine conflict. We hope to have the entire lecture available online eventually. For now, a few clips:

Norman Finkelstein at UWM, 3/25

* March 25, 2008: Norman Finkelstein, The History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict and the Coming Breakup of American Zionism *

On Tuesday, March 25, 2008, Norman Finkelstein will be speaking at 7pm in the Ballroom of the UWM Student Union. Admission is free and open to the public. Norman Finkelstein has a doctorate in Political Science at Princeton University and he specializes on Jewish related issues, particularly the Israel-Palestine conflict. He is a Jewish scholar whose parents both survived the Holocaust and he has taught at Brooklyn College , Rutgers University , Hunter College, New York University, and most recently, DePaul University . He received media attention recently when he was denied tenure at DePaul University , and this incident has raised the question of academic freedom in American Universities. In the last year he has been lecturing around the world on the Israel-Palestine conflict and he is an advocate for the Two State Settlement.Finkelstein has written five books, including Beyond Chutzpah, The Holocaust Industry, and Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict.

Additional information about Mr. Finkelstein is available at his website: http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/.

This event is being sponsored by Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society, Muslim Student Association, Students for Justice in Palestine and SLAC. Additional information and updates are available at http://www.sdsmilwaukee.org/.

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