Make UWM Sweatshop Free!

For almost two years SDS has asked the UWM Bookstore to show support for the Designated Suppliers Program (DSP) and drop programs which cannot verify that their products are not made in sweatshops. Local media reports can be found here, here, and here. UWM posted its own response on their main page following the demonstration.

SOIL Presentation

Thank you to everyone who came out to see Kevin and Sarah of Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods speak. Please check their website for more information www.oursoil.org.

Event: Youth Empowerment in Haiti, 10/2 @ 7pm

Community Media Project Oct 3-5th

Please see the upcoming Community Media Project Events below.

Fall '08 Events and Meetings

Monday September 22: Meeting in Room 340 in UWM Union at 7pm.
Monday September 29: Meeting in Room 340 in UWM Union at 7pm.
Thursday October 2: Sarah Brownell and Kevin Foos of SOIL
Monday October 6: Meeting in Room 340 in UWM Union at 7pm.
Monday October 13: Meeting in Room 340 in UWM Union at 7pm.
Wednesday October 15: Michael Albert speaks in Fireside Lounge (in UWM Union) at 7pm. FREE.
Monday October 20: Monthly Monday Movie of 11th Hour in Fireside Lounge (in UWM Union)at 7pm. FREE.
Monday October 27: Meeting in Room 340 in UWM Union at 7pm.
Monday November 3: Meeting in Room 340 in UWM Union at 7pm.
Friday November 7: Danny Glover at UWM
Monday November 10: Meeting in Room 340 in UWM Union at 7pm.
Monday November 17: Monthly Monday Movie of The Yes Men in UWM Fireside Lounge at 7pm. FREE.
Monday November 24: Meeting in Room 340 in UWM Union at 7pm.
Monday December 1: Meeting in Room 340 in UWM Union at 7pm.
Monday December 8: Meeting in Room 340 in UWM Union at 7pm.

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.