Women Against Military Madness

January: Cuba Car Caravan Against the U.S. Blockade of Cuba/Caravana Contra el Bloqueo
2023-01-29 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | South High School Parking Lot, 3131 S 19th Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
January: Cuba Car Caravan Against the U.S. Blockade of Cuba/Caravana Contra el Bloqueo
Sunday, January 29, 2023 At 1 PM – 3 PM
South High School (Minneapolis) parking lot, then Lake Street to Blaisdell and back to South.
End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!Take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism.
Join SCOTA, the Minnesota Cuba Committee and others for our monthly car caravan against the US blockade of Cuba. Meet us at South High School in Minneapolis or WATCH LIVE on Facebook.
This month, we’re focusing on the continuation of Cuba on the list of nations that the U.S. designates as “terrorist.”
More than 10,000 people and 100 progressive advocacy groups have signed an open letter urging President Joe Biden to reverse the Trump administration’s terrorism designation for Cuba and to reinstate Obama-era policy for the island.
The international outcry against the U.S. intentional starvation blockade of Cuba is growing. These actions powerfully refute the U.S. claim that Marco Rubio, Bob Menendez and Ted Cruz anti-Cuba campaign represents us.
Now in their third year, the public bike and car caravans that started in Miami and led by Cuban-Americans have broken up that myth. Watch this video produced by Cuban-Americans in Miami for the September 25 caravans (in Spanish with English subtitles).———————————Car caravan details:
South High School parking lot, 3131 19th Ave So, Minneapolis12:30: Volunteer car marshal training1:00: Line up and add signs and flags to cars at South High School parking lot, 3131 19th Ave So, Minneapolis. Signs and car flags will be available or bring your own. Caravan sponsors will make brief remarks.1:30: Caravan begins – left out of the parking lot on 21st Street, left on Lake Street, right on First Ave. South, left through the Post Office parking lot, left on Blaisdell and left on Lake back to South High.2:30: Brief closing rally at South High parking lot.
The lead car will be in contact with participating cars – details will be provided at the rally site. Contact 612-437-0222 for more information or if you’re joining late.
Tell Biden and Congress:
-No Delay, Lift the U.S. blockade NOW!-U.S. stop sanctioning Cuban families!-End all travel bans on Cuba!#UnblockCuba2022#LetCubaLive

Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Panel
2023-02-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Mayday Bookstore, 301 Cedar Ave S., Minneapolis, MN, 55454
Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Panel
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 from 7:00-8:30pm
Mayday Bookstore: 301 Cedar Ave S., Minneapolis MN

What is the BDS Movement?

Palestinian civil society has called on the international community to show solidarity by participating in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) of Israel. As Israel’s colonialism and apartheid grows more brutal, BDS calls for the end of Israeli occupation and the dismantling of Israel’s apartheid wall, equal rights for Palestinian citizens of Israel, and to uphold the UN-enshrined right of return for Palestinian refugees.

The Anti-War Committee is campaigning to get the state of Minnesota to divest from Israel bonds, which are direct, unrestricted loans to the Israeli government. Join us for a presentation and Q+A. Learn more about the BDS movement and its importance, and find out how you can get involved!

Organized by the Anti-War Committee.

Show Your Love for Venezuela!
2023-02-10 19:00 - 21:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Show Your Love for Venezuela!
Friday, Feb 10th from 7-9 pm
4200 Cedar Ave. S, Minneapolis

The Anti-War Committee is sending 2 committee members on a delegation to Venezuela in March to learn about the effects of US sanctions first hand. Trump’s Muslim ban (which included Venezuela) made it difficult for Venezuelans to come here and US sanctions have made the situation very difficult for Venezuelans during a global pandemic. Sending folks from MN is an important act of solidarity and will bring back needed information! Help us send them to Venezuela on the upcoming Alliance for Global Justice delegation.

There will also be a silent auction so you can bid on a Valentines Day gift basket.

Donations can be tax deductible and can be made out to the Anti-War Education Fund with Venezuela in the memo or made online.

Coffee Hour: Take Cuba off the US "State Sponsors of Terrorism" list
2023-02-11 10:00 - 11:30 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00-11:30 am
4200 Cedar Avenue South in Minneapolis

Join us in person for coffee and bagels or tune into Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89551204797

In the opinion of the US Department of State, Cuba is a “terrorist state.” It is part of a list of a few countries determined by the United States to receive that designation. This list is used as a way to punish countries that the US is in conflict with. At the coffee hour we will focus on the list and its impact on Cuba. This list has damaged the people of Cuba and similarly affected other countries on the list.

We are pleased to have as our primary speaker David Ramírez Álvarez, Second Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Washington, D.C. who will speak about the impact of the list on Cubans and their economy.

We will also have brief talks about how the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list impacts people in other countries on the list. We are delighted to be joined by Sima Shakhsari, co-founder of the No Sanctions on Iran Coalition and Chair and Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota, and Wyatt Miller, a member of the Anti-War Committee who recently traveled to Syria with the Syria Solidarity Movement and Arab-Americans 4 Syria.

We will encourage participants to take action to remove Cuba from the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list and provide them with tools to take action.

Sponsors: Solidarity Committee on the Americas (SCOTA), Minnesota Cuba Committee, Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective, Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27, Twin Cities CPUSA, Minnesota Peace Action Coalition.

The Boys Who Said No movie
2023-02-12 13:00 - 15:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 1:00 pm
4200 Cedar Ave in Minneapolis
The Boys Who Said No: Draft Resistance and the Vietnam War is an overdue and de-finitive account of the principled and power-ful nonviolent resistance to America’s most problematic war. These young men risked years in prison to challenge a war of tragic human proportions. Their leadership, personal sacrifices, and example had a direct effect on ending the war, and are an im-portant example for today’s movements for social justice and peace.
Directed by Judith Ehrlich
Insight Films | US | 2020 | 1 hour 30 mins
Masks and social distancing by choice.
Connecting the dots…discussion
Always FREE and open to the public
ALL ARE WELCOME! Free refreshments!
Sponsored by the WAMM Movie Committee and Veterans for Peace Chapter 27

Call-in days - messages for President Biden and Senators Klobuchar and Smith
2023-02-13 08:00 - 18:00 | Your Telephone
FEB 13 AT 8 AM – FEB 15 AT 6 PM
A VALENTINE TO CUBA -MINNESOTA LOVES CUBA:
PART OF THE CAMPAIGN TO TAKE CUBA OFF THE US STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM LIST.\n

Call-in days from Feb. 13-15 – messages for President Biden and Senators Klobuchar and Smith
We will provide phone numbers and scripts closer to the dates of the call in days. You can find this information on this Facebook post.
Background information:

SCOTA is committed to support Cuba building a peaceful and prosperous future. We oppose intervention in Cuba by the United States. One way to support a brighter future for Cuba is to take action against Cuba being on the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list.

Nine days before leaving office, Trump designated Cuba a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Two years later, Biden has kept Cuba on the terrorism blacklist. Ironically, Cuba has been a victim of U.S.-based terrorism — not a sponsor of terrorism. There is no credible evidence to support the designation, which is aimed to devastate Cuba’s economy by cutting it off from international credit and investment.by being on the list, the resulting sanctions and international restrictions limit Cuba’s ability to purchase medicines for its population and to reboot its economy after the COVID pandemic. The Cuban people are the ones who suffer from these restrictions.
President Biden can unilaterally remove Cuba from the United States list of state sponsors of terrorism by an executive order. We can urge Senators Klobuchar and Smith and our congressional delegation to advocate with President Biden to remove Cuba from the list. Most importantly we must demand that President Biden remove Cuba from this list.

Please join SCOTA campaign to take Cuba off the list and support the Cuban people. Our campaign will take place in February to show the love of Minnesotans for the Cuban people.

Valentine's Message to Klobuchar: Take Cuba off the U.S. Terror List Now!
2023-02-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Senator Amy Klobuchar’s Minneapolis Office, 1200 S Washington Ave, Minneapolis, 55415-1227, United States
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2023 AT 4 PM – 5 PM
Celebrate Valentine’s Day!
Join us by taking Valentine’s messages to
Senator Klobuchar’s office:

Time: 4:00 PM
Take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsor of Terror List NOW!
>GATHER AT the bridge on Washington Avenue over 35W near Senator Klobuchar’s office beginning at 4:00 p.m.
>HOLD Banners and signs
>March to front of Senator Klobuchar’s office for a demonstration
>Deliver Valentine’s letter to Senator Klobuchar urging her to stand up for Cuba and call on President Biden to remove Cuba from the list
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The United States has determined that Cuba is a part of a list of few countries that are designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism. The list is used as a way for the US to punish countries that we are in conflict with.
Cuba was put on the list by Trump without providing any reasonable justification for doing this. This designation has harmed the people of Cuba by international financial restrictions that prevent it from rebooting its economy especially after the pandemic.
Biden has continued this policy, but he can remove Cuba from the list by an Executive Order.
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MINNESOTA LOVES CUBA:
CAMPAIGN TO REMOVE CUBA FROM THE LIST OF US STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM
Please watch SCOTA Facebook page for more information on Minnesota Loves Cuba events:
https://www.facebook.com/solidaritycommitteeontheamericas
Sponsors: Solidarity Committee on the Americas (SCOTA), Minnesota Cuba Committee, Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective, Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27, Twin Cities CPUSA, Minnesota Peace Action Coalition, Women Against Military Madness (WAMM).

Neoliberal Apartheid And Imperial Policing With Andy Clarno
2023-02-25 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Event
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2023 AT 10 AM – 11:30 AM
Online Event
https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_Q46038RMTUiSLbI5CuwRrg

As apartheid becomes a popular framework for analyzing Palestine/Israel today, a look at the limits of liberation in “post-apartheid” South Africa challenges us rethink the definition of what apartheid is and when it ends. Against the dominant definition of apartheid, the radical wing of the South African liberation movement offered an alternative understanding of apartheid as a system of racial capitalism. Rethinking apartheid with this lens helps us understand extreme inequality, racialized poverty, and militarized policing in South Africa, Palestine/Israel, and the United States today. Because neoliberal apartheid regimes are highly unstable social formations, policing becomes ever more essential to the maintenance of social order. Professor Clarno analyzes the policing in Johannesburg, Jerusalem, and Chicago by tracing the circulation of knowledge and technology through networks of private and state security forces that coordinate to protect the powerful by policing the racialized poor.

Andy Clarno is associate professor of Sociology and Black Studies and coordinator of the Policing in Chicago Research Group at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of Neoliberal Apartheid: Palestine/Israel and South Africa after 1994 (University of Chicago Press 2017).
Please direct questions about this event to mepn@mepn.org.

Thank you to our forum sponsors, Northfielders for Justice in Palestine and Israel

February: Cuba Car Caravan
2023-02-26 13:00 - 15:00 | South High School Parking Lot, 3131 S 19th Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
February: Cuba Car Caravan -Take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsored Terrorism List
SUNDAY Feb 26 AT 1 PM – 3 PM
We are rounding out our “Show Love for Cuba” month with our monthly car caravan.
-End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba
-Take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism
Join SCOTA, the Minnesota Cuba Committee and others for our monthly car caravan against the US blockade of Cuba. Meet us at South High School in Minneapolis or WATCH LIVE on this page.
This month we’re focusing on the continuation of Cuba on the list of nations that the U.S. designates as “terrorist.”
More than 10,000 people and 100 progressive advocacy groups have signed an open letter urging President Joe Biden to reverse the Trump administration’s terrorism designation for Cuba and to reinstate Obama-era policy for the island.
The international outcry against the U.S. intentional starvation blockade of Cuba is growing. These actions powerfully refute the U.S. claim that Marco Rubio, Bob Menendez and Ted Cruz anti-Cuba campaign represents us.
Now in their third year, the public bike and car caravans that started in Miami and led by Cuban-Americans have broken up that myth. Watch this video, produced by Cuban-Americans in Miami for the September 25 caravans (in Spanish with English subtitles).
https://youtu.be/WNkUgppYJBE

Car caravan details:
South High School parking lot, 3131 19th Ave So, Minneapolis
12:30: Volunteer car marshal training
1:00: Line up and add signs and flags to cars at South High School parking lot, 3131 19th Ave So, Minneapolis. Signs and car flags will be available or bring your own. Caravan sponsors will make brief remarks.
1:30: Caravan begins – left out of the parking lot on 21st Street, left on Lake Street, right on First Ave. South, left through the Post Office parking lot, left on Blaisdell and left on Lake back to South High.
2:30: Brief closing rally at South High parking lot.
The lead car will be in contact with participating cars – details will be provided at the rally site.
Contact 612-437-0222 for more information or if you’re joining late.

Sign our Petition for Cuba!
2023-03-10 00:00 - 23:30 | Your Computer
Sign our Petition to Minnesota Senators to Remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list
Contact Senator Amy Klobuchar and Senator Tina Smith via this petition to request they ask President Biden to remove Cuba from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list.
All you have to do is sign the petition!! Deadline to sign on is March 15th!
Link to petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-minnesota-senators-to-remove-cuba-from-the-state-sponsors-of-terrorism-list?source=direct_link&
Once the petition is collected, we will be emailing both Senators the list of petition signers.
PETITION TEXT
To: Senator Amy Klobuchar and Senator Tina Smith
From: [Your Name]
As a constituent that lives in Minnesota, I’m writing to ask for your support to remove Cuba from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list (SSOT).
Cuba was put on the U.S. State Sponsor of Terrorism List in the last days of Trump’s administration as a political move to please conservative Cuba-Americans and without justification.
The list has had devastating consequences for the Cuban economy and has hurt the well-being of the Cuban people. Presence on the list prevents U.S. businesses from engaging with Cuba and prevents needed medicines, construction materials, food and medicine from arriving. Removing Cuba from this list would be easy and help to relieve the humanitarian crisis with assistance, promote tourism and build the economy.
With an Executive Order, President Biden could remove Cuba from the list. I call on you to urge the President to remove Cuba from the state sponsored terrorism list (SSOT)
Initiated by: Solidarity Committee on the Americas (SCOTA), a committee of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM)
https://www.facebook.com/solidaritycommitteeontheamericas
Minnesota Loves Cuba Month:
a Campaign to remove Cuba from the list of US State Sponsors on Terrorism

Thanks to Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective for Sponsoring this petition.

Call in day: Stop US funding of war in Ukraine
2023-03-20 | Your Telephone
Call in day on 20-year anniversary of US war on Iraq to stop US funding of war in Ukraine
On the anniversary of the horrendous, illegal US war on Iraq, we demand that you represent your constituents and end the funding, sale of weapons, and other military means that the U.S. is using to fuel the war in Ukraine and to stop interfering in negotiations for peace.
Thousands of Ukrainians and Russians have been killed, buildings and infrastructure have been destroyed and we are teetering on the brink of World War 3 and a nuclear war! Fund our infrastructure and human needs within the U.S., not war on foreign countries.
Call:
President Joe Biden-Switchboard: 202-456-1414.
Senator Amy Klobuchar 202-224-3244
Senator Tina Smith-202-224-5641
Sponsored by WAMM End War Committee

WAMM Annual Meeting 2023
2023-03-25 09:30 - 12:00 | St. Joan of Arc Catholic church, 4537 3rd Ave s, Minneapolis, MN, 55419
IN-PERSON!!!!
Free and Open to the Public
No registration required
WAMM Annual Meeting
Sat. March 25 2023 9:30 AM
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Community
Welcome Center (gym lobby)
4537 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis 55419

9:30 a.m. Breakfast food provided

10:00 a.m. Coleen Rowley talk: “Psychopathy and Propaganda: the 101 that everyone needs to know.” Can the 99% be trained to spot the danger of being manipulated through propaganda (emotional buttons of fear, hate, greed, false pride and blind loyalty)? Coleen leads WAMM’s “Tackling Torture at the Top” Action Group. She was one of Time Magazine’s Persons of the Year in 2002.

11:00 a.m. Annual Meeting: Annual Report Song, written by Jo Schubert, will be sung by popular vocalist Sophia Shorai. Financial Report, Budget and Election of 2023 WAMM Board of Directors

Come to the Annual Meeting to visit action group tables, catch up with old friends and make new friends. More info: 612-827-5364. general@wamm.me

Coffee Hour: Rising Hope in Ecuador
2023-04-08 10:00 - 11:30 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Coffee Hour: Rising Hope in Ecuador
Saturday, April 8, 10:00-11:30 AM
4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Join us in person at 4200 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN. If you’re able to come to the coffee hour in person, coffee, bagels and donuts will be served.
If you can’t make it in person, join us on this Facebook page or on Zoom:https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZwudeCupz4uG9xkYUTl3…
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In order to help us understand more about Ecuador, SCOTA is honored to be joined by two speakers from Ecuador who will share their perspectives:
Jonathan Nack is the contact for Ecuador’s solidarity work for the Democratic Socialists of America’s International Committee. He has resided in Ecuador for the past 4.5 years and has followed Ecuador’s politics closely for about 25 years. Joining with Jonathon will be Blair Goodman, also from Ecuador.
This is a time of change in Ecuador and there is a rising hope for a more progressive government. The current President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso is right wing. The party of former President Rafael Correa, who was progressive and brought positive change to Ecuador, has been a leader with other opposition parties for the impeachment of Lasso.
In recent elections, Correa’s party won major municipal and regional victories including mayors of large cities. Lasso’s eight constitutional amendments were also defeated in this election. Lasso is opposed by indigenous movements because of his oil drilling and other policies opposed by these movements.
Organizer: Solidarity Committee on the Americas (SCOTA)
A committee of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM)
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Bio of Jonathan Nack:
He is the contact for Ecuador’s solidarity work for the Democratic Socialists of America’s International Committee. He is the second-generation socialist with 40 years of activist experience. He has substantial experience in solidarity work regarding Latin America, going back to solidarity involving Cuba, Nicaragua, and El Salvador in the late 1970s, and Venezuela since 1999. His activism covered a broad range of issues before he retired and moved to Ecuador. He has resided in Ecuador for the past 4.5 years and has followed Ecuador’s politics closely for about 25 years. Before joining DSA in 2016, he was a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism in 1993. While living in Oakland, CA, he was a leader of the Oakland/Berkeley chapter for many years. He has also sporadically done left journalism for several left publications over the years.

Dr. Strangelove Movie
2023-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb WAMM Second Monday Movie
Monday, April 10, 2023 at 7:00 pm
4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis 55407
WAMM SECOND MONDAY MOVIES PRESENTS:
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The movie everyone needs to see!
Note: Change to Monday Night: Monday, April 10, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. 4200 Cedar Ave. So., Minneapolis
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop
Worrying and Love the Bomb, director Stanley Kubrick’s painfully funny take on Cold War anxiety is one of the fiercest satires on human folly ever to come out of Hollywood. The matchless shape-shifter Peter Sellars plays three wildly different roles…. Finding improbable hilarity in nearly every unimaginable scenario, Dr. Strangelove is a subversive masterpiece that officially announced Kubrick as an unparalleled stylist and pitch-black ironist.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Columbia Pictures (US/UK) 1964 94 mins
Masks and social distancing by choice

Connecting the dots … discussion
Always FREE and open to. the public
ALL ARE WELCOME! Free refreshments!

Sponsored by the WAMM Movie Committee
WAMM isa 501(c)3 nonprofit
612.827.5364
general@wamm.me

Bridge Vigil Focus: Take Cuba Off the Terrorist List
2023-04-12 17:00 - 18:00 | Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River, 4998-4800 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Bridge Vigil Focus: Take Cuba Off the Terrorist List
Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 5:00-6:00 pm

Lake Street-Marshall Bridge

• Cuba is NOT threat to the U.S. national security:
• Cuba poses no military threat to the United States. Cuba has never invaded another county, nor has it been involved in any acts of terrorism against the United States. In fact, Cuba has been an important mediator in resolving conflicts in the region (negotiating conflicts in Colombia).
• Cuba continues to make international commitments to combat terrorism, has ratified numerous international counterterrorism conventions, and has signed a bilateral agreement with the United States on counterterrorism. Cuba has collaborated with the U.S. counter-drug traffic efforts, interdicting narcotic shipments in the Caribbean, and the United States Government publicly thanked Cuba for this cooperation. Cuba is a sponsor of the Colombian peace talks, and the Cuban government is playing a constructive mediating role in these talks to end one of the region’s longest-standing conflicts.
• Keeping Cuba on the SSOT list, has led to greater suffering the Cuban people.
• Banks, financial institutions, and international vendors ceased helping facilitate both regular trade and cooperation with faith groups seeking to provide humanitarian and development support to Cuba. As a result, Cuba faces shortages of necessary items, including a lack of access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene articles, and materials essential for public health, such as medicines and medical devices.
• Keeping Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list undermines the Biden administration’s stated foreign policy goals.

SIGNS AND BANNERS WILL BE PROVIDED OR BRING YOUR OWN.

Sponsored by: Solidarity Committee Of The Americas, MN Cuba Committee and Witness for Peace
The weekly vigil is sponsored by the WAMM End War Committee. Starting in 1999, every Wednesday activists in the Twin Cities have gathered to stand in solidarity with all those affected by US militarism and to call for peace.

Funds for Human Needs, Not War!
2023-04-15 13:00 - 14:00 | 301 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1030, 301 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, United States
Funds for Human Needs, Not War!
Saturday, April 15, 2023, 1:00 pm
Mayday Plaza, 301 Cedar Ave in Minneapolis 55454
Say No to Endless U.S. Wars:
Russia, China, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Somalia —Everywhere!
Say No to Nuclear War and World War 3!
ANTI-WAR PROTEST
Saturday, April 15, 2023
1:00 pm
Mayday Plaza
3rd Street and Cedar Ave
on the West Bank, Minneapolis
(301 Cedar Ave South)

Send an anti-war message on Tax Day!
Minneapolis event initiated by Minnesota Peace Action Coalition.
For more information, 612-827-5364

Venezuela delegation report back
2023-04-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Mayday Bookstore, 301 Cedar Ave S., Minneapolis, MN, 55454
Venezuela delegation report back
Monday, April 17, 2023, 7:00 pm
Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis 55454
LIVESTREAM: Facebook
Hear from our special speakers, Drake Myers and Andrew Josefchak from the Anti-War Committee (Twin Cities). They will be sharing their perspectives from their recent delegation to Venezuela!

Venezuela has been in the cross-hairs of US imperialism for decades, including harsh and severe sanctions and six coup attempts. The US has even outrageously kidnapped Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab in Cape Verde. He is now held in a Miami jail for the “crime” of importing food past the US blockade. Nonetheless, Venezuela has made great gains in making life better for the people as they build their Bolivarian revolution.

Sponsored by: Solidarity Committee on the Americas committee of Women Against Military Madness

Militarism Fuels the Climate Crisis
2023-04-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Cleveland Avenue South and Ford Parkway, Cleveland Avenue South and Ford Parkway, St Paul, 55116, United States
‘Militarism Fuels the Climate Crisis’ Earth Day Event
Saturday, April 22, 2023, 1-3 pm
Cleveland and Ford Parkway in St. Paul
Join Veterans For Peace and the Peace Bus with bannering and signs making the connection between militarism and the climate crisis.
Receive a peace button and greet autos and pedestrians with an Earth Day message. There is no Planet B!
Co-sponsored by the End Military Madness Against the Earth action group of Women Against Military Madness.
FFI: 612-827-5364

Pipeline Blues Vigil
2023-04-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Minnesota Governor’s Residence, 1006 Summit Ave, St Paul, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Every Monday from 4:00-5:00 pm.
Pipeline Blues Vigil
Minnesota Governor’s Mansion
1006 Summit Avenue in St. Paul 55105
WAMM and Veterans For Peace are sponsoring a regular “Stop Line 3!” vigil in solidarity with Water Protectors outside the Governor’s Mansion, 1006 Summit Ave., St. Paul.
All are welcome. Bring Signs. Spread the word!
Sponsored by Women Against Military Madness, Climate Justice Committee and Veterans for Peace Chapter 27.
FFI: Women Against Military Madness 612-827-5364

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Pipeline vigils began on November 8, 2021.

Women's Prison Book Project Sale and Brunch
2023-04-29 08:00 - 12:00 | New City Center, 3104 16th Ave So, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Women’s Prison Book Project Sale and Brunch
Wednesday, April 29, 2023, 8:00-12 Noon
Walker Community United Methodist Church
3104 16th Ave So, Minneapolis
UPDATED LOCATION! Join us at Walker Community United Methodist Church for our upcoming spring book sale & beakfast benefit.
Mark your calendar for April 29 – join us for the WPBP Breakfast + Book Sale Benefit!
We are excited to return to our fundraising tradition in-person this spring. Buy books from our library and enjoy a delicious breakfast while supporting our work!
The breakfast is $12/adult and $8/child. Card or cash is fine. Books of all genres will be on sale during the event.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Learn more about the work you’ll be supporting here: https://wpbp.org/

May Day March
2023-05-01 04:00 - 18:00 | MPS Center for Adult Learning, 2015 East Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
May Day March for Immigrant and Worker’s Rights
Monday, May 1, 2023, 4:00 pm
MPS Adult Education Building
2015 East Lake Street in Minneapolis
May 1st is International Workers Day, a day for protest and a day for the working class to get in the streets and march!
March will start outside the MPS Adult Education Building at 2015 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407.
Join a growing list of labor and immigrant rights organizations for a May Day March.
March initiated by Minnesota Immigrants Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) and Minnesota Workers United (MWU).
Endorsers (list in formation):
AFSCME Local 2822
AFSCME Local 3800
AFSCME Local 3937
Anti-War Committee
Asamblea de Derechos Civiles
CAIR-MN
Climate Justice Committee
East Phillips Neighborhood Institute
Forprogress.org
Freedom Road Socialist Organization Twin Cities
Interfaith Coalition on Immigration
Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59
Minnesota Abortion Action Committee
Minnesota Immigrant Movement
Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee
Minnesota Starbucks Workers United
Minnesota Workers United
OPEIU Local 12
Party for Socialism and Liberation Minneapolis
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa
Students for a Democratic Society-UMN
Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar
Twin Cities Communist Party USA
Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America
Veterans for Peace Local 27
Women Against Military Madness
Young Workers Caucus

Now Is The Time to Close Guantanamo Bannering
2023-05-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Irene Hixon Whitney Pedestrian Bridge, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Now Is The Time to Close Guantanamo
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 4:00 pm
Irene Hixon Whitney Pedestrian Bridge over highway 94
725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis 55403
Join Amnesty International organizations nationwide for vigils calling to end the ongoing abuse of human rights by closing the detention center once and for all. Local Amnesty members will hold banners on the bridge. Sponsored by Amnesty International Group 37 and Tackling Torture at the Top (T3) of Women Against Military Madness.

Rallies will be held in Minneapolis; Washington, DC; Los Angeles, CA; Cobleskill, NY; London, UK; and Mexico City. Co-sponsors: UK Amnesty International, Guantanamo Network, Close Guantanamo, Witness Against Torture, World Can’t Wait, Council on American-Islamic Relations, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, NYC Veterans for Peace.

"The Territory" film
2023-05-08 19:00 - 22:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
WAMM Second Monday Movie Presents
“The Territory”
Monday, May 8, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
4200 Cedar Ave. So., Minneapolis

The Territory provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the indigenous Uru-eu-wa-wa people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon…. The film takes audiences deep into the Uru-eu-wa-wa community and provides unprecedented access to the farmers and settlers illegally burning and clearing the protected indigenous land. Partially shot by the Uru-eu-wa-wa people, the film relies on verité footage captured over three years as the community risks their lives to set up their own news media team in the hopes of exposing the truth.

Directed by Alex Pritz | National Geographic
Brazil/US/Denmark | 2022 | 83 mins
Masks and social distancing by choice.
Connecting the dots…discussion
Always FREE and open to the public
ALL ARE WELCOME! Free refreshments!
Sponsored by the WAMM Movie Committee and the Solidarity Committee on the Americas action group of WAMM.

WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org, a 501(c)3 nonprofit 612.827.5364
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Celebrating the Life of Polly Mann
2023-05-13 10:00 - 13:00 | St. Joan of Arc Catholic church, 4537 3rd Ave s, Minneapolis, MN, 55419
Celebrating the Life of Polly Mann
Saturday, May 13, 2023, 10:00 am
St Joan of Arc Catholic Community
4537 Third Avenue South in Minneapolis 55419
Gathering at 10:00 am
Memorial at 11:00 am
Lunch to follow

Mandela: U.S. Nakbar Tour
2023-05-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Humphrey School of Public Affairs, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, United States
Mandela Nakbar Tour Comes to Minneapolis
Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 7:00 PM
Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs in Minneapolis
U of M West Bank Campus
301 S 19th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55455
2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Nakba (“Catastrophe” in English), when over 750,000 Palestinians were banished from their homes upon the formation of the settler-colonial state of Israel. Today, there are close to five million Palestinian refugees who continue to demand their Right to Return to the homes and lands from which they were exiled.

To commemorate the Nakba, the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) have arranged a brief U.S. Nakba Day 75 tour, to take place from May 15th – May 20th, featuring Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, elected member of the South African National Assembly representing the African National Congress – and grandson of the late Nelson Mandela – as the tour’s keynote speaker.

Mr. Mandela, also the tribal chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council, holds a degree and a post-graduate diploma in Political Science and International Studies from Rhodes University. Unabashed in his support for the Palestinian people, just like his grandfather, he speaks regularly about Palestinian liberation at conferences, rallies, and other events across the world.

Mandela, whose family fought against South African apartheid, is coming to Minneapolis to speak out against Israeli apartheid and for the rights of Palestinians. The Anti-War Committee and the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar are hosting this event to also draw attention to the cooperation between US police forces, including the Minneapolis Police Force, and the Israeli Defense Forces.

Initiated by the Anti-War Committee and Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar. Co-sponsored by Council on American Islamic Relations, Jewish Voice for Peace -TC, MN BDS Community, MN Immigrant Rights Action Committee, Northfielders for Justice in Palestine, Students for a Democratic Society @ the U of MN, Veterans for Peace Chapter 27 and Women Against Military Madness.

Iraq Today
2023-05-17 18:30 - 21:00 | St Albert the Great Catholic Church, 3216 East 29th St, Minneapolis, 55406, United States
Iraq Today: since 1991 – 32 years of war, sanctions and occupation
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:30 pm – 9 pm
St. Albert the Great Catholic Church
3216 E 29th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Sami Rasouli, a naturalized American citizen, has returned to Minnesota after 18 years in his native Iraq. A few years after Shock and Awe destroyed Iraq’s infrastructure and the U.S. began invading and occupying Iraq, Sami left Minneapolis and his successful restaurant business and returned to the city of Najaf to act as a people-to-people bridge of peace between his two countries. In Iraq, he founded the Muslim Peacekeeper Team, and an Arabic-English language institute. He brought medical and academic professionals, civic and business leaders to the U.S., and invited interested Americans to Iraq. He embarked on many speaking tours throughout the U.S. to inform people about conditions in Iraq.
He continues to be a bridge with his eyewitness accounts of what happens to a country after U.S. bombing, invasion, and occupation.

Support the 33rd Cuba Friendshipment Caravan
2023-05-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Calvary Baptist Church, 2608 Blaisdell Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
Support the 33rd Cuba Friendshipment Caravan
Thursday, May 18, 2023, 7-9 pm
Calvary Church 2608 Blaisdell Ave. in Minneapolis 55408
Since 1992, IFCO/Pastors for Peace has organized 31 Friendshipment Caravans to Cuba as challenges to the US government’s economic blockade. These caravans have taken valuable humanitarian aid to Cuba but more importantly have helped demonstrate to the Cuban people that they are not alone and that they have allies even in the ‘belly of the beast’ in the US.

Friendshipment Caravans have also played an important role in making dents in the blockade. We successfully resisted the Bush administration’s attempts to fully criminalize travel to Cuba, and our work was part of the backdrop to the Obama administration’s partial normalization of relations with Cuba. Now we are actively resisting the re-tightening of the blockade by Trump, which the Biden administration has so far continued.

This event is co-sponsored with the Solidarity Committee on the Americas.

FFI: 612-827-5364

War in Ukraine with Medea Benjamin
2023-05-19 18:00 - 20:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALERT – ARRIVE EARLY!

Friday, May 19, 6:00 gathering, 7:00 program
War in Ukraine – Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict
with author Medea Benjamin
4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis 55407

42nd and Cedar is closed, so parking is impacted. Come from Bloomington Ave. Able-bodied people, please park one or two blocks away so disabled attendees can park close.

Medea Benjamin is a co-founder and activist with CodePink. She is author of several books and has been awarded numerous prizes for her ongoing work for justice and world peace. Medea’s books include Drone Warfare, Kingdom of the Unjust and Inside Iran.

Event is co-hosted by Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) and Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27. FFI: WAMM at 612-827-5364.

Benjamin will also speak at Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave on May 20 at 5 pm and Becketwood, 4300 W. River Parkway on May 21 at 10:30 am.

Al Nakba March
2023-05-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Bryant Square Park, 3101 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
Al Nakba March
Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 2 pm
Bryant Square Park, 3101 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis 55408
For Palestinians, May 15 marks Al-Nakba, Arabic for ‘the catastrophe’. During the 1948 war, at least 750,000 Palestinians were ruthlessly attacked, massacred, and driven from their homes by Zionist terror groups, and have never been allowed to return, in violation of international law. 2023 marks 75 years of Israeli land theft, occupation, and apartheid.

The US has provided over $150 billion in aid to Israel since 1949. Our tax dollars are paying for the occupation of Palestine.
We are not talking about Al-Nakba as a historic event but one that is ongoing. We need to raise our voices and march to denounce the Israeli attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque – where worshipers were violently attacked with rubber-coated bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades during Ramadan – as well as the bombing attacks on Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Join us for our annual Al-Nakba protest to demand:
-End U.S. aid to Israel
-The state of MN must divest its over $800 million in state pension funds from Israeli companies and bonds
-Speaking out for Palestine is not a crime!

Activists from MN will attend the national protest in DC on May 13 so we will have our local action the next weekend on May 20.
Organized by the Anti-War Committee & American Muslims for Palestine – MN.
Endorsements (so far):
Council on American-Islamic Relations – MN
Jewish Voice for Peace – Twin Cities
Middle East Peace Now
MN BDS Community
MN Workers United
Northfielders for Justice in Palestine
Students for Justice in Palestine – UMN
The Red Nation
Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar
Women Against Military Madness

Medea Benjamin, Author or War in Ukraine
2023-05-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Mayday Bookstore, 301 Cedar Ave S., Minneapolis, MN, 55454
Medea Benjamin, author of War in Ukraine – Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict
Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Mayday Books
301 Cedar Ave on the West Bank in Minneapolis

Medea Benjamin is a co-founder and activist with CodePink. She is author of several books and has been awarded numerous prizes for her ongoing work for justice and world peace. Medea’s books include Drone Warfare, Kingdom of the Unjust and Inside Iran.

Event is co-hosted by Mayday Books, Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) and Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27. FFI: Mayday Books, 612-333-4719.

Benjamin will also speak at 4200 Cedar Ave on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 6 pm and Becketwood Cooperative, 4300 W. River Parkway on Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 10:30 am.
