Women Against Military Madness

Taking Back Pride March
2023-06-25 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | North 6th Street and Hennepin Ave, 55403
Taking Back Pride March
Sunday, June 25, 2023, 10 am
North 6th Street & Hennepin Ave in Minneapolis
Meet at North 6th Street & Hennepin Ave!
Join us this pride in fighting for queer and trans liberation and protesting the continued presence of cops, capitalism, and corporations at Twin Cities Pride!
PRIDE FOR THE PEOPLE!
BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER!
STOP THE ATTACK ON QUEER AND TRANS RIGHTS!
STONEWALL WAS A RIOT

Come march in our Cuba contingent! Meeting at 10:30 a.m.
March with others with our Cuba banners. Help pass out Cuba solidarity stickers and information!
Our section will focus on Cuba. We will have Cuban flags and signs to promote:
-Not Proud of US blockade of Cuba!
-Cuba supports LGBTQ rights!
Sponsored by Taking Back Pride Coalition

Mike Madden – Release Julian Assange Talk
2023-06-25 15:00 - 16:00 | First Congregational Church, 500 8th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, United States
Mike Madden – Release Julian Assange Talk
Sunday, June 25, 2023, 3:00 pm
First Congregational Church, 500 SE 8th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Mike Madden will be a guest speaker at Amnesty International Group 37 Hybrid Meeting,
REGULAR MEETING 2-3PM CDT
2:00 Introductions – Letter Writing action – be ready to write!
2:10 News/Events
2:20 MMIW
2:30 Death Penalty
2:40 Philippines & Honduras
2:45 Lobbying
GUEST SPEAKER – 3-4PM
MIKE MADDEN – VETS FOR PEACE CHAPTER 27
Mike Madden was a member of the United States Air Force from 1973-78. His true service to country began in 2004 when he joined Veterans For Peace. In 2022, he co-founded Twin Cities Assange Defense, an affiliate of AssangeDefense.org.
RELEASE JULIAN ASSANGE
On June 25th, Mr. Madden will give a chronology of the thirteen-year persecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and an update on the most recent legal proceedings in the United Kingdom regarding the United States’ extradition request.
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Pipeline Blues Farewell to the Mansion Special Vigil
2023-06-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Minnesota Governor’s Residence, 1006 Summit Ave, St Paul, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Pipeline Blues Farewell to the Mansion Special Vigill
Monday, June 26, 2022, 4:00-5:00 pm
MN Governor’s Mansion, 1006 Summit Ave in St Paul
This is the last Monday of Gov. Walz’s use of the official residence before the family moves to Eastcliff (July 1st, according to news coverage) while the Summit Avenue mansion is undergoing renovation and repairs. The Pipeline Blues/Stop Line 3 Vigilers continue to evaluate and plan for the future location of the vigil. Vigil-Scouts will scope out the situation on Summit Ave. Meanwhile, the focus of the vigil is broadening to embrace large issues of environmental destruction – especially by the U.S. military – in addition to the piping of tar-sands oil that we’ve always opposed. Spread the word about the expanded vigil and demo on Monday, June 26, 4:00-5:00pm. It will be lively and vibrant as vigilers and protesters stand in opposition to environmental ruin. Onward!

Author visit: Fran Shor
2023-06-28 17:00 - 18:30 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Author visit: Fran Shor
Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 5:00-6:30 pm
4200 Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis
Fran Shor is author of “Passages of Rebellion,” a work of historical and political fiction that takes place for much of the story in Minneapolis during the years 1967-1970. The focus is on the anti-war and anti-draft activities of the protagonist, Frank Goodman. Moving back and forth in time, the novel not only highlights the turmoil of that period, but also it moves through two generations into the present. Using a variety of passages from the works of Albert Camus, James Baldwin, and Andrea Dworkin, among others, the novel explores questions of violence, from the international to the domestic sphere.
Fran Shor was an an antiwar activist and draft resister during his time as a grad student at the University of Minnesota. He is Emeritus Professor, History, Wayne State University and author of 5 nonfiction books, including “Dying Empire: US Imperialism and Global Resistance” (Routledge 2010) and “Weaponized Whiteness” (Haymarket 2020).
Copies of “Passages of Rebellion” will be available for purchase at the event for a discounted price of $10 with half the proceeds going to the event sponsors!
Sponsored by Women Against Military Madness and Veterans for Peace Chapter 27
Shor will also be collecting information for his upcoming book, “Peace Advocacy in the Shadow of War” with a chapter focusing on “Women’s Antiwar and Peace Advocacy at the End of the 20th and beginning of the 21st centuries.” Please contact WAMM to contribute.
612-827-5364 general@wamm.me

Hey Walz, Divest MN Pensions from Apartheid Israel!
2023-07-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River, 4998-4800 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Hey Walz, Divest MN Pensions from Apartheid Israel!
Friday, July 7, 2023, 6 pm
LOCATION UPDATED: Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and St Paul
Join us to send a loud message to the State Board of Investment before their next meeting.

Gather on the St. Paul side of the Marshall/Lake Street bridge, together we will take our demands to Governor Walz who will be staying nearby at Eastcliff Mansion.

Join us to send a loud message to the State Board of Investment before their next meeting.

Initiated by the Anti-War Committee. Endorsements from American Muslims for Palestine, Climate Justice Committee, Jewish Voice for Peace, MN Immigrant Rights Committee, MN Peace Action Coalition & Veterans for Peace.

One Year Without Roe March
2023-07-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Mayday Plaza, 301 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, United States
One Year Without Roe – March for abortion access! March against the bans!
Saturday, July 8, 2023, 1 pm
Mayday Plaza, 301 Cedar on the West Bank in Minneapolis
(rescheduled due to bad weather last Saturday)
Join the Minnesota Abortion Action Committee on the anniversary of Roe and the National Day of Action!
One year ago Roe v. Wade was overturned and our rights to our own reproductive decisions were stripped away.
Protest the proliferation of abortion bans nationwide, to fight for increased access here in Minnesota, and to regulate and stop the spread of Crisis Pregnancy Centers!
Join us and march for your rights! March for abortion access! March against bans!
Sponsored by MN Abortion Action Coalition

Stop Polluting East Phillips
2023-07-09 13:00 - 14:00 | East 28th Street and Longfellow Avenue, 2199 East 28th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Stop Polluting East Phillips – Campaign Kick Off!
Smith Foundry & Bituminous Roadways Don’t Belong in the Neighborhoods!
Sunday, July 9, 2023 1:00 pm
28th and Longfellow in Minneapolis
The fight to #DefendEastPhillips isn’t over! First we won the depot, now we’re gonna win this: get Bituminous & Smith out of the neighborhood and into a non-residential area! No chance they’d have ever even been allowed in a richer, whiter neighborhood like Kenwood. Fight for the air we breathe!
Sponsored by the Climate Justice Committee

Say NO to NATO
2023-07-11 17:00 - 18:00 | Senator Amy Klobuchar’s Minneapolis Office, 1200 S Washington Ave, Minneapolis, 55415-1227, United States
Say NO to NATO
Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 5:00 PM
Sen Klobuchar’s office, 1200 Washington Ave, Mpls (near the intersection of 35W and Washington Ave.)

NATO is meeting July 11-12 where they have announced they will put 300,000 forces on higher readiness, tighten air & missile defense, and reaffirm Ukraine’s rightful place is in NATO. At every moment NATO has worked to INCREASE tension in Ukraine. NATO is a military alliance aimed at Russia and has always been seen as a force for aggression. This plus the $46.6 billion the US has sent in military assistance is PROLONGING the conflict. We call for negotiations and for peace which can’t happen while NATO is saber rattling.
Initiated by MN Peace Action Coalition.

Stop the Attacks on Queer and Trans Rights!
2023-07-14 16:00 - 17:00 | The Commons, 425 Portland Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55488, United States
Stop the Attacks on Queen and Trans Rights rally
Friday, July 14, 2023, The Commons, 425 Portland Ave in downtown Minneapolis

Join Taking Back Pride Coalition to protest ongoing attacks made by SCOTUS on LGBTQ+, Black and Brown, and working class people on Friday, July 14th at 4pm at The Commons park in downtown Minneapolis

We know that the recent ruling in favor or 303 Creative LLC to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people is just the beginning. Besides hurting Queer people, it provides legal precedent for discrimination against Black and Brown people, as well as many other groups. Now is not the time to be neutral! Roe was just the beginning of this courts attacks; cases like Obergefell and Loving, that established legally recognized Gay and Interracial marriage respectively, and Lawrence, that recognized sodomy laws as unconstitutional, will be on the chopping block. If we want to keep what few rights we have today, we have to be willing to take to the streets! We won’t go back in the closet, and we won’t go back to Jim Crow!

Sponsorred by Taking Back Pride Coalition, MN Abortion Rights Committee, Twin Cities Justice 4 Jamar, Minneapolis Community for Police Accountability Commission, Anti-War Committee, Women Against Military Madness and Freedom Road Socialist Organization-Twin Cities.

Open Streets Glenwood 2023
2023-07-16 11:00 - 17:00 | Glenwood Ave
Open Streets Glenwoood 2023
Sunday, July 16, 2023, 11 am to 5 pm
Glenwood Ave from N Washburn Ave to N Bryant Ave
Open Streets Minneapolis is back for five summer events on car-free city streets! Walk, bike, roll, and stroll while enjoying entertainment, programming and vendors for an activity-packed day of neighborhood fun.
During these free, family-friendly events, local nonprofit Our Streets Minneapolis partners with the City of Minneapolis to temporarily close major thoroughfares to car traffic, opening them to people biking, walking, rolling, and connecting with neighbors and local businesses.

Join WAMM in our effort to do outreach to grow the anti-war movement! We’ll be hanging out with the Anti-War Committee and Veterans for Peace Chapter 27. Feel free to stop by if you’re there and get some literature, buttons, and get a sticker! FFI: 612-827-5364

Peacestock23 "Is Militarism Providing the Security We Seek?
2023-07-16 13:00 - 19:00 | Central Park Bandshell, 415 W 4th Street, Red Wing, MN, 55066, United States
Peacestock23 “Is Militarism Providing the Security We Seek?
SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2023 AT 1 PM – 7 PM
Central Park Bandshell, 415 W 4th St, Red Wing Mn
NEW EVENT PEACESTOCK23
Join Us in Red Wing July 16th to make your voice heard at our free event on the topic of “Is Militarism Providing the Security We Seek.”
Hosted by Mr. Peacestock Bill Haberdank the LIVE event will feature; Colleen Rowley, Jack Nelson-Palmeyer, and Sami Rasouli and the poetry and music of the Buffalo Weavers. Food, Trucks, Music and Important Conversation, so join us in Central Park Red Wing July 16th.

Free Peacestock23 registration at: https://Peacestock23.eventbrite.com

1934 Truckers Strike Memorial Ceremony
2023-07-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Teamsters Memorial Plaque, 701 N 3rd Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55401
1934 Truckers Strike Memorial Ceremony
Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 6 pm
701 N 3rd St in Minneapolis 55401
On Friday 20 July 1934, Minneapolis Police ambushed members and supporters of Teamsters Local 574, who were on strike for better pay and working conditions. The police shot 67, mostly in the back, killing Henry Ness and John Belor. This event became known as Bloody Friday and the strike established Minneapolis as a union town.

We will commemorate Bloody Friday by laying a wreath at the sight of the shootings. There will be several short speeches and some songs about the strike. Please join us in commemorating this historic event and paying homage to those who fought and died in the struggle for a better future for workers.

Film Screening: Silvio Rodríguez - My First Calling
2023-07-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Lind Hall Room 302 U of Minn East Bank, 207 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455
Film Screening: Silvio Rodriquez – My First Calling
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 7 pm
Lind Hall Room 302, U of Minnesota East Bank
207 Church St SE in Minneapoolis

What Difference Could a Revolution Make? Lessons from Cuba’s Literacy Campaign

This year’s July 26th is the 70th anniversary of the attack on the U.S.-backed Fulgencio Batista dictatorship’s Moncada barracks in Santiago, led by Fidel Castro. This was the opening gun of the Cuban Revolution. This year is also the 125th anniversary of Washington’s invasion of Cuba. This meeting will discuss one of the earliest great accomplishments of the Cuban revolution – the 1961 literacy campaign, when a quarter of a million volunteers, the brigadistas, who were mostly young women, went to every corner of Cuba to teach people to read and write. They packed their bags and set out for the remotest villages, many without electricity or running water. In a little over a year, literacy rates in Cuba went from only 60%-76% to almost 100%.

Why did the Cuban revolution prioritize literacy? What can we learn from this campaign?

Program:
Film: Silvio Rodríguez: My First Calling
Global music giant Silvio Rodriguez recounts his coming of age story as a volunteer on the youth brigades of the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign.

Speakers:
• Matthew Streitz, Young Democratic Socialists of America, University of Minnesota
• Gary Prevost, Member, Minnesota Cuba Committee, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Latin American Studies, College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Lind Hall-Room 302, 207 Church St. SE, University of Minnesota East Bank campus

Sponsored by: Minnesota Cuba Committee, Young Democratic Socialist of America, University of Minnesota, Solidarity Committee on the Americas
For more information: mncuba@gmail.com, https://www.facebook.com/MNCubaCmte/

July Cuba Car Caravan (in St. Paul) Second Anniversary!
2023-07-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Target Midway Parking Lot, 1300 University Ave W, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55104
July Cuba Car Caravan (in St. Paul) Second Anniversary!
Sunday, July 30, 2023, 1-3 pm
Target Store, Midway, 1300 University Ave W in Saint Paul 55104
NOTE THE NEW LOCATION – IN ST. PAUL!!

It’s SCOTA’s and MN Cuba Committee’s 2nd caravan anniversary! JOIN US at Midway St. Paul’s Target parking lot
1300 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55104 (gathering and rally at the parking lot closer to the Hamline Light Rail Station)

We join the nationwide monthly caravans first organized by Miami-based Puentes de Amor (Bridges of Love) to show our love for Cuba.
-End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba
-Take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism

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 end 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 claims by anti-Cuba Senators Marco Rubio, Robert Menendez and Ted Cruz

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.

Marshal Training
2023-08-02 17:30 - 18:45 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Marshal Training
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 @ 5:30 PM
4200 Cedar Ave S in Minneapolis
We are always needing more help to keep our protests safe. Learn how to volunteer at a protest/march. This training will have a focus on how to deescalate with counter protesters. Sponsored by Minnesota Peace Action Coalition

Say No to Nuclear War - Say No to World War III
2023-08-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Lyndale Avenue South and Vineland Place in Minneapolis, Vineland Place and Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
Say No to Nuclear War – Say No to World War III
Anti-War Protest
Saturday, August 5, 2023
1:00 PM
Lyndale Avenue South and Vineland Place in Minneapolis
Minneapolis
On the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
Say NO to Nuclear War
Say NO to World War 3
Stop U.S./NATO proxy war with Russia in Ukraine!
Not one more dollar for war in Ukraine, negociation, not escalation

No War with China
Stop Endless U.S. Wars – No New Wars: Syria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Korea, Palestine – Everywhere
Funds for human needs, housing & health care, not the war machine

On the 78th anniversary of the only use of nuclear weapons in war, we remember that the U.S. detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, killing 129,00 and 226,00 people.
The world today is at great risk of a new world war, a nuclear war.

Commemorative Tea Ceremony 2023
2023-08-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commemorative Tea Ceremony
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Time of Remembrance 2023
Saturday, August 6, 2023 at 6:00-7:00 pm
Lyndale Park Peace Garden
4124 Roseway Rd in Minneapolis
The Yukimakai Tea Study Group will perform a commemorative tea ceremony at the Lyndale Park Peace Garden near Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. Two honored guests will be served tea and sweets in the traditional chado fashion. This event occurs at the same time that commemorative ceremonies in Hiroshima are taking place. Bring your own lawn chair.
Sponsored by the Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee.
Support from Veterans for Peace Chapter 27, Women Against Military Madness, Back from the Brink and the Saint Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Committee
FFI: Saint Paul – Nagasaki Sister City Committtee, MSPHNCC@gmail.com, 952-261-3891

Hiroshima Ceremony of the Cranes 2023
2023-08-06 07:30 - 09:00 | Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hiroshima Ceremony of the Cranes
Sunday, August 6 at 7:30 am
Lyndale Park Peace Garden
4124 Roseway Rd in Minneapolis
The CEREMONY OF THE CRANES (HIROSHIMA COMMEMORATION) has been held at the Lyndale Park Peace Garden since 1985. It begins with music at 7:30 am and pauses for a moment of silence at 8:15 am, the time the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Larry Johnson and Elaine Wynne will tell the story of Sadako, the young runner who folded a 1,000 paper cranes for peace. John LaForge of NukeWatch is our keynote speaker. Roger Cuthbertson has composed a new piece, which the “Stringbeans” will perform. Veterans for Peace will ring their bells 11 times to mark the moment of silence.
Please bring your own chair.
Sponsored by the Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee.
Support from Veterans for Peace Chapter 27, Women Against Military Madness, Back from the Brink and the Saint Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Committee
FFI: Saint Paul – Nagasaki Sister City Committtee, MSPHNCC@gmail.com, 952-261-3891

Nagasaki Commemoration 2023
2023-08-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Global Harmony Labyrinth in Como Park, 1360 Lexington Ave, Saint Paul, 55103, United States
Nagasaki Commemoration
Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 7:00 pm
Global Harmony Labyrinth
Como Park in St. Paul
Greetings from Nagasaki and St Paul City Hall
A Bowl of Peace
Healing Meditation led by Nancy Hyvarinen
Sensei Yonsei Kai dancers
Minnesota Peace Ribbon
Please bring your own chair.
Sponsored by the Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee.
Support from Veterans for Peace Chapter 27, Women Against Military Madness, Back from the Brink and the Saint Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Committee
FFI: Saint Paul – Nagasaki Sister City Committtee, MSPHNCC@gmail.com, 952-261-3891

A Force More Powerful movie
2023-08-14 19:00 - 21:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
WAMM SECOND MONDAY MOVIES PRESENTS
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
Monday, August 14, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. 4200 Cedar Ave. So., Minneapolis

A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-violent Conflict is a two part documentary that reveals how one of the 20th Century’s most important, but least understood stories, and tells how millions chose to battle the forces of brutality and oppression with non-violent weapons and won. Tracing how the movements inspired, borrowed from and built on each other, Episode 1 chronicles how Gandhi refines and expands the nonviolent weaponry he discovered in South Africa as he leads India’s campaign for full independence from Britain in the 1930s. It also reveals a new angle on the American Civil Rights Movement in 1960, then returns
full circle to South Africa in the 1980s as activists help dismantle apartheid.

Directed by Steve York
WETA (PBS) | US | 2000 | 84 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

WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org, a 501(c)3 nonprofit 612.827.5364 general@wam

Middle East Peace Now Potluck and Picnic
2023-08-16 16:00 - 21:00 | Roslind Park Picnic Shelter, 4300 W. 66th Avenuue, Edina, MN, 55435, United States
Middle East Peace Now Potluck and Picnic!
Wednesday, August 16, 2023- Rain or Shine!
4:00 – 9:00 p.m. Program begins at 5:00 PM
Rosland Park Picnic Shelter
4300 West 66th Street, Edina, MN 55035
Reflections from the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Presented by Jenny Hartley and Fred Rogers
Fred Rogers and Jenny Hartley are active with Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel. Recently they returned from an extended visit in Palestine. They were there during a time of escalating Israeli military attacks and settler violence in the Occupied Territories. Presentation will be followed by general discussion and sharing.
Sample a Middle Eastern dish
Win a gift certificate for dinner
Bring a dish to share.
Water provided.
2 Free Drawings:

$50 gift certificate for Mediterranean Cruise Café Restaurant In Burnsville – Live entertainment
$50 gift certificate for Hummus House Restaurant & Bakery Uptown on Lyndale Avenue – new opening!

Parking:
The Rosland Park pavilion is at the Edina pool off of Valley View road. There is parking in front of the pool as you enter and if you follow the small road around (running along the freeway) to the back, there is more parking and it is closer to the pavilion.
RSVP with an email to mepn@mepn.org, and please forward this announcement to your friends and connections! RSVP preferred but not required.
Sponsored by Middle East Peace Now

Open Streets Cedar Riverside
2023-08-20 11:00 - 17:00 | Cedar and Riverside Aves on the West Bank in Minneapolis, Minneapolis
Open Streets Minneapolis
Sunday, August 20, 2023
11 am to 5 pm
Cedar Avenue from S 3rd St to 6th St & Riverside Ave from Cedar Ave to S 19th Ave in Minneapolis 55454

This event is FREE to attend. Walk, bike, roll and stroll through car-free city streets, while enjoying entertainment, programming and vendors for an activity-packed day of neighborhood fun.

If you can join us to staff WAMM’s table, please call or email the office at 612-827-5364 or admin@wamm.me

Join WAMM in our effort to do outreach and grow the anti-war movement! We’ll be hanging out with the Anti-War Committee and Veterans for Peace Chapter 27. Feel free to top by if you’re there and get some literature, buttons and get a sticker. FFI: 612-827-5364.

August Cuba Bannering in St. Paul
2023-08-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Snelling Ave and Midway Parkway, St. Paul
August Cuba Bannering in St. Paul
Sunday, August 27, 2023, 1:00-3:00 pm
Main Gate of the MN State Fair, Snelling Ave and Midway Parkway, St. Paul.
NOTE THE NEW LOCATION – IN ST. PAUL!!

Not a caravan but a Bannering for Cuba!
Since the Great Minnesota Get Together is happening today, we are going to gather to hold a banner, flags, signs and pass out information at the main gate entrance located on Snelling Ave and Midway Parkway, St. Paul.
Bring your banners, signs, flags and join us!

Background: Miami-based Puentes de Amor (Bridges of Love) to show our love for Cuba has nationwide monthly caravans and was the first to organize them.
-End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba-Take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism
We focus on ending the 60 year U.S. blockade on Cuba and 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 end 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 claims by anti-Cuba Senators Marco Rubio, Robert Menendez and Ted Cruz.
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

Sponsored by Solidarity Committee of the Americas and the MN Cuba Committee.

Coffee Hour: Cuba eyewitness report back on unions
2023-09-09 10:00 - 12:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Coffee Hour: Cuba eyewitness report back on unions
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2023 AT 10 AM – 12 PM, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN
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: (to come)
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Hear from Aminah and Joe’s experiences from their recent trips to Cuba.
Aminah Sheikh
Joe Callahan, MN Cuba Committee
More info to come.

WAMM FUNdraiser
2023-09-10 16:00 - 19:00 | New Branches Church, 5011 S 31st Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55417
WAMM FUNdraiser
Sunday, September 10, 2023 AT 4 PM – 7 PM
New Branches Church in Minneapolis
5011 S 31st Avenue in Minneapolis 55417
• Join us at WAMM’s fall FUNdraiser to thank Kristin Dooley who is retiring as WAMM Director.
• Welcome our new director, Robyn Harbison, as we start a new chapter of work to make the world a better place.
• Enjoy music by WAMM musicians, with a little Irish dancing called by Mike Whelan.• Join a new-fashioned cake, book and wine walk.• Bid at a mini silent auction.• Please bring a dish to share if able. WAMM will provide main dish and beverages.• Suggested donation is $4 to $41 to honor WAMM’s 41st year.
Save the date for a FUN FUNdraising event for Women Against Military Madness in September. Details to come. FFI: 612-827-5364.

The Power of Personal Courage in an Era of Mass Censorship
2023-09-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Hook and Ladder Theater and Lounge, 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
The Power of Personal Courage in an Era of Mass Censorship
Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:00pm
Reception begins: 6:00 pm
Talk begins: ~6:30/7 pm
LOCATION UPDATE: Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge, 3010 Minnehaha Ave in Minneapolis 55406
Former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan and “War on Terror” anti-torture whistleblower Craig John Murray will lead a discussion on the defense of Julian Assange and Freedom of Press/Speech. Mr. Murray speaks not only politically and ideologically about the Assange case and its ramifications for maintaining freedom and democracy but with the passion of his personal friendship with Julian Assange and the Assange family.
Murray is a Scottish author, human rights campaigner, journalist, and former diplomat. After “9-11 changed everything,” (exactly 22 years ago this date!) and while Murray was the British ambassador to Uzbekistan, he exposed extremely serious violations of human rights taking place in that country.
Sponsored by Tackling Torture at the Top (T3) action group of Women Against Military Madness

Middle East Peace Now September Forum
2023-09-16 10:00 - 11:30 | MN
Saturday, September 16, 2023, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Online event, clink link here to register
Co-sponsored event sponsored by Middle East Peace Now (MEPN).
US Policy Toward Israel At a Turning Point, with Mitchell Plitnick, President, ReThinking Foreign Policy
The perception of Israel in the United States, in virtually every corner except the halls of Congress, has undergone a radical transformation in 2023. Ongoing and escalating violence by settlers, while not new, has reached unprecedented heights and the involvement of Israeli military and security forces in those attacks has gotten more exposure than ever before. Israel’s own radically right-wing government has escalated military attacks as well, with the attack on Jenin in June highlighting a growing understanding that Israel is, at best, disregarding Palestinian lives. Yet despite Israel’s escalating violence and its de facto annexation of much of the West Bank, mainstream congressional Democrats have doubled down on their support for Israel while the Biden administration has accelerated efforts to broker a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. I will discuss the implications of all of these factors and how they are connected.Mitchell Plitnick, a political analyst and writer, is the president of ReThinking Foreign Policy. He is the author, with Marc Lamont Hill, of Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics. Mitchell’s previous positions include vice president at the Foundation for Middle East Peace, Director of the US Office of B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, and Co-Director of Jewish Voice for Peace. His writing has appeared in Ha’aretz, the New Republic, Mondoweiss, Responsible Statecraft, The New Arab, Middle East Report, LobeLog, the San Francisco Chronicle, +972 Magazine, and other outlets. He has spoken all over the country on Middle East politics and has regularly offered commentary in a wide range of radio and television outlets including PBS News Hour, the O’Reilly Factor, i24 (Israel), Pacifica Radio, CNBC Asia and others. Plitnick graduated with honors from UC Berkeley in Middle Eastern Studies and wrote his thesis on Israeli and Jewish historiography. He earned his Masters Degree from the University of Maryland, College Park’s School of Public Policy. You can find him on Twitter @MJPlitnick.Thank you to our forum sponsors, Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel, Women Against Military MadnessPlease email mepn@mepn.org with any questions.

Open Streets West Broadway
2023-09-16 11:00 - 17:00 | West Broadway Avenue from Penn Ave N to Lyndale Ave N
Open Streets Minneapolis
Saturday, September 16, 2023
11:00 am – 5:00 pm
West Broadway Avenue from Penn Ave N to Lyndale Ave N –
Our booth will be located at the intersection of: N Logan Ave & W Broadway Ave, in front of the YMCA

This event is FREE to attend. Walk, bike, roll and stroll through car-free city streets, while enjoying entertainment, programming and vendors for an activity-packed day of neighborhood fun.

If you can join us to staff WAMM’s table, please call or email the office at 612-827-5364 or admin@wamm.me.

Join WAMM in our effort to do outreach and grow the anti-war movement! Feel free to stop by if you’re there and get some literature, buttons and get a sticker. FFI: 612-827-5364.

Camp Ripley Peace Vigil
2023-09-17 10:00 - 14:00 | Camp Ripley, 15000 Highway 115, Little Falls, Minnesota
Camp Ripley Peace Vigil
Sunday, September 17, 2023 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115, north of Little Falls
Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace (BACP) and Brainerd Lakes Area Democratic Socialists of America (BLA DSA) will hold a peace vigil outside of Camp Ripley on Sunday, September 17.
The vigil is scheduled to last from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the time Camp Ripley hosts Open House Day. Vigil participants can join all or part of the peace vigil.
Signs, banners, and flags are available for vigil participants or vigil participants can bring signs to the vigil.

Camp Ripley is located at 15000 Highway 115, north of Little Falls. Vigil participants may park along the right-of-way.

The vigil seeks to increase public awareness of the devastation drone warfare causes by protesting against Camp Ripley’s drone pilot training program. Camp Ripley does not fly drones overseas, but the training it provides enables pilots to use killer drones.)

The vigil will demand the termination of drone warfare, the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces from the Middle East, and a complete end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war on Yemen.

The vigil supports a ceasefire and a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine to end the Ukraine War. The vigil opposes the U.S. arming, funding, and training the Ukrainian military as these actions prolong the Ukraine War and risk a catastrophic war between the U.S. and Russia. The vigil calls on the U.S. to support every diplomatic effort to end the Ukraine War.

The vigil opposes the U.S. sanctions regime and regime change operations. The vigil supports the U.S. peacefully resolving disputes with other nations through diplomacy based on international law, the right to self-determination, and respect for national sovereignty.

The vigil will be in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. The vigil supports the Black Lives Matter movement’s demand to demilitarize the police force. (Camp Ripley is a major trainer of state and local police forces.)

The vigil’s pro-peace message will counter the pro-war propaganda Camp Ripley spreads at Open House Day, the biannual event when Camp Ripley invites the public to visit the base.

Everyone is welcome to join the Camp Ripley peace vigil. Please join us

September Cuba Car Caravan
2023-09-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Griggs Midway Building, 1821 University Ave, St. Paul, Minnesota
September Cuba Car Caravan

End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba! (Poner fin al bloqueo estadounidense de Cuba)
Take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism! (Sacar a Cuba de la lista de Estados Patrocinadores del Terrorismo de EE.UU)

Sunday, September 24, 2023, Gather at 1:00 pm
Griggs-Midway Building in St. Paul, MN1821 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55104(gather in the parking lot)
Car caravan details:
1:00 pm: Line up and add signs and flags to cars at Griggs-Midway. Signs and car flags will be available or bring your own. Caravan sponsors will make brief remarks.1:30 pm (sharp): Caravan begins – Drive on University Avenue to the State Capital and back then return to Griggs-Midway.

During the caravan join us on ZOOM! See QR code.
2:30: Brief closing rally at Griggs-Midway Building parking lot.Contact 612-437-0222 for more information or if you’re joining late.We join the nationwide monthly caravans first organized by Miami-based Puentes de Amor (Bridges of Love) to show our love for Cuba.
This month we’re focusing on the continuation of Cuba on the list of nations that the U.S. designates as “terrorist” and the recent FBI questioning when people visit Cuba.

Come to hear speakers that have experienced FBI questioning and/or FBI raids. We need to stand up and speak out against any form of U.S. government repression against the people of Cuba and their supporters.
More than 10,000 people and 100 progressive advocacy groups have signed an open letter urging President Joe Biden to end the Trump administration’s terrorism designation for Cuba and to reinstate Obama-era policy for the island.We are still organizing to end the US’ 60+year Blockade on Cuba:The international outcry against the U.S. intentional starvation blockade of Cuba is growing. These actions powerfully refute the claims by anti-Cuba Senators Marco Rubio, Robert Menendez and Ted Cruz.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.

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Únase a SCOTA, el Comité Cuba de Minnesota y otros en nuestra caravana mensual contra el bloqueo estadounidense a Cuba. Encuéntrenos en el edificio Griggs-Midway (St. Paul) (estacionamiento inferior) o MÍRELO EN VIVO en la página de Facebook.Este mes nos enfocamos en la continuación de Cuba en la lista de naciones que los EE.UU. designa como “terroristas”.
Más de 10,000 personas y 100 grupos progresistas han firmado una carta abierta urgiendo al presidente Joe Biden a revertir la designación de terrorismo de la administración Trump para Cuba y restablecer la política de la era Obama para la isla.
El clamor internacional contra el bloqueo con intención de causar hambre intencionado de Estados Unidos contra Cuba es cada vez mayor. Estas acciones refutan poderosamente la afirmación estadounidense de que la campaña contra Cuba de Marco Rubio, Bob Menéndez y Ted Cruz nos representa.
Ahora en su tercer año, las caravanas públicas de bicicletas y automóviles que comenzaron en Miami y son lideradas por cubano-americanos han roto ese mito.
Initiated by: Solidarity Committee on the Americas & the MN Cuba Committee
Facebook event and watch live if one can’t make it to the caravan: September Cuba Car Caravan (Griggs-Midway Building in St. Paul)!
