Milwaukee, WI – A handful of organizations from Milwaukee will be coming together at 7:30pm on Tuesday, February 16th to welcome President Joe Biden to the city with the demands of the people’s movements. While Mr. Biden speaks inside the Pabst Theater to an invite-only audience for a town hall with CNN, people will gather across the street outside City Hall on the corner of Wells and Water.
“The Coalition to March on the DNC was big for us last summer. That momentum has continued into 2021 with an action in January and now this one in February,” said Ryan Hamann, a leader with Wisconsin Freedom Road Socialist Organization. “United fronts and pressing for our demands are two tactics that have been proven time and again throughout history to achieve results. All power to the people!”
The general demands that make up the program of the demonstration are as follows:
● Relief for the People → We demand the promised $2000 stimulus checks and additional subsequent monthly payments; the reinstatement of special unemployment benefits; an extension of the rent, mortgage, & eviction moratoriums; increased access to the COVID-19 vaccine; and at least a $15/hour minimum wage
● End Police Crimes & White Supremacy → We demand community control of the police and that the police be defunded in favor of community programs; justice for the victims of killer police, such as Joel Acevedo and Alvin Cole; and the swift conviction of white supremacist murderer Kyle Rittenhouse
● Defend Indigenous Sovereignty & Protect the Earth → We demand that indigenous treaty rights be respected and that the respective indigenous Nations be granted control over their lands and its resources; an end to the Dakota Access Pipeline as well as Enbridge Lines 3 and 5; and the creation of green union jobs for workers affected by the closure, including job training programs to learn the necessary skills
● End the Wars & No More Sanctions → We demand that the U.S. ends its involvement in the war on Yemen; an end to the encirclement and antagonism toward the People’s Republic of China; an end to the intervention models used in places like Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Bolivia; and an end to all sanctions against Cuba, Iran, and all other targets of U.S. foreign policy
● Legalization for All & Abolish I.C.E. → We demand immediate formal citizenship for all 11 million-plus undocumented people in the U.S.; an end to the system of family separation through deportation and detention in concentration camps; a closure of those camps; and the defunding and dismantling of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The list of organizations sponsoring the event includes: Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, Party for Socialism & Liberation, Our Wisconsin Revolution, Students for a Democratic Society, Unemployed Council of Milwaukee, Peace Action Wisconsin, Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba, Democratic Socialists of America, and the Milwaukee chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.
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