Friends of Trayvon Host Rally Saturday (7/20) at 1pm

An event organized by Friends of Trayvon; come stand in solidarity and bring others along! Here’s their event information and posting:

Saturday, July 20, 2013 1:00pm

Betty T. Ferguson Recreational Complex

3000 NW 199th Street, Miami Gardens, Florida

Free Event! Come rain or shine! Come Support Justice for Trayvon!

We’re going to gather, express ourselves, and protest the not guilty verdict handed down in the George Zimmerman trial. There will be a rally at Betty T. Ferguson Amphitheater! Please bring signs, poetry, music, and skits. Bring chairs, blankets, and umbrellas.

Wear your support justice for Trayvon gear as we petition for a federal civil rights abuse charge against George Zimmerman.

This gathering is sponsored by Friends of Trayvon with support from Miami Gardens Commissioner Felicia Robinson.

https://www.facebook.com/events/492631907493735

Miami Vigil for Trayvon Martin: 6pm at Bayfront Park

Today, Sunday, July 14th, 2013 @ 6pm

 Torch of Friendship, Bayfront Park Miami, Florida

https://www.facebook.com/events/351728858288577/

Other events throughout the country: http://trayvonoc.wordpress.com/

 

Reflections on the 1/17/13 Seattle Solidarity Workshop

This piece is a contribution to our blog from a close compa of ours that we’ve worked closely with since before MAS was founded.  He offered to share a few of his reflections on the Seattle Solidarity Event that we hosted on January 17th of this year.  This should have been posted much sooner; but we’ve been going through some internal restructuring.  You can check out some of his other writings here: http://morelli84.wordpress.com/ Anyway, we hope that you find these reflections as insightful and useful as we do:

by Jota Erre

1. The SeaSol presentation shows the importance of working at the local level and not accepting the mediation of those who use the law to resolve worker issues.

In Miami all actions and processes undertaken by progressive and or Democratic leaning activists seek to impact state and/or federal legislation as well as implement or reform local, state or federal laws. I’ve seen this in labor, immigration, education and fair elections.

I think that for many progressive organizations and organizers short-term reforms are only stepping stones to over all reform, and not steps in the creation of autonomous worker and community organizations able to transform capitalism.