Wednesday, September 12th, 2012

THE HISTORY OF September 12th, I'm___________________ .

AND I'M ___________________ . Today in 1932: Nearing starvation after county authorities cut off relief, unemployed workers in Toledo, Ohio, march on grocery stores and take food. All over the country starving people are taking direct action instead of waiting for government help.

Aunt Molly Jackson, who will become active in Appalachian labor struggles, pulls a gun on her Toledo storekeeper when he objects to giving her credit. Jackson will recall telling the shop owner: "Martin, if you try to take this grub away from me, God knows that if they electrocute me for it tomorrow, I'll shoot you six times in a minute."

When she gets home, her seven children are so hungry they grab the raw dough out of her hands and stuff it into their mouths before she can bake it.

 

Wednesday, September 12th, 2012

It’s Today’s Action Calendar!

Tonight, Mike Boehm of the Madison Quakers, Inc will show slides of multiple projects that have made a real difference in peoples’ lives in Vietnam. This event includes a performance by Moldy Jam. Madison Quakers Inc. has built four primary schools, funded over 100 houses for victims of Agent Orange, provided loans to more than 3,000 women ,and funded a new water project. This is at 7pm in the Common Room at Arboretum Cohousing, 1137 Erin Street. Donations to the Madison Quakers Inc. will be accepted and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to info@mqivietnam.org.

Tonight, the film "Coming Home: E. F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy" will be shown. This screening is part of series co-sponsored by the Economic Democracy Collaborative, the Madison Institute, and Peregrine Forum of Wisconsin, in preparation for the Economic Democracy Conference to be held at Madison College in October. Tonight’s film is at 7pm in the Grand Hall at the Capitol Lakes Retirement Center, 333 West Main Street. For more info, call 608-442-8399.

Tonight, Rock County Progressives will present an Educational Forum: “The Impact of 'Citizens United' on Elections”. Speakers include Lori Compas, candidate for state senate against Fitzgerald in the recall elections; and Jim Beane, from South Central Wisconsin Move to Amend. A cheese and cracker reception begins at 6 and speakers and discussion will be from 6:30 to 7:45pm. This is tonight at Basics Food Cooperative, 1711 Lodge Drive in Janesville. More info at rockcountyprogressives.net.