Milwaukee History
Palestine Solidarity
Old SDS!
Geography of U.S. Imperialism
U.S. Labor History
100

Seven people were killed in this Milwaukee neighborhood when Governor Rusk called in the national guard to break a strike for the 8 hour work day.

Bay View

100

After pressure from the BDS movement, this pop singer did not give the "green light" to performing in israel.

Lorde

100

After being dissolved in 1974, SDS was revived decades later to protest this war.

The Iraq war
100

Between 1965 and 1973, the U.S. dropped more tons of bombs on this country than the Allies used during all of World War II.

Cambodia

100

This co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union was abducted and brutalized by israeli forces while participating in the July 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

Chris Smalls

200

Milwaukee's three socialist mayors emerged from this movement centered in the city, named for it’s emphasis on public infrastructure.

Sewer Socialism

200

This Levantine dance has come to represent resistance and unity among Palestinians.

Dabke

200

This presidents escalation of the Vietnam War inflamed the anti-war movement on campuses across the nation, leading to a massive expansion of SDS.

Lyndon B. Johnson

200

In 1973, a U.S.-backed coup in this nation overthrew democratically-elected socialist Salvador Allende.

Chile

200

Members of this radical labor union founded in 1905 are nicknamed "Wobblies"

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
300

It is estimated that the construction of Interstate 43 destroyed up to 17,000 homes and 1,000 businesses in this historical Black neighborhood and center of culture.

Bronzeville

300

In 2018, this city became the first European capital to endorse BDS.

Dublin

300

In the 1960s, SDS was among the many targets of this FBI program.

COINTELPRO
300

Almost one-third of this westernmost U.S. territory is covered by military bases.

Guam

300
This labor leader co-founded the United Farm Workers and helped popularize the chant "si se puede."

Cesar Chavez

400

She was the first woman and the first Black member of Milwaukee's Common Council, as well as the first Black woman to graduate from the UW Law School.

Vel Phillips
400

The right, often cited by Palestinian activists, was first established in international law in a 1948 UN resolution concerning displaced Palestinian refugees.

Right of return

400

Beginning in 1966, SDS organized nationwide protests against this manufacturer of napalm known to recruit on campuses.

Dow Chemical

400

A 1954 U.S.-backed coup in this nation followed intense lobbying by the United Fruit Company, now known as Chiquita.

Guatemala

400

This anti-fascist folk singer popularized the union song "Which Side Are You On?"

Pete Seeger

500

Between 1967 and 1968, this priest helped lead 200 nights of protest in support of fair housing policy in Milwaukee.

Father James Groppi

500

In 2003, this young American activist was killed by an israeli bulldozer while protesting the demolition of Palestinian homes in Gaza.

Rachel Corrie

500

This document, named for a Michigan city, was adopted at the first SDS convention in 1962.

Port Huron Statement

500
The Central Intelligence Agency was heavily involved in this nation's civil war following it’s independence from Portugal.

Angola

500

This trade unionist and five-time Socialist Part of America candidate won almost a million votes in the 1920 presidential election while in federal prison on sedition charges for speaking against American participation in World War I.

Eugene Debs