Events

51] Protest censorship at Smithsonian -- Jan. 31

52] Demand democracy in D.C. – Jan. 31 

53] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Jan. 31 – Feb. 3

54] Protest the death penalty – Jan. 31         

55] Discussion on Arab uprisings – Jan. 31

56] Pledge of Resistance meeting – Jan. 31

57] Buy Francis Boyle's book on Zionism

58] Fund Our Communities campaign

59] Submit articles to Indypendent Reader 

60] Buy a copy of DENMARK RISING 

61] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

62] Support Haiti

63] Buy a red maple tree

64] Join Global Zero campaign

65] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale

66] Publish your peace article

67] Click on The Hunger Site 

68] Fire & Faith  

69] Join Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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51] – PROTEST CENSORSHIP AT THE SMITHSONIAN on Mon., Jan. 31 at 1 PM.  Gather outside the Smithsonian Metro Station, the Mall entrance.  Then march to The Castle, Smithsonian Headquarters, 1000 Jefferson Dr. SW, WDC.  Clough Must Go! Stand up for free expression, 
for art and culture that challenges and provokes.  The protest is organized by ART+ www.artpositive.org, a New York City-based art action group 
fighting censorship and homophobia.  Email sueudry at @defendingdissent.org.

52] – Demand Democracy Happy Hour is on Mon., Jan. 31 from 5 to 8 PM at the Passenger, 1021 7th Street, NW, WDC. The focus of this event will be bold, creative protest ideas. Contact Jennifer Matson at jmatson@dcvote.org or 202.462.6000 x18.  Go to http://www.dcvote.org/.  Ten percent of the proceeds from the night will go to DC Vote to support efforts to secure full voting representation and full democracy for over 600,000 tax-paying residents of the District of Columbia.

 

53] – The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Thursday from 5 to 7 PM on WEAA 88.9 FM, The Voice of the Community, or online at www.weaa.org.   The call-in number is 410-319-8888, and comments can also be sent by email to steinershow@gmail.com. All shows are also available as podcasts at www.steinershow.org.   

 

54] – There is usually a vigil to abolish the death penalty every Monday from 5 to 6 PM, outside the prison complex and across the street from Maryland’s Super Max Prison, at the corner of Madison Ave. and Fallsway in Baltimore.  Recently death row was moved out of Baltimore, but it was decided to continue the vigil. The next one is scheduled for Mon., Jan. 31. Call 410-366-1637.

55] – On Mon., Jan. 31  from 7 to 9 PM, join a roundtable discussion on the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt at the Baltimore Solidarity Center, 2011 N. Charles St. Lower Level.  Steven Ceci, Baltimore correspondent for Workers World Newspaper, will give a report on these developments and how the progressive movement in the U.S. can stand in solidarity with the North African and Middle Eastern masses. Should the U.S. working class gain inspiration and lessons from these events? Email apcbaltimore@pipe;ine.com.

 

56] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM, and the meetings now take place at Max’s residence.  The next meeting is scheduled for Jan. 31.  The agenda will include a report on Rep. Sarbanes’ position on war funding, Bradley Manning, Climate chaos protest at the Pentagon and First Thursday.  Contact Max at 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net for directions.  

 

57] – Clarity Press, Inc. is selling PROMOTING THE COLLAPSE OF ZIONISM: A STRATEGY FOR PALESTINE & THE PALESTINIAN RIGHT OF RETURN UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW by Francis A. Boyle.  The ISBN is 0932863-93-0/978-0-932863-93-5; $14.95/123 pp./ 2011.  The just resolution of the Palestinian right of return is at the very heart of the Middle East peace process. Nonetheless, the Obama administration wants to impose a comprehensive peace settlement upon the Palestinians that will force them to give up their well-recognized right of return under United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194(III)) of 1948; accept a Bantustan of disjointed and surrounded chunks of territory on the West Bank in Gaza; and even expressly recognize Israel as “the Jewish State,” as newly demanded by Benjamin Netanyahu. All this will fail for the reasons so powerfully stated in this book. For the past three decades, Francis A. Boyle has provided the leadership of the Palestinian people with advice, counsel, and representation at all stages of the Middle East Peace Process. Acquire this book from www.amazon.com; contact CLARITY PRESS, INC at http://www.claritypress.com.

 

 58] – Fund Our Communities campaign – is a new grass roots movement to get support from local organizations and communities to work together with their local and state elected officials to pressure Congresspersons and senators to join with Congresspersons Barney Frank and Ron Paul, who have endorsed a 25% cut to the federal military budget.  Bring home the savings to state and county governments to meet the local needs which are under tremendous budget pressures.  Go to www.OurFunds.org.      

 

59] – The new Indypendent Reader is seeking articles for its web site at http://www.indyreader.org.  Submit an article.  

 

60] – Consider purchasing author Barry Clemson’s book DENMARK RISING.  This is a historical fiction novel, which portrays the spirit and tactics of nonviolent resistance in 1940s Denmark to confront the Nazi invaders.  As the jacket asks, “Could the Danes really use strategic nonviolence against Hitler?  Or were they merely committing suicide?  For information, email barryclemson@verizon.net.  The book was published August 2009 by Cybernetics Press Inc., Norfolk, VA.  The ISBN is 9780984160501.  It’s a bargain at $9.99, and can be ordered from www.barryclemson.net.

61] – If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs or records, contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net. 

 

62] – There is a project to assist young refugees from Haiti, now residing in the Dominican Republic.  The founder of the project needs funding to providing education to the youth as a way out of desperate poverty.  Try to imagine the poverty in Haiti, and then realize that these young refugees are considered low caste in the Dominican Republic. We are talking about the poorest of the poor.  Consider making a small donation, and realize that most pledges to Haiti to assist hurricane victims have not been sent.  To maintain a web site presence at Global Giving, there must be traffic.  So help out with this extremely worthy cause. Go to https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/scholarships-for-dominican-and-haitian-youth/.

 

63] – I have one red maple tree for $5 from the Trees for Baltimore program.  Buy a tree, plant it and contribute to saving the planet.  Call Max at 410-366-1637

 

64] – Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration. A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees.  This is an historic window of opportunity.  With momentum already building in favor of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance. When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.  

65] – WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER signs from Friends Committee on National Legislation are again for sale at $5.  To purchase a sign, call Max at 410-366-1637.

66] – Publish Your Peace Article. Daniel Frasier is soliciting peace articles for the biweekly series of commentaries Paths to Peace in the Frederick News Post Religion and Ethics section. For details, email path2peace07@yahoo.com.

 

67] – The Hunger Site was initiated by Mercy Corps and Second Harvest, and is funded entirely by advertisers.  You can go there every day and click the big yellow "Give Food for Free" button near the top of the page; you do not have to look at the ads. Each click generates funding for about 1.1 cups of food.  So consider clicking.  

 

68] – Go online for FIRE AND FAITH: The Catonsville Nine File. On May 17, 1968, nine people entered the Selective Service Offices in Catonsville, Maryland, and burned draft records in protest against the war in Vietnam. View http://www.prattlibrary.org/digital/.

 

69] – Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981.  Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.

 

Donations can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218.  Ph: 410-366-1637; Email: mobuszewski [at] verizon.net

 

"One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan