54] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Apr. 23 – Apr. 26
55] Protest the death penalty – Apr. 23
56] Freedom at Free School – Apr. 23
57] IWW film screening – Apr. 23
58] People Power – Apr. 23
59] Support Fund Our Communities resolution – Apr. 23
60] Support NDAA resolution – Apr. 23
61] Pledge/Fund Our Communities meeting – Apr. 23
62] Action on Climate – Apr. 24
63] Talking with
64] Transport to DOJ – Apr. 24
65] Occupy for Mumia – Apr. 24
66] War Is Not the Answer – Apr. 24
67] Ending homelessness – Apr. 24
68] Film DIRT – Apr. 24
69] Manning rally at DOJ – Apr. 24
70] Support Manning -- Apr. 25 – 27
71] Protest GE tax delinquent – Apr. 25
72] Rally at Supreme Court – Apr. 25
73] Green Bag Lunch – Apr. 25
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75] KnowDrones Tour – Apr. 25 - 27
76] Sonia Sanchez at Pratt – Apr. 25
77] Protest at Sallie Mae – Apr. 25
78] Green Currency Meeting -- Apr. 25
79] Chestnut Hill peace vigil – Apr. 25
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54] – 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.
55] – 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. Maryland's death row was moved out of Baltimore, but it was decided to continue the vigil. The next one is scheduled for Mon., Apr. 23. Call 410-366-1637.
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"Freedom" is central to many people's lives and politics, but what is it? In this class, Freedom: Metaphysical, Social, and Political Issues, you will learn about and explore freedom as a metaphysical puzzle, a social status, and political ideal. The class will meet Mondays Apr. 23 and 30 and May and 21 at 6:30 PM at the
57] – Join the Baltimore Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World for a film screening and discussion at Red Emma's, 800 St. Paul St., on Mon., Apr. 23 at 7 PM. See an IWW-themed film and then talk about May Day, its history, present and future. Call 410-230-0450 or go to http://redemmas.org.
58] – "People Power: Activism for Social Change" will be the topic of discussion on Mon., Apr. 23 from 7 to 9 PM at Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1. Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program Critical Conversations on Civic Issues will show the award-winning documentary, "If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front." On Dec. 7, 2006, federal agents conducted a nation-wide sweep of radical environmentalists involved with the Earth Liberation Front – an organization the FBI has called America
59] – Fund Our Communities, Bring the War Dollars Home has been asking people, especially Takoma Park residents, to come to the Takoma Park City Council meetings on Mon., Apr. 23 to support a resolution urging Congress to reorder federal budget priorities by cutting the military budget and using the money to fund human needs at home. This resolution is similar to the resolution that was to have been voted on by the
60] – Support NDAA resolutions in Montgomery County by joining the Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition 7:30 PM on Mon., Apr. 23 in the Takoma Park City Council room, 7500 Maple Ave. and hold up a small "SAVE DUE PROCESS" sign. Email contact mococivilrights@gmail.com or go to www.mococivilrights.wordpress.com.
Urge repeal of the NDAA's "indefinite" or "preventive detention provisions," and call for city agencies not to cooperate with federal officials acting under the NDAA. You can show support at the meeting by holding up this flyer: http://tinyurl.com/ndaa-tpcouncil-flyer. If you prepare a statement, please consider sharing it with us at mococivilrights@gmail.com, for publication in the blog. Starting times for public comment occasionally vary, but 7:30 PM is the usual time. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/236449473118899/.
61] – The Pledge usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM, and the meetings now take place at Max's residence. The next meeting takes place on Apr. 23. Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net for directions.
The proposed agenda will include reports on the anti-drone organizing, Tax Day protest, the visit to Sarbanes' office, Earth Day on the Bridge and support rallies for Bradley Manning. Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net for directions. We need your help in alerting citizens from Dutch Ruppersberger's Congressional district that he supports the use of drones. Go to www.knowdrones.com.
62] – On Tues., Apr. 24, Interfaith Moral Action on Climate invites you to join them for a day for the climate. There is an 8:30 AM Interfaith Service with Bill McKibben, Ibrahim Ramey, indigenous leaders and Luci Murphy at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. At 10:30 AM attend a 10:30 AM "Cry of the Earth: A Service for Healing the Climate" with Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, Dr. Carroll Baltimore, Sr. Simone Campbell/SSS, Rev. Richard Cizik, Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb, Mohawk Clan Mother Louise McDonald, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and others at the NY Ave. Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Ave., NW. Bring some earth from your local community to be healed at the Service. At noon there will be a multi-faith procession to the
63] – On Tues., Apr. 24 from 8:30 to 9:30 AM, Michael Adler will focus on "New Beginning or Just Showdown Postponed? A Look at the Renewed Talks with Iran over its Nuclear Program" at the Wilson Center, Sixth Floor, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, WDC. RSVP at http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/rsvp?eid=23392&pid=112.
64] – The Justice-4-Trayvon Martin Maryland Local Organizing Committee is providing transport on Tues., Apr. 24 to the Justice Department in Washington D.C. (see www.OccupytheJusticeDepartment.com) on Mumia Abu Jamal's birthday to express grievances around the issues of denied justice. Leave the
65] – Occupy for Mumia is happening on Tues., Apr. 24, his birthday, from 11 AM to 11 PM at the Justice Department, 950 Pennsylvania Ave. National Constitution Center in Philadelphia
The rally will amplify a formal request that Eric Holder immediately meet with a delegation to discuss police corruption and civil rights violations in Mumia's case and in the cases of hundreds of other defendants in Philadelphia
66] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at
67] – Ending Homelessness in DC: Just How Close Are We? The Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW
68] – On Tues., Apr. 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, see DIRT! [2009] at the Auditorium of Central Library,
69] – There's a Free Bradley Manning rally on Tues., Apr. 24 at 11 PM at the Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Email Emma Cape
70] – Stand with Bradley Manning inside and outside the courtroom on Wed., Apr. 25, Thurs., Apr. 26 and Apr. 27, 7 AM to 5 PM at Ft. Meade Maryland, 175 & Reece Road, Fort Meade, MD 21113. There will be all-day vigils outside the main gate of Ft. Meade Email Emma Cape
71] – PROTEST GE TAX DODGING on Wed., Apr. 25 from 10 AM to noon at 1299 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 900 , Washington , DC 20003
72] – March and Rally at the Supreme Court against AZ SB1070 on Wed., Apr. 25 from 11 AM to 2 PM outside the Supreme Court, One 1st St. NE. As the fight continues against the devastating impacts of the "Secure Communities" deportation program locally, Arizona
73] – Amazon Watch's Spring 2012 "Green-Bag Lunch" Series continues at noon on Wed., Apr. 18 at the CIEL conference room, 1350 Connecticut Ave. NW, #1100 (south Dupont, above Panera/Cosi), WDC, with Julia Urrunaga, Environmental Investigation Agency, who will lecture on "The Laundering Machine: How Fraud and Corruption in Peru's Concession System are Destroying the Future of its Forests." Bring your lunch. Email andrew@amazonwatch.org.
74] – Each Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the House of Grace Catholic Worker holds a weekly vigil for peace in
75] – Starting Wed., Apr. 25 through Fri., Apr. 27, the National KnowDrones Tour will be in the Philadelphia Area(http://www.knowdrones.com/) with large model bomber and surveillance drone replicas, inter-active displays, and forums on the expanding role and impact of these remote-controlled killing and spying machines on U.S. war policy and domestic civil liberties. This tour will visit
On Wednesday at noon, see a Photo-Op Display in front of leading drone contractor, Lockheed Martin, in
On Thursday, 6:30 to 8:30 PM, attend "Drones, Wars, and Civil Liberties: What You Need to Know" at Friends Center, 1501 Cherry St., Phila., PA, with panelists including Medea Benjamin (Skype presentation), Code Pink national organizer & author of a new book "Drone Wars: Killing by Remote Control;" and Ann Wright, international peace activist, former Army Lieutenant Colonial and State Department diplomat who resigned her position over U.S. war policies. The national tour is visiting the home districts of the fifty-five member Congressional Unmanned Systems (Drone) Caucus. U.S. Representative Bob Brady (D, PA District #1) is the sole member of the
On Friday from noon to 5 PM, see a Drone Demonstration Display at
76] – Sonia Sanchez is a poet, professor, and lecturer on black culture and literature, women's liberation, peace, and racial justice. She is the author of more than 18 books and was
77] – As part of a national day of action (http://1tday.org/) students will be holding a rally at the DC Sallie Mae, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, # 560, WDC 20004, on Wed., Apr. 25 from 3 to 4 PM. Visit http://actions.the99spring.com/actions/events/show/6310.
78] – The Baltimore Green Currency Association meets every Wednesday at 7 PM at Breathe Books, 810 W 36th St. # A, Baltimore, MD 21211-2554. Call 410-235-7323.
79] – Each Wednesday, the Northwest Greens hold a peace vigil from 7 to 8 PM outside the Borders Book Store, Germantown Ave. at Bethlehem Pike in Chestnut Hill, PA. The next vigil is Apr. 25. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
To be continued.
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