Baltimore Activist Alert - Part 3

56] DC Vote at Congress – Apr. 17

57] Occupy Military Industrial Complex – Apr. 17

58] Tax Day protest – Apr. 17

59] Protest Grover -- Apr. 17

60] Call for Fair Food at Giant – Apr. 17

61] Tax the 1% – Apr. 17

62] Protest War Taxes – Apr. 17

63] Occupy Earth Week – Apr. 17

64] Briefing on Rec Centers – Apr. 17

65] Film BROTHERS ON THE LINE – Apr. 17

66] Drug War – Apr. 18

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56] –  Join DC Vote, Mayor Vincent Gray and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton on Tues., Apr. 17 from 8:30 AM to 1 PM in taking the call to Free DC's Budget to Capitol Hill? Meet for breakfast with the mayor and delegate at United Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Ave. NE.  RSVP at rsvp@dcvote.org or call 202-462-6000 extension 17.

57] – Occupy the Military Industrial Complex on Tues., Apr. 17 at noon at the Civil War Nurses Memorial, WDC. Gather at Connecticut Ave. and 18th St. in the triangular plaza.  For the second year, the Institute for Policy Studies and dozens of partner organizations will join together for the Global Day of Action on Military Spending. Embark promptly at 12:15 for the Walk of Shame to visit some of the biggest tax-dodging war profiteers in the country, and their government enablers on Tax Day. 

First stop is Halliburton--war profiteer extraordinaire.  Next stop is Navistar Defense.  Head to the White House to remind the president that "slower defense budget growth" does not equal cuts in military spending. No austerity measures on social programs while military spending soars!  Then it's off to Bank of America & the Treasury! OCCUPY THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX at the Podesta Group lobbyists, boasting clients like military giants Boeing, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, among others. Email noah.gimbel@gmail.com.

58] – Demonstrate for Justice on Tues., Apr. 17 at noon - Global Day of Action Against Military Spending – at Phila. City Hall, 13th & Market Sts. (east side). Philadelphia is on the verge of a catastrophe in education, food, housing, public service jobs, health care.  Take a Stand Against Pentagon Greed...at the Expense of People's Needs! Join in support of a resolution introduced by City Councilperson Maria D. Quinones-Sanchez for Philadelphia City Council to REDIRECT MILITARY SPENDING TO FUND OUR COMMUNITIES. Call 610-574-3293. Visit www.brandywinepeace.com.

 

59] – Rally outside Grover's for Tax Day in DC on Tues., Apr. 17 from noon to 3 PM at 722 12th St. NW, near H St. The 1 percent refuses to pay their fair share. That's because of super-lobbyist Grover Norquist, whose infamous tax pledge signed by nearly every Republican member of Congress, shields the wealthy and big corporations from paying their fair share. It's time that Wall Street One Percenters and big corporations stop paying lower effective tax rates than the rest of us.

 

60] –  Join farmworkers and Fair Food allies in calling on Giant Supermarkets to join the Fair Food Program on Tues., Apr, 17 at 4 PM at 8301 Professional Place, Landover, MD.  Supermarkets like Ahold leverage their high-volume purchasing power to demand the ever-lower prices that result in farmworker exploitation. The steps the company has taken fall far short of the substantive, verifiable and enforceable standards that the situation requires, consumers expect, and others within the industry have embraced.  Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/173804492740613/.

61] – Tax the 1% Protest will start in downtown Baltimore, 7 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21202, on Tues., Apr. 17 at 4:30 PM. Present a Tax Bill to Wells Fargo so that they can pay their fair share. Then march to the Central Post Office to cheer the 99% who pay their taxes. In 2010, Wells Fargo received a federal tax subsidy of OVER $4.42 BILLION despite questionable practices during the housing market collapse. Meanwhile, the richest 1% receive massive tax cuts even though income inequality is reaching levels not seen since the Great Depression.  

Join a TAX DAY ACTION organized by Good Jobs Better Baltimore on Tues., Apr. 17 at 5 PM at the Shot Tower across from the main post office, 900 E. Fayette St., Baltimore 21233.  Go to http://actions.the99spring.com/actions/events/show/6427.

62] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will host its annual Tax Day protest on Tues., Apr. 17 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM at the Main Post Office on Fayette St.  The Pledge will highlight that 50% of the federal budget goes to the Pentagon.  Call Max at 410-366-1637.

63] – Occupy Earth Week - Action Against the Tar Sands Pipeline  - on Tues., Apr. 17 at 5:30 pm at McPherson Square, on the corner of 15th and K St NW. Occupy DC has a week of events/actions planned out surrounding Earth Week. This action will be targeting the Keystone XL Pipeline and the use of Tar Sands as a source of energy. The actual target of the action will be announced on Tuesday. Contact: odcearthweek.herokuapp.com and occupyearthweekdc@gmail.com.

64] – There will be a briefing about rec centers on Tues., Apr. 17 from 6 to 8 PM at Poly/Western High School Auditorium, 1400 W. Cold Spring Lane and 4600 Falls Road. Call 410-539-1369.  Go to http://www.cphabaltimore.org/reccenters/

 

65] – On Tues., Apr. 17 at 6:30 PM, get over to the Landmark's E St. Cinema, 555 11th St. NW to see BROTHERS ON THE LINE.  Director Sascha Reuther explores the life and work of the legendary Reuther brothers Walter, Roy and Victor (Sascha's grandfather), who battled to win labor and civil rights as founders of the United Auto Workers Union. Go to www.dclabor.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/101142.

66] – The Drug War: More Harm than Good? Is the topic of discussion on Wed., Apr. 18 at noon at Kenyon St. NW & Park Pl. NW & Irving St. NW. The discussion will feature Todd Robinson - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State - Department of State - Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and John Walsh - senior associate - Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).  RSVP at KSLC@american.edu.

To be continued

 

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. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/

 

"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs