"I speak as an
American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is
ours.
The initiative to
stop it must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Friends, this
list and other email documents which I send out are done under the auspices of
the Baltimore Nonviolence Center. Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com.
If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send
contributions to BNC, 325 East 25th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Max
Obuszewski can be reached at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski [at] verizon.net.
1] Books, buttons and stickers
2] Web site for info on federal
legislation
3] Join Nonviolent Resistance lists
4] Buy coffee through HoCoFoLa
5] Two friends are looking to buy a house in Baltimore
6]
Protest Verizon –
Mar. 19
7]
Canvass for Donna Edwards – Mar. 19
8] West
Chester peace vigil – Mar. 19
9] Workers against War – Mar. 19
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1] –
Buttons, bumperstickers and books are available. “God Bless
the Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at
410-323-1607.
2] – To
obtain information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go
to http://thomas.loc.gov/. Congressional
toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White House Comment Email
is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.
3] –
THE ORGANIZING LIST will be the primary decision-making mechanism of the
National Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR]. It will be
augmented by conference calls and possibly in-person meetings as needed.
It will consist of 1 or 2 representatives from each local, regional, or
national organization (not coalitions) that wishes to actively work to carry
out the NCNR campaign of facilitating and organizing nonviolent resistance to
the war in Iraq.
To join the
ORGANIZING List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and email
address to mobuszewski at Verizon.net. Different local chapters of a
national organization are encouraged to subscribe.
THE NOTICES LIST
will include only notices of NCNR actions and related information and is open
to any interested person to subscribe. It will be moderated to maintain
focus & will include periodic notices about getting involved in NCNR
national organizing. To join the NOTICES List, send an email message to ncnrnotices-subscribe@lists.riseup.net.
You will get a confirmation message once subscribed. If you have
problems, please write to the list manager at ncnrnotices-admin@lists.riseup.net.
4] – You can help safeguard
human rights and fragile ecosystems through your purchase of HOCOFOLA Café
Quetzal. Bags of ground coffee or whole beans can be ordered by mailing in an
order form. Also note organic cocoa and sugar are for sale. For more
details and to download the order form, go to http://friendsoflatinamerica.typepad.com/hocofola/2010/02/hocofola-cafe-quetzal-order-form-2010.html. The coffee comes in
one-pound bags.
Fill out the form and mail it
with a check made out to HOCOFOLA on or before the second week of the
month. Be sure you indicate ground or beans for each type of coffee
ordered. Send it to Francine Sheppard at 5639B, Harpers Farm Rd.,
Columbia 21044. The coffee will arrive some time the following week and you
will be notified where to pick it up. Contact Francine at 410-992-7679 or FrancineMSW@aol.com.
5] – Janice and Max are
looking to buy a house in Baltimore. Let Max know if you have any
leads—410-323-1607 or mobuszewski at Verizon dot net.
6] – Protest at the Verizon
Center, 1314 F St. NW, WDC, on Sat., Mar. 19 from 10 AM to 2
PM. CWA Local 2336 will be picketing and leafleting the Verizon Wireless
store on F St., and would like your support. CWA has been in contract
negotiations with Verizon for the past 8 months with no progress thus far.
Please come out and let Verizon know we are not pleased with the lack of these
negotiations in gaining a fair contract. Verizon has quickly become the
"poster child of corporate greed," and CWA wants to let them know
they will not stand by and let them take middleclass jobs and hard earned
benefits. Contact Terry Richardson, president, CWA Local 2336, at
202-291-1500.
7] – On
Sat., Mar. 19 from 11 AM to 1:30 PM, join a canvass in the
Winston-Govans community for Donna Edwards. Jim Baldridge will
provide instructions at 810 Winston Ave., Baltimore, 21212 from 11 to 11:30
AM. Refreshments will be available. Then the canvass will go
door to door for an hour and a half or so. It's an important campaign to
help put into the US Senate the only African American woman senator, a woman
who has the backs of the U.S. working class. RSVP to Margaret Baldridge at 410-433-3269.
8] – Each Saturday, 11 AM – 1
PM, Chester County Peace Movement holds a peace vigil in West Chester in front
of the Chester County Courthouse, High & Market Sts. Go to www.ccpeace.org. Email ccpeacemovement@aol.com.
9] – Workers Will Vigil to End
War at the National Mall, 3rd Street across from the Capitol Reflecting Pool,
WDC, on Sat., Mar. 19 from noon to 1 PM. Use the Federal Center SW
Metro Station. March 19 marks the 13th year since the US invasion of Iraq.
Aside from other US adventures, incursions, and use of military force
beforehand, the world has experienced endless war since March 19, 2003. There
is no benefit to working people but we have paid in blood and coin. Only those
of the class of concentrated wealth and power have profited.
This class drives the agenda of this country. Workers remain outside any
meaningful decision-making process. It is time for workers to make their voices
heard on the matter of war. Workers should not be killing other
workers. DC Labor for Peace & Justice is the host.
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
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