20] Phone call for Bernie – June 7
21] Faux
feminist Hillary -- June 7
22] See
NORMA RAE – June 8
23] Hear
FINDING TIME -- June 8
24] Peggy Browning Awards – June 8
25] See the film ROSHIMA – June 8
26] "The Zero Marginal Cost
Society" – June 8
27] See the film ‘Orwell
Rolls In His Grave’ – June 8
28] Peace
group meeting – June 9
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20]
– Tuesday,
June 7, marks the largest set of primaries and caucuses in the Democratic
nomination process with six states voting for president and 694 pledged
delegates up for grabs. Pundits and the political press want to call this race
early before every last person votes. That threatens to suppress voter turnout
in New Jersey, California, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and New Mexico.
Help defy the pundits once more and reach for the kind of high voter turnout
that will again shock the establishment. Call voters by heading over to the
California phone banking page. I'M READY TO CALL CALIFORNIA VOTERS! Go to
https://go.berniesanders.com/page/content/caphonebank.
Send
the establishment a message they can’t ignore: we won’t settle for the status
quo. We won’t settle for a rigged economy held in place by a corrupt system of
campaign finance. We won’t settle for a fossil fuel industry hell-bent on
harming our planet to pad their profits. We won’t settle for a health system
that doesn’t cover everyone. Let’s make our voices heard loud and clear once
more in the six states voting Tuesday. Please make calls to get out the vote
for Bernie in California. In California, a high voter turnout won’t just mean a
victory for our movement. With large numbers of young people hitting the polls,
help boost so many Democrats in major primaries that right-wing Republicans
will be locked out of general election ballots for some of the most important
House and Senate races of the fall.
21]
– As the Hillary Clinton-Bernie Sanders
competition comes down to the wire in the final Super Tuesday of the election
season, join author Liza Featherstone and CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin
for a feminist critique of the current Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton
on Tues., June 7 from 6 to 8 PM at Busboys & Poets Shirlington, 4251
Campbell Ave., Arlington, VA 22206. This is a brilliant new book that presents
a hard-hitting feminist critique of the current Democratic front-runner.
Contributors Benjamin and Maureen Tkacik, editor Liza Featherstone, Electronic
Intifada's Rania Khalek, and feminist comedian and radio host Katie Halper will
lay out a progressive feminist critique of Clinton's record, and what a Clinton
presidency might look like.
22]
– The DC Labor FilmFest is showing NORMA RAE at 200 M St. SE, WDC, on Tues.,
June 7 from 7 to 10 PM. This free film screening is at the Capitol
River waterfront, and is presented by the National Labor Relations Board Professional
Association; co-sponsored by the DC Labor FilmFest. Come early to hear
attorney Mike Wolly speak about the JP Stevens contempt and appeals cases he
worked on as a board attorney that ultimately got Crystal Lee Sutton, the real “Norma
Rae,” reinstated.
23]
– Hear about “Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict” at 815 16th
St. NW, WDC, on Wed., June 8 from noon to 2 PM. While employers
today are demanding more and more of workers’ time, public policy has failed to
provide the safeguards necessary for families to achieve work-life balance.
This has sparked a national conversation about how best to give working people
more control of their daily lives. In “Finding Time,” Heather Boushey argues
that resolving these conflicts is as vital for individuals and families as it
is essential for realizing the country’s productive potential. She presents
detailed innovations to help workers find the time they need and help
businesses attract more productive workers. RSVP at www.aflcio.org.
24]
– Attend
the Peggy Browning Awards at 815 16th St. NW, Gompers Room, WDC, on Wed., June
8 from 5:30 to 8 PM. The award is presented annually to social
justice champions who have distinguished themselves with passion and dedication
to the rights and needs of workers and their families. This year’s
honorees are Larry Cohen, past president of CWA; Richard Brean, GC of the
Steelworkers; and Elisabeth Bunn Director of Organizing for the AFLCIO. Check
out http://www.dclabor.org/calendar.html.
25]
– Check out ROSHMIA at the Voices on
Palestine: Summer Film Series 2016 at 2425 Virginia Ave. NW, WDC, on Wed.,
June 8 at 6 PM. This documentary follows an elderly couple, Yousef and
Amna, in their final stand-off with Israeli authorities to keep their rustic
home, a shack in the Roshmia valley in Haifa. A friend encourages them
to leave and works to secure municipal compensation for the couple, but
tensions grow between Yousef, who refuses to leave his home, and Amna, who
seeks to move on. Rarely do we see the elderly in such a predicament, and the
starkness of this portrait reminds us that there is no humane compensation
for the loss of home and homeland. It is by Salim Abu
Jabal | Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, United Arab Emirates / 2014
/ 70 mins. Refreshments will be served at 5:30
PM. RSVP is requested: http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/events/upcoming/summer-film-series-roshmia-salim-abu-jamal.
26]
– Hear the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences 2016 Conference
Keynote Address: "The Zero Marginal Cost Society" at the Ward Circle
Building, Room 1, American University, WDC, on Wed., June 8 at 6:30 PM. It
will be by Dr. Jeremy Rifkin making a presentation The Zero Marginal Cost
Society. Dr. Rifkin is a prolific and bestselling author, president of
the Foundation on Economic Trends, and advisor to the European Union on issues
related to the economy, climate change, and energy security.
27]
– On Wed., June 8 at 6:30 PM see a free
screening of the acclaimed documentary ‘Orwell Rolls In His Grave’ at the Congress Hotel, first floor, 306 W. Franklin St.,
Baltimore 21201. Starring Charles Lewis, John Nichols, Robert McChesney,
Mark Crispin Miller, Senator Bernie Sanders, Michael Moore, Mark Lloyd, Greg
Palast, Vincent Bugliosi and Aurora Wallace,
the film is directed by Robert Kane Pappas. It is the
consummate critical examination of the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of
American democracy. Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where
outright lies can pass for the truth? THE CHARM CITY FILM SERIES
is hosted by the Baltimore Ethical Society.
RSVPs are appreciated. Email Charm-City-Film-Series-announce@meetup.com.
RSVPs are appreciated. Email Charm-City-Film-Series-announce@meetup.com.
28]
– The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will meet on Thurs., June 9 at 7:30 PM at
Max’s residence. The agenda will include Freddie Gray & local
organizing, killer drones and Obama, the action at the State of the Union,
Bernie’s phone, Hiroshima-Nagasaki, the unending wars and the annual visit to
the National Security Agency. RSVP at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski at
verizon.net to get the address of the meeting site.
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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