Friends,
As the Inauguration nears, people are coming from across the
country to resist Trumpism on January 20 & 21. As you might suspect,
housing will be difficult to find in the Metropolitan Area. Can you share
an extra room, bed, couch, or floor space for an out of town guest? Do
you know of a church or other public space where people could sleep? Please let
me know ASAP if you can house a protester or if you can arrange for your
church, meetinghouse, synagogue or other common space to be available – 410-323-1607
or mobuszewski at Verizon dot net. From January 19 - 21, there is a Peace
Ball, Occupy Inauguration, Disrupt J20, the Women’s March on Washington, and
more. As the new administration assumes power, create bridges not walls,
diplomacy not war, and love not hate.
Kagiso,
Max
Purveyors
of Bigotry, Suppressors of Dissent, Supporters of Torture. Meet Trump’s Cabinet
Picks
December 22, 2016 by Sue Udry
Dear
Troublemaker,
Throughout
the campaign, Donald Trump made shocking promises to create a Muslim registry,
championed stop and frisk, mass deportations, and in general promised us more
profiling, more surveillance, and less protections for civil liberties.
He hasn’t
walked back any of those promises. And he is assembling a team that won’t
flinch at implementing even his most horrific ideas: Sessions, Bannon, Flynn,
and Kelly.
Of
course are fighting the confirmation of Jeff Sessions for Attorney
General.
We’ve
done it before. We were part of the team that successfully organized
against Jeff Sessions’ confirmation for federal judge thirty years ago, and we
are part of the team that will fight his confirmation again. We admit it will
be more difficult this time.
That’s
why we are preparing to resist every racist, repressive, retrograde,
anti-liberty measure Sessions or any of the others dare to throw at us.
We have
run a series of profiles of the most egregious threats to civil liberties. Here
are the low lights:
Jeff Sessions –
as Attorney General, he will be responsible for upholding the rights of every
American. But his thirty-year career is at odds with this duty. He has been a
consistent enemy of equal rights, voting rights, immigration, reproductive
rights, and criminal justice reform. Read more here.
Michael Flynn –
as National Security Advisor, Flynn does not need to be confirmed. He believes
that “Shariah, or Islamic law, is spreading in the United States,” and told
Trump that he must “engage in ‘world war’ against Islamist militants.” Read more here.
John Kelly –
nominated for Secretary of Homeland Security, has pledged to end “political
correctness” in national security, considers immigrants an “existential
threat,” supports the War on Drugs, and undermined Obama’s attempts to
close Guantanamo. Read more here.
Steven Bannon –
is already in place as Trump’s chief strategist, and needs no confirmation to
continue to play this role in the Administration. He is the former CEO of
Brietbart News, which he made into a mouthpiece of white nationalists that
promoted Islamophobia, racism and misogyny. Read more here.
Scott Pruitt –
even Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency raises civil
liberties concerns. He used his position as Attorney General of Oklahoma to
harass the Humane Society and other animal welfare groups. Read more here.
Stay
Loud, Stay Strong,
Sue Udry,
Executive Director
Donations can be sent
to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD
21218. Ph: 410-323-1607; 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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