22] Baltimore’s City
Council to
vote on Nuclear Disarmament. – Aug. 6
23] Baltimore is to Ban
Water Privatization! – Aug. 6
24] Sanctuary, Not Silence
Rally – Aug. 6
25] Baltimore’s Hiroshima
and Nagasaki commemorations – Aug. 6 & 9
26] Days for
Peace in Colombia
– Aug. 6
27] Meeting with
Indivisible Founder – Aug. 6
28] Get Money Out of
Maryland conference call – Aug. 6
29] Transparency in
Lobbying Act Hearing – Aug. 7
30] Peace Vigil – Aug, 7
31] Palestine & Us – Aug. 7
32] National Night Out – Aug. 7
33] Human trafficking – Aug. 7
34] Living in Gaza – Aug. 7
35] Film ACTIVE SHOOTER – Aug. 7
36] Solidarity
with Immigrant Communities from a Faith Perspective – Aug. 7
37] See the film
“Cointelpro 101” – Aug. 7
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22] – The Baltimore City Council will vote
on a resolution on Hiroshima Day calling for Nuclear Disarmament at 2 PM on
Mon., Aug. 6 in City Council chambers, City Hall, 100 N. Holliday Street,
Baltimore 21202. Members of Prevent Nuclear War
Maryland convinced Baltimore City Council members Bill Henry [District # 4] and
Mary Pat Clarke [District # 13] who agreed to introduce a Back From the Brink
resolution on behalf of Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility. This “Call to Prevent Nuclear War”
is a grassroots campaign seeking to fundamentally change U.S. nuclear weapons
policy and lead us away from the nuclear precipice. The Call lays out five
common-sense steps that the United States should take to reform its nuclear
policy: 1-Renouncing the option of using nuclear weapons first; 2-Ending
the sole, unchecked authority of any U.S. president to launch a nuclear attack;
3-Taking U.S. nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert; 4-Cancelling the plan to replace its entire nuclear arsenal
with enhanced weapons: and 5-Actively pursuing a verifiable agreement among
nuclear-armed states to eliminate their nuclear arsenals. Baltimore would be the
first major city in the United States to sign on to Back From the Brink,
joining eleven small cities and towns in Massachusetts and Ojai, California. Council Resolution Request for
Federal Action – Move Back From the Brink and Toward Nuclear Disarmament is
expected to pass.
Over the next 30 years, the U.S. intends to spend $1.2 trillion to
refurbish its nuclear arsenal and create lower-yield weapons which could
increase the likelihood they may be used. The Council’s resolution breaks
down the cost to taxpayers: “Whereas just in the past year, Baltimoreans
averaged $175 per capita for a ‘nuclear weapons war tax’ paying a collective “$107.5
million in federal taxes toward the cost of producing, deploying and
maintaining nuclear weapons. Marylanders as a whole averaged $244 per capita,
with the state collectively paying an estimated $1.45 billion in 2017 federal
taxes toward our country’s cost of nuclear weapons.” Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast
dot net.
23]
– On
Mon., Aug. 6 from 4 to 5 PM, Baltimore is to Ban Water Privatization!
Hosted by Jews United for Justice – Baltimore at Baltimore City Hall, 100 Holliday
St., Baltimore 21202, there will be an introduction and passage of Council
President Jack Young’s charter amendment to ban water privatization in
Baltimore! Baltimore is poised to be the first major city in the country to ban
the most extreme forms of water privatization! This charter amendment,
once signed by the Mayor and ratified by the voters in November, would preserve
our water and sewer systems as “inalienable” assets of the city. That means
Baltimore City could not sell, lease, or grant a franchise for the water and
sewer systems. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2084220635129175/.
24] – On Mon., Aug. 6 at 4 PM, there is a Sanctuary,
Not Silence Rally, sponsored by the DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network, held
outside the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC. ICE
recently raided at least five neighborhoods in DC, tearing at least 12 of our
neighbors from their families and filling our communities with fear. Reports
indicate that ICE agents racially profiled and indiscriminately detained people
on 16th St. Credible reports also suggest DC police colluded with ICE in at
least one of these raids. As people of faith, we are obligated not only to
stand up the moral injustices face by members of our communities, but to also
hold accountable those who stand by while our neighbors are terrorized and
attacked. On Monday, we are rallying outside Mayor Bowser's office to call
on her to intervene with ICE to seek the release of DC residents who now face
urgent threats of deportation. We are also asking her for a public meeting to
discuss actions that must be taken to make DC a true sanctuary city. We will
deliver a public letter -- signed by organizations, congregations, and
businesses across DC -- that reiterates these asks. Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScjBqFxyP7HIH6D7TacG73xtWf9sKTSnKjCi3_9odH1413X2Q/viewform.
Contact Alex Taliadoros from Sacred Heart at Alex.Taliadoros@georgetown.edu or
603-721-6795.
25]
– The
34th annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration begins on Mon.,
Aug. 6 from 5 to 6 PM. Gather at 33rd and North Charles Streets in Baltimore,
near Johns Hopkins University to speak out against JHU’s weapons contracts,
including those of a nuclear nature, and the killer drone research.
Afterwards, gather at Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 North Charles St.,
for a potluck dinner. The group will remember the work of Dr. Dick
Humphrey, a founding member of the Commemoration Committee.
At 7 PM, Jay Levy
will discuss how Takoma Park, Maryland became a Nuclear Free Zone, and why
there is a need for a divestment campaign against corporations profiting from
involvement in maintaining the nuclear weapons arsenal. Jay has been chair of the Nuclear Free Takoma Park Committee
since 1993, worked for 17 years as the North American information officer for
the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and has been a journalist for several
media outlets.
Also
some members of Prevent Nuclear War Maryland will discuss the Back From the
Brink campaign, aimed at lessening the chances of a nuclear war. Contact
at Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.
On Thurs., Aug. 9 at 6 PM, the bombing of Nagasaki will be
commemorated outside Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles Street.
Participants will demonstrate in
favor of the
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) which was adopted by 122 countries at the
United Nations in 2017. This Treaty makes it illegal under international law to
develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire, possess or stockpile
nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.
At 7:15 PM, Paul
Magno, a long-time activist who now lives at Baltimore’s Jonah House will
provide insight into the legal situation facing the Kings Bay Plowshares, seven
Catholic activists, including Elizabeth McAlister, who were arrested at the
Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in St. Mary’s, Georgia on April 4, 2018.
They enacted Isaiah’s command to “beat swords into plowshares.” In 1984, Paul was a member of the Pershing Plowshares
which did a disarmament action at a Martin Marietta plant in Orlando, Florida.
Also to be discussed will be the Back From the Brink Campaign. Finally, Dr.
Dick Humphrey will be remembered. Enjoy
a late dinner at Niwana Restaurant, 3 E. 33rd Street. Contact at Max at mobuszewski2001 at
Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.
26]
– Join an event Days for
Peace in Colombia. Colombia is bleeding and the peace accords are hanging on by
a thread. But popular movements won’t give up, are growing, and will not be
defeated. Ultra-right winger Ivan Duque takes possession of the presidency on
August 7th. We as international solidarity activists must stand with our
Colombian comrades on this day and demand that peace accords ending 52 years of
civil war be honored, that paramilitary and state sponsored terrorism be ended,
and that those who threaten and attack popular movements be brought to justice!
Duque’s election was “won” amid a campaign season marked by
systematic violence against Left and Center Left candidates. The vote was rife
with irregularities. Duque is an enemy of the peace process. He is backed by
the most reactionary segments of Colombia’s oligarchy and the death squads that
serve them. Most targeted are Afro-Colombian, indigenous, and rural
communities. Since the beginning of 2016, close to 400 people have been killed
in political violence. Over 40% of the victims have been from the Marcha
Patriótica popular movement for a just peace. Among unionist, at last count, 34
members of the Fensuagro agricultural workers had been killed. Forced
displacement is at its highest level ever, with 7.7 million persons displaced.
Colombia has the largest number of internally displaced in the world.
Since Duque’s election on June 17th, this already deplorable
situation is now worse. Assassinations of social leaders, unionists,
eco-defenders, human rights defenders, ex-insurgents, former political prisoners,
and their families are happening at a rate of more than one person killed per
day.
But Colombia is also home to some of the largest, most historic,
and powerful popular movements on the planet today. What happens in Colombia
has repercussions everywhere. Solidarity with Colombia is part of our own
struggle for liberation. This is why we say: The Peace of Colombia is the Peace
of the World!!!
Colombia Humana has called for August 7th events throughout the
nation and internationally in support of peace in Colombia. On Tues., Aug. 7 at
5:30 PM, gather outside the Colombian Ambassador’s residence at 20th and Q Sts.
NW, WDC.
Contact Alliance for Global Justice afgj@afgj.org.
27] – On Mon., Aug. 6 from 6:30 to 9 PM, come to a
meeting with Indivisible Founder Leah Greenberg, hosted by We of Action
Virginia at Lyon Park Community Center, 414 N. Fillmore St., Arlington,
VA. Get your free tickets now at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leah-greenberg-arlington-appearance-tickets-47640600318?aff=ebdsorderfblightbox.
Leah will discuss the state of the resistance and current areas of focus. Check
out the Indivisible Guide at https://www.indivisible.org/guide/ -
invaluable advice for anyone seeking to influence government action.
Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/261144214647029/.
28] – Join the Get Money Out of Maryland
Teleconference on Monday, July 30 from 8:30 to 9:30 PM. Call
605-475-6711, code 1136243#. Work only on brainstorming ideas for
participation in the upcoming General Election. Early voting goes from Thurs.,
Oct. 25 through Thurs., Nov. 1 (8 days), and Election Day is Tues., Nov. 6.
29] – On Tues., Aug. 7 from 9:45 to 11 AM, learn about
the Transparency in Lobbying Act Hearing, hosted by Baltimore Rising
at Baltimore City Hall, 100 N. Holliday St., Baltimore 21202. Come
join in to support the Transparency in Lobbying Act, and wear a black shirt to
show support! Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/272721446845256/.
30]
– Each
Tuesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the Catholic Peace Fellowship-Philadelphia for
peace in Afghanistan and Iraq gathers at the Suburban Station, 16th St. &
JFK Blvd., at the entrance to Tracks 3 and 4 on the mezzanine. The
next vigil is Aug. 7. Call 215-426-0364.
31] – On Tues., Aug.
7 at 6 PM, get over to Palestine and Us: Decolonizing America and Palestine,
featuring Hope Butler and Rico Newman, members of the Piscataway Nation,
discussing Indigenous Rights in the face of settlement in America and
Palestine. It will be held at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave.
NW, WDC 20037. See https://www.thejerusalemfund.org/events/upcoming/palestine-and-us-decolonizing-america-and-palestine.
32] –On
Tues., Aug. 7 from 6 to 8:30 PM, join National
Night Out, organized with Police Community Partnerships, at Helen Chambers
Park, 6th & Madison Sts., Wilmington. Call (302) 576-3810.
33] – On Tues., Aug. 7 from 6 to 8 PM, get involved
with an education session for parents with Sandy Bowman, Board Member, hosted
by Meet Me at the Well Foundation at Appoquinimink Community Library, 651
N Broad St., Suite 101, Middletown, DE 19709. Learn what human trafficking is,
find out if your family is considered vulnerable, and learn how to protect your
child. Education is the key to prevention and protection. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/204089453615762/.
34] – On
Tues., Aug. 7 at 6:30 PM, hear the talk Living
in Gaza by Mohammed Eid at St. Stephen's Church, 1301 N. Broom St.,
Wilmington, DE. It is sponsored by Delawareans for Palestinian Human
Rights and Pacem in Terris Palestine/Israel Human Rights Initiative. See https://www.unrwausa.org/events/2018/8/7/living-in-gaza-how-unrwa-has-helped
35] – On
Tues., Aug. 7 at 7 PM, go to the Pacem Summer Film Series and see ACTIVE
SHOOTER at Westminster Church, 1502 W. 13th St., Wilmington. Check out http://depaceminterris.org/fw-event-slug/pacem-summer-film-series-july-17-august-7/.
This is a Peace in our schools/FBI
training film. The complete name of the film is “Active Shooter: Managing
the Mass Casualty Threat,” and it is a short FBI training film for
“Active shooter attacks.” It is moving and thought provoking and draws
from real-life active shooter incidents. Leading the discussion will be George
Higgins.
36] –
On Tues., Aug. 7 from 7:30 to 9 PM, find out about Solidarity with
Immigrant Communities from a Faith Perspective, hosted by Columbia Jewish
Congregation, 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia 21045. This training
provides an opportunity to those who want to stand in solidarity with the
immigrant community by providing accompaniment, setting a rapid response
network, or organizing public campaigns to stop deportations. The DC/MD/VA
Sanctuary Congregation Network will share first-hand experience working with directly
impacted individuals and congregations. Contact Rabbi Starr at 410-730-6044.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/486468141815159/.
37] – On Tues., Aug. 7 from 7:30 to 9:30 PM, see the
film “Cointelpro 101,” hosted by the National Black United Front (NBUF)
at Emergence Community Arts Collective, 733 Euclid Street Northwest, WDC
20001. Be sides the film and a follow-up discussion, there will also be a
letter writing campaign to political prisoners. COINTELPRO represents the
state’s strategy to prevent movements and communities from overturning white
supremacy and creating racial justice. COINTELPRO is both a formal program of
the FBI and a term frequently used to describe a conspiracy among government
agencies—local, state, and federal—to destroy movements for self-determination
and liberation for Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous struggles, as well as
mount an institutionalized attack against allies of these movements and other
progressive organizations. COINTELPRO 101 is a 56-minute educational film that
will open the door to understanding this history. This documentary will
introduce viewers new to this history to the basics and direct them to other
resources where they can learn more. The intended audiences are the generations
that did not experience the social justice movements of the sixties and
seventies. See https://www.facebook.com/events/629444797410872/.
To
be continued.
Donations
can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD
21218. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.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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