Baltimore Activist Alert – June 2 – July 25, 2019

Baltimore Activist Alert – June 2 – July 25, 2019

"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 mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net.

1] Books, buttons and stickers

2] Web site for info on federal legislation

3] Get involved with NCNR   

4] Buy an Anti-War Veteran hat  

5] Lawyers Against War

6] “Explore & Live Palestine” from July 11 through July 25, 2019

7] SUPPORT AMAZON WORKERS OF CONSCIENCE

8] Potential Futures with Autonomous Vehicles – June 2

9] Organizer 101 Training -- June 2

10] Reversing Global Warming – June 2

11] UNITE and STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE in our CITY!  -- June 2

12] On the Call for the NRA – June 2

13] Pentagon Protest – June 3

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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 U.S. wars.

To join the ORGANIZING List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and email address to mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.  Different local chapters of a national organization are encouraged to subscribe.  

4] – Get a good-looking black hat which says Anti-War Veteran in the front and Viva House 50^th in the back.  The cost is $10. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

5] – Jeff Ross, an attorney in Maryland, is interested in gathering with other lawyers to discuss ways in which the legal profession and the law generally can be conceptualized as a peace-building and war-resisting institution and redirected to these ends. Areas to explore might include: 1) ways in which this group could support with legal analysis/writing those lawyers who are representing peace-builders/war-resisters in criminal prosecutions; 2) ways in which, from a more theoretical perspective, the law might be grounded in an ethic of non-violence; and 3) ways in which law students and young lawyers might be exposed to a non-violent vision of the law. All religious, philosophical, and critical perspectives on the law are welcome. The group might want to call itself Lawyers Against War. Jeff can be reached at 443-690-6872 and jross50@hotmail.com.

6] – If you are 18 to 35, don't miss this unique opportunity to visit Palestine! Registration is Now Open at https://kthps.org/join. For more information, please visit: https://kthps.org/.  Know Thy Heritage, Inc. is offering a Leadership Initiative “Explore & Live Palestine” from July 11 through July 25, 2019.  This is a program of The Arab American Institute.  Visit http://www.aaiusa.org/.

7] -- SUPPORT AMAZON WORKERS OF CONSCIENCE.  We are in a deep struggle to support conscience within the high tech community, which may be the only way to prevent a major leap into artificial intelligence warfare that we see the beginnings of in the expanding global U.S. drone war system.  This may be of particular interest to Johns Hopkins' Navy-funded researchers, some of whom have been working on swarming drone technology.

These are not major asks and can be a powerful reinforcement of conscience at an extremely critical moment.  Please consider circulating this link to your lists encouraging people to sign the linked RootsAction petition - https://www.knowdrones.com/blog/2019/3/6/support-amazon-workers-who-dont-want-to-work-for-war and leafletting Whole Foods in your areas. This is a link to the leaflet -- https://gallery.mailchimp.com/dd110b000ca250d868d4f419b/files/107fc695-8af9-4f7e-a523-ecd1d1dfd28f/Wholefoods_Leaflet.pdf. Should you have interest in circulating the links and possibly leafletting, contact Nick Mottern at  nickmottern at gmail.com.

8] – Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 2521 St. Paul St., Baltimore 21218, meets on Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and discussion at 10:30 AM.  On Sun., June 2, the platform address is Potential Futures with Autonomous Vehicles.  BES member Phil Scherer will talk about how autonomous vehicles are coming and will reshape America in the same way the adoption of manual vehicles did. Talk will briefly cover the state of the technology, and where it’s headed. Primary discussion will cover second-order effects and wider societal issues we may face. Phil Scherer has a B.S. in Software Engineering, Computer Science, and Robotics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a passion for emerging and transformative technologies.   Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org. 

9] –  On Sun., June 2 from 11 AM to 5 PM, attend an Organizer 101 Training, hosted by the Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America at 2239 Kirk Ave., Baltimore, MD 21218-6204. To change society, win people over to Socialist ideas and engage in mass action against the ruling class. But how do we do this? We have to organize!

In this introductory training, we will cover the basics of how to organize a workplace. Two experienced organizers will talk about how to bring co-workers together to engage in collective actions to build power. Even if you are already in a union or thinking about doing organizing outside the workplace, this training will offer vitally important skills that you may find extremely useful. This training just might change your life!  The training is free and open to everyone. There are optional donations for pizza fund. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2121029347944862/.

10] --On Sun., June 2 from 2:30 to 4 PM, check out Reversing Global Warming: Introduction to Drawdown by Takoma Park Mobilization Environmental Committee (TPMEC) at the Takoma Park Community Center (Azalea Room) 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park 20912.  Project Drawdown is a coalition of more than 200 researchers and other experts from 22 countries led by author, environmental activist, and entrepreneur Paul Hawken. Over the course of 5 years of rigorous scientific research, they identified and modeled the 100 most substantive, already existing solutions for addressing global warming and revealed astounding news: that it is possible not just to slow global warming, but to actually reverse it by 2050. Seehttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/reversing-global-warming-introduction-to-drawdown-tickets-62009056758.

11] -- Baltimore it is time to UNITE and STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE in our CITY!  On Sun., June 2 from 11 AM to 4 PM at Parkside Shopping Center for a rally to stop the gun violence in our city.   This free event will include live performances, food, games, and fun!  Most importantly, you can learn about resources available throughout our City to help you have a productive and peaceful summer.  This event is brought to you in partnership with Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young, Downtown Locker Room, Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks, Baltimore City Police Department, Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore City School Police, and Walk by Faith Ministries.  See www.stattorney.org or email Mail@stattorney.org or (443)984-6000.

12] – On Sun., June 2 from 4 to 5 PM, get on The CALL - ERA Education Program at Katrina's Dream, PO Box 32003, WDC 20007.  Tickets are at www.katrinasdream.org.  Please come each Sunday and help build the groundswell. The collaboration of grassroots organizers, lobbyists, and professionals is dedicated to promoting and educating folks across the United States of America to empowering women around the world.

The CALL IN NUMBER is 563.999.2090, the CONFERENCE NO: 898879#.  Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1710130249022424/?event_time_id=1710130255689090.

13] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop.  The next vigil is June 3, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.  Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call 202-882-9649.  The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro.  By Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr.,  and there is meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these spots begin at 8 AM.  No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds. Restrooms are located inside Marriott Residence Inn on corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr. 

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