Baltimore Activist Alert -- September 18 -19, 2020

 63] Climate Strikes vs. Chase Bank -- Sept. 18

64] Free Assange – Sept. 18

65] White House vigil – Sept. 18

66] Women in Black VIGILS FOR PEACE – Sept. 18

67] Turning out the people to win a Green New Deal -- Sept. 18

68] Peace and justice vigil – Sept. 18

69] Fridays for Freedom on Capitol Hill – Sept. 18

70] No Normalization with Colonization or Occupation – Sept. 18

71] Animals, Pandemics and Global Health – Sept. 18

72] Community Garden Volunteer Days – Sept. 19

73] NO JUSTICE NO PEACE – Sept. 19

74] Breonna Taylor March – Sept. 19

75] Standing against Racism & War -- Sept. 19

76] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"

77] Ted Glick has written a book

78] Dick Ochs’ rebuttal to the book Debunks Conspiracy Theories

79] New Book: “Confessions of a Radical Academic”

80] Two Berrigan Books still in print

81] Contribute to the Lin Romano Peace and Justice Scholarship

82] Do you need a doctor?

83] Emergency Demonstration against an attack on Venezuela or Iran  

84] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

85] Do you need any book shelves?

86] Join the Global Zero campaign.

87] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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63] – On Fri., Sept. 18 from 9 AM to 9 PM, get with the Climate Strikes vs. Chase Bank Every Friday! Flatten the climate pollution curve together! Help run an online climate strike at Chase Bank--the #1 investor in fossil fuels of any bank in the world--every Friday until further notice. You can post your own virtual climate strike on social media in 4 easy steps: https://www.climatefirst.us/calendar. Contact Ted at tconwell@climatefirst.us/ (301) 589-7598 (mobile). Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/3398894953477457/.

64] – Free Julian Assange - End the Rendition, hosted by Action 4 Assange. Action 4 Assange will be in D.C. through September 25 to continue the fight started when Julian's extradition hearings first began in February.  ALL EVENTS BEGIN AT NOON.  On Fri., Sept. 18, rally at The Australian Embassy, 1145 17th St. NW (Suite GP410). The next event will be on Mon., Sept. 21. See the schedule at https://www.facebook.com/events/253465719296846/.

65] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Sept. 18 at noon.  Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

66] – There will be two Women in Black VIGILS FOR PEACE on Fri., Sept. 18 from noon to 1 PM.  One is at Roland Park Place, 830 W. 40th St., Baltimore.  Free Parking is available. There will be NO LUNCH.   If it doesn't rain, vigil. If it rains, the vigil will be cancelled.  If you arrive for the vigil and don't see someone else, please don't leave. Other folks are on the way.  Email awyattbr@gmail.com.

The other is in Chestertown, Kent County on the Eastern Shore in Memorial Park at Cross Street & Park Row.  This will be a safe-distanced stand for Peace with Justice  & No to War. Email wibbaltimore@peacepath911.org.

67] – Presente Action Executive Director Matt Nelson and Sunrise Movement Co-Founder and Executive Director Varshini Prakash will chat on Fri., Sept. 18 at 2:30 PM ET.  They will chat about turning out the people to win a Green New Deal. Register at https://act.presente.org/signup/turnout-and-winning-green-new-deal/?t=23&akid=9828%2E715238%2EyAwf4-.

68] -- There is usually a Quaker Vigil for Racial Justice on Fridays, from 5 to 6:30 PM, hosted by the Baltimore Quaker Peace and Justice Committee (BQPJC) outside the Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St.  The next scheduled vigil is on Sept. 18. From 6 to 6:30 PM strategize. Black Lives Matter. Stop the Killing. Physical distancing applies. Wear your face mask. Email homewoodfriends@gmail.com or call 410-235-4438. Quaker values call us to speak truth and to seek equality for all people. We aim to follow Bayard Rustin’s wisdom that “we need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers” and John Lewis’s call to “make good trouble.” See https://www.facebook.com/events/311508100243529/?event_time_id=311508113576861.

69] -- Fridays For Freedom on Capitol Hill, 80 M St. SE, #100, WDC 20003 are hosted by Now! Join in each Friday from 5 to 6 PM on Sept. 18 and continuing until Fri., Dec. 18.  See www.now.world/fridaysforfreedom.  Hong Kong’s freedoms and civil rights have been under constant attack by China for years, but the situation has been dramatically deteriorating lately with the introduction of draconian new laws. Yesterday it was Tibet, and today is Hong Kong. Only by standing as one across the world can we safeguard our future. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/375084010556061/?event_time_id=375084020556060. 

70] – Workers World Party invites you to a webinar on Fri., Sept. 18 at 5 PM ET, featuring Susan Abulhawa and Khaled Barakat: Free Palestine! No Normalization with Colonization or Occupation. Register for the Webinar at bit.ly/PalestineWebinar. Share on Facebook at bit.ly/PalestineFB.  A statement signed by more than 50 organizations raised international solidarity with the demand: No Normalization with Occupation and Colonization. This webinar will discuss the ongoing struggles of the Palestinian people and how to build solidarity together for the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea.

71] – On Fri., Sept. 18 from 6 to 8:30 PM, check out Animals, Pandemics and Global Health, hosted by Animals, Climate Change and Global Health Webinar Series. Register for this online event at https://jh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4eji8lDGR46XAYOFMcuFSA.  Visit jh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4eji8lDGR46XAYOFMcuFSA.  Explore how human use of wild and domestic animals for food, together with environmental destruction and habitat loss, leads to an increase in zoonotic diseases with high potential to turn into epi- and pandemics. Discuss the consequences for global human and animal health and wellbeing, including: What role does industrial animal agriculture play? How can we prevent the future development of zoonoses that may turn into epi- and pandemics? The moderator is Jan Dutkiewicz (Harvard Law School), and the speakers are Michael Greger (NutritionFacts.org), Mia MacDonald (Brighter Green), and Astra Taylor (documentary filmmaker and writer). Look at www.animalsclimatehealth.com.  Register at https://jh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4eji8lDGR46XAYOFMcuFSA.

72] – On Sat., Sept. 19 from 8:30 to 11:30 AM, get involved with Community Garden Volunteer Days, hosted by Riverside Third Space and Salem Lutheran Baltimore City.  Riverside Third Space has received a generous grant from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to create a permanent community garden around the perimeter of Salem Lutheran Church. It will be home to herbs, vegetables and native plants for the whole neighborhood to enjoy.  There will be six volunteer days for any neighbors who are able to pitch in. There are roles for all different skill levels, and social distancing will take place.  Wear a mask and bring your own drinking container for water as well as gardening gloves and safety goggles if you have them. Kids are welcome to join with their parents. You can join for as much or as little time as you're able on as many days as you like - or just stop by once!  Sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FAAA92DA3FAC16-r3scommunity. 

73] – NO JUSTICE NO PEACE is happening on Sat., Sept. 19 from noon to 2 PM in Historic Germantown in Philadelphia.  Some of the slogans are BLACK LIVES MATTER, End White Supremacy, Resist Fascism and Oust Trump [VOTE!].  Gather at Market Square Park, Germantown Ave. & Schoolhouse Lane.  There will be Bell-Tolling & a Shout-Out for Justice.  Signs and banners will be provided. Mask-wearing is mandatory. Nonviolent discipline and six feet social distancing will be observed. See www.brandywinepeace.com or call Bob Smith at (215) 843-4827.

74] - On Sat., Sept. 19 from 1 to 5 PM, join the Breonna Taylor March starting at 4 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201-5904, hosted by Queers For Black Lives. On March 13, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was killed in her sleep by plain-clothed Louisville police officers who used a battering ram to enter her home unannounced, and illegally, with a "no-knock" warrant. Not only were the officers at the wrong address, the man they were there to arrest had already been taken into custody earlier that day. Taylor was an EMT who dreamed of becoming a nurse, servicing two different hospitals during the pandemic. She was a hero taken from us too soon and her murderers are still at large and in positions of power.

 One of the demands is the firing of Attorney General Daniel Jay Cameron who is endorsed by, and protects the interest of the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police, while blatantly disregarding the interest of the citizens of Louisville. Arrest the murderers of Breonna Taylor (Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove.)  Abolish all no-knock warrants across the United States. Require all police officers to participate in thorough de-escalation training. Visit https://www.facebook.com/Q4BLM/.

75] – On Sat., Sept. 19 from 3 to 5 PM, get with Standing against Racism & War – The Only Road to Peace in this online event.  Visit http://masspeaceaction.org/event/standing-against-racism-war-the-only-road-to-peace/?emci=425ba017-90f6-ea11-99c3-00155d039e74&emdi=4c177c07-c4f6-ea11-99c3-00155d039e74&ceid=269591. People from all walks of life are coming together to fight another pandemic – racism. As the US prepares for confrontation and “major power conflict” with China, millions of Asian-American people are experiencing the racial effects of a new Cold War. A number of people inside the United States from a diverse range of backgrounds are standing together to say NO to racism.

76] – David Eberhardt was a member of the Baltimore Four with Father Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis and Rev. James Mengel.  The group poured blood on draft files on October 27, 1967.  They would be convicted and sentenced to prison. Dave has written a book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"- documenting the Baltimore Four action and many others up to and including the most recent Plowshares action – Kings Bay Plowshares 7.  Phil Berrigan’s wife, Elizabeth McAlister, is a member of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Dave’s book is available for $20 by contacting him at mozela9@comcast.net. He prefers that you DO NOT order the book from Amazon.

77] –  Ted Glick has written a book about his years of active draft resistance during the Vietnam War, and published by PM Press! It’s entitled “Burglar for Peace: Lessons Learned in the Catholic Left’s Resistance to the Vietnam War. The book is part history, part autobiography and may be a valuable source of ideas and inspiration for today’s organizers against injustice, oppression, war, ecological devastation and the bad guys! Frida Berrigan has written a wonderful intro. The paperback book, all 220 or so pages, will cost $20, but if you order it now, you can get a 20% discount if you use the code “Burglar” when you do so.  Go to: https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1093 and click 'Add to Cart'. In the coupon code area be sure to put: Burglar to get the discount.

78] – After I listed a book by Alan Barysh about debunking conspiracy theories in the Baltimore Activist Alert, Dick Ochs requested the opportunity to offer a rebuttal.  This is it: “I have studied several books by lawyers, scholars, authors, scientists, architects, whistleblowers, and engineers.  I have met and heard several 9/11 victims’ families and first responders. I do not listen to Alex Jones or Farrakhan.  Alan Barysh chooses to believe the biggest conspiracy theory from war criminals Cheney and Bush and their appointed 911 Commission, which is now repudiated by two of the commissioners as well as the 2002 Joint Congressional Intelligence Committee, chaired by former Senator Bob Graham.  Cheney and Bush’s conspiracy theory has never been proven to be true.  Evidence to the contrary is overwhelming.”

  Dick has written a document entitled SURPRISE ATTACKS ARE LIES! FALSE U.S. WAR PRETEXTS AND 9/11.  If interested in reading this, go to his web site www.freefromterror.net.  If the link does not work, copy/paste the link in your browser.

79] – Check out a New Book: “Confessions of a Radical Academic: A Memoir by Fred L. Pincus,” now available from Adelaide Books (https://adelaidebooks.org/collections/latest-releases/products/confessions-of-a-radical-academic) or from Amazon.  Fred taught sociology at UMBC for more than 40 years and is on the board of Research Associates Foundation.  His memoir details his struggles to have a successful career while keeping true to his radical principles and activism.  One major theme is his struggle with race and racism both on and off campus. Go to www.fredlpincus.com.

80] –Two books by Fred Wilcox are still in print.  The first one is “Fighting the Lamb's War Skirmishes with the American Empire” by Philip Berrigan and Fred A. Wilcox with a FOREWORD by Tripp York.  It can be purchased by Wipf and Stock: https://wipfandstock.com/fighting-the-lamb-s-war.html.  It is a Memoir in paperback/ISBN: 9781532660078/240 pages/republished 8/21/2018/ Retail Price: $26.00/and Web Price: $20.80.

  The second one is “Uncommon Martyrs The Berrigans, the Catholic Left, and the Plowshares Movement” by Fred Wilcox, who profiles members of this anti-war movement, whose Christianity compels them to acts of civil disobedience against the military industrial complex.  The ISBN is 0201522314/$6.50 for a hardcover, and it can be purchased at Powell's Books.  See https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/view/7094/uncommon-martyrs.

81] – Consider making a donation to a scholarship in her honor that would be most welcome.  Contributions to the Lin Romano Peace and Justice Scholarship can be made online via https://www.ndm.edu/lin-romano-peace-and-justice-scholarship or by check made out to Notre Dame of Maryland University (Memo line: Lin Romano Peace and Justice Scholarship) and mailed to Notre Dame of Maryland University, Office of Institutional Advancement, 4701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210.

82] – Yousef Zarbalian [mailto:yzarbali@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com.  Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's).  He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals.  He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.  

83] – The Trump Administration is again beating the war drums.  Most recently, the target is Iran.  Should the Trump administration initiate an act of war against Iran, consider joining us. It is a violation of U.S. law for the Trump Administration to attack a country that has not attacked us, as only Congress can declare war. The Trump administration is nevertheless beating the war drums for war against Iran and Venezuela. Should a war criminal, John Bolton, convince Trump to attack either of these countries, such a military strike would demand an immediate and unequivocal response from us to show that we will not tolerate his abuse of power.

   Let's mobilize to show that we the people will not tolerate another military adventure, which would be bound to have profound negative consequences. If a military strike against Iran or Venezuela takes place, then meet at 33rd and N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218. If the attack is before 2 PM local time, then the event will begin at 5 PM, local time. If the attack occurs after 5 PM local time, then the event will begin at 5 PM, local time, the following day. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.   

84] -- If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records, tarps and table cloths, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.

85] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.

86] -- Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration. A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees.  This is an historic window of opportunity.  With momentum already building in favor of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance. When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.

87] – A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.

Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212.  Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.

“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan