Baltimore Activist Alert -- October 16 -17, 2020

75] Climate Strikes vs. Chase Bank -- Oct. 16

76] World Food Day -- Oct. 16

77] Russia’s War in Donbas – Oct. 16

78] The Empire Unclothed -- Oct. 16

79] The National Solar Congress continues – Oct. 16

80] White House vigil – Oct. 16

81] Women in Black VIGILS FOR PEACE – Oct. 16

82] Patrick O’Neill awaits sentencing – Oct. 16

83] Fire Drill Friday -- Oct. 16

84] Peace and justice vigil – Oct. 16

85] Fridays for Freedom on Capitol Hill – Oct. 16

86] "The Condor and the Eagle” -- Oct. 16

87] Election-Related Power Grab – Oct. 16

88] ONLINE training in Active Bystander Intervention -- Oct. 17

89] Rally with Our Revolution Maryland -- Oct. 17

90] Women's March – Oct. 17

91] Black Lives Matter Rally – Oct. 17

92] Rally standing in solidarity with black women – Oct. 17

93] Oust Trump -- Oct. 17

94] Quaker Advocacy: Peace, People, Planet -- Oct. 17

95] Protecting Our Votes -- Oct. 17

96] Flip a crucial swing state! -- Oct. 17

97] Get out the Vote Call-A-Thon -- Oct. 17

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

99] Ted Glick has written a book

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

101] Two Berrigan Books still in print

102] Contribute to the Lin Romano Peace and Justice Scholarship

103] Do you need a doctor?

104] Emergency Demonstration against an attack on Venezuela or Iran  

105] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

106] Do you need any book shelves?

107] Join the Global Zero campaign.

108] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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75] – On Fri., Oct. 9 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/.

76] – How will we feed 10 billion people in 2050? Find out on World Food Day, October 16 from 9 to 11:15 AM ET, during a virtual event hosted by TNC, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Climate Action. Register for the Virtual Event at https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/volunteer-and-attend-events/find-local-events-and-opportunities/world-food-day/?src=e.gpn.eg.x.nat.Oct2020&lu=7475224.

77] – On Fri., Oct. 16 from 10 to 11:15 AM EDT, be at Russia’s War in Donbas: Ripe for a Resolution?  It will take place on Facebook Live, hosted by the United States Institute of Peace.  More than six years after Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine, there is little evident movement toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict. The implementation of a package of measures dubbed the “Minsk II” process—which calls for a cease-fire, troop withdrawal, the return of border control to Kyiv, and local elections—is bogged down. Both Ukraine and the international community are looking for new solutions that would bring about a long-awaited peace. Watch this event live at https://www.usip.org/.../russias-war-donbas-ripe-resolution.

78] – The Empire Unclothed: Implications of the 2020 US Elections for Humanity and Mother Earth will take place on Fri., Oct. 16 from 11 AM to 1 PM.  Sign up for this Online Event at http://masspeaceaction.org/venue/online-event/?emci=bfb935f7-a80c-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=7e7b3dfd-a90c-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=269591.  Walden Bello, Mama Charlotte, Kolya Abramsky, & Marie Cruz Soto will speak to the US Elections and their implications for humanity & Mother Earth.

79] -- The National Solar Congress continues with Coffee with the Policy Team.  This is a casual coffee chat with the Solar United Neighbors advocacy team to talk with resident solar policy experts. Feel free to bring any questions you might have about solar related policy on Fri., Oct. 16 at noon ET. Visit https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItd-yupzkiH9XPEC_V6mrx70lLwAJK7uGM.

80] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Oct. 16 at noon.  Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

81] – There will be two Women in Black VIGILS FOR PEACE on Fri., Oct. 16 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.

82] – At a time of COVID-19, US District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood on Thursday, Oct. 15 at whacked Fr. Steve Kelly, S.J. He has been incarcerated since April 4, 2018 and surpassed the recommended confinement guidelines for his sentencing.  Nevertheless, after the prosecutor suggested confinement “on the high end” of the guidelines, Wood sternly lectured him and sentenced him to 33 months, three years of supervised probation upon release, restitution of $25 per quarter, while in prison, and $50 per month upon release.  She even suggested that a Stanford professor who wrote to support Steve indicated that Steve broke the law and must be punished.  I want to see this letter.  When Steve brought up the case of Thomas More, Judge Wood said he broke the law and had to be punished.  This freaked me out, as Henry the Eighth’s law called for More’s beheading.  Also note ironically Thomas More’s portrait is in the courtroom.  

“Recourse to appeal is futile, pathetic, and dangerous because all the judiciary’s rulings precluded our jury from hearing any defense,” Fr. Steve wrote the judge prior to his sentencing. “The circuit, appeal, the entire judiciary has thwarted redress that would fulfill the purpose and mandate of the signatories of the Nuremberg Accords. For this reason, I am a political prisoner of conscience for Christ.”

  Since leaving jail in May 2018, Patrick O’Neill has awaited sentencing under probation supervision and daily curfews in his hometown of Garner, NC. He is a hospital chaplain and cofounder of the Fr. Charlie Mulholland Catholic Worker community with his wife, Mary, and eight children. He will appear for sentencing before Judge Wood on Fri., Oct. 16 at 1 PM ET.  To CALL in for Patrick’s sentencing, Dial 888-684-8852, Access Code: 8878734#, Security Code: 1234#.  An alternate number is available: 888-684-8852, Access Code: 2296092#, Security Code: 1234#.

83] – Fire Drill Fridays  has Jane Fonda talking with Shaniqua McClendon — Political Director of Crooked Media — about the Vote for Climate campaign, the most critical swing states, and the best way to turn out voters. RSVP at https://greenpeace.zoom.us/webinar/register/2716027059968/WN_e3psGhwkS8m1uANlD1NVVA?emci=a8095acd-620e-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=0bfe83a9-010f-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=1705696 for the online event on Fri., Oct. 16 at 2 PM ET.

84] -- 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 Oct. 16. 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.

85] – On Fri., Oct. 16 from 5 to 6 PM, get with Fridays for Freedom on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Visit 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, today is Hong Kong, and tomorrow it could be your country’s turn. Only by standing as one across the world can we safeguard our future. #StandWithHongKong. To receive all the info, the social media package to participate in the action, regular updates, and much more, click here: www.now.world/fridaysforfreedom. 

86] – Catch a Film Discussion: "The Condor and the Eagle" on Fri., Oct. 16 from 7 to 9 PM.  In this Online Event, you will see four Indigenous leaders embark on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure from the Canadian plains too deep into the heart of the Amazonian jungle.  With the burning of the Amazon, the mega-fires in Australia, and the global climate strikes, this award-winning documentary documents the ongoing collective climate awakening and the imperative of urgent change.  See https://thecondorandtheeagle.com/.  Register at https://tithe.ly/event-registration/#/2435509.

87] – There are less than three weeks until the election and Choose Democracy is here to support you getting the resources you need. Sign up for training on How to Beat an Election-Related Power Grab on Fri.,  at Oct. 16  from 7:30 to 9:30 PM EST at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MgWOfy-BQuqeksLDQx4W1g?link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-get-ready-three-things-you-can-do-2&email_referrer=email_959305&email_subject=is-this-a-coup.

88] – There is an Election Focused Training on Sat., Oct. 17.  This ONLINE training in Active Bystander Intervention will be offered from 10 AM to noon and from 1 to 3 PM EDT. Focus will be on Post-Election scenarios. Full training is both segments. REGISTER at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLEy0VPoMGPr-anKqA_DPk8607wSRVOU7vQytYslrH4LOXaA/viewform. The Active Bystander Intervention Training is sponsored by the DC Peace Team: www.dcpeaceteam.com. You will get the Zoom link after you complete registration. Contact Eli at esm52@georgetown.edu if you don't get it. An active bystander training teaches effective skills for assessing, de-escalating, and diffusing a problematic situation, such as intimidation, harassment, abuse, physical violence, etc. Payment is requested on a sliding scale. Please consider $45-$85 to help continue this work and better serve the community. It is FREE for students. No one will be turned away for lack of payment.  For those who can, please submit payment today-- https://dcpeaceteam.com/donate/; or checks can be written out to DC Peace Team and mailed to Eli McCarthy, 7305 Baylor Ave. College Park, MD 20740.

89] – Rally at the Women's March 2020 with Our Revolution Maryland on Sat., Oct. 17 at 10:45 AM EDT.  Gather at Potbelly, 1299 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC 20004. Bring signs and wear your best gear and buttons! Check out https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/348727/?link_id=5&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-upcoming-events-actions-our-revolution-baltimore-4&email_referrer=email_960636&email_subject=upcoming-events-actions-our-revolution-baltimore.

90] – For the Women's March on Sat., Oct. 17 gather at 11 AM at Freedom Plaza, 1455 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.  Rally will take place from 12 to 1 PM.  Then march to the National Mall and gather there from 3 to 5 PM. For information on COVID-19 safety, parking, and more visit https://womensmarch.com/oct-17-dc-march.

91] -- A Black Lives Matter Rally will take place at the Valley Baptist Church, 1401 York Road in Lutherville. Join the Immigration Outreach Service Center and many Faith Communities on Sat., Oct. 17 from 11 AM to noon. LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD. “IF NOT NOW – WHEN?” Contact Ryan Sattler – ryansattler@comcast.net/ 717-891-6156.

92] – On Sat., Oct. 17 from 11 AM to 1 PM, rally standing in solidarity with black women -- hosted by the Prince George’s Change Makers Coalition at 4519 Rhode Island Ave. in North Brentwood -- in front of the Prince George’s African American Museum. Chalk the street with messages of love and hope for Black women.  Go to https://www.facebook.com/PGChangeMakers/.

93] – On Sat., Oct. 17 from noon to 2 PM, OUST TRUMP [NOV. 3 - VOTE].  Join the Bell-Tolling/Shout-Out' for Justice in Market Square Park, Germantown Ave. & Schoolhouse Lane, Philadelphia. BLACK LIVES MATTER. End White Supremacy - Resist Fascism.  NO JUSTICE   NO PEACE.  Signs and banners will be provided. Mask-wearing is mandatory. Nonviolent discipline and 6 feet social distancing will be observed.  This will take place every Saturday thru October.  See www.brandywinepeace.com for questions or call Bob (215) 843-4827.

94] – You are invited to join Diane Randall and Andrew Lane for a conversation on Sat., Oct. 17 from 1 to 2:30 PM EDT. They will discuss Quaker Advocacy: Peace, People, Planet.  This is an online conversation between two Quakers from across the pond: Diane Randall, FCNL’s general secretary in Washington, DC, and Andrew Lane, the director of the Quaker Council for European Affairs in Brussels. They will discuss Friends’ prophetic witness that is often at odds with political life, and ask: what are the Quaker-shaped holes in this work, now and in the future?

Register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quaker-conversations-4-quaker-advocacy-peace-people-planet-tickets-122379208507?utm_campaign=event&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ak&utm_term=14419.152065.3ayQGaIn peace

95] – Protecting Our Votes & the 2020 Election is the topic for discussion at the Our Revolution Baltimore City/County Chapter Meeting. This is an election like no other. In the middle of a pandemic that has disrupted voting nationwide, and with a president determined to hold on to power by any means, legitimate or illegitimate. Discuss what we can do to protect our vote, win in November, and ensure the current occupant leaves the White House. Tune in at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/269476/?followup_modal_context=newsletter for the meeting on Sat., Oct. 17 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM.

96] – The deadline is 2030. If we want even a chance of avoiding catastrophic runaway climate chaos, then that is the year by which we need to cut global emissions by half. Four more years of Trump will mean we have next to no chance of meeting that deadline, at which point the future of organized human society would be in severe peril. The #VoteTrumpOut campaign is contacting thousands of swing voters on Facebook every day, and your help is needed.  Volunteer Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with the Digital Canvass team, and help flip a crucial swing state! Everyone who can should be giving time to help save our planet from this aspiring tyrant. Sign up here to get started: https://www.mobilize.us/unitedagainsttrump/event/329042/.  Take a slot on Sat., Oct. 17 from 3 to 4 PM ET or 4 to 5 PM ET.

97] – Another Get out the Vote Call-A-Thon is happening organized by an Indivisible team. Make calls to voters in key states -- and have a lot of fun doing it together! Each Call-A-Thon will have a different unique theme, but they'll all be dedicated to getting out the vote. The next one is on Sat., Oct. 17 from 3 to 6 PM ET. Register here at https://indivisible.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuf-yspzkoHdMSEPuMQgoEQnsvvEISITMs?utm_source=email&utm_medium=GOTV1_20201005.

98] – 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.

99] –  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.

100] – 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.

101] –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.

102] – 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.

103] – 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.  

104] – 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.   

105] -- 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.

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

107] -- 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.

108] – 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