Baltimore Activist Alert -- September 10 - 11, 2021

47] Big Tech sells war – Sept. 10

48] Save Moses Cemetery! -- Sept. 10

49] Health effects of the toxins – Sept. 10

50] White House peace vigil – Sept. 10

51] Want to text with Fair Fight? – Sept. 10

52] Phonebank for a Green New Deal – Sept. 10

53] The film is The Mauritanian -- Sept. 10

54] Vigil For the People Act! – Sept. 10

55] Peace and Justice Vigil – Sept. 10

56] The film is The Outsider – Sept. 10

57] Food Pantry and Food Donation Center – Sept. 11

58] For the People Act! – Sept. 11

59] Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror – Sept. 11

60] Phonebank For the People Act – Sept. 11

61] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

62] Beauty Fades /Stupid Lasts Forever and The Trial According to Alan Barysh

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

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

65] Two Berrigan Books still in print

66] Do you need a doctor?

67] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

68] Do you need any book shelves?

69] Join the Global Zero campaign.

70] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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47] –  Join Ramah Kudaimi on Fri., Sept. 10 at 11 AM ET for a chat on Instagram live featuring Munira Lokhandwala (LittleSis), Archana Ahlawat (Color of Change), Jessica Quiason (ACRE), and Joseph Burke (Empower). They will discuss why this project came about, what are the major findings of the research, and why this is the moment to organize to demand Big Tech stop selling war. Register at https://www.instagram.com/ACREcampaigns/?link_id=11&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-new-from-crescendo-big-tech-sells-war&email_referrer=email_1285312&email_subject=big-tech-gwot-profiteers-stop-selling-war.

48] -- Maryland Poor People's Campaign (MD PPC) [maryland@poorpeoplescampaign.org] wants you to be there on Fri., Sept. 10 at 11 AM at the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition (BACC) Rally. Wear your mask and social distance.  Come to the Macedonia Church, 5119 River Road, Bethesda.  This is a combined in-person and online rally and march to Save Moses Cemetery! RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/md-ppc-bethesda-african-cemetery-coalition-bacc-rally-in-person-online?source=direct_link&&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_1283089&email_subject=md-ppc-bethesda-african-cemetery-coalition-bacc-rally.

49] – On Fri., Sept. 10 at 11:30 AM ET, join Democracy Now's Juan González—who was the first journalist to expose the public health and environmental crisis at Ground Zero—for a panel discussion on the toxic legacy of 9/11.  This program, hosted by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, will feature advocates for 9/11 first responders and the journalists who covered their efforts to pass crucial measures, including the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act in 2010, reauthorization of the WTC Health Program in 2015, and reauthorization and full funding of the Victim Compensation Fund in 2019.

  The talk is part of a two-day conference looking at the health effects of the toxins at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the Shanksville crash site, as well as the lifesaving medical monitoring and treatment that responders and survivors receive through the World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Centers of Excellence and National Provider Network. The program serves more than 110,000 responders and survivors in every state across the country. Register at https://mtsinai.wufoo.com/forms/pzcaexa1idyl9y/?utm_medium=vanityurl&utm_source=vanityurl&utm_campaign=wtcanniversary&utm_source=Democracy+Now%21&utm_campaign=8871944e9f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fa2346a853-8871944e9f-191156529

50] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Sept. 10 at noon.  Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

51] – Want to text with Fair Fight? Join a texting training to see what texting with Fair Fight looks like, the texting platform, how to set up your account on it and get you all the information you need to text with Fair Fight in the future!  This is a training, NOT a text bank. No texting during this training.  To text with Fair Fight you will need either a smartphone OR a computer (you can set up the texting system on either or both). The next texting training is on Fri., Sept. 10 from 1 to 2:15 AM ET.  Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/fairfight/event/380601/?emci=1ec65536-76f5-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=9099f5e0-77f5-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=1234726.

52] –Phonebank for a Green New Deal with Sunrise National on Fri., Sept. 10 from 3 to 4:30 PM ET and Wed., Sept. 15 from 4 to 5:30 PM ET.  Sign up to call Sunrisers and ask them to demand a bold climate infrastructure package from their representatives. Sunrise will provide all the training you need and a lot of fun and hype too! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/sunrisemovement/event/403248/?emci=16326b3a-a4ff-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=7c2e4f48-a5ff-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=177631.

53] – 20 Years Later is a virtual film festival commemorating the 20th anniversary of September 11, centering on the theme of peace and justice. Featuring films across 20 years, including brand new releases, each film is paired with a live panel featuring producers, directors, 9/11 family members, and/or subjects of the film, open to audience questions. The festival is run by September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, a nonprofit organized by relatives of the victims of the September 11th attacks. See http://masspeaceaction.org/event/20-years-later-a-peace-and-justice-film-festival/?emci=918e06c1-220f-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&emdi=27980574-380f-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&ceid=269591.

  The film is The Mauritanian, directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Taher Rahim, Jodie Foster, and Benedict Cumberbatch.  It is based on the NY Times best-selling memoir “Guantánamo Diary” by Mohamedou Ould Slahi.  This is the true story of Salahi’s fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Alone and afraid, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan who battle the U.S. government in a fight for justice that tests their commitment to the law and their client at every turn. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by a formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch, uncovers shocking truths and ultimately proves that the human spirit cannot be locked up.  CLICK here https://peacefultomorrows.org/resources-for-online-learning/to get to view a webinar with Mohamedou as well as to the Study Guide put together to facilitate classroom discussions about the film.  Tune in to a live panel on Fri., Sept. 10 at 3 PM EST with Mohamedou Ould Slahi (the original Mauritanian) and Peaceful Tomorrows member, Elizabeth Miller.

54] –  Our Revolution Howard County and Indivisible HoCoMD continue their joint weekly action at the Gorman Road I-95 Overpass in support of HR1/SR 1, aka the For the People Act on every Friday from 3:30 to 5:30 PM ET. Committed activists stand by large banners and wave at approximately 12,000 vehicles per hour as they whiz by. Go to https://www.facebook.com/Our-Revolution-Howard-1907025362884865/events/?ref=page_internal.

55] -- There is usually a Quaker Vigil for Racial Justice on Fridays, from 5 to 6 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. 10. 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. 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=311508113576861.3&akid=18263%2E3302379%2Ez6bJVQ.

56] – 20 Years Later is a virtual film festival commemorating the 20th anniversary of September 11, centering on the theme of peace and justice. Featuring films across 20 years, including brand new releases, each film is paired with a live panel featuring producers, directors, 9/11 family members, and/or subjects of the film, open to audience questions. The festival is run by September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, a nonprofit organized by relatives of the victims of the September 11th attacks. See We are thankful for the insights and the generosity of the filmmakers and distributors! http://masspeaceaction.org/event/20-years-later-a-peace-and-justice-film-festival/?emci=918e06c1-220f-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&emdi=27980574-380f-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&ceid=269591.

  The film is The Outsider, co-directed by Steve Rosenbaum & Pamela Yoder. Michael Shulan was a struggling novelist and co-owner of a storefront space in New York’s trendy Soho neighborhood. The attacks on the World Trade Center changed his life forever. He and three friends turned his Spring Street space into a now-famous crowdsourced photo exhibit called “Here Is New York.” For five years, he was known as the world’s leading expert on 9/11 photography. Then, the lifelong outsider was invited to be part of something big. Shulan was named the Creative Director of the National 9/11 Museum at Ground Zero. This is the story of his dream job and how it turned against him. His vision of an open, inclusive, participatory place for America to engage in the painful, personal story of 9/11 goes wrong. His role as creative leader turns into a daily battle to keep his vision alive.

 See the film’s website at https://theoutsidersept11.com/ for how the film was made, those featured, photographs, and press. Join a live panel on Fri., Sept. 10 at 6 PM EST with Pamela Yoder, Steve Rosenbaum as well as Peaceful Tomorrows members, Valerie Lucznikowska and Emily Grandcolas.

57] – On Sat., Sept. 11 from noon to 2 PM EST, get over to the Food Pantry and Food Donation Center at First and Franklin Presbyterian Church, 210 W. Madison St., Baltimore. This Food Pantry is open every Saturday. Get a grocery bag – breakfast, jelly and peanut butter (a good source of protein) for lunch, the makings for a balanced dinner such as beans and rice, pasta and sauce, soup, vegetables, fruit, and a paper goods. Also added is a little fun food, such as popcorn or cookies, for everyone enjoys a treat.  Contributions of shelf stable foods can be brought to Reid Chapel every Saturday between noon and 2 PM. If shopping is difficult for you, monetary donations earmarked food pantry may be sent to the church.  How else can you help? Volunteers are needed to help collect and distribute food. Contact the church office to volunteer. You can also help by spreading the word to those you know who are facing food insecurity. See https://www.facebook.com/firstfranklinbaltimore.

58] – Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of the For the People Act! Our democracy is in crisis: with redistricting around the corner and hundreds of voter suppression laws being introduced in states across the country, we do not have time to wait. Every day we’re getting closer to a very real deadline to take action to pass the For the People Act (S.1): If the Senate does not overcome the filibuster and pass S. 1, states may not have enough time to implement the legislation’s regulations before the 2022 midterm elections! Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of S. 1! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/376178/?utm_source=PFAW to call on Sat., Sept. 11 from noon to 2 PM or 4 to 6 PM ET and 6 to 8 PM ET.

59] – United for Peace & Justice [contact@unitedforpeace.org] wants you to get involved on Sat., Sept. 11 from 3 to 6 PM ET. Join CODEPINK and Massachusetts Peace Action for the webinar -- Never Forget: 9/11 and the 20 Year War on Terror. RSVP here https://www.codepink.org/neverforget_911webinar?link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-this-saturday-never-forget-911-20-year-war-on-terror-sept-12-cut-the-pentagon-launch&email_referrer=email_1284172&email_subject=this-saturday-never-forget-911-20-year-war-on-terror-and-sept-12-cut-the-pentagon-launch to receive the zoom link. Contact Danaka Katovich · danaka@codepink.org. 

60] – Joan's Democracy Café Phone-Bank -- For the People Act (S1) in Partnership with Common Cause takes place on Thursdays and Saturdays. The next phone bank will be on Sat., Sept. 11 from 4 to 6 PM ET. There will also be phone banks on Thursdays, Sept. 16, 23 and 30 from 3 to 6 PM ET. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/vopropros/event/385866/?followup_modal_context=newsletter&timeslot=2880640.

61] -- This is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22, 2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.

  Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218.  Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.

62] – Bad Attitude Publishers Announces the release of Beauty Fades /Stupid Lasts Forever and The Trial According to Alan Barysh. In light of the fascist/Q Annon/Truther/Alex Jones and Trump-inspired attack on the capital, Bad attitude Publications has released a photo essay by Alan Barysh. In the follow-up book to Sorry Truther, it was an OUTSIDE JOB Beauty Fades.... gives the reader an upfront look at the reactionary forces and the deadly beliefs these folks uphold. In pictures and texts, one gets a good look at the faces and ideas that pose a real threat to this country. The Trial According to Alan Barysh is a rewrite of the Kafka Classic The Trial. With pictures from the original movie, Alan Barysh rewrites this scathing satire with just a tad more cutting edge satire, and a different ending. The appendix to the book talks about the lonely uphill struggle of Tawanda Jones to get justice for her brother. This afterthought is included, because of the real Kafkesque struggle of the West Family to get justice for her brother. Both books can be purchased on Amazon.com. For every purchase of The Trial, Alan Barysh will give all of his royalties to the West Family. Just text a picture of the book to 443-239-5325.

63] – 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 just printed the 5^th edition of the book which is available for $25 by sending him a check: Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218. You can contact him at mozela9@comcast.net. He prefers that you DO NOT order the book from Amazon. Image 1 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER. David Eberhardt; Image 2 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER; and FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER.  This is a self-published book printed in 2017 with updates.

The price is $25 for a Spiral Bound, and Signed. This edition being what the publisher calls “The 4th edition (or first edition 4th state?)  of this book (with “final” additions) has been printed by the firm of FEDEX numbered 150-200, signed by the author, February 2017.”This is copy 187 and is numbered and signed by David Eberhardt on the title page.~~While the bibliographical information is a bit head-spinning, this is an engaging memoir by David Eberhardt recounting his involvement with the Brothers Berrigan in the protests against the Viet Nam war, and his subsequent time as an inmate at the Lewisburg Federal Prison. There is Near Fine binding: Item #291479.

64] – 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.

65] –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, who’s 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.

66] – 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.  

67] -- 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.

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

69] -- 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.

70] – 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