Baltimore Activist Alert -- October 28 - 30, 2021

62] UN and the Climate - Nuclear Disarmament Nexus – Oct. 28

63] The North Korean Conundrum – Oct. 28

64] End the death penalty – Oct. 28

65] Phone bank voters in West Virginia -- Oct. 28

66] Texting about the redistricting fight in Prince George’s County – Oct. 28

67] Phone bank for the Freedom to Vote Act – Oct. 28 – Oct. 30

68] NO SANCTIONS ON NICARAGUA – Oct. 28

69] World without Borders – Oct. 28

70] Our Revolution Thursday Textbank for Build Back Better – Oct. 28

71] Clash of ideas between Henry George and Karl Marx – Oct. 28

72] Town Hall on police reform – Oct. 28

73] Van Hollen Town Hall – Oct. 28

74] Global Pandemic Prevention Fund -- Oct. 28

75] Criminal Justice Town Hall – Oct. 28

76] Go after CVS for corporate fraud – Oct. 28

77] Help Chesa Boudin -- Oct. 28

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62] – UNFOLD ZERO [info@unfoldzero.org] wants you to attend on Thurs., Oct. 28 at 1:15 PM ET UN and the Climate - Nuclear Disarmament Nexus.  The event will be held as preparation for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in November 2021 and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in January 2022.  The appeal calls for governments and parliaments to adopt/support nuclear risk reduction measures, commit to a time bound framework for the global elimination of nuclear weapons, and shift nuclear weapons budgets and investments to support public health, COVID-19 recovery, the climate and sustainable development. Sign up at http://pnnd.org/sites/default/files/i/doc/2021events/leaflet_-_un_and_climate_nuclear_disarmament_nexus_oct_28.pdf.

63] – On Thurs., Oct. 28 at 3 PM ET, get with the Book Launch: The North Korean Conundrum [Online]. The edited volume, The North Korean Conundrum, explores how dealing with the issue of human rights is shaped and affected by the political issues with which it is so entwined. In this book launch event, contributors of the book will discuss the relationship between human rights and denuclearization, and how North Koreans’ limited access to information is part of the problem, and how this is changing.  The sponsors are the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Korea Program at Stanford's Asia-Pacific Research Center. The speakers are Victor Cha, CSIS, Robert King, CSIS, and Nat Kretchun, Open Technology Fund.  Visit https://www.csis.org/events/book-launch-north-korean-conundrum.

64] – John Grant, who is scheduled to be killed at 5 PM ET on Thurs., Oct. 28. The decision is being appealed at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Death Penalty Action is working with the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and others to present a press conference featuring several declared candidates in the upcoming race for Governor at the State Capital. If the execution is not stopped, Protest/Prayer vigils will take place at the Governor's Mansion, at the Prison and Virtually via Zoom and on Facebook starting at 4 PM ET.  Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lruJtNx7RjGMy-yChfwI9w?link_id=9&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-hearings-postponed-2&email_referrer=email_1337363&email_subject=john-grant-was-12-years-old.

65] – Mike Tidwell, CCAN Action Fund [info@ccanactionfund.org] wants you to phone bank on Thurs., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 PM ET.  Help break the deadlock in Congress on climate change. Global climate leaders will meet in Scotland for a last-chance effort to cut greenhouse gases worldwide. But the US Congress will make progress impossible without first passing major domestic climate legislation this month. CCAN Action Fund has set up a user-friendly phone bank for every Tuesday and Thursday night in October. Connect with voters in West Virginia with their key swing-vote Senator, Joe Manchin. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfund/event/416726/.

66] –Join Progressive Maryland on Throw down Thursdays. Phonebank and text bank with the team every Thursday from 6 to 7:30 PM ET.   Every week call or text voters across the state for a number of important issues. This Thursday, Oct. 28, we’re texting about the redistricting fight in Prince George’s County. The new Council district maps need to meet the needs of grassroots residents and communities. We’re urging the Council to use a fair and democratic process to decide the map. New to texting? No problem, we’ll show you all you need to know! Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemarylandneweraproject/event/416692/?emci=aec88b66-4f25-ec11-981f-501ac510a405&emdi=3c6cbf59-5125-ec11-981f-501ac510a405&ceid=136680. 

67] –Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of the Freedom to Vote 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. If the Senate does not overcome the filibuster and pass this legislation, states may not have enough time to implement the legislation’s regulations before the 2022 midterm elections! Join activists around the country at a Common Cause virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support the vote! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/376178/?utm_source=PFAW to call on Thurs., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 PMET, Fri., Oct. 29 from 4 to 6 PM and Sat., Oct. 30 from noon to 2 PM ET, 1 to 3 PM ET, and 6 to 8 PM ET.

68] – You are invited to a Zoom Town Hall meeting on Thurs., Oct. 28 at 7 PM EST for  NO SANCTIONS ON NICARAGUA.  Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qf-ygqD4iGNRvrhdi5_3DAKAZnHGrQJZg. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting including the Zoom link. The Nicaraguan national elections will be held on November 7th.  In August of this year the U.S. Senate, with no debate and by voice vote, passed the RENACER Act, S.1041 placing debilitating sanctions on the Nicaraguan government and people.  Now the House version of the RENACER Act, H.R. 2946, is before Representative Maxine Waters' House Financial Services Committee and threatens to come before the full House of Representatives.  To further inform yourself about the RENACER Act go to https://afgj.org.

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69] – The Park Center for Independent Media presents “Build Bridges Not Walls: A Journey to a World without Borders” on Thurs., Aug. 28 from 6 to 7:15 PM ET.  Award winning journalist and author Todd Miller will speak about his new book where he asks the question: “Is it possible to create a borderless world?” In a series of anecdotes, he relates his encounters with U.S. Border Patrol agents, deportees, migrants, human-rights activists, and scholars, taking readers on a journey from the deserts of the Southwest to the mountains of Guatemala, and to border zones across the globe.  Miller is an independent journalist and writer.

70] – Hal Ginsberg [hal@ourrevolutionmd.com] wants you to get over to Thursday Textbank for Build Back Better on Oct. 28 from 6 to 7:30 PM ET. Text Maryland's Democratic Congressmembers. Call on them to support #MedicareExpansion and #BuildBackBetter in the Budget Reconciliation Package!  Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuf-CgrjMqGNe0LNZISSibdaR4LJ0Y375k?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-thursday-textbank-for-build-back-better&email_referrer=email_1337024&email_subject=thursday-textbank-for-build-back-better.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Textbank! 

71] – Revisit the clash of ideas between Henry George and Karl Marx and their followers. This four-session lectures series presents the story of how George’s emergence as a populist voice for systemic reform in the 19th century coincided with the equal populist socialist movement attached to Marx. Both of these innovative thinkers attracted many thoughtful (and controversial) supporters to their cause, and these supporters frequently debated one another, worked in collaboration or competed for influence and public support. These lectures tell the story by instructor, Edward J. Dodson on Thursday –Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 from 6:30 to 8 PM EDT.  Sign up at https://www.hgsss.org/henry-george-karl-marx-and-their-followers-a-century-of-intense-rivalry/.

72] – ACLU of Maryland [info@aclu-md.org] wants you to attend a virtual Town Hall on Thurs., Oct. 28 at 6:30 PM ET about police reform. Join CJSJ on Thursday, October 28, at 6:30 p.m. for a virtual town hall on policing. This Town Hall is hosted by the CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE, SAFETY and JOBS‌. Progress was made at the last legislative session in Annapolis.  Since then, the coalition has spent the summer sharing lessons learned, and plans to continue advocating for the rights of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. RSVP at https://www.aclu-md.org/en/events/cjsj-community-town-hall?ms_aff=MD&initms_aff=MD&ms_chan=eml&initms_chan=eml.

73] The Progressive Maryland Team [info@progressivemaryland.org] wants to see you on Thurs., Oct. 28 at 7 PM ET at a Town Hall with Se. Chris Van Hollen. See https://www.crowdcast.io/e/gqd57eu8/register?emci=5941673c-3837-ec11-9820-c896653b26c8&emdi=69e116db-3a37-ec11-9820-c896653b26c8&ceid=136680. RSVP at ppls.ac/Maryland.

74] – Paul Davis [mailto:info@email.actionnetwork.org] wants you to know about a teach-in on pandemic prevention.  All hands on deck to pass Senate Bill 2297—and enact a new Global Pandemic Prevention Fund! 10,000 people are dying every single day, yet the Senate is stonewalling a bill that could end the current tragedy and prevent this from ever happening again. Hear about SB 2297 on Thurs., Oct. 28 at 8 PM ET.  Sign up at https://actionnetwork.org/events/global-fund/?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-sound-the-alarm-why-we-need-a-global-pandemic-prevention-fund&email_referrer=email_1335567&email_subject=icymi-were-hosting-a-teach-in-on-pandemic-prevention. Email lauren.mccormick@r2haction.org.

75] – On Thurs., Oct. 28 from 7 to 8 PM ET, the Maryland Poor Peoples Campaign Southern Region & Our Revolution Southern Maryland are hosting a Criminal Justice Town Hall. Discuss how economic disparities affect crime rates and how strong police accountability boards provide law enforcement oversight. Also to be discussed is how economic disparities affect crime rates and how strong police accountability boards provide law enforcement oversight. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/421440/?link_id=6&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-md-ppc-weekly-update-36&email_referrer=email_1321698&email_subject=md-ppc-weekly-update.

76] – The Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All [info@medicare4all.org] is asking you to join a call on Thurs., Oct. 28 at 8 PM ET.  CVS is donating $5 million to bankroll anti-Medicare for All efforts. We shouldn’t allow these greedy, for-profit corporations to block our chances at receiving the health care we need without being called out and held accountable.  Join the CVS Action Info Call to learn all the steps you need to take action? RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-25FPCv-Rvq-K1hrn6r1ZA?akid=124406.162593.dh68ws&rd=1&t=2.

77] – Real Justice [info@realjusticepac.org] wants you to help Chesa Boudin on Thursdays, Oct. 28, Nov. 4 and Nov. 11 from 9:30 PM to midnight ET. If you follow the money, you will see who the real corrupt interests are attempting to oust justice-minded District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Sign up now to join a Stand with Chesa virtual phonebank! Your calls will help us generate real grassroots support for Chesa and his change-making policies and push back against big donors with people-powered organizing. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/chesaantirecall/event/399637/?source=em20210818-67199-rj&utm_source=em20210818-67199-rj.

To be continued.

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/.

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