Baltimore Activist Alert -- April 18 - 24, 2024

44] International Law and the War in Gaza – April 18

45] Unions against genocide – April 18

46] Election Protection phone bank – April 18, 19 & 23

47] US Empire in Korea – April 18

48] Mobile Bike Law – April 18

49] Care not cages rally – April 18

50] Phone bank virtually for Terri Hill for Congress – April 18

51] Vote uncommitted – April 18 - 24

52] Campaign to Victory call – April 18

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44] – Check out International Law and the War in Gaza on Thurs., April 18 at 12:30 PM ET. Bethlehem Bible College and the Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East will be hosting a webinar with Jonathan Kuttab. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2WQsiSFxRSyp6RWVx46AOA#/registration

45] – The global movement against the genocide in Gaza is having an enormous impact. The pressure on governments to stop arming Israel is huge and must continue. On Thurs., April 18 at 1:30 PM ET, bring together representatives from across the UK and beyond to discuss how trade unionists can continue to deliver effective solidarity to the Palestinian people. Susan Abdul Salaam from the New Union of Jerusalem will be joining in live as will president and founder of the Amazon Labor Union, Chris Smalls, from the US, PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote, RMT President Alex Gordon, Stop the War's Andrew Murray and Frankie Leach from Unite's EC make up an esteemed line-up. Email office@stopwar.org.uk  Join at https://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/palestine-the-unions-the-next-steps-for-the-movement/?link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-this-weds-stop-arming-israel-rally&email_referrer=email_2283496&email_subject=israel-iran-the-threat-of-wider-war

46] –On Thurs., April 18 from 2 to 4 PM ET, Fri., April 19 from 4 to 6 PM ET and Tues., April 23 from 4 to 6 PM ET,  there is a Common Cause organized Election Protection phone bank.   Work together to demand bold changes to our democracy to create a government that represents all of us, not big corporations or special interests. Register for a shift to make calls and help strengthen the phone bank team to protect our democracy. These shifts will also always include training for first-timers before you make calls, so if this is your first time, no worries! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

47] –The GW Institute for Korean Studies [gwiks@gwu.edu] is hosting  Conscripted at “Freedom’s Frontier” Korean Augmentees, Racialized Masculinity, and U.S. Military Empire on Thurs., April 18 from 2 to 3:30 PM ET at the Elliott School for International Affairs, Room 505, 1957 E St. NW, WDC 20052. RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/soh-jaipil-lecture-series-with-sung-eun-kim-registration-876624827457?aff=oddtdtcreator

In 2022, the Korean War Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC, was reopened with a new “Wall of Remembrance.” Emblazoned on the panels commemorating the war dead were over 7,000 Korean names. Hailed as a civil rights “victory” by then-President Barack Obama nearly a decade earlier, the Korean War, as enshrined in the Wall of Remembrance, now includes Korean Augmentation Troops to the U.S. Army, or KATUSAs, among America’s multiracial fallen sons. Who were these vaunted figures and what was their role at “freedom’s frontier”? As a term referring to an elite cadre of South Korean soldiers conscripted into the U.S. Army from the Korean War to the present, “KATUSA” is part of a military-imperial vocabulary in South Korea that has assigned value and status to the men who have served in this capacity. Yet what goes unseen in the celebration of KATUSAs in South Korea–and now, in U.S. official commemoration around the Korean War–is the centrality of their racialization and emasculation to the role they played under the U.S. military empire. The GW Institute for Korean Studies invites you to join us for this special lecture as SUNG EUN KIM reconsiders the significance of “freedom’s frontier,” an epithet most commonly associated with the demilitarized zone (DMZ), by analyzing the ambivalent sovereignty of the KATUSA.

48] –There is a Mobile Bike Shop at Druid Hill Park, Baltimore 21217 on Thurs., April 18 from 4 to 7 PM ET. Visit https://secure.everyaction.com/7fRnWPgMqEe9JaeFJLtwRA2

49] - RSVP to join the Care Not Cages Rally on Thurs., April 18 at 6 PM ET in Lawyer’s Mall in Annapolis. Maryland needs Governor Moore to veto HB814, for our kids and our communities. If allowed to go into effect, the consequences for kids, especially kids of color, will be real and harsh. Instead of investing in services that support families and guide young people to make better choices, HB814 will expand the net of supervision and incarceration. It will subject very young children to the juvenile justice system and give prosecutors too much unchecked discretion over the lives of our young people.

 Rally together and demand that the governor veto HB814 and show support for real youth justice reform like the YES Act! Reach out to maya@advancemaryland.org with any questions. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1ylDRu6s0bcJ5C4B3K_Et4dyrkyCIDkfBPQxbTow5oSygLA/viewform?emci=dfa83b92-fafc-ee11-aaf0-7c1e52017038&emdi=c70ee267-06fd-ee11-aaf0-7c1e52017038&ceid=3403859

50] – On Thurs., April 18 from 6 to 8 PM ET, phone bank virtually for Terri Hill for Congress. After you RSVP, the Zoom link will provided. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/605674/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type

 If you have any questions, please reach out to Carly Colby (Campaign Manager) manager@terrihillforcongress.org. Del. Hill has been a Maryland State Delegate since 2015. She currently represents District 12A. As Delegate, Dr. Hill has leveraged her background in medicine, engineering and business to fight for quality of life issues. Now, she’s running for Congress in Maryland’s 3rd District to ensure the hard won rights we’ve enjoyed are not lost on future generations. Help us put this doctor in the House! The phone banking will continue each Thursday through May 9 from 6 to 8 PM ET.

51] – Maryland voters are saying loud and clear that President Biden can count us out in the May 14th Democratic Primary. We are selecting UNCOMMITTED on the ballot as a protest, to let him know we won’t stand with him as he funds more war and genocide in Gaza. In order to reach as many voters as possible, we need to contact hundreds of thousands of Maryland voters. Before you get started, we'll reach out and schedule a quick training/intro call. Sign up for a shift on Thurs., April 18, Fri., April 19, Mon., April 22, Tues., April 23 & Wed., April 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET & Sat., April 20 and Sun., April 21 from 2 – 4 PM ET. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/listen-to-md-phone-bank-form?link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-29-2024&email_referrer=email_2269582&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-5-2024

52] – Mike Fox for Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] suggests that you attend on Thurs., April 18 at 9 PM ET a Campaign to Victory call focusing on Squad Member Summer Lee and Berniecrat Zach Shrewsbury for Senate from West Virginia. PDA is coming off of its single most successful event ever for any of its endorsed candidates with a promotion for Summer Lee.  And now Zach Shrewsbury is running to fill Joe Manchin's vacated Senate seat in WV. Join in to find out updates from the campaign and how you can make a real difference from the comfort of your home, anywhere in the country: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration

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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