Baltimore Activist Alert -- July 25, 2024

50] Working with Labor – July 25

51] Transformational gardening – July 25

52] Mobile Bike Shop -- July 25

53] Throwdown Thursdays -- July 25

54] Social Housing organizing meeting – July 25

55] Defend Cori Bush – July 25

56] Race, Class & the Threat of Authoritarian Neoliberalism – July 25

57] Campaign to Victory Call – July 25

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50] –On Thurs., July 25 from 1 to 2 PM ET, a National Democratic Training Committee expert will do a virtual Q & A: Winning Together with Labor communities.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/631383/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual

As we get closer to Election Day, campaigns and Democratic leaders should be doing the crucial work of connecting and collaborating with labor communities. In order to elect pro-labor champions across all levels of government, the panelists will explore strategies and share insight on how you can effectively collaborate with labor communities and meet your goals together. Whether you are a candidate, campaign staffer, or local leader, join a conversation around how you can collaborate effectively with labor communities across the country, shape pro-worker policies, and uplift the American worker. 

51] –Green America [webster@greenamerica.org] is offering Transformational Gardening: Irrigation and the Climate Victory Garden on Thurs., July 25 at 3 PM ET.  RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1417120935266/WN_JmeNmJNJTUCqky2ezlQF0w#/registrationyou Want to learn about the best, most eco-friendly ways to irrigate your Climate Victory Garden? Learn all about it with the TransPlanter Rafaela Crevoshay!

52] – There is a Mobile Bike Shop organized by BikeMore at Druid Hill Park, Baltimore 21217 on Thurs., July 25 from 4 to 7 PM ET. Get free basic bicycle repairs and answer to your questions about infrastructure projects, help with riding advice, and more! RSVP at https://secure.everyaction.com/puuz3vd1KU2t77LDEKoVFA2

53] – On Throwdown Thursdays join a Virtual Phone Bank on July 25 from 5 to 6:30 PM ET. With a critical and competitive Senate race this November, help to ensure a progressive victory. Play a crucial role in preventing a Republican takeover that would shift the balance of power in the Senate. Reach out to the community to raise awareness about the importance of this race, candidate agendas and encourage voters to help save the Senate. Register for more than one outreach opportunity and feel free to share the link with friends, coworkers, and neighbors: https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/641284/?emci=e46ae348-e942-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&emdi=6e2df1ab-ef42-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&ceid=136680

54] – The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] wants you to know about a virtual Social Housing Organizing meeting on Thurs., July 25  at 6 PM ET.  Email social.housing.wg@gmail.com. A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/july-25-2024-social-housing-organizing-meeting?link_id=55&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-july-12-2024&email_referrer=email_2391884&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-july-19-2024

  Join the Social Housing Working Group for its biweekly organizing meeting. Learn about its latest activities, what they're planning for the future, and how to get involved. The Social Housing Working Group seeks to educate Metro DC DSA chapter members and the general public about social housing and to facilitate collective action in support of the passage and implementation of the Green New Deal for Housing Amendment Act. The legislation proposes to create mixed-income, district-owned housing with market rate units that subsidize a larger number of affordable units. It's a pioneering approach that deepens affordability, invests surplus funds into the creation of more social housing, and locks-in financial sustainability. The bill also includes climate and labor standards and elected tenant boards with oversight over building management. This event is open to both DSA Members and supporters.

55] –Beth Miller [info@jvpactionpac.org] is asking you to get virtually involved on Thurs., July 25 from 6 to 8 PM ET with defending Cori Bush from AIPAC.  Join the Jews for Cori coalition to fight back against big money in politics and to defend Congresswoman Cori Bush! AIPAC and other special interest groups have turned their sights on her. But people power can out-work hate.  Do a virtual phone bank, which will continue through Aug. 6. The next phone bank is on Sat., July 27 from 3 to 5 PM ET. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/jvpaction/event/640443/?sourceid=1003090&emci=26b72af2-bb42-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&emdi=19a7ae5a-c342-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&ceid=237778

56] –Massachusetts Peace Action [info@masspeaceaction.org] is holding a webinar: Race, Class & the Threat of Authoritarian Neoliberalism with Adolph Reed on Thurs., July 25 from 7 to 8:30 PM EST.  This is the most dangerous time in American politics and in the world in nearly a century.  We face here and much of the rest of the world a rising tide of dangerously authoritarian, if not explicitly fascist, movements in addition to a growing threat of continual war. Reed, professor emeritus of political science at U Penn, will discuss the implications of this perilous moment for social change activists.

 Reed argues we may have reached a point at which neoliberalism no longer provides enough material benefits or security to enough of the population to sustain its legitimacy as a nominally democratic order. If so, only two possible responses exist: either a left turn toward social democracy or a right turn toward fascism. Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/YxTfuP9YZESn7nI1bSsPVQ2?emci=bd1ac8dc-b546-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&emdi=ac39eaea-ca46-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&ceid=269591

57] –Mike Fox for Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] wants you to participate on Thurs., July 25 at 9 PM ET in the Campaign to Victory Call. Bring home victories for Squad Member Cori Bush and others. Simply put, we can't let what happened to Jamaal Bowman happen to Cori Bush. Raquel Teran is a brilliant young progressive first time congressional candidate we likewise need to help to make sure we rebound from Jamaal's seat being pulled to the right. RSVP at 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/.

"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs