Thursday, October 24, 2024

Baltimore Activist Alert -- October 24 - 27, 2024

47] Palestinian Film and Arts Festival – Oct. 24 - 27

48] Phone bank for Democrats – Oct. 24 - 25

49] Vote Save America 2024 – Oct. 24

50] Preach Palestine – Oct. 24

51] Throwdown Thursday – Oct. 24

52] Protest at Chinese embassy – Oct. 24

53] Green New Deal – Oct. 24

54] Hear from Josh Paul – Oct. 24

55] The MAGA – Oct. 24

56] What Big Ag doesn’t want you to know? Oct. 24

57] Campaign for Victory – Oct. 24

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47] – Look over the full program lineup for the 11th DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. The festival will open on Thurs., Oct. 24 with the DC Launch of Visualizing Palestine’s book, followed by three days of award-winning films, discussions and an arts workshop. View the full program and buy your tickets at https://www.dcpfaf.org/2024?link_id=31&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_2468215&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-september-27-2024

  From October 24-27, join others in honoring Palestinian voices and artistry at the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. Their program lineup includes sessions like “Data Storytelling as Resistance” and “Political Art Making: Palestinian symbolism & resistance.”

48] – On Thurs., Oct.  24 through Oct. 25 from noon to 3 PM, 3 to 6 PM and 5 to 8 PM ET, phone bank in Glen Bernie for Democrats at 530 McCormick Drive, Suite C, Glen Burnie 21061. The Phone Bank will continue through Tues., Nov. 5 at 2 PM. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/703324/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type

49] – Join Vote Save America 2024 and Organize or Else Welcome Call by Crooked Media on Thurs., Oct. 24 from 3 to 4 PM & 8 to 9 PM ET. We all know the stakes of the 2024 election. Want to help, but don’t know where to start? Want to make friends while making a real difference? After attending this Welcome Call, here's what you'll be able to do: Understand VSA's 2024 strategy. Learn how to take action with your Organize or Else team and Make new friends. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/631023/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual Note: Please only sign up for one Welcome Call. All material covered each week will be identical.

50] Friends of Sabeel North America [friends@fosna.org] on Thurs., Oct. 24 at 3:30 PM ET are noting that the Herods of our time and their imperial patrons must never be allowed to silence the cries of the innocent. We must continue to hear their cry, refusing to be comforted by the lies and enticements of privilege; we must amplify their plea, ensuring that the powerful be forever haunted by the cries of their victims.  As the magi read the words of the prophets, they find hope, seeing in them the promise of new life, of deliverance and liberation. Herod, meanwhile, instrumentalizes the very same prophecies to enact unimaginable terror in an attempt to prolong his idolatrous reign. Again, we can’t help but notice the contemporary parallels: The court prophets of Christian Zionism continue to subvert the promises of Christ’s reign, as they provide ideological cover for imperial violence and settler-colonial conquest.  This Advent, will you hear the cry of the holy innocents?  Get with Preach Palestine 2024: https://fosna.nationbuilder.com/r?u=O9eB5WnG1qly85yekFey4DrhofVjdbrTlsAbJ39qkAzq3BM8InzaMor1q2L5ZSwL&e=63c44389e32dff42840fd946fb089e7d&utm_source=fosna&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fosna_news_october_21_25&n=1

51] – On Throwdown Thursdays join a Virtual Phone Bank on Oct. 24 & 31 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

52]As we recognize the indigenous peoples of the Americas, let us not forget the indigenous people of East Turkistan, the Uyghurs.  They, like many other indigenous peoples in the past, are the victims of genocidal acts meant to erase their culture and ties to the land and render them living museum pieces. Join the Uyghur Crisis Response Team on Thurs., Oct. 24 at 6 PM ET in a demonstration against the Chinese Communist Party's genocide of Uyghurs.   Meet at the Chinese Embassy at the corner of Van Ness and International Drive. Email Karen Guberman <krguberman@gmail.com>.  Visit https://mastodon.world/@uyghurcrisisresponseteam

53]Join the MDC DSA Green New Deal Working Group Launch Party on Thurs., Oct. 24 from 6:30 from 8:30 PM at Lyman's Tavern, 3720 14th St. NW, WDC 20010. Connect with other folks who care about the climate crisis and want to build a better world for workers? Want to get involved with ongoing Green New Deal campaigns in the DMV? Join Metro DC DSA for the launch party of the new Green New Deal working group: https://actionnetwork.org/events/mdc-dsa-green-new-deal-working-group-launch-party?link_id=60&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-october-11-2024&email_referrer=email_2496149&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-october-18-2024

54] –The Committee for the Republic [events@committeefortherepublic.org] is hosting Josh Paul on Thurs., Oct. 24 at 7 PM ET, and you can join online.  Paul will discuss the State Department's Dual Standard for Israel. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DgwCpaZNSUWjbIB6hJgw9A#/registration

This chapter is already building the GND through its Social Housing and We Power DC campaigns. This event is open to the public, and a great space for DSA members to connect or for DSA-curious folks to learn more about DSA!

55] –  On Thursday, Oct. 24 & Nov. 14 from 8 to 9:30 PM ET, get with Showing Up for Racial Justice for the Many over The MAGA: Power Team Calls. What Trump is planning if he loses!  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/652442/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual

56] Food & Water Watch [act@fwwatch.org] on Wed., Oct. 24 at 8:30 PM ET will host a webinar -- What Big Ag doesn’t want you to know. The U.S. has truly become a factory-farming nation. Factory farms are raising more animals and generating more pollution than ever before, and the new interactive factory farm maps show just how much these corporate polluters have expanded over the last 20 years. Learn how corporate agriculture has taken over the food system in the last 20 years and see how your area stacks up.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/713555/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=onor_em_10182024_NAT-factory-farm-nation-webinar&utm_content=2024-10-18+FWW+c3+NAT+Food+FF-Nation-Webinar+Event+em+nL+O+JS+-+Core

57] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] hopes you will join in on Thurs., Oct. 24 at 9 PM ET to execute the plan that will not only win the White House but take back the House and secure the majority in the Senate. Find out how YOU Can Be the Difference in Victories for the White House, the U.S. House, and Senate. 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

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