17] Minimum wage hearing – Nov. 19
18] Meet with Liliane Baxter – Nov. 19
19] Russia out of Ukraine – Nov. 19
20] Radical Resistance Training -- Nov. 19
21] National Strategy update -- Nov. 19
22] Testing weapons in Gaza – Nov. 19
23] Back from the Brink – Nov. 19
24] Global Korea Forum – Nov. 20
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17] – Get
over to the Prince George's County Minimum Wage Indexing Bill hearing on Tues.,
Nov. 19 from 9 AM to 3:30 PM ET at the Wayne K. Curry Administration Building,
1301 McCormick Dr., Largo 20774. After a successful committee hearing where the
bill to index the minimum wage with inflation in Prince George's passed
unanimously, the final hearing has been announced for November 19. This is a
chance to stand united and show the full council the strength of the collective
voices so that they side with workers. Once the bill is heard and voted on, you
can leave.
Your presence at the hearing is crucial. By attending, you will help demonstrate the overwhelming community support for fair wages, ensuring the message is heard loud and clear. If you are a worker or business owner and are interested in further amplifying your voice by providing testimony, email christianne@progressivemaryland.org. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/735299/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations
18] – The Fellowship of Reconciliation [ariel@fellowshipofreconciliation.ccsend.com] on Tues., Nov. 19 at 4 PM ET is holding Gathering Voices with Liliane Baxter. Ariel Gold will engage Liliane Kshensky Baxter of the FOR Atlanta Chapter on her vibrant history with FOR, the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, and her work with the King Center - Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. Lili will give a primer on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 6 Principles and 6 Steps!
A writer and teacher, Lili was born in a Displaced Persons camp in Sweden and grew up in Paris and New York. Having witnessed the familial and social ravages of hatred and war, she has devoted her life to the study and practice of nonviolence. Lili was hired by Coretta Scott King as the King Center’s director of nonviolence education and training, and served for two decades on the US and international boards of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the world’s oldest interfaith peace organization. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcod-uqqzIjEtzbNvom1XrXNZ-mvZHWwHGA#/registration
19] – Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., Nov. 19 from 4 to 4:30 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout Europe. Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use of nuclear weapons. Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant. Now they are stationed in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.
20] – Join Radical Resistance Training for Homegrown Revolutions on Tues., Nov. 19 at 6 PM ET. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpdOqqpz4uGtGD-eisHB8yy6JDzM92-OvL#/registration?link_id=51&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-8-2024&email_referrer=email_2530551&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-15-2024
Gain tools and practices to powerfully and joyfully engage in strategic resistance over the next four years and beyond. Expanding on their “9 tips for Radical Resistance,” founding activists of Homegrown Revolutions will demonstrate practices and draw on their collective wisdom to help participants think through how to be grounded and effective in these times.
21] – On Tues., Nov. 19 at 8 PM ET, join Swing Left for a National Strategy Update. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/743470/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtualThe fight against Trump and MAGA extremism will continue. Hear more about strategy for 2025 and 2026, including building state power in 2025 and 2026. Win back the House with a strong Democratic majority in 2026.
22] – CODEPINK [info@codepink.org] on Tues., Nov. 19 at 8 PM will get involved with Palestine Laboratory & Drop the ADL. Chat with peacemakers and experts on Zoom: https://www.codepink.org/cpc1119?utm_campaign=codepink_congress_11_19&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink
Israel's genocide in Gaza and occupation of Palestine furnishes Israel with a ghoulish laboratory for testing weapons and surveillance technology that can be exported around the world to despots and so-called democracies. One of Israel’s high-tech tools is based on mobile phone tracking to monitor the evacuation of Palestinians from parts of northern Gaza. Another, which the military calls “The Gospel,” generates lists of buildings to be bombed. Still another–“Lavender” assigns ratings to people in Gaza to label them as military targets. The Orwellian software “Where’s Daddy?” purports to determine a target's location.
Meanwhile, Israeli lobby groups infiltrate our schools to erase Palestine in the classroom while indoctrinating our students to conflate antisemitism with anti-Zionism. Lobbyists like the Anti-Defamation League create their own laboratory in class when they peddle lesson plans defining antisemitism as bias against Israel or encourage students to track hate incidents, with criticism of Israel as a racist endeavor considered an anti-Semitic incident.
23] – Back from the Brink [info@preventnuclearwar.org] wants you to join on Tues., Nov. 19 at 8 PM ET -- Building a Better, Safer Future Together. Share your local experiences and thoughts about how best to move our nuclear weapons abolition efforts forward after this recent election. Break out into small groups so folks have a chance to share what's on their minds, and first-timers are more than welcome to join.
Also discuss near-term actions and opportunities, and talk about some of the exciting work and momentum already underway. This includes celebrating Nihon Hidankyo (the winner of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize), preemptive work to build opposition to the resumption of nuclear testing, and building support for a new Back from the Brink congressional resolution. RSVP https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkfumuqDIqGNIreCe2SyqzM-JZr23S-Ill?emci=ebbe4304-b2a3-ef11-88d0-6045bdd62db6&emdi=988441b9-d2a5-ef11-88d0-6045bdd62db6&ceid=13712990#/registration
24] – GW Institute for Korean Studies [Gwiks@gwu.edu] on Wed., Nov. 20 at 9:45 AM hopes you will join the 2024 Global Korea Forum! The forum will cover Trilateral Cooperation and the Korean Peninsula: the U.S., South Korea, and Japan Partnership. Get over to the Lindner Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St. NW, 6th Floor, WDC. RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-global-korea-forum-tickets-1075663100289?aff=oddtdtcreator
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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