34] Community Friendsgiving – Nov. 30
35] Maryland Fair Share – Dec. 1
36] DSA MOCO meeting – Dec. 1
37] Release Leonard Peltier – Dec. 1
38] What do the Democrats need to do? –
Dec. 1
39] Solidarity with Palestinians – Dec. 1
40] Stop Project 2025 – Dec. 1
41] Death Penalty Action – Dec. 1
42] Vigil at the Pentagon – Dec. 2
43] Write to anti-nuke protesters
44] Baltimore activist selling her home
45] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine
46]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
47] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
48] Do you need a doctor?
49]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
50] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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34] – The Metro DC DSA
[info@mdcdsa.org] on Sat.,
Nov. 30 from 5 to 8 PM ET will hold a Community
Friendsgiving in Columbia
Heights, WDC 20010. This is for comrades who
are staying in town during Thanksgiving weekend. Members are encouraged to
bring friends, family, or DSA-curious acquaintances and to contribute a dish to
share. There will be games, drinks, and plenty of food for everyone. The venue
has a large fridge, oven and sink available for guests to use. RSVP for the
address: https://actionnetwork.org/events/metro-dc-dsa-community-friendsgiving?link_id=68&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-8-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2538174&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-22-2024
35] – The Baltimore Ethical Society invites you on Sun., Dec, 1 at 10:30 AM to the following presentation by Zoom: “Maryland Fair Share.” Maryland’s tax code is full of loopholes, created by special interests, which allow the wealthy and powerful few to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. As a result, tax responsibilities are upside-down—allowing the wealthiest to avoid making the same contributions as the rest of us. Smart reforms to Maryland’s tax system can close these loopholes, adequately fund our public services, help our state thrive and be competitive, and deliver tax relief to over 1 million working families. As our state faces a staggering budget deficit, the Fair Share for Maryland Plan provides a roadmap to raising revenue for essential programs and services by ensuring the corporations and the wealthiest residents pay their fair share.
Matan Zeimer is the Maryland Policy Director at Jews United for Justice, a member organization of the Maryland Fair Share Coalition. Matan joined JUFJ in June 2020 as a Baltimore Community Organizer, then a Maryland Senior Organizer, before becoming the Maryland Policy Director in early 2024. Prior to joining JUFJ staff, Matan served on JUFJ’s Baltimore Leadership Council, as a Co-Chair of the Baltimore Action Team, and was a 2018-2019 Jeremiah Fellow. As a Maryland Community Organizer, Matan focused on working with JUFJ’s leaders and partners to advance state-wide campaigns, with a primary focus on labor and housing justice, and court and prison reform. He attended Oberlin College where he graduated with a major in Sociology. To receive a Zoom invitation, email president@bmorethical.org.
36] – The virtual DSA Montgomery County Branch Meeting is happening on Sun., Dec. 1 at 2 PM. The meeting will include a brief introduction to the MoCo branch, updates on ongoing campaign work, and discussion over ideas for branch campaigns for 2025. Current proposal submissions include: passing rent stabilization in the city of Rockville, dropping county funding for the Maryland Israel Development Corporation, and advocating for an anti-austerity “People’s Budget” that would include multiple budget demands, including dropping the MIDC. There will also be an optional social happy hour from 4:30 – 5:30 PM at World of Beer in Rockville. These monthly branch meetings are for all DSA members who live, work, or organize in Montgomery County, as well as for anyone curious about DSA. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/december-montgomery-county-dsa-branch-meeting?link_id=9&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-22-2024&email_referrer=email_2544843&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-29-2024
37] –DC Action for Assange [www.assangedefense.org.] wants you to join a vigil to call for the release of Leonard Peltier on Sun., Dec. 1 & Sun., Jan. 5 at the home of AG Merrick Garland in Bethesda, MD, from 3 to 4 PM. After January, the location will be reevaluated -- 5100 block Edgemoor Lane, two blocks from the Bethesda Metro station).
38] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Sun., Dec. 1 at 4 PM ET will hold its weekly Town Hall. The theme is How Progressives Can Save the Democratic Party? The Democratic Party is at a crossroads. What steps should progressives take to make sure the Party chooses the right direction? RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4#/registration
39] – On Dec. 1 at 6 PM ET, the Freedom Church of the Poor community and partner organizations come together for this "Winter Offensive" this season which is called Advent of a Revolution (Advent) & Birth of a Movement (Epiphany) to expose the lies of the candy-cane Christmas; to revive the revolutionary power of the ancient story of Christmas; to reconnect to the God who Mother Mary praised, the one that “casts down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly;" and to give strength and unity to the movement of our people in these troubled times. FOSNA National Organizer Rev. Chad Collins will be preaching in honor of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Register at https://zoom.us/j/99251980056?pwd=cnU4ZXhUTUVlV1lRVDlxN3RMZGl3QT09&link_id=6&can_id=e6c580ef449a08d118d35bf71eda4525&source=email-freedom-church-of-the-poor-who-are-our-leaders&email_referrer=email_2533067&email_subject=freedom-church-of-the-poor-advent-of-a-revolution-2024-2025#success
40] – On Sun., Dec. 1 and Wed., Dec. 4 from 7 to 8 PM ET, the People Power United have organized a virtual STOP Project 2025 Training: Mobilize for Change. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/692184/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual
Are you concerned about the direction our
country is headed and the far-right agenda threatening our future? Now is the
time to stand up and take action! Join this one-hour training, designed to give
you the knowledge and tools to fight back against a plan that could reshape our
society in ways that affect us all.
41] – Join Death Penalty Action for a review of the issues
and action opportunities surrounding the next several executions scheduled in
the United States. This project of Death Penalty Action recurs (normally) on
the first Sunday of each month. Take action at DeathPenaltyAction.org. Join
Death Penalty Action and leaders from impacted states on Sun., Dec. 1 at 9 PM
ET on the monthly look at upcoming executions on THE FORECAST. This occurs each
Sunday through Nov. 2, 2025. Register https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GQi-Z-U0QyyvyVOoYaL3nA#/registration?link_id=8&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-missouri-execution-in-eight-days&email_referrer=email_2541901&email_subject=missouri-execution-in-eight-days
42] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is Nov. 25, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call 202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro.
By Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr., and there is meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these spots begins at 8 AM. No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds. The restrooms are located inside Marriot Providence Inn on corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr.
43] – Two anti-US nuclear weapons in Germany activists are serving time in a German prison. Should you want to write the women, use these addresses: Susan Crane or Susan van der Hijden, JVA Rohrbach, Peter-Caesar-Allee 1 55597 Wöllstein, Germany. Visit this website -- www.noelhuis.nl/kernwapensweg
44] – A home in Baltimore is for sale on a dead-end street in the Lauraville neighborhood, with three bedrooms, and one bath. The yard backs into a field and then a forest. There is a serene and quiet setting with an abundance of wildlife. The owner will be asking a reasonable amount for the property but it will not be overpriced. Contact her by text only at 443 500 6733. On the text, leave your name and phone number, and she will get back to anyone that reaches out.
45] -- If you are able to donate any kind of surplus medical supplies for field hospitals in eastern Ukraine, please email Brendan.walls@seaseton.org or call 410-721-70 x231. There is a colleague whose father is a medic on the front line. One container is shipped every month to the Donbass region. Donations can be picked up in Baltimore and Columbia every Thursday, and on other days in Annapolis and Crofton.
46] – David Eberhardt was a member of the Baltimore Four with Father Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis and Rev. James Mengel. The group poured blood on draft files on October 27, 1967. They would be convicted and sentenced to prison.
He has written a book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"- documenting the Baltimore Four action and many others up to and including the most recent Plowshares action – Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Dave printed new copies of For All the Saints, a Protest Primer- 250+ pp w photos-therefore #'s 351-400 making it o so collectable with two Berrigan book reviews added. The books are signed, and the price remains $25. Will send free if need be- he is not in it for the money! If you want one, send him a check, or contact Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218 by email at 1941mireille@gmail.com.
47] -- This is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22, 2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.
Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218. Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.
48] – Yousef Zarbalian [yzarbali@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com. Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's). He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals. He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.
49] -- If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records, tarps and table cloths, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
50] -- A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.
Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, and 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan
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