Baltimore Activist Alert – June 29 – 30, 2025

Baltimore Activist Alert – June 29 – 30, 2025

"I speak as an American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to stop it must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.

Friends, this list and other email documents which I send out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore Nonviolence Center.  Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com. 

If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send contributions to Max Obuszewski, BNC, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212.  Max can be reached at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net.

1] Books, buttons and stickers

2] Web site for info on federal legislation

3] Need help in archiving activist material

4] Get the book A Bag of Snakes

5] Get the book Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois

6] Starvin for Justice – June 29

7] Protest CUFI – June 29 – July 2

8] Doctors against genocide – June 29

9] Homewood Sunday worship – June 29

10] Saving democracy – June 29

11] Threshing meeting – June 29

12] PG County DSA meeting – June 29

13] Green New Deal – June 29

14] Anti-Imperialist Summer School Week 5 – June 29

15] Zohran Mamdani victory – June 29

16] Interfaith vigil for immigrants – June 29

17] Rapid Response for Our Freedoms – June 29

18] Vigil at the Pentagon – June 30

19] Moral Monday – June 30

20] Israel’s assault on the region – June 30

21] Grassroots protection for the vote – June 30

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1] – Buttons, bumper stickers and books are available.  “God Bless the Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.

2] –To obtain information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/.  Congressional toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White House Comment Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.

3] –  Janice Sevre-Duszynska needs some assistance in archiving her activist material.  If you are interested in this project, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

4] – Barry Lee Burnside, a gaggle of great writers and copy editors are making available “A Bag of Snakes: Selected Writings on Prisons and the Death Penalty by Murphy Davis and Eduard Loring. Edited by Barry Lee Burnside.” Ed indicates the book will be available for sale on April 13, and is asking you to pre-order your copy. Your donation will provide a needed financial boost for the printing costs. The suggested donation is $20 for one copy; and $30 for your copy and an additional copy for a prisoner or someone in need. Any donation is appreciated. More or less you will receive the book.  Barry and the team have spent over two years putting this book together. It begins with outlines and notes found in the boxes of materials Murphy left when she ascended. The work is a work of love, and all involved are proud of the fruit borne by seeds nourished in good soil.

To order by postal mail, make your check to Open Door Community.  Send it to Open Door Community, PO Box 10980, Baltimore 21234.  For any questions, contact David Payne at 404-290-2047 or davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org.

5] – Another book to consider purchasing is Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois. His new book is both memoir and position-paper, and it makes the case that the Roman Catholic Church is a corrupt system that spits out truth-tellers. The crime he was excommunicated for was attending the ordination ceremony of Janice Sevre-Duszynska in Lexington, Kentucky, in August 2008. The ordination was under the auspices of the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests.  The Vatican’s response has been to excommunicate any woman who has the audacity to see herself as a priest equal to a male priest. You can purchase a copy from Amazon or by Kindle.

Here are two quotes to contemplate: “I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men. She is to keep silent.” – Timothy 1, 2:12-13.  “If the patriarchy that dominates the church is not dismantled and women are not treated as equals, the church will continue to diminish and, eventually, die.” – Roy Bourgeois.

6] – This Saturday night at midnight marks the beginning of Starvin’ for Justice: The Annual Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty, happening June 29–July 2 in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Hosted by Death Penalty Action [mailto:info@deathpenaltyaction.org], this four-day event is a powerful display of public education, personal testimony, and nonviolent direct action, demanding an end to the death penalty in the U.S. The full and evolving list of speakers and schedule can be found at https://abolition.org/schedule/

7] – Eli McCarthy [emccarthy@franciscanaction.org] indicates that there will be a Multi-Faith Nonviolent action in response to the Christians United for Israel conference from June 29 to July 1. RSVP at https://www.interfaithforpalestine.com/takeaction

8] – Doctors against Genocide [info@doctorsagainstgenocide.org] on Sun., June 29 at noon ET wants you to check out updates from Gaza. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aUUzycRDSwaem750Nc6iFg

Words are not enough to end genocide in Gaza, action is needed.  Get live updates from Gaza doctors.

9] – Homewood Friends Meeting [homewoodfriends@gmail.com] gathers for worship on Sundays at 10:30 AM at 3107 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218 and on Zoom.  There is a heat policy when temperatures exceed 90 degrees.  Thus the meeting will be in the dining room. A simple lunch will take place after the 10:30 AM worship. Call 410-235-4438. To join by Zoom, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/255867065?pwd=UDNxVnlVSkZQOHlXWlc3NHpHeHdhZz09#success

10] – The Baltimore Ethical Society invites you on Sundays at 10:30 AM for a platform presentation on Zoom or at the Impact Hub Baltimore, 10 E. North Ave., Baltimore 21202.  On Sun., June 29 at 11 AM, there will be a virtual platform “Saving Democracy" by Julia Angwin - AEU All-Societies Sunday Platform.  Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HUQr-TqgQFaHbnImK9eB9Q

Award-winning investigative journalist, bestselling author, and New York Times contributing Opinion Writer Julia Angwin will dialogue with Ethical Culture Societies around the country about what to do to effectively resist and reverse the current slide into authoritarian government, and how to work together to do it better. The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County hosts this All-Societies Platform with 22 Societies across the country.  The Baltimore Ethical Society [president@bmorethical.org] will meet at 10:30 AM, using the Zoom link provided. The group will break before 11 AM before the AEU Platform. Visit https://aeu.org/2025/05/courage-is-contagious-june-all-societies-platform/

11] – Consider attending a Threshing Meeting on Spirit-Led Action at Homewood Friends Meetinghouse on Sun., June 29 from 12:30 to 2 PM ET.  At a May business meeting, the Nominating Committee was recommending that the Homewood Peace and Social Justice Committee be laid down.  A decision was made at that business meeting to hold a specially called "threshing session" to discuss how the Meeting is led at this time with regard to spirit led action related to peace and social justice.  No decisions will be made, but the discussion will help discern how to proceed.  All are welcome. Call 410-235-4438.    

12] – On Sun., June 29 at 1 PM, attend a Prince George's County DSA Branch - General Meeting.  RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/prince-georges-county-dsa-branch-general-meeting-3?link_id=84&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-13-2025&email_referrer=email_2783055&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-20-2025&&

The Prince George's County DSA Branch will hold a hybrid General Meeting at the Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770. To meet on Zoom, RSVP for the link. Share updates on the local political conditions in the county and discuss upcoming ways to get involved in our branch activities. Email <pgdsa@mdcdsa.org> with questions or accessibility requests.

13] –The DSA Green New Deal Working Group, Greater Greater Washington, and Amalgamated Transit Union 689 will be hosting a happy hour on Sun., June 29 from 2 to 5 PM at the Metrobar, 640 Rhode Island Ave. NE, WDC 20002 to mark the changeover to Metro's New Bus Network, as well as the launch of the campaign to establish a progressive source of revenue for sustaining WMATA's operations for the next generation: Tax Land, Fund Metro, Build Housing. Email mdcdsatransit@gmail.com. Comrades will discuss campaign priorities, ways to get involved, upcoming educational talks, and all things public transit. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/june-29-2025-tax-land-fund-metro-build-housing-happy-hour?link_id=20&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-20-2025&email_referrer=email_2792482&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-27-2025&&

14] – On Sun., June 29 from 4 to 6 PM ET, get with the Anti-Imperialist Summer School Week 5: International Governance and Empire at the Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Road NW, WDC 20009. This ‘Anti-Imperialist Summer School’ will consist of a series of teach-ins, held over the course of 6 weeks into June, which will provide a crash course in the shape and functioning of contemporary global imperialism. All sessions will be hybrid—when you RSVP, scroll down on the confirmation page to get the Zoom link under “Instructions from Your Host.” Email internationalism@mdcdsa.org

  In the fifth session of MDC DSA’s Beyond the Bombs: Anti-Imperialist Summer School teach-in series, we will examine the role that the institutions and structures of international governance—specifically, the United Nations and the international legal system—play in the imperialist world-system. We will trace the history of these institutions and their formation by colonial powers as a response to the shifts in the 20th-century imperial order, and will explore the ways in which they have both been instrumentalized as tools of imperialism and wielded as platforms for Global South nations to challenge and critique empire. Grounding our discussion in the context of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine, which has challenged many of the assumptions of liberal internationalism that underpin the international governance system, we will critically examine what opportunities—if any—this system and its institutions can offer to anti-imperialists today. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/anti-imperialist-summer-school-week-5-international-governance-and-empire?link_id=94&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-6-2025&email_referrer=email_2774033&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-13-2025&&

15] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Sun., June 29 at 4 PM ET indicates that the weekly Town Hall will discuss local and national implications of Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York City Democratic Party primary, the most significant win for progressives in years. Then turn your attention to the next big race, the Democratic primary in Arizona's 7th district. The result in the New York City Democratic Party Primary sparked celebrations and sent shock waves across the entire country. State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, an unapologetic Democratic Socialist running a no-holds-barred pro-working class progressive campaign, crushed the corrupt centrist establishment-backed candidate Andrew Cuomo in one of the great results in the history of American progressive politics. But what does a victory like this change in the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party; and how can progressives best build upon Mamdani's victory? 

And get an update from Arizona on PDA-endorsed candidate Adelita Grijalva's race for Congress against conservative Democratic opposition. RSVP now, and invite your progressive friends! https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4?emci=e5eea436-5253-f011-8f7c-6045bdfe8e9c&emdi=5e336905-5e53-f011-8f7c-6045bdfe8e9c&ceid=2907617#/registration

16] – Ioana Stoica [ioana.stoica@jufj.org] is letting you know about an Interfaith Vigil for Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers  on Sun., June 29 from 5 to 6 PM at Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia 20145 Register here to attend virtually: https://www.tinyurl.com/2025vigil 

Columbia Jewish Congregation and HIAS are sponsoring this event that commemorates two dates - June. 6, 1939, when the MS St. Louis, carrying several hundred Jewish refugees, was refused entry in the US, Cuba and Canada and returned to Europe, and July 6, 1798, the signing of the Enemy Aliens Act which the current administration is weaponing to deport people without due process

17] –  On Sundays, June 29 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM ET, join for a virtual "Rapid Response for Our Freedoms," a crucial event where we stand as one to defend democracy, uphold the rule of law, and safeguard the rights and freedoms we all hold dear. This is our moment to rise up for an America that includes everyone when we say "liberty and justice for all," not just the wealthy and powerful.  At People Power United, we believe in progress and the strength of collective action. Together, we can push back against extremism and build a brighter future. Join us in the fight for Freedom over Fascism and help amplify the power of people to shape our democracy! This event will continue through August 31. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/747339/

18] – 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 June 30, 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.

19] – Join for the Moral Monday on June 30 at 9 AM at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE, WDC.  From 11 AM to noon, the action will begin at East Capitol Plaza, in front of the Supreme Court.  Sign up at https://secure.everyaction.com/ApnxbEa9U0yff72sWvsAjw2

20] – Join Just Vision, +972 Magazine and Local Call on Mon., June 30 at 1 PM ET for a timely briefing featuring journalists on the ground, who will help make sense of the regional stakes of Israel’s assault on Iran, the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, mounting repression in the West Bank, and the growing threats to press freedom. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8717508650408/WN_RIWEYabMRimW3-N3p6bgCA?utm_source=972+Magazine+Newsletter&utm_campaign=cce8acb77d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_26_03_34&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-cce8acb77d-320866309#/registration

21] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] wants you to participate with the Grassroots Election Protection Coalition/ALLIANCE 4 GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY Zoom on Mon., June 30 at 5 PM ET. Hear from leading activists, elected officials, and others committed to union organizing as well as cleaning up our elections and the environment, and other critically important issues. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registration

To be continued

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/.

"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