Baltimore Activist Alert -- July 14 - 17, 2025

18] Close the Bases – July 14

19] Training on running a canvass – July 14

20] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – July 14 - 17

21] Protest ICE – July 14

22] Picket with UNITE – July 14

23] Tax reform campaign – July 14

24] Socialism 101 – July 14

25] Make Virginia Bluer – July 14

26] Baltimore Sign Wave -- July 14

26] Police accountability hearing – July 15

27] Run a canvass – July 15

28] Rush hour protest – July 15

29] Protest starvation in Gaza – July 15

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18] – World BEYOND War <greta@worldbeyondwar.org> is calling for a Global Day of Action to #CloseBases on Mon., July 14. On the 14th, the group will release a new global report about the devastating impact of military bases worldwide. Join in on Zoom to take coordinated online action together to amplify the Close Bases message through social media and writing letters to the editor. You will be provided with templates and assistance in real time. You will also hear updates from leaders of anti-bases movements around the world, such as activists in California protesting the flow of weapons from Travis Air Force Base to Israel.  You can join in at 10 AM ET or 8 PM ET. Register at https://worldbeyondwar.org/july14/?link_id=6&can_id=c5bc27803f0bca8c09cd469febd93808&source=email-july-14-day-of-action-to-closebases-3&email_referrer=email_2808434&email_subject=next-week-july-14-day-of-action-to-closebases

19] – On Mon., July 14 from 1 to 2 PM, the National Democratic Training Committee will hold a virtual training Running an Effective Canvass Operation. This training is right for you if you intend to plan or manage a door-to-door canvass on behalf of a candidate or cause. Get the following: define canvassing and its use on political campaigns, review the components of effective canvassing scripts and learn best practices for setting up a strong volunteer canvassing operation. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/798600/

20] – Jewish Voice for Peace is doing a Power Half-Hour for Gaza: Channel grief & outrage into action to stop a genocide.  A year into the genocide in Gaza, we are overwhelmed with sorrow and rage. There are no words to describe the devastating pain of the past year in which the Israeli military has killed over 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 17,000 children. The International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court have both declared that Israel must stop the genocidal acts being committed on the Palestinian people. And the U.S. government is actively supporting the Israeli military as it wreaks devastation on the over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza. JVP continues to come together as a political community in its daily half-hour to take action. Join in and take collective action to demand an arms embargo to Israel, immediate end to the genocide, a lasting ceasefire and an end to Israeli siege, apartheid, occupation, and oppression of Palestinians and Lebanon. All are welcome. All are needed. Get involved at 3 PM ET on Mon., July 14, Tues., July 15, Wed., July 16 & Thurs., July 17. Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

21] –  Baltimore #EyesOnIce will take place on Mondays, including July 14 at 5 PM at McKeldin Plaza, East Pratt St., Baltimore 21230.  Then march to the ICE Field Office at 31 Hopkins Plaza (George H. Fallon Building) at 5:50 PM, RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/baltimore-eyesonice?emci=17bc91fe-8e56-f011-8f7c-6045bdfe8e9c&emdi=1bccf66e-9e56-f011-8f7c-6045bdfe8e9c&ceid=4262660

The Trump Administration is cutting back many of this country's vital services, while at the same time ramping up ICE enforcement. They aim to spend $48 billion dollars to expand immigration detention, while firing federal workers, cutting vital community services and eliminating the Department of Education. We don’t want to live in their police state. We don't want a system that terrorizes and kidnaps our immigrant brothers and sisters, while it cuts and eliminates our vital education, nutrition and healthcare services!

22] – Join an Informational Picket at Le Diplomate, 1601 14th. St. NW, WDC 20009 on Mon., July 14 from 5 to 7:30 PM. UNITE HERE Local 25 is holding informational pickets outside of STARR's Le Diplomate to let the public know the workers there do not have a union contract! Metro DC DSA's Labor Working Group is mobilizing the community and its members to come out for ongoing pickets in support of the restaurant workers organizing to join UNITE HERE Local 25. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/informational-picket-at-le-diplomate-714?link_id=82&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-20-2025-2&email_referrer=email_2808913&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-july-11-2025&&

23] – With Us for Us Coalition [loraine.arikat@1199.org] is holding a coalition meeting on Mon., July 14 at 5:30 PM by Zoom. This month a guest speaker, Vanessa Beck, joining in from the Baltimore Thrive coalition, will share about their new tax reform campaign. Then, join in for an interactive brainstorming activity to collectively define who the group is and where to go as a coalition. Go to the Zoom link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83348280364?pwd=PycVfjyD9JmHxWHrnLFuSrbvZrYsWF.1  

24] – Get over to Socialist Night School: Socialism 101 on Mon., July 14 from 6:30 to 8 PM ET at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW, WDC 20001. Tackle the question of socialism. What is it? What is capitalism?  How does the work of DSA help us get there? While everyone is welcome, this session is designed for newer members and those who are relatively new to socialism. The session was led by Socialist Night School co-organizer David K. This is a hybrid event. Email politicaleducation@mdcdsa.org. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialism-101-socialist-night-school-4?clear_id=true&link_id=11&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-06262025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_2800686&email_subject=07032025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&

25] – On Mon., July 14 from 6:30 to 8 PM,  Silver Spring Progressive Action will do a phone bank to Make VA Bluer – Elect Kimberly Pope Adams and Abigail Spanberger! Call Virginia voters to help elect Abigail Spanberger as the next VA Governor and Kimberly Pope Adams as the next Delegate from District 82 – both to flip a seat! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/809909/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type

26] –  On Tues., July 15 from 8 to 9 AM, join Baltimore Sign Waves at Loch Raven Blvd. and Taylor Ave. to condemn the MAGA madness. This will continue through Aug. 26 RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/778718/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

27] –  There is a Police Accountability Hearing at Baltimore City Hall, 4th Floor City Council chamber, 100 Holliday St., Baltimore 21202 on Tues., July 15 from 1 to 3 PM. After a devastating month of police violence and ICE raids, join the Campaign for Justice, Safety, and Jobs to tell the City Council to utilize their new local control powers of the Baltimore Police Department to implement strong, meaningful police accountability measures in our city. RSVP at https://jufj.org/event/pah-715/?emci=81d12a9e-4058-f011-8f7c-6045bdfe8e9c&emdi=f5b3fa67-4858-f011-8f7c-6045bdfe8e9c&ceid=4262660

28] – On Tuesdays, from 4 to 6 PM ET, gather with Indivisible at 9706 Gorman Road, Howard County 20723 for a Rush Hour protest at the I95 Gorman Road Overpass. This event will continue through July 15. Silence Gives Consent Continued. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/772050/

29] – Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., July 15 from 4:30 to 5 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. to condemn the Israeli war crime of denying food to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.  Of course, Israel is involved in a plethora of war crimes both in Gaza and the West Bank. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.

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