Baltimore Activist Alert -- May 30, 2020

75] Reversing Global Warming – May 30

76] Special Y Food Distribution – May 30

77] Car Protest to Cancel the Rents -- May 30

78] Justice Beats Music Festival – May 30

79] Ten year anniversary of the Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara – May 30

80] Maryland Green Party Virtual Assembly – May 30

81] Virtual anti-war activists open mic session – May 30

82] Protest at the jail and against racism and political repression – May 30

83] Do you need a doctor?

84] Two Berrigan Books still in print

85] Emergency Demonstration against an attack on Venezuela or Iran  

86] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

87] Do you need any book shelves?

88] Join the Global Zero campaign.

89] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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75] – On Sat., May 30 from 10 AM to noon, check out Reversing Global Warming:  Introduction to Drawdown via a Zoom meeting. Registration is required at https://projectdrawdowndmv.eventbrite.com. Sponsors include PG Environmental Forum and the College Park Committee for a Better Environment.  Contact Todd Larsen, Chair of the College Park Committee for a Better Environment at toddlarsen_99@yahoo.com.

76] – Help out with a Special Y Food Distribution at Ridgely's Run Community Center, 8400 Mission Road, Jessup 20794, each Saturday from 10 AM to noon through June 20. In partnership with the Y, Ridgely's Run Community Center will be distributing food every Saturday.  Pull up and pop your trunk of the car. Do not get out. Volunteers will load the food. First come, first serve. See https://www.facebook.com/events/609015823035988/?event_time_id=609015836369320.

77] – The ANSWER Coalition encourages you to join a protest with the Party for Socialism & Liberation on the National Day of Car Protests to Cancel the Rents on Sat., May 30 at noon. Come to the Carter Barron Amphitheatre parking lot, 4850 Colorado Ave. NW, WDC 20011.  Fill out the registration form on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/980536999070462/.  Demand the cancellation of rent, mortgages and all debts to landlords for the duration of the pandemic.  Protesters will adhere to social distancing guidelines and requirements, including wearing masks as established in respond to the coronavirus outbreak.

78] –The Justice Beats Music Festival on Sat., May 30 from 1 to 7 PM ET is hosted by Witness Against Torture. The Peace Poets will headline the virtual music festival to benefit communities in urgent need. All day catch musicians, DJs, and other artists working to support their communities. Tune in to hear your favorite performers, learn about the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous, incarcerated, houseless, undocumented, and Palestinian communities...and how you can support the continued fight towards collective liberation. This is sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Rights, and interested parties should tune in at https://ccrjustice.org/home/get-involved/events/justice-beats-virtual-festival-and-fundraiser.

79] – On Sat., May 30 at 1 PM, it is the 10 year anniversary of the Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara/Gaza Freedom Flotilla with Cultures of Resistance Films director Iara Lee, internationally renowned author Norman Finkelstein and ship survivors. 
Register for the webinar here at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pa1a2KfLTlSZDz0w0peqWQ.

80] - On Sat., May 30 from 1 to 4 PM, attend a Maryland Green Party Virtual Assembly.  The program, issues and speakers are listed at this link: http://www.mdgreens.org/sa2020?fbclid=IwAR2_rxseit7ZCCkGrbHP4aEoWJcSsmYXVSs618YCM218zzRDunEbkvUxPyM.

81] – On Sat., May 30 from 3 to 5 PM ET, mix it up with a virtual anti-war activists open mic session. Tune in for live music from Sandy Greenberg and the Ottawa Raging Grannies, plus hear stories from World BEYOND War chapter coordinators around the world. The floor will be open to all participants to share poetry, music, stories of activism, and more. Contact Greta at greta@worldbeyondwar.org.

82] – There will be National Protests around jails and against racism and political repression on Sat., May 30.  Join the car caravan in Baltimore, hosted by the Peoples Power Assembly starting at 3 PM.  Gather at 20th & Charles Sts. The caravan will go around Baltimore City jails and raise the issue of police terror and conditions in prisons (both corrections and ICE).  Tape signs to your cars. Free them all! Extra signs will be available at the PPA HQ.

83] – Yousef Zarbalian [mailto: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.  

84] –Two books by Fred Wilcox are still in print.  The first one is “Fighting the Lamb's War Skirmishes with the American Empire” by Philip Berrigan and Fred A. Wilcox with a FOREWORD by Tripp York.  It can be purchased by Wipf and Stock: https://wipfandstock.com/fighting-the-lamb-s-war.html.  It is a Memoir in paperback/ISBN: 9781532660078/240 pages/republished 8/21/2018/ Retail Price: $26.00/and Web Price: $20.80.

  The second one is “Uncommon Martyrs The Berrigans, the Catholic Left, and the Plowshares Movement” by Fred Wilcox, who profiles members of this anti-war movement, whose Christianity compels them to acts of civil disobedience against the military industrial complex.  The ISBN is 0201522314/$6.50 for a hardcover, and it can be purchased at Powell's Books.  See https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/view/7094/uncommon-martyrs.

85] – The Trump Administration is again beating the war drums.  Most recently, the target is Iran.  Should the Trump administration initiate an act of war against Iran, consider joining us. It is a violation of U.S. law for the Trump Administration to attack a country that has not attacked us, as only Congress can declare war. The Trump administration is nevertheless beating the war drums for war against Iran and Venezuela. Should a war criminal, John Bolton, convince Trump to attack either of these countries, such a military strike would demand an immediate and unequivocal response from us to show that we will not tolerate his abuse of power.

Let's mobilize to show that we the people will not tolerate another military adventure, which would be bound to have profound negative consequences. If a military strike against Iran or Venezuela takes place, then meet at 33rd and N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218. If the attack is before 2 PM local time, then the event will begin at 5 PM, local time. If the attack occurs after 5 PM local time, then the event will begin at 5 PM, local time, the following day. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.   

86] -- 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.

87] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.

88] -- Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration. A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees.  This is an historic window of opportunity.  With momentum already building in favor of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance. When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.

89] – 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, 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