43] Hear from Sens. Merkley and Warren – Sept. 30
44] Climate & Just Recovery
Forum
– Sept. 30
45]
Text bank for Biden – Oct. 1
46] Westheimer
Peace Symposium - The Nuclear Threat – Oct. 1 - 2
47] Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal -- Oct. 1
48] The transformational potential of the COVID-19
pandemic – Oct. 1
49] Get with the New Measure to End Poverty – Oct. 1
50] Justice, Safety, and Jobs – Oct. 1
51] US Role in Bolivia’s Coup – Oct. 1
52] Mass Murder in the Making of Our Times -- Oct. 1
53] Indivisible
Strategy Session – Oct. 1
54] Election
Crisis – Oct. 1
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43] – If Democrats win control of the Senate, in order
to fix our democracy they must end the filibuster. RSVP to join Sens. Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth
Warren on Wed., Sept. 30 at 8 PM ET for a live discussion on how to fix the
Senate. This online event will take
place on Facebook Live. CLICK HERE TO RSVP https://actionnetwork.org/events/rsvp-for-the-live-event-the-trump-mcconnell-attack-on-our-democracy-and-the-fight-to-fix-our-broken-senate?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-the-senate-is-broken-rsvp-here-to-learn-whats-next-4&email_referrer=email_939780&email_subject=the-senate-is-broken-rsvp-here-to-learn-whats-next. Right now, Mitch McConnell is preparing to
steal another Supreme Court seat right before the election. And if Democrats
win the Senate next year, he is prepared to use the filibuster to block every
attempt to restore our democracy and make progress on the many issues facing
our nation.
44] – On Wed., Sept 30 at 8 PM ET, come together for a Stronger than Storms: Climate & Just Recovery Forum. Learn from and take action with leaders on the frontlines of climate disaster. Sign up at https://350org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PmN7nfAZQmevMZjTqCdmuw. From the fire-scorched West to intensified hurricanes in the Gulf and Caribbean, communities are already facing climate disruption. It’s been three years since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. This will be 350 US’ first virtual event with live simultaneous English/Spanish interpretation, so be sure to register and mark your language preference!
45] – Text bank for Biden on Thurs., Oct. 1 at 9:30 AM. The Indivisibles need you to text bank over the next few weeks. Sign up through https://www.mobilize.us/2020victory/event/293967/. Since very early in the COVID-19 pandemic, messages of hope about the potential for the pandemic to catalyze radical social change – from universal health care to racial equity to climate justice – have emerged from diverse sectors and societies around the world. This sense of hope is not unique to the pandemic and is often expressed and acted upon in times of crisis. What actually makes such transformation possible, and how can we better understand and create the conditions for radical change that benefits all people and the planet?
46] – On Thurs., Oct. 1 starting at 10 AM through Fri., Oct. 2, get with Westheimer Peace Symposium - The Nuclear Threat: Past, Present, Future [Online], hosted by Wilmington College Peace Resource Center. Registration is only required for workshops (as noted on the events schedule). All other lectures and Response Project performances may be accessed freely by the Wilmington College community and general public via Facebook Livestream at https://www.facebook.com/PRCatWC or https://www.facebook.com/WilmingtonCollege. Check out https://libguides.wilmington.edu/westheimer2020/nuclearthreat.
47] – Tune into the Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty on Thurs., Oct. 1 from 11 AM to 12:30 PM. The Trump administration’s unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has led Iran to retaliate by exceeding key nuclear limits set by the deal. The U.S. strategy has hobbled but not unraveled the agreement and increased tensions with Iran and the international community. Unless Washington and Teheran return to compliance, however, the deal could collapse entirely creating a serious new nuclear crisis in the region. In this edition of the “Critical NPT Issues” webinar series sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the Arms Control Association, panelists will review the benefits of the JCPOA, the current status of noncompliance, pathways to repair the situation, and the potential effects on the global nonproliferation system and the upcoming 10th Review Conference of Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Get involved at http://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-future-of-the-iran-nuclear-deal-and-the-nuclear-nonproliferation-treaty/?emci=7329dc5f-b501-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=05db8d69-b701-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=269591.
48] – On Thurs., Oct. 1 at 12:30 PM EDT, Physicians for Human Rights will host a conversation to delve deeper into the transformational potential of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three prominent international experts in medicine and public health, social epidemiology, and economics and innovation will reflect on what form transformational change might take, as well as the enabling factors we need to consider and influence if we are to transform these waves of hope into reality. Register at https://phr.org/. Submit questions at web@phr.org.
49] – Get with the New Measure to End Poverty on Thurs., Oct. 1 from 2 to 3 PM. The Official Poverty Measure (OPM) has drastically underestimated poverty in the United States since its development in the 1960s, and yet it is still used to determine eligibility for federal programs and aid amounts to communities. Join The Century Foundation and the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR) and discuss a new report focused on why the OPM is woefully out of date, the changes needed to the Supplemental Poverty Measure, and how the federal government can more accurately measure poverty in America, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-new-measure-to-end-poverty-tickets-121427863007?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=ffbb06bc89&mc_eid=0f57b5a0fa.
50] – Join a virtual event organized by the Campaign for Justice, Safety, and Jobs on Thurs., Oct. 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. The People's Town Hall will be facilitated and implemented by community, in community, once again through a virtual Zoom platform (details provided on the Facebook event page). At the beginning, you will have the opportunity to participate in breakout working session. Visit https://www.aclu-md.org/en/events/peoples-town-hall-part-ii-fight-police-accountability?
51] – Tune in to The US Role in Bolivia’s Coup and What It Means for Latin America with Mark Weisbrot on Thurs., Oct. 1 from 7 to 8:30 PM. To join this Online Event, go to http://masspeaceaction.org/venue/online-event/?emci=7329dc5f-b501-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=05db8d69-b701-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=269591. With elections scheduled in Bolivia for Oct. 18, look at how the Organization of American States (OAS) and the U.S. government helped the Bolivian right to overturn the results of last year's election and install a right wing government. Independent observers from various countries – outside of the OAS – will have to do their best in October to publicize any voter suppression or other illegal actions by which the unelected, de facto government could steal the election.
52] – Mass Murder in the Making of Our Times is taking place on Wed., Oct. 1 from 7 to 8:30 PM. Sign up for this online event at http://masspeaceaction.org/event/mass-murder-in-the-making-of-our-times/?emci=7329dc5f-b501-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=05db8d69-b701-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=269591. October 1 marks the fifty-fifth anniversary of the beginning of one of the worst episodes of mass murder in the twentieth century: the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Indonesians in 1965-1966. Organized and directed by Indonesia’s military, the killings targeted people associated with the country’s communist party, the world’s largest outside of China and the Soviet Union. The dismembering of a large part of Indonesia’s political spectrum reshaped politics not only in Indonesia, but around the world, foreclosing on a political pathway that might have produced greater justice and more equitable outcomes in the Global South. Despite the enormity of these events, and the sordid U.S. role of support, the killings in Indonesia are little-known in the United States and beyond. And within Indonesia, a country in which the outsized power of the military endures, there has been no accountability for the slaughter. This show will explore what took place in Indonesia in the mid-1960s, and its significance for the sprawling country and the larger world; the enforced silence surrounding these events in much of Indonesian society since that time; and their present-day manifestations and efforts aimed at accountability. In doing so, the show brings together three guests: Vincent Bevins, author of “The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade & the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World”; John Roosa, author of “Buried Histories: The Anticommunist Massacres of 1965-1966 in Indonesia”; and Krithika Varagur, author of “The Call: Inside the Global Saudi Religious Project.” Joseph Nevins will host the conversation. To join, go to http://www.ShelterAndSolidarity.org/join.
53] – Indivisible is coming together to strategize one last time before Election Day. Help plan to make this National Activist Call a definitive one on Thurs., Oct. 1 at 8 PM ET. Register at https://act.indivisible.org/go/511556?t=22&akid=67083%2E839288%2EaQpFLm.
54] – The Election Crisis: How can the working class intervene? This is an online Conversation with Larry Holmes on Thurs., Oct. 1 from 8 PM ET. Register for the webinar at cutt.ly/electioncrisis. Holmes is the First Secretary of Workers World Party and the author of the recent article: “The Left, the Election Crisis and the Elephant in the Room:” “The head of the U.S. Postal Service is sabotaging delivery of ballots through the mail. Trump is acting like he won’t step down even if he’s defeated in the elections. And it appears that right-wing and neo-fascist forces, who have guns, are getting ready to go into the streets after the elections to support an attempted coup. Every group and activist ready to fight fascism in the streets should be making preparations right now to intervene in the event of any fascist developments in November.
To be continued.
Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, 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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