Saturday, July 31, 2021

Baltimore Activist Alert – Aug. 1 – 2, 2021

Baltimore Activist Alert – Aug. 1 – 2, 2021

"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 Obuszewski 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] Get involved with NCNR   

4] Volunteer with a Catholic Worker house  

5] Max is looking for tips on a garage or a storage suggestion.

6] House cleaner needed

7] Nonviolence training -- July 31, August 1 & 2

8] Get Out the Vote in Virginia – through Sept. 18

9] Climate crisis stores – Aug. 1

10] Strengthening Democracy – Aug. 1

11] Skills training – Aug. 1

12] Town Hall on COVID-19 – Aug. 1

13] Pentagon Peace Vigil – Aug. 2

14] Nonviolent Moral Direct Action Aug. 2

15] Justice for Korryn Gaines Aug. 2

16] Phone bank for Medicare For All.  – Aug. 2

17] Phone bank for the For the People Act! Aug. 2

18] Stand with Chesa Aug. 2

19] World Conference against A and H Bombs – Aug. 2

1] – Buttons, bumperstickers 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] – THE ORGANIZING LIST will be the primary decision-making mechanism of the National Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR].  It will be augmented by conference calls and possibly in-person meetings as needed.  It will consist of 1 or 2 representatives from each local, regional, or national organization (not coalitions) that wishes to actively work to carry out the NCNR campaign of facilitating and organizing nonviolent resistance to U.S. wars.

To join the ORGANIZING List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and email address to mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.  Different local chapters of a national organization are encouraged to subscribe.  

4] - Suzanne Fontanesi and Jeff Ross are in the beginning stages of renovating the basement of their house for purposes of bringing in a volunteer (targeting young adults in discernment mode), starting next fall. They are trying to grow a Catholic Worker House in Irvington (West Baltimore). In a nutshell, there is a lot that a volunteer could do in that neighborhood/Baltimore, in addition to prayer and daily community living and in addition to plugging into all the good work that people are already doing in and around Baltimore (and beyond).  If you think you might know of anyone who might be interested in starting a conversation with them about becoming such a volunteer/community member, please contact Jeff/Suzanne at 443-690-6872.

5] – Max is in need of a garage or a storage space.  Any suggestions would be welcome.  Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

6] – Is there a woman in the Baltimore area who does house cleaning?  This assignment would be on an irregular basis with several hours per week.  Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

7] – The Poor Peoples Campaign is doing Nonviolent Moral Direct Action Training Part 1 on Sat., July 31 at 3 PM ET. This is a one hour training and will be on Zoom. Do this training if you plan to risk arrest on Mon., Aug. 2: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0uTj-TKpynpl9fj24NrwppvduWned-oJuPEX4tSWi22_WdA/viewform?link_id=0&can_id=e96967e6939a941dbdebb8356ad281a2&source=email-important-information-about-participating-in-nonviolent-moral-direct-action-on-82&email_referrer=email_1246026&email_subject=important-information-about-nonviolent-moral-direct-action-on-82. Direct Action Training Part 2 will be held in person in Washington D.C. on Sunday evening and Monday morning and attending either the Sunday evening or Monday morning training is required in order to participate in the Nonviolent Moral Direct Action portion of the rally and march on Monday. The times and locations of the Sunday and Monday trainings will be shared later this week. Please note that you must be fully vaccinated for Covid 19 if you are planning to engage in Nonviolent Moral Direct Action on Monday. Please review our full Covid 19 Protocols before Monday.  These trainings will ground us in our nonviolent principles and our commitment to building a fusion movement, cover legal and logistical details, and prepare us to engage in Nonviolent Moral Direct Action. Please be sure to register for Saturday’s Zoom training if you would like to receive the detailed information for the Sunday and Monday trainings. Besides the risk arrest scenario, there is the option to join the march and rally. Gather at 10:45 AM ET on Mon., Aug. 2 at the plaza in front of Union Station, 35 Columbus Monument Drive NE, WDC 20002.  The rally for state legislators is Tues., Aug. 3.

8] – Ben Betz, People For the American Way [alerts@pfaw.org] is asking you to Help Get Out The Vote in Virginia by signing up to write letters to voters in Virginia through September 18! Since the Virginia Vote Forward campaign launched last month, 120,000 people have committed to sending letters! The goal is to reach more than 500,000 voters Sign up to write letters to Get out the Vote at https://votefwd.org/pfaw.

Virginia is a crucial bellwether state vital to America’s political landscape, and its state elections this year will have a serious impact on the 2022 national midterms. People For is gearing up to be very active in this year’s state-level campaign, and it seeks national support to make sure that the progressive gains from 2020 continue in the former seat of the Confederacy this year.  People For is thrilled to announce that we are once again partnering with Vote Forward, an exciting campaign to increase voter participation through letter-writing to key voters in battleground states and districts. Vote Forward’s letter-writing project is incredibly simple, as all you need are stamps, stationery, and a pen!

9] – Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 2521 St. Paul St., Baltimore 21218, meets on Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and discussion at 10:30 AM.  On Sun., Aug. 1, the subject is “Climate Crisis ‘StoryCorps.’”  Earth Stories, a Colloquy project launched by the BES Green Team, presents this platform.  Members who have participated in the Earth Story Colloquy events, in the months leading up to the platform, will have a chance to share their very own story around the Climate Crisis. The hope is to have at least 7 to 10 people, each sharing roughly 3 minutes, and then available for questions/comments at the platform’s completion. The questions and comments can be directed at a participant to have them expand on what they shared or to talk about the experience of finding their own personal Climate story and developing it for sharing. The ethical action packed theme here is personal stories as a more accessible way to bring people into the conversation (around the Climate Crisis), versus pushing an audience away with cold, hard facts.

Cathy Eskey is a member of the Baltimore Ethical Society who presents this platform as a part of the “Summer Sundays” when members present on topics of interest to them. The Zoom link and more info can be obtained at PRESIDENT@BMORETHICAL.ORG.

10] – Alan Minsky for Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] wants you to attend on Sun., Aug. 1  at noon ET a panel on Strengthening Democracy at the National NOW Conference.  Register at https://2021conference.now.org/.  Participants include voting rights scholar Penny Venetis (Rutgers Law School), CEO of the League of Women Voters Virginia Case Solomon, student activist and intersectional feminist Joi Dean, and Minsky.   Christian Nunes, President of NOW, will provide closing remarks.

11] – People's Action [info@peoplesaction.org] needs you on Sun., Aug. 1 from 3 to 6 PM ET for skills training by the Deep Canvass Institute and ‘Make the World Better.’  The training will also take place on Mon., Aug 9 from 6:30 to 9 PM EDT and Tues., Aug. 10 from 6:30 to 9 PM EDT. Are you interested in making the world a better place and learning how to build bridges across differences? Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/peoplesaction/event/362940/?link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-make-the-world-better-and-become-a-deep-canvasser-nyt-2&email_referrer=email_1239291&email_subject=join-the-next-deep-canvass-institute-and-make-the-world-better.

12] –Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is committed to electing champions for a #SinglePayer expanded and improved #MedicareForAll system of healthcare in America. As such, PDA is focused on helping Nina Turner in her race in the special election to fill the vacancy in the U.S. House of Representatives for OH CD-11 which will be over in the evening on Tues., Aug. 3rd. Join in the PDA Healthcare Emergency Town Hall on Sun., Aug. 1 at  4 PM ET and commemorate the 56th anniversary of Medicare, and showcase the PDA National leadership team and their perspective on this pivotal moment in our electoral politics. Visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4.

13] – 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 Aug. 2 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 begin at 8 AM.  No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds. Restrooms are located inside Marriott Residence Inn on corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr.  

14] –In the fourth week of the Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action, the Poor Peoples Campaign is calling everyone to Washington, D.C. for a Mass National Moral Monday Action to Save Our Democracy! On Aug. 2 at 10:45 AM during the week of the anniversary of the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, gather for direct action led by poor people, low-wage workers and faith leaders outside Union Station, WDC 20004. Join in at https://actionnetwork.org/events/national-moral-monday-action-in-dc?source=direct_link&&link_id=6&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_1243133&email_subject=ppc-aug-2-moral-monday-a-season-of-nonviolent-moral-direct-action.

15] – ACLU of Maryland [info@aclu-md.org] wants your help on Mon., Aug. 2 at 6 PM ET in seeking Justice for Korryn Gaines.  Challenge police brutality in Patriot Plaza, 401 Bosley Ave., Towson 21204.  It has been five years since Baltimore County police killed Korryn Gaines and injured her young son, Kodi Gaines. On August 1, 2016, police arrived at the family's apartment, and when no one answered, they improperly obtained a key from the landlord and entered without consent. Inside, they began an hours-long standoff between themselves and Korryn over a traffic violation. Baltimore County Police Officer Royce Ruby claimed that Korryn pointed a gun at him before he shot her. Later, it came to light that police shot Korryn in her back and shot her son in the arm.

At a protest for Korryn Gaines, speakers will include Rhonda Dormeus, Korryn Gaines' mother, along with Marion Gray Hopkins and Darlene Cain, whose sons, Gary Hopkins Jr and Dale Graham, were both killed by police. RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/3034246770223523/. This link will take you to a third-party website, facebook.com.

16] –Progressive Maryland [info@progressivemaryland.org] is seeking phone bankers on Mon., Aug. 2 at 6 PM ET.  The issue is Medicare For All.  Contact Marylanders about the bill in Congress.  The Montgomery County Council passed a strong Medicare for All Resolution. Use this victory to help secure more co-sponsors of the Medicare For All Act of 2021, H.R. 1976. Right now, four of Maryland’s U.S. House Members, Representatives Raskin, Brown, Sarbanes and Mfume are on board. Rep. David Trone is NOT co-sponsor and some of his CD-6 constituents live in Montgomery County where Medicare For All just got that significant endorsement from its local lawmakers. Contact his constituents in MoCo to ask them to urge him to become a co-sponsor.  All you need is a phone and a tablet or computer. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpfumurDMtEtXBnZQjNLW53xCriqyiS4ia?emci=2a24ffb3-d7ef-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=aa675b68-deef-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=136680.

17] – Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of the For the People Act! The August deadline for 2022 is fast approaching! Our democracy is in crisis: with redistricting around the corner and hundreds of voter suppression laws being introduced in states across the country, we do not have time to wait. Every day we’re getting closer to a very real deadline to take action to pass the For the People Act (S.1): If the Senate does not overcome the filibuster and pass S. 1 by late August, states will not have enough time to implement the legislation’s regulations before the 2022 midterm elections! Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of S. 1! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/376178/?utm_source=PFAW to call on Sun., Aug. 1 from 6 to 8 PM ET or Mon., Aug. 2 from 4 to 6 PM ET and 6 to 8 PM ET or Tues., Aug. 3 from 5:30 to 8 PM ET.

18] – Real Justice [info@realjusticepac.org] needs your help on Mon., Aug. 2 from 8 to midnight ET to take on a right-wing, police-backed effort against justice.  Also sign up for Wed., Aug. 4 from 8 to midnight ET. In about three years, the dangerous recall effort targeting Chesa Boudin faces the deadline to turn in 51,325 valid signatures – which would trigger a recall election. Do not let them succeed.  The recall election would attempt to overturn a free and fair election, cost taxpayers at least a million dollars, and turn back historic progress on issues of justice and real public safety solutions.  The best way to fight back is to join a Stand with Chesa virtual phone bank to reach as many San Francisco voters as possible with the truth. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/chesaantirecall/event/399637/?source=em20210721-65792-rj&utm_source=em20210721-65792-rj.

19] – The 2021 World Conference against A and H Bombs starts on Mon., Aug. 2 at 9 PM ET with an international meeting. Join in at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87192635570.

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

Friday, July 30, 2021

Trump to Seek $54 Billion Increase in Military Spending

 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/politics/trump-budget-military.html

Trump to Seek $54 Billion Increase in Military Spending


Join us on August 6 & 9/Nuclear Weapons: Rising Danger

Friends,

  See below for the details about BALTIMORE HOLDS 37th ANNUAL HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI COMMEMORATIONS.  If you cannot attend our commemorations, consider sending me a brief write-up why Johns Hopkins University should renounce its nuclear weapons research. Kagiso, Max

- CounterPunch.org - https://www.counterpunch.org -

Nuclear Weapons: Rising Danger

By Marc Pilisuk On July 29, 2021

  After a war has ended, historians, elected officials, and faith leaders, no less than the people involved, often raise doubts over whether the outcomes were worth the many horrific costs.

But mourning diminishes over time and life for the survivors goes on.

Such a recovery from destruction is no longer assured or even likely in the age of nuclear weapons. World leaders, however, continue to play the game of war in ways that risk the war that could end life on earth.

Recent US actions in Asia are bringing us closer to such a war. The US has long held agreements with many countries, including South Korea, permitting launch facilities for nuclear missiles. Now the US is engaging in a program of assisting Japan in the development of missiles capable of launching nuclear warheads.

The Japanese constitution bans the development and deployment of such weapons. But escalation of threats by US and Chinese officials may threaten this longstanding policy.

This potential for Japan to launch weapons of mass destruction comes at a time of increasing presence of US warships in the South China Sea. China was cruelly devastated by Japan in WW II, something effectively forgotten in the US but not in China. Indeed, a Chinese Communist Party video, still not confirmed as Chinese policy, threatens repeated nuclear attack on Japan in response to anticipated military provocations.

This would amount to a departure from China’s long-term policy of “no first use” (of nuclear weapons). Incredibly, the US has not yet committed itself to a “no first use” policy and has expanded its own nuclear weapons development programs. The recognition of potential danger from such development was clearly visible in the multi-lateral agreement preventing such activity in Iran. The US withdrew its treaty obligations under the Trump administration and has still not been able to revive the agreement.

History in the atomic era contains several examples in which deficiencies in communication during periods of hostility and threats almost led us inadvertently into the launch of a nuclear war.

The atomic scientists who monitor the level of risk have moved the nuclear doomsday clock closer to midnight. Massive expenditures for nuclear weapons development have produced tactical weapons more likely to be used and high yield weapons with destructive capacity far exceeding those used to destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

These weapons continue to provoke adversaries, making us less secure. US military policy, resulting in 800 military bases in 80 countries, has not brought us security.

We live in a world in which the other greatest threats to life come from global warming and pandemic illness. To combat these threats international cooperation is needed.

We have developed a framework for such cooperation through the World Health Organization and other agencies of the UN. They have not been perfect but strengthening international collaboration in defeating pandemics and in radically reducing climate chaos may prove to be an insurance policy against falling into a nuclear war. When the reach of weaponry is global the reach of our relationships must be too.

This is far better than relying upon military powers to demonize competitors and continuing to see threats and force as a way that supposedly sane leaders can vie for competitive advantage. Building back better should mean the goods of life, not the instruments of death.

An appropriate agenda would start with rejecting first use of nuclear weapons, ending the budget for nuclear weapons, ending the idea that wars are ever moral alternatives to peaceful conflict resolution and demanding that our government rise to a level of mature diplomacy with all nations.

Negotiations toward zero nuclear weapons should be underway already, something that inspection technology makes practical and doable. We should lead and should incentivize all nuclear powers to join. This is literally a mortal threat to humankind.

Well-meaning military strategists are mired in a very dangerous game. They must be reminded that destroying our planet in a nuclear war would be a betrayal of everything we hold dear.

Article printed from CounterPunch.org: https://www.counterpunch.org

URL to article: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/29/nuclear-weapons-rising-danger/  

BALTIMORE HOLDS 37th ANNUAL HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI COMMEMORATIONS. 

Under the umbrella of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee, members of several organizations -- the Baltimore Club of the CPUSA, the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, Homewood Friends Meeting, Maryland Peace Action and Prevent Nuclear War Maryland – have planned two events to remember what took place on August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima and three days later in Nagasaki.  The atom bomb survivors, the Hibakusha, have always stated NEVER AGAIN. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

 On August 6 from 6:30 to 7 PM ET, gather outside Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. to call for an end to Johns Hopkins University’s weapons contracts.  The university is the #1 School of Mass Destruction as it receives the largest amount of research dollars for nuclear weapons contracts. 

 Inside Homewood, you must wear a mask and do social distancing.  Charlie Cooper, with Get Money Out – Maryland, will make the point that money has corrupted many legislators.  This makes it very difficult for advocates trying to convince their legislators to vote to cut back on bloated military spending and new nuclear weapons.

   Greta Zarro, the organizing director of World Beyond War, will expound on the connection between U.S. militarism and climate chaos.  She will appear by Zoom.

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On August 9 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM ET, there will be a vigil to commemorate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, again outside Homewood Friends Meetinghouse. Afterwards, the assembled will go into the meetinghouse. 

  Dr. Gwen DuBois, with Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility and Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland, will do a presentation on the Back from the Brink campaign, five steps towards the abolition of nuclear weapons.  Baltimore was the first large city to pass a Back from the Brink resolution on August 6, 2018.

   Then testimonials and statements condemning nuclear weapons will be read.  These statements will challenge Johns Hopkins University to renounce its nuclear weapons contracts. Finally, some participants will go to Busboys and Poets, 33rd and St. Paul Streets, to break bread and enjoy a community meal. This is an opportunity to come together and commit to the task of eventually abolishing nuclear weapons.

  On July 12, 2021, JHU was awarded a $530,000,000 contract for research and development services in support of the nuclear enterprise.  Another contract received was for research and development services for $23 million to support the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent weapon system. These contracts are for services in support of the two intercontinental ballistic missile systems. 

Charlie Copper with Get Money Out – Maryland is working very hard to pass the For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and D.C. Statehood. His group also wants to End gerrymandering, Stop dark money spending, Protect elections by requiring voting machines made in U.S. and with a paper trail and Make Election Day a holiday.

Greta Zarro has a background in issue-based community organizing. Her experience includes volunteer recruitment and engagement, event organizing, coalition building, legislative and media outreach, and public speaking. Greta graduated as valedictorian from St. Michael’s College with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology/Anthropology. She previously worked as New York Organizer for leading non-profit Food & Water Watch. There, she campaigned on issues related to fracking, genetically engineered foods, climate change, and the corporate control of our common resources. Greta and her partner run Unadilla Community Farm, a non-profit organic farm and permaculture education center in Upstate New York. Greta can be reached at greta@worldbeyondwar.org.

SLOW MOTION NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST

As Tom Engelhardt wrote, “. . .  climate change should really be reimagined as the equivalent of a slow-motion nuclear holocaust. Hiroshima took place in literally seconds, a single blinding flash of heat. Global warming will prove to be a matter of years, decades, even centuries of heat.”

Back from the Brink calls on the government to 1] Actively pursuing a verifiable agreement among nuclear-armed states to eliminate their nuclear arsenals; 2] Renouncing the option of using nuclear weapons first; 3] Ending the sole, unchecked authority of any U.S. President to launch a nuclear attack; 4] Taking U.S. nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert and 5] Cancelling the plan to replace the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal with enhanced weapons.  

Dr. Gwen will also speak about The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal being their total elimination. It became effective on January 22, 2021 in countries which ratified the Treaty. A copy of the Treaty was delivered to the residence of JHU president Ron Daniels on January 22, 2021.

Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apartment 206, Baltimore, MD 21212 – Phone – 410-323-1607-- Email -- mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net. 

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

 

 

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Baltimore Activist Alert -- July 30 -- August 9, 2021

65] Medicare for All petition delivery– July 30

66] SHIVA BABY – July 30

67] White House vigil – July 30

68] Phone bank for the For the People Act -- July 30

69] Conversation with Scott Horton, Editor of AntiWar.com. July 30

70] Peace and justice vigil – July 30

71] Food Pantry and Food Donation Center – July 31

72] Text for Nina Turner -- July 31

73] Stand with Chesa – July 31

74] Commemorate Hiroshima/Nagasaki -- Aug. 6 & 9

75] Beauty Fades /Stupid Lasts Forever and The Trial According to Alan Barysh

76] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"

77] New Book: “Confessions of a Radical Academic”

78] Two Berrigan Books still in print

79] Do you need a doctor?

80] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

81] Do you need any book shelves?

82] Join the Global Zero campaign.

83] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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65] -- Join #ExpandMedicare Petition Delivery on Medicare's 56th Birthday organized by Social Security Works and Public Citizen, and meet at 10 AM on Fri., July 30 at the corner of C St. NE and 1st St. NE. Call on Congress to expand Medicare in the upcoming reconciliation package!  The petition delivery will feature virtual remarks from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).  Then at 10:30 AM deliver the petitions to Sen. Chuck Schumer. The petition delivery will stream live at https://www.facebook.com/socialsecurityworks starting at 10:30am ET.

66] -- Jewish Voice for Peace [info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org] is inviting you on Fri., July 30 at noon ET for a conversation with the director of SHIVA BABY about Judaism beyond Zionism.  Zionism has monopolized Jewish art and culture for the past several decades. So, as our movement works to build a Judaism beyond Zionism, it’s vital to create art and culture that moves Jews to stand in solidarity with Palestinians, that unites and sustains the political work, that reminds us there is so much more to being Jewish than supporting an apartheid state built on stolen Palestinian land.  JVP member Emma Seligman, writer and director of the award-winning and internationally-released film Shiva Baby, is doing just that. Named one of Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch, Emma is poised to have an influential Jewish voice in the entertainment industry — and she plans to use that voice to support the movement for Palestinian freedom.

 Watch Emma talk on Instagram Live: https://www.instagram.com/jewishvoiceforpeace/?emci=15234f7f-28ef-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=49b6ec8b-feef-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=237778 about her film, the role JVP played in the development of both her movie and her politics, and her commitment to moving her beloved community—and the entertainment industry—toward a Judaism beyond Zionism. Go to Instagram at noon ET on Friday and click the logo at the top of the page.

67] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., July 30 at noon.  Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

68] – Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of the For the People Act! The August deadline for 2022 is fast approaching! Our democracy is in crisis: with redistricting around the corner and hundreds of voter suppression laws being introduced in states across the country, we do not have time to wait. Every day we’re getting closer to a very real deadline to take action to pass the For the People Act (S.1): If the Senate does not overcome the filibuster and pass S. 1 by late August, states will not have enough time to implement the legislation’s regulations before the 2022 midterm elections! Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of S. 1! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/376178/?utm_source=PFAW to call on Fri., July 30 from 4 to 6 PM ET and Sat., July 31 from 1 to 3 PM ET, 4 to 6 PM ET and 6 to 8 PM ET.

69] -- Massachusetts Peace Action [info@masspeaceaction.org] wants to let you know that on Fri., July 30 at 4 PM ET that you would enjoy a Conversation with Scott Horton, Editor of AntiWar.com. The establishment of both the Democratic and Republican parties has overseen expanding US militarism and ballooning Pentagon budgets for decades. But antiwar sentiment and a desire for peace also crosses party lines. More and more Americans are becoming frustrated with the same policies in Washington DC and they want change.  Discuss how antiwar activists from all political persuasions can stand together in solidarity. Join the conversation at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMuceiprTouH9XI7aT1rzRYzFMLmOyUYWPf?emci=ec13f66f-b9f0-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=2ec1fef5-bff0-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=269591.

70] -- There is usually a Quaker Vigil for Racial Justice on Fridays, from 5 to 6 PM, hosted by the Baltimore Quaker Peace and Justice Committee (BQPJC) outside the Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St.  The next scheduled vigil is on July 30. Black Lives Matter. Stop the Killing. Physical distancing applies. Wear your face mask. Email homewoodfriends@gmail.com or call 410-235-4438. Quaker values call us to speak truth and to seek equality for all people. Aim to follow Bayard Rustin’s wisdom that “we need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers” and John Lewis’s call to “make good trouble.” See https://www.facebook.com/events/311508100243529/?event_time_id=311508113576861.3&akid=18263%2E3302379%2Ez6bJVQ.

71] – On Sat., July 31 from noon to 2 PM EST, get over to the Food Pantry and Food Donation Center at First and Franklin Presbyterian Church, 210 W. Madison St., Baltimore. This Food Pantry is open every Saturday. Get a grocery bag – breakfast, jelly and peanut butter (a good source of protein) for lunch, the makings for a balanced dinner such as beans and rice, pasta and sauce, soup, vegetables, fruit, and a paper goods. Also added is a little fun food, such as popcorn or cookies, for everyone enjoys a treat.  Contributions of shelf stable foods can be brought to Reid Chapel every Saturday between noon and 2 PM. If shopping is difficult for you, monetary donations earmarked food pantry may be sent to the church.  How else can you help? Volunteers are needed to help collect and distribute food. Contact the church office to volunteer. You can also help by spreading the word to those you know who are facing food insecurity. See https://www.facebook.com/firstfranklinbaltimore.

72] – RL Miller [info@climatehawksvote.com] tells us that Nina Turner needs our help in order for her to win the special election in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, with early voting already underway. Join in to text bank to reach voters for the August 3 election on Sat., July 31 from 2 to 3 PM EDT. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/ninaturner/event/392803/?emci=5e5d537b-c5e8-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=f7c2fd65-5ae9-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=13143726.

73] – Real Justice [info@realjusticepac.org] needs your help on Sat., July 31 from 4 to 7 PM ET to take on a right-wing, police-backed effort against justice.  More dates will follow. In about three years, the dangerous recall effort targeting Chesa Boudin faces the deadline to turn in 51,325 valid signatures – which would trigger a recall election. Do not let them succeed.  The recall election would attempt to overturn a free and fair election, cost taxpayers at least a million dollars, and turn back historic progress on issues of justice and real public safety solutions.  The best way to fight back is to join a Stand with Chesa virtual phone bank to reach as many San Francisco voters as possible with the truth. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/chesaantirecall/event/399637/?source=em20210721-65792-rj&utm_source=em20210721-65792-rj.

74] – This year the 37th annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee will act on August 6 and 9, and the theme will be to challenge JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY to renounce its nuclear weapons contracts. Under the umbrella of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee, members of several organizations -- the Baltimore Club of the CPUSA, the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, Homewood Friends Meeting, Maryland Peace Action and Prevent Nuclear War Maryland – have planned two events to remember what took place on August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima and three days later in Nagasaki.  The atom bomb survivors, the Hibakusha, have always stated NEVER AGAIN. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

  On August 6 from 6:30 to 7 PM ET, gather outside Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. to call for an end to Johns Hopkins University’s weapons contracts.  The university is the #1 School of Mass Destruction as it receives the largest amount of research dollars for nuclear weapons contracts. 

  Inside Homewood, you must wear a mask and do social distancing.  Charlie Cooper, with Get Money Out – Maryland, will make the point that money has corrupted many legislators.  This makes it very difficult for advocates trying to convince their legislators to vote to cut back on bloated military spending and new nuclear weapons.

   Greta Zarro, the organizing director of World Beyond War, will expound on the connection between U.S. militarism and climate chaos.  She will appear by Zoom.

   On August 9 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM ET, there will be a vigil to commemorate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, again outside Homewood Friends Meetinghouse. Afterwards, the assembled will go into the meetinghouse. 

  Dr. Gwen DuBois, with Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility and Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland, will do a presentation on the Back from the Brink campaign, five steps towards the abolition of nuclear weapons.  Baltimore was the first large city to pass a Back from the Brink resolution on August 6, 2018.

   Then testimonials and statements condemning nuclear weapons will be read.  These statements will challenge Johns Hopkins University to renounce its nuclear weapons contracts. Finally, some participants will go to Busboys and Poets, 33rd and St. Paul Streets, to break bread and enjoy a community meal. This is an opportunity to come together and commit to the task of eventually abolishing nuclear weapons.

75] – Bad Attitude Publishers Announces the release of Beauty Fades /Stupid Lasts Forever and The Trial According to Alan Barysh. In light of the fascist/Q Annon/Truther/Alex Jones and Trump-inspired attack on the capital, Bad attitude Publications has released a photo essay by Alan Barysh. In the follow-up book to Sorry Truther, it was an OUTSIDE JOB Beauty Fades.... gives the reader an upfront look at the reactionary forces and the deadly beliefs these folks uphold. In pictures and texts, one gets a good look at the faces and ideas that pose a real threat to this country. The Trial According to Alan Barysh is a rewrite of the Kafka Classic The Trial. With pictures from the original movie, Alan Barysh rewrites this scathing satire with just a tad more cutting edge satire, and a different ending. The appendix to the book talks about the lonely uphill struggle of Tawanda Jones to get justice for her brother. This afterthought is included, because of the real Kafkesque struggle of the West Family to get justice for her brother. Both books can be purchased on Amazon.com. For every purchase of The Trial, Alan Barysh will give all of his royalties to the West Family. Just text a picture of the book to 443-239-5325.

76] – 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. Dave 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.  Phil Berrigan’s wife, Elizabeth McAlister, is a member of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7. 

 Dave just printed the 5th edition of the book which is available for $25 by sending him a check: Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218. You can contact him at mozela9@comcast.net. He prefers that you DO NOT order the book from Amazon. Image 1 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER. David Eberhardt; Image 2 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER; and FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER.  This is a self-published book printed in 2017 with updates.

 The price is $25 for a Spiral Bound, and Signed. This edition being what the publisher calls “The 4th edition (or first edition 4th state?)  of this book (with “final” additions) has been printed by the firm of FEDEX numbered 150-200, signed by the author, February 2017.”This is copy 187 and is numbered and signed by David Eberhardt on the title page.~~While the bibliographical information is a bit head-spinning, this is an engaging memoir by David Eberhardt recounting his involvement with the Brothers Berrigan in the protests against the Viet Nam war, and his subsequent time as an inmate at the Lewisburg Federal Prison. There is Near Fine binding: Item #291479.

77] – Check out a New Book: “Confessions of a Radical Academic: A Memoir by Fred L. Pincus,” now available from Adelaide Books (https://adelaidebooks.org/collections/latest-releases/products/confessions-of-a-radical-academic) or from Amazon.  Fred taught sociology at UMBC for more than 40 years and is on the board of Research Associates Foundation.  His memoir details his struggles to have a successful career while keeping true to his radical principles and activism.  One major theme is his struggle with race and racism both on and off campus. Go to www.fredlpincus.com.

78] –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, who’s 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.

79] 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.  

80] -- 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.

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

82] -- 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.

83] – 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