Baltimore Activist Alert -- October 29 - 30, 2021

78] Fossil Free Federal Reserve – Oct. 29

79] White House peace vigil – Oct. 29

80] Gender Gap in Nuclear Policy -- Oct. 29

81] Phone bank to voters in Virginia – Oct. 29

82] Vigil for the Freedom to Vote Act – Oct. 29

83] Phone bank for the Freedom to Vote Act – Oct. 29 – 30

84] Phone bank for Medicare for All -- Oct. 29

85] Peace and Justice Vigil – Oct. 29

86] War on Terror Film Festival – Oct. 29 – Nov. 3

87] Knock on doors/phone bank in Virginia – Oct. 30

88] Bike more at Lake Montebello -- Oct. 30

89] Food Pantry and Food Donation Center – Oct. 30

90] March to the polls -- Oct. 30

91] Call Virginia voters – Oct. 30

92] Music for Peace – Oct. 30

93] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

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

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

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

97] Do you need a doctor?

98] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

99] Do you need any book shelves?

100] Join the Global Zero campaign.

101] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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78] – The Youth Climate Finance Alliance [info@futurecoalition.org] is taking it to the streets on Fri., Oct. 29 PM ET.  Future Coalition and leading climate justice groups have teamed up to target the financial institutions that continue to fund the fossil fuel industry. On Fri., Oct. 29 at 9 AM, get over to the Fossil Free Federal Reserve - Board of Governors, Constitution Ave. NW and 20th St. NW, WDC 20551. Email kathleen.brophy@sunriseproject.org. What's spookier than a Federal Reserve Chair driving us toward climate-related financial crisis? Is there anything more ghoulish than a Fed Chair who lets banks operate in the shadows? President Biden is considering re-nominating Trump-appointee Jerome Powell to head the Federal Reserve and time is running out. Protest Jerome Powell's failed leadership at the Federal Reserve and demand Biden appoint a climate champ to head the Fed! RSVP https://fossilfreefuture.earth/#join-us?link_id=5&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-take-these-digital-actions-now-contact-chase-bank&email_referrer=email_1333146&email_subject=_-our-day-of-action-is-just-days-away.

79] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Oct. 29 at noon.  Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

80] –On Fri., Oct. 29 from 1 to 3 PM, tune in to Pipelines and Ceilings: The Gender Gap in Nuclear Policy, sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center and hosted by the Project on Managing the Atom (MTA) as part of its Atomic Voices series.  This is a discussion forum for perspectives on diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the nuclear field. RSVP to receive the Zoom link: https://www.belfercenter.org/event/pipelines-and-ceilings-gender-gap-nuclear-policy. The field of national and international security, and nuclear policy in particular, has traditionally been predominantly white and predominantly male in composition. It remains so, despite the declared commitment of many organizations to attract women and minorities and earnest policies and practices to do so. Only about one-third of professionals in the WMD policy and research field are women. The gap is far wider for women of color.

81] – Phone banking is the highest impact volunteer activity you can do from home. Hundreds of thousands of Virginians have yet to vote early in this race. You can sign up here: https://events.democrats.org/event/416729/?utm_source=partners&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_1330358&email_subject=2-crucial-actions-virginia-race-build-back-better. The next opportunity is on Fri., Oct. 29 from 2 to 4 PM EDT and 6 to 8 PM EDT, and Sat., Oct 30 from noon to 2 PM EDT and 4 to 6 PM EDT.

82] –  Our Revolution Howard County and Indivisible HoCoMD continue their joint weekly action at the Gorman Road I-95 Overpass in support of HR1/SR 1, aka the Freedom to Vote Act on every Friday from 3:30 to 5:30 PM ET. Committed activists stand by large banners and wave at approximately 12,000 vehicles per hour as they whiz by. Go to https://www.facebook.com/Our-Revolution-Howard-1907025362884865/events/?ref=page_internal.

83] –Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of the Freedom to Vote Act! 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. If the Senate does not overcome the filibuster and pass this legislation, states may not have enough time to implement the legislation’s regulations before the 2022 midterm elections! Join activists around the country at a Common Cause virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support the vote! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/376178/?utm_source=PFAW to call on Fri., Oct. 29 from 4 to 6 PM and Sat., Oct. 30 from noon to 2 PM ET, 1 to 3 PM ET, and 6 to 8 PM ET.

84] – Jasmine Ruddy [info@medicare4all.org] would like you to join a Halloween-themed phone bank on Sat., Oct. 30 at 4 PM ET to promote Medicare for All. Sign up at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEuceCgpj0tGdWgH_Q4Awb5kd9OAXuGuPa8?akid=123680.162593.-VnXYY&rd=1&t=3. Then consider signing up on Mon., Nov. 1 at 7 PM ET to also promote Medicare for All. Visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqdeuoqT8pHdZsk1PM04WAP0JS7I1erYy2?akid=123680.162593.-VnXYY&rd=1&t=4.  Contact as many Medicare for All supporters in four key districts as possible and urge them to contact their representative.  These phone banks are part of the lead up to a national Day of Action on November 6th when Medicare for All supporters in each of the four districts will organize massive car caravans that include starting or ending at the office of each member of Congress.

85] -- 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 Oct. 29. 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.

86] – Check out the War on Terror Film Festival running through Sun., Oct. 31 at 6:30 PM EDT. The Festival is a month-long, public virtual event featuring 20 award-winning films made over the last 20 years that document abuses, highlight crimes, and satirize absurdities of the “war on terror. Since 9/11, filmmakers have shined a spotlight on the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq, indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay prison, torture, surveillance, and the targeting of Muslim communities in the US and Europe. The slate of films include documentary and narrative features and cut across genres from drama to comedy. The next dates for the virtual festival are October 29–31, with four films screened per weekend. The festival is entirely free and accessible to the public following registration.

Each film screening will be accompanied by a live discussion with filmmakers, survivors, actors, scholars, journalists, and resistors, who will reflect on the challenges of living through the policies of the “war on terror” and telling these stories. Confirmed panelists include Edward Snowden, Michael Moore, Rory Kennedy, Kate Davis, Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Laura Poitras, Dan Reed, Chris Morris, Amy Goodman, Jehane Noujaim, Glenn Greenwald, Alex Gibney, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Mat Whitecross, Jeremy Scahill, and many others. To register, go to wotfilmfestival.com.

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib will be shown on Fri., Oct. 29 at 6:30 PM EDT, followed by a panel discussion at 8 PM ET.  It will be rescreened on Tues., Nov. 2 at noon ET. Directed by Rory Kennedy, the film is an examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003.

  My Country, My Country, by Laura Poitras, will be shown on Oct. 30 at 9:30 AM EDT followed by a panel discussion at 1:30 PM ET. You can also watch the film on Sat., Oct. 30 at 3 PM ET and Wed., Nov. 3 at noon ET. Filmed in Baghdad, My Country, My Country tells the story of Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi doctor, father of six and Sunni political candidate. An outspoken critic of the U.S. occupation, he is equally passionate about the need to establish democracy in Iraq, arguing that Sunni participation in the January 2005 elections is essential. Yet all around him, Dr. Riyadh sees only chaos.

  Citizenfour by Laura Poitras stars Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald. A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. See it on Sat., Oct. 30 at 11:30 AM EDT and at 5 PM EDT and noon on Wed., Nov. 3. The panel discussion is on Sat., Oct. 30 at 1:30 PM EDT.

87] – The DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council [info@dncclimate.org] needs you to knock on doors.   Do some knocking on Sat., Oct. 30 from 9 AM to noon ET, noon to 3 PM ET, 3 to 6 PM ET, or 6 to 9 PM ET in Arlington, VA 22201.  The address is private, but it will be sent to you when you sign up: https://www.mobilize.us/virginiaturnoutproject/?address=Washington,+DC+20010,+USA&event_type=1&lat=38.9339046&lon=-77.03053899999999&start_date=2021-10-16T04:00:00.000Z&link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-2-crucial-actions-virginia-race-build-back-better&email_referrer=email_1330358&email_subject=2-crucial-actions-virginia-race-build-back-better.

88] – Bikemore tells me that every Saturday from 9 AM to noon through Oct. 30, Baltimore City Recreation and Parks brings out their fleet of bikes for adults and youth so you can rent them for free to ride around Lake Montebello.  Pedal around Lake Montebello on the 1.3-mile paved track. To check out a bike, a current government issue Id is required. This is an easy self-paced ride.  First come, first served.  Due to COVID-19 physical distancing requirements, all participants will be required to provide/wear PPE aligning with Maryland regulations and are expected to maintain physical distancing throughout the program. Email bcrp.bikes@baltimorecity.gov.  Visit https://www.bikemore.net/event/rides-around-lake-montebello-m2jbp-3p52g-eb9am-mkzcy-7zcgr-55jrr-7sthw-er6p7-d8szg.

89] – On Sat., Oct. 30 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.

90] – On Sat., Oct. 30 at noon ET, "MARCH TO THE POLLS" starting at Freedom High School, Riding Center Drive. Exercise your right to vote with the Loudon County, VA NAACP. Safely vote early and absentee.  Fight Voter Suppression.

91] –Future Coalition [info@futurecoalition.org] needs your help with phone banking on Sat., Oct. 30 from 3:45 to 5 PM ET.  This is part of the Virginia mobilization as the elections are rapidly approaching, and turnout is critical.  This is especially in communities whose vote has been traditionally suppressed. Future Coalition is the leading organization behind progressive youth activism. The completely youth-led team is providing young people with the tools, resources, and support to power their ideas and amplify their impact around the nation.  Virginians will elect a governor, a lieutenant governor, attorney general, and state delegates and these newly elected policymakers will decide the future of the state’s voting rights laws.   Join in for a youth-led guided phone bank to call young voters of color in Virginia every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday until Election Day: https://www.mobilize.us/cfcg-rov/event/419798/?link_id=6&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-virginia-phone-banking-rsvp-now&email_referrer=email_1331244&email_subject=help-needed-virginia-mobilization. 

92] – Music for Peace: Introducing Samuel Andonian and Alice Chenyang Xu is happening on Sat., Oct. 30 from 7:30 to 9 PM EDT. The musicians will play a variety of music ranging from Bach through Clara Schumann to contemporary Shulamit Ran. The concert will be performed live at Harvard-Epworth Methodist Church for a limited number of socially distanced attendees, who must already have completed their COVID-19 vaccinations and be masked during the event. It will also be livestreamed for those who prefer to watch online from home, or if the number of in-person attendees has been reached. Buy tickets at https://secure.everyaction.com/c4RwuT-zMUSJgMHbvb56pg2.  This is a benefit for Massachusetts Peace Action.  The price of a ticket is $25 for Mass. Peace Action members, $35 for non-members, $100 for supporters, $10 for students and low income folks. Reserve your tickets online, or call 617-354-2169 with credit card number.

93] -- This is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22, 2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.

  Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218.  Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.

94] – 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.

95] – 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 5^th 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.

96] – Check out “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.

97] – 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.  

98] -- 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.

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

100] -- 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.

101] – 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