Baltimore Activist Alert -- May 21 - 22, 2024

24] Mobile Bike Shop – May 21

25] Russia out of Ukraine – May 21

26] Grandparents for Truth – May 21

27] Medicare for All meeting – May 21

28] Learn how to fight climate chaos – May 21

29] Genocide in Gaza and Repression at Home – May 21

30] Critical issues in Women Veterans’ Health – May 21

31] Corporate accountability for climate chaos – May 21

32] South Africa, Palestine & the World Court – May 21

33] Hear from Rep. Ilhan Omar – May 21

34] Tectonic changes – May 22

35] Protest Blue Angels – May 22

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24] –Get over to a Mobile Bike Shop on Tues., May 21 from 4 to 7 PM at Lake Montebello, Whitman Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218. RSVP at https://secure.everyaction.com/tUkL3CN_xkuSJyl_JBJ8Gw2

25] – Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., May 21 from 5 to 5:30 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout Europe.  Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use of nuclear weapons.  Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant. Now they are stationed in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe.   Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.

26] – People for the American Way [alerts@pfaw.org] wants you to know about Grandparents For Truth on Tues., May 21 at 6 PM ET.  This is a chance to attend a training – and for your chance to win a Grandparents for Truth t-shirt!  Learn about efforts to fight back against censorship efforts nationwide! During the call you will have an opportunity to hear what Grandparents for Truth is planning in 2024, how you can form or join a local club near you, and to hear from a Grandparent for Truth who has been a member since the beginning of the campaign! RSVP at https://peoplefor.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d1umYY4eSW2orQBOlhzIQg#/registration

27] – On Tues., May 21 from 6 to 7 PM ET, the Northern Virginia DSA chapter is hosting a Medicare for All Working Group Meeting.  RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-medicare-for-all-working-group-meeting-tuesday-may-21-at-6pm?clear_id=true&link_id=14&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-157&email_referrer=email_2315327&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events

 A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP. Discuss the Medicare for All Resolution campaign in Arlington and plan other actions to ensure healthcare as a human right. The group meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month.

28] – CCAN [info@chesapeakeclimate.org] on Tues., May 21 at 6:30 PM ET wants you to learn how to fight climate change by developing a story that communicates values that called you to get involved in the climate movement at this time. Join an Organizing 101 training miniseries via Zoom.  Did you know that YOU have the power to make real change in the world? Through grassroots organizing, people can motivate others to join in taking action to fight climate change.  RSVP at https://act.chesapeakeclimate.org/page/65849/data/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=membership&utm_content=Membership-Organizing+miniseries-0424-c3+A&ea.url.id=2476991

29] –Check out Genocide in Gaza and Repression at Home on Wed., May 22 at 7 PM ET an online discussion.  Earlier this year it was revealed that the Israeli state set up a top-level task force to carry out covert operations on U.S. campuses aimed at suppressing opposition to its genocide against Gazans. As Palestinian solidarity has taken off on U.S. university campuses, administrators have responded by suspending free speech and the right to assembly and by calling in riot police to violently repress peaceful student and faculty protesters. It is clear that the war on Palestinians is also a war on all those of us who stand against genocide and who oppose U.S. government and corporate support for it. William I. Robinson, distinguished professor of sociology and global studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara, will address the Academic Repression of Israel's Critics. Register at masspeace.us/Gaza.Home.Connection

30] –Check out Critical issues in Women Veterans’ Health online on Tues., May 21 at 7 PM ET. What are the current and future needs, and how to meet those needs in a range of disciplines?  Focus on the critical issues facing disabled women veterans at the VA and the challenges women veterans face on returning to civilian life. Examine the new Disabled American Veteran (DAV) report on women veterans' mental health and suicide. Register at masspeace.us/women-veterans-health

31] – Taylor Smith-Hams, 350.org [350@350.org] thinks you will be interested in an event on Tues., May 21 at 7 PM ET – Corporate Accountability / Finance Campaigns.   RSVP at https://350org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvf-yoqDMpG9PbGKzmWbXzeNvV680rx_8x?source=em2024M0419-1-120-MD-us#/registration

 Join every Tuesday at 7 PM ET to dive deep into utility campaigning! Each session will feature different guest speakers who will share their expertise and then lead attendees in interactive breakout sessions through July 16. The 350 Network Council is also hosting a special session on Thursday, May 23 at 7 PM.

32] – CODEPINK [info@codepink.org] will hold a discussion on Tues., May 21 at 8 PM ET about South Africa, Palestine & the World Court. Join in for the CODEPINK Congress Capitol Calling Party!  Also discuss UN efforts to secure full voting membership for Palestine. RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/cpc521?utm_campaign=cp052124&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink

 A featured guest is Francis Boyle, a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law.  Boyle served on the board of Amnesty International, as counsel to Bosnia and Herzegovina and to the Provisional Government of the State of Palestine. He has represented two associations of citizens within Bosnia and was involved in developing the indictment against Slobodan Milosević for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also hear from Sam Husseini, a Jordanian-Palestinian independent journalist based in Washington, D.C, and the founder of VotePact.org, which fosters left-right cooperation. He is also communications director for the Institute for Public Accuracy, a consortium of policy analysts.

33] –Peace Action [info@peaceaction.org] wants you to join in on Tues., May 21 from 8:30 to 9 PM ET to hear from Rep. Ilhan Omar LIVE!  She will answer your questions about Gaza and peace politics. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hSLGRbSqTYi12Y-aZyz6HA?emci=1501fb3f-e711-ef11-96f3-6045bdd9e096&emdi=2986d1e8-e911-ef11-96f3-6045bdd9e096&ceid=218683#/registration

34] –  Joseph Gerson, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security [josephcgerson-gmail.com@shared1.ccsend.com] wants you to attend on Wed., May 22 from noon to 1:30 PM ET THE WORLD’S TECTONIC GEOPOLITICAL CHANGES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vshfgspFQrGsZyfoAjrcOg#/registration

35] – Peace and Climate Activists to Protest Blue Angels Airshow on Wed., May 22 at 1:30 PM ET in downtown Annapolis at City Dock by the Alex Haley statue to highlight the US military as the world’s single largest institutional emitter of greenhouse gasses. The Cost of Wars Project found that the US military pollution had accounted for 1.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, which amounts to 257 million passenger cars annually. They compared this astonishing output and found it to be higher than the emissions from whole countries like Sweden, Morocco, and Switzerland. To join the protest meet at Gott's Garage at 12:30 PM for final message check in and travel together down the hill to City Dock to be set up shortly after 1 PM. To participate, email ellene4pj@yahoo.com

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