Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 4 to 10

27] Stop the execution of two Kurdish women

28] Ignore Trump’s balderdash – March 4

29] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – March 4- 6 & 10

30] Support SAVE act – March 4

31] Know your Rights – March 4

32] TPNW review – March 4

33] Medicare for All – March 4 

34] CODEPINK hoodwinked by Trump – March 4

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27] –The Islamic regime in Iran is using execution verdicts as a desperate act to suppress peaceful demonstrations and protests due to the disastrous economic condition in Iran.  The judicial system in Iran executes innocent activist and individuals by forced confessions, torture and sham trials.  The unjust death sentences for Pakhshan Azizi and Varisheh Moradi is another act of desperation by the Islamic Republic’s use of capital punishment to suppress members of minority communities and terrorize Iranian women who are fighting tirelessly for their rights as equal citizens of Iran.  You are asked to show your urgent support for contacting the United Nations Human Rights office and Iranian mission at United Nations to demand the Islamic republic of Iran stop the unjust execution verdicts for both women and hundreds of other prisoners on death row in Iran. These prisoners must receive fair trials according to international judicial standards, including the right for all prisoners to independent counsels. 

 Contact the permanent mission of Iran, 622 Third Avenue, 34th Floor, NEW YORK, NY 10017 -- https://geneva.mfa.gov.ir or Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Palais Wilson, 52 rue des Pâquis, CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland -- ohchr-InfoDesk@un.org On Tues., March 4 from 7 - 8:30 PM ET, enjoy Habitant Gardening for Birds: Intro Webinar. Learn the basics of how to transform your home, school, work, or community space into a bird and butterfly paradise! Audubon experts will share practical tips and scientific support for gardening with native plants and making our neighborhoods more resilient. Explore resources needed to beautify your outdoor space and attract birds, butterflies, and other beneficial wildlife! RSVP at https://md.audubon.org/events/habitat-gardening-birds-intro-webinar?ms=aud-email-_(midatl)_ama_md_programming_february_march_2025&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=_(midatl)_ama_md_programming_february_march_2025&emci=5e01f646-22ea-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&emdi=b2049753-beeb-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&ceid=2504878

28] –Senator Chris Murphy [moveon-help@list.moveon.org] on Tues., March 4 at 8:15 to 10:30 PM wants you to join a Live Chat and Pre-buttal to Trump's address to Congress. Instead of listening to Trump ramble through his lies, fearmongering, and gloating, check out a mix of fact-checking and, most importantly, opportunities to take action against Trump and Elon's billionaire takeover ... and, yes, some good old-fashioned snark. For the 30 minutes before the speech, hear a live conversation with lawmakers, advocates, commentators, and comedians—to lift up our spirits, lift up the stakes of what's happening in this country, and lift up compelling ways all of us can mobilize and organize the opposition.

 Then during the speech itself, we'll kick off a real-time, rapid-response chatroom. You'll still be able to hear his speech (sorry) while reading our reactions and rebuttals along the way. With 10 or 20 of us commenting together, it should be robust and entertaining, giving you a dynamic way to cut through his nonsense, give opportunities to take action, and maybe even a reason to smile. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/moveon/event/759136/?rd=1&t=3

29] – Jewish Voice for Peace is doing a Power Half-Hour for Gaza: Channel grief & outrage into action to stop a genocide.  A year into the genocide in Gaza, we are overwhelmed with sorrow and rage. There are no words to describe the devastating pain of the past year in which the Israeli military has killed over 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 17,000 children. The International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court have both declared that Israel must stop the genocidal acts being committed on the Palestinian people. And the U.S. government is actively supporting the Israeli military as it wreaks devastation on the over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza. JVP continues to come together as a political community in its daily half-hour to take action, Monday through Friday, for the past year. Join in and take collective action to demand an arms embargo to Israel, immediate end to the genocide, a lasting ceasefire and an end to Israeli siege, apartheid, occupation, and oppression of Palestinians and Lebanon. All are welcome. All are needed. Get involved at 3 PM ET on Tues., March 4, Wed., March 5, Thurs., March 6 & Mon., March 10.  Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

30] – Phone Bank virtually with Common Cause: STOP THE SAVE ACT on Tuesdays, March 4, 11 & 18 and Thursdays, March 6 & 13 from 6 to 8 PM ET.  Join Common Cause for an important phone bank to mobilize voters to take action against the dangerous SAVE Act and advocate for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. The SAVE Act threatens to make it harder for millions of Americans—especially students, seniors, and veterans—to cast their ballots. Ensure voters across the country call their representatives and demand they protect the freedom to vote. A full training will take place at the start of each shift! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/758610/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual

31] –  On Tues., March 4 at 7 PM ET, join CODEPINK and NLG Chicago at a Know Your Rights Community Safety Training for Direct Actions. Bring questions, thoughts, and a friend! Whether in the streets or online, we must protect ourselves from intensified surveillance and criminalization. It is more important than ever to be visible for Palestine, for the environment and for the liberation of all peoples. And we can only do that by keeping each other safe and supported!  Email Grace · grace@codepink.org. RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/kyt34?utm_campaign=march_iwwd_member_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink  

32] – Joseph Gerson, The Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security [joseph@cpdcs.ccsend.com] on Tues., March 4 from 7 to 9:30 PM ET wants you to know that the 3rd Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will be taking place. The nuclear weapons states are all upgrading the nuclear arsenals. This also comes amidst tectonic geopolitical transformations and shortly after the Nobel Committee sent an urgent message to the world by awarding its Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- & H- Bomb Sufferers Organizations. To build our movements and to advance their coordination, the International Peace Bureau, the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, and Peace Action New York State have organized an international forum with an extraordinary array of speakers. Register to attend online:   https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zA04NFd3TaWmMjy03ekK8Q#/registration

33] – The Northern Virginia DSA Medicare for All Working Group [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] will be meeting virtually on Tues., March 4 from 6 to 7 PM ET. A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-medicare-for-all-working-group-meeting-tuesday-march-4th-at-6pm/?clear_id=true&link_id=26&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-200&email_referrer=email_2633550&email_subject=02272025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events

Discuss ongoing campaigns working towards universal healthcare in northern Virginia.  The group meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The meetings are open to the public for all who support healthcare as a human right.

34] – Despite talk of cutting government waste, DOGE has yet to slash the bloated $900 billion Pentagon budget. Unfortunately, CODEPINK seems to think mega-billionaire Elon Musk and his 20-something techies will cut the Pentagon budget.  Trump will increase the military budget.  On Tues., March 4 at 8 PM ET, join a CODEPINK Congress Capitol Calling Party with Col. (ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson who served as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-2005), and as Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass. RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/cpc304?utm_campaign=march_iwwd_member_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink

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

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