Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Baltimore Activist Alert -- April 8 - 14, 2025

29] Stop the execution of two Kurdish women

30] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – April 8, 9, 10 & 14

31] Save research – April 8

32] Stop the SAVE act – April 8

33] Baltimore PDA organizing call – April 8

34] DSA Labor Working Group – April 8 

35] Socialist climate politics – April 8

36] Single payer insurance – April 8

37] No billionaires – April 9 - 10

38] Solitary Watch – April 9

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29] –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

30] – 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., April 8, Wed., April 9, Thurs., April 10 and Mon., April 14.  Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

31] –On Tues., April 8 at 4 PM in the Upper Senate Park, 200 New Jersey Ave. NW, WDC, end the cuts: Save Live saving Research, Healthcare, and Education. By cutting funds to lifesaving research and medical care, the Trump administration is abandoning families who are suffering and costing taxpayers billions of dollars. These cuts are dangerous to our health, and dangerous to our economy. RSVP at https://www.killthecuts.org/

32] – Phone Bank virtually with Common Cause: STOP THE SAVE ACT on Tuesdays through April 29 from 6 to 8 PM ET.  This week phone bank on April 8. 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

33] – Note: when I tried to register, the link did not work. Dan O'Neal [dan@pdamerica.org] on Tues., April 8 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM ET is inviting you to join a PDA Baltimore Chapter Organizing Committee Zoom. This is an Organizing Call to combat Trump, Musk, Project 2025 and the Whole MAGA Agenda. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dr8YJnQkTZekpYcdAFBuWw

 PDA activists in the Baltimore area plan to start a Chapter Organizing Committee. Over 20 years ago, Progressive Democrats of America was created to promote progressive policies and to get progressives elected to office. PDA always sought to join with others in the fight to build a mass progressive movement based on working class values for long-term progressive change so needed in our country. This attack on core Democratic values and the rule of law has never happened before. Join the resistance and move into a better position to take on the MAGA onslaught.

34] – The Metro DC DSA Labor Working Group is having a hybrid meeting on Tues., April 8 from 6 to 7:30 PM at the MLK Library 401- F Conference Room, 901 G St. NW, WDC 20001. Contact Zachary T. at 914-357-0696. At this meeting, discuss updates from ongoing labor campaigns, identifying action steps for solidarity, and sharing opportunities for further organizing. At this meeting, we will be discussing updates from ongoing labor campaigns, identifying action steps for solidarity, and sharing opportunities for further organizing. The Labor Working Group is a holding monthly hybrid meeting to discuss these challenges and map out a plan of action to combat them. Email labor@mdcdsa.org. Zoom link will be sent after you sign up. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-working-group-april-meeting?clear_id=true&link_id=33&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-03062025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_2653438&email_subject=03132025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&& 

35]  – On Tues., April 8 from 7 to 9 PM at the Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Road NW, WDC 20009, join Metro DC DSA for a conversation on socialist climate politics with Dr. Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Georgetown professor, DSA member, and author of Reconsidering Reparations and Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)! The neoliberal climate agenda has failed us, and as we face down four years of backsliding on environmental issues at the federal level, the need for locally-driven movements to advance transformative climate justice policy and build the green new deal from the ground up has never been more urgent. You can attend virtually when you RSVP, under "Instructions from Your Host." RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/the-burning-case-for-a-socialist-green-new-deal-a-conversation-with-dr-olufemi-taiwo?clear_id=true&link_id=36&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-03272025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_2680596&email_subject=04032025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&

36] – One Payer States [info+one-payer-states-info@email.actionnetwork.org] on Tues., April 8 at 8 PM ET is holding the OPS 2nd Tuesday Meeting with Alan Minsky, Progressive Democrats of America. Join a strategy discussion on how best to save and improve Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare. Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is in the fight to restore our democracy in this time of extreme peril -- and to win single-payer, universal healthcare at the state and national levels.

Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/7sfJ4elgRj6gBdAxEOBVWg?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-saving-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid-alan-minsky-pda&email_referrer=email_2688339&email_subject=saving-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid-alan-minsky-pda&&#/registration

37] – Make Fossil Fuel Billionaires Pay on Wed., April 9 from 1 to 4 PM ET. Big Oil and Gas billionaires are working hand-in-hand with Trump and Republicans in Congress on a budget agenda that will take more money out of your pockets and sicken our communities just to boost their staggering profits. WE CANNOT ALLOW $4 trillion+ tax cuts for billionaires, corporations, and polluters, at the expense of cutting $2 trillion in federal spending for Medicaid, SNAP, housing, and climate investments. There is a press event at the Supreme Court at 1 PM ET, and at 3 PM ET join a Storytelling Action in the Hart Senate Office Building. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/cpda/event/771594/?referring_vol=426637&rname=Drew&share_context=event_details&share_medium=copy_link&link_id=4&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-sign-now-stop-this-supersized-southeast-fossil-fuel-pipeline&email_referrer=email_2688214&email_subject=join-us-in-dc-to-make-polluters-pay-taxes-this-week&&

On Thurs., April 10 at noon in Upper Senate Park: Make Billionaires Pay their Fair Share! The event is organized by Fair Share America and Unrig Our Economy. Join members of Congress and tax fairness advocates and constituents from across the country at the U.S. Capitol to stand against taking away services working people depend on—from health care like Medicaid, to public education, food assistance, care for children, seniors, and the disabled, housing, and more—in order to pay for more tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Momentum is growing all over the country as we stand up for everyday families and push back in the name of fairness and common sense. Ensure that members of Congress know: the people oppose more tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations — it’s time they pay their fair share!  Join in on Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@FairShareAmerica

There are several speakers including U.S. Representative Brendan Boyle (D-PA-2), Ranking Member, House Budget Committee & event co-host. Visit https://www.fairshareusa.org/rally-to-say-no-to-tax...

38] – The National Religious Campaign against Torture [nrcatlist@nrcat.org] on Wed., April 9 at noon ET is holding a webinar “How to Become a Lifeline.”  Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rUTzHzsGQsC5mTriYnd1eQ#/registration?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=04da2e13-de12-4650-9c3c-54a6d1e03fcb.

Join in to learn about how you can partner with NRCAT to correspond with those currently enduring the torture of solitary confinement through a national pen pal program developed by Solitary Watch called Lifelines to Solitary.  Over the last decade, Solitary Watch has grown the Lifelines to Solitary program to reach people in solitary using their list of more than 4,500 people in long-term isolation. Learn how your faith community can provide a spark of human connection by becoming a lifeline!

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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