Baltimore Activist Alert – August 31 – September 1, 2025

Baltimore Activist Alert – August 31 – September 1, 2025

 "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 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] Need help in archiving activist material

4] Get the book A Bag of Snakes

5] Get the book Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois

6] Get with the Avelo Takedown – Aug. 31

7] Friends meeting – Aug. 31

8] "Labor Power Can Beat Fascism"– Aug. 31

9] DSA member for city council – Aug. 31

10] Doctors against genocide – Aug. 31

11] DSA canvas for a member – Aug. 31

12] DNC and Gaza – Aug. 31

13] Pilgrimage around Laudato Si’ – Sept. 1

14] Vigil at the Pentagon – Sept. 1

15] Baltimore Sign Wave – Sept. 1

16] Greenbelt Labor Day Parade – Sept. 1

17] Labor Day at McKeldin Square – Sept. 1

18] MOCO Labor Day actions – Sept. 1

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1] – Buttons, bumper stickers 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] –  Janice Sevre-Duszynska needs some assistance in archiving her activist material.  If you are interested in this project, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

4] – Barry Lee Burnside, a gaggle of great writers and copy editors are making available “A Bag of Snakes: Selected Writings on Prisons and the Death Penalty by Murphy Davis and Eduard Loring. Edited by Barry Lee Burnside.” Ed indicates the book will be available for sale on April 13, and is asking you to pre-order your copy. Your donation will provide a needed financial boost for the printing costs. The suggested donation is $20 for one copy; and $30 for your copy and an additional copy for a prisoner or someone in need. Any donation is appreciated. More or less you will receive the book.  Barry and the team have spent over two years putting this book together. It begins with outlines and notes found in the boxes of materials Murphy left when she ascended. The work is a work of love, and all involved are proud of the fruit borne by seeds nourished in good soil.

 To order by postal mail, make your check to Open Door Community.  Send it to Open Door Community, PO Box 10980, Baltimore 21234.  For any questions, contact David Payne at 404-290-2047 or davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org.

5] – Another book to consider purchasing is Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois. His new book is both memoir and position-paper, and it makes the case that the Roman Catholic Church is a corrupt system that spits out truth-tellers. The crime he was excommunicated for was attending the ordination ceremony of Janice Sevre-Duszynska in Lexington, Kentucky, in August 2008. The ordination was under the auspices of the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests.  The Vatican’s response has been to excommunicate any woman who has the audacity to see herself as a priest equal to a male priest. You can purchase a copy from Amazon or by Kindle.

Here are two quotes to contemplate: “I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men. She is to keep silent.” – Timothy 1, 2:12-13.  “If the patriarchy that dominates the church is not dismantled and women are not treated as equals, the church will continue to diminish and, eventually, die.” – Roy Bourgeois.

6] – Get with the Avelo Takedown on Sun., Aug. 31 from 10 AM to noon. Join in for a banner drop and sign wave (and dance party!)  Most people don't know what Avelo is doing to support ICE and its lawless deportations. Public awareness will help get Avelo out of BWI and Maryland for good! Sign-up for location https://www.mobilize.us/indivisibleglenburnie/event/834691/

7] – Homewood Friends Meeting [homewoodfriends@gmail.com] gathers for worship on Sundays at 10:30 AM at 3107 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218 and on Zoom.  There is a heat policy when temperatures exceed 90 degrees.  Thus the meeting will be in the dining room. A simple lunch will take place after the 10:30 AM worship. Call 410-235-4438. To join by Zoom, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/255867065?pwd=UDNxVnlVSkZQOHlXWlc3NHpHeHdhZz09#success

8] – The Baltimore Ethical Society invites you on Sundays at 10:30 AM for a platform presentation on Zoom or at the Impact Hub Baltimore, 10 E. North Ave., Baltimore 21202. Email president@bmorethical.org. Masks are optional. On Sun., Aug. 31 it will be a virtual gathering starting at 11 AM entitled "Labor Power Can Beat Fascism" by Hamilton Nolan. BES will meet at 10:30 AM, using the Zoom link provided. At 11 AM, the AEU Platform will take place. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RYyued3DTVid8SZJUlitsw#/registration

The August All-Societies Platform is a collaboration with the New York Society for Ethical Culture.  This Labor Day, the outlook for organized labor power in America is grim. Already, the Trump administration has decimated the federal work force, torn up union contracts, broken our system of labor law enforcement, and pushed us down the road to fascism and oligarchy. Despite all that, however, one fundamental, structural truth has not changed: Labor power is still one of the only things that can pull us back from this precipice. What would that look like? Let’s talk about it.  Nolan is an author and journalist who writes about labor, politics, and class war.

9] – Join the Omodamola Williams for Gaithersburg City Council Canvass on Sun., Aug. 31 from 11 AM to 1 PM. Meet at the Gaithersburg High School, 101 Education Blvd, Gaithersburg 20877. Join the Montgomery County DSA for a weekend of canvassing for a MDC DSA member and endorsed candidate for Gaithersburg City Council. Omo is running to get rent stabilization in the city, increased police accountability, giving municipal workers the right to collectively bargain and more!  Meet in the parking lot for a brief training and list gathering. Please have miniVAN and Signal installed on your phone before arriving. Call 240-855-7846. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/omodamola-for-gaithersburg-city-council-canvass-831-11am-1pm?link_id=85&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-22-2025&email_referrer=email_2866069&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-29-2025&&

10] – Doctors against Genocide [info@doctorsagainstgenocide.org] on Sun., Aug. 31 at noon ET wants you to check out the upcoming webinar “Global Structures Driving Genocide and Starvation,” which will address urgent health crises in regions facing famine, displacement, and systemic violence. This session will include critical medical guidance on starvation, refeeding syndrome in famine conditions, and sexual violence in Congo and Sudan. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aUUzycRDSwaem750Nc6iFg

11] –  On Sun., Aug. 31 from 2 to 4 PM, join the Montgomery County DSA for a weekend of canvassing for MDC DSA member and endorsed candidate Omodamola Williams for Gaithersburg City Council. Omo is running to get rent stabilization in the city, increased police accountability, giving municipal workers the right to collectively bargain and more! Meet in the parking lot of Gaithersburg High School, 101 Education Blvd., Gaithersburg 20877 for a brief training and list gathering. Then split off to the many homes in the neighborhood. Please have miniVAN and Signal installed on your phone before arriving.  Call 240-855-7846. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/omodamola-for-gaithersburg-city-council-canvass-831-2pm-4pm?link_id=86&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-22-2025&email_referrer=email_2866069&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-29-2025&&

12] – Alan Minsky for Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] hopes you will attend on Sun., Aug. 31 at 4 PM ET the weekly Town Hall.  Get a report back from the DNC meeting held in Minneapolis this past week. A number of new progressive-supported Party rules and bylaws were passed there, along with some excellent progressive resolutions, including one that calls for the elimination of dark money from all Party caucuses and primaries, including the race for the Democratic Presidential nominee. There were two competing resolutions on Gaza. PDA supported Resolution 18, which resembled Rep. Delia Ramirez's excellent Block the Bombs Act, and was introduced by Florida DNC member Allison Minnerly. In spite of our best efforts, Resolution 18 was voted down in committee, where an alternative resolution, much more sympathetic to Israel, was passed.

 However, DNC Chair Ken Martin intervened at this point and withdrew both resolutions and, in coordination with Allison Minnerly (among others), announced the formation of a special commission to study how the Party should respond to the war on Gaza. Many activists and pro-Palestinians advocates were understandably frustrated at what they saw as more deflection by the DNC and denial by its members. Still, Chairman Martin's action when he pulled the pro-Israeli resolution that had been supported by the committee was the opposite of what the pro-Israel lobby groups wanted. Indeed, this was far from what we wanted too, but at the same time it was a major setback for AIPAC.

PDA will renew its bonds of support and vow of solidarity with the American and International Labor Movement. Then, the will be a discussion how PDA can best work in coordination with organized labor and the Democratic Party to defend and strengthen our constitutional republic, rebuild a prosperous middle-class society, and vanquish Trumpism. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4?emci=8fb592f5-5c7f-f011-b484-6045bdeb7413&emdi=3c70b4b0-7c7f-f011-b484-6045bdeb7413&ceid=2907617#/registration

13] – Join thousands of Catholics in an unprecedented effort to lift a unified voice around Laudato Si’ and the importance of care for creation in the United States and the Catholic Church. 120+ Catholic communities across the United States are organizing local pilgrimages as sacred opportunities to pray for the grace to encounter Christ in Creation and renew relationships with God, the Earth, and one another. Join a Pilgrimage of Hope for Creation during the Season of Creation—September 1 to October 4. Sign up at https://catholicpilgrimsofhope.org/how-to/?utm_source=ISN+Updates+List&utm_campaign=d58dbcde1e-NEWS_VOICES_020720_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f721035495-d58dbcde1e-257628616&mc_cid=d58dbcde1e&mc_eid=6d27546950

14] – 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 Sept. 1, 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 begins at 8 AM.  No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds. The restrooms are located inside Marriot Providence Inn on corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr.

15] –  Baltimore Sign Waves on Mon., Sept. 1 from 7:30 to 8:30 AM will be at West Northern Parkway & Roland Ave., Baltimore 21210. Join in the waving of pro-democracy signs! Bring your sign or just show up. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/793151/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

16] – March in the Greenbelt Labor Day Parade on Mon., Sept. 1 starting at 9:30 AM and ending at noon. Be at Ivy & Lastner, Lastner Lane & Ivy Lane, Greenbelt 20770.  Call 301-501-0485. Join with the Frankie Fritz Float. https://actionnetwork.org/events/greenbelt-labor-day-parade-frankie-delegation?link_id=87&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-22-2025&email_referrer=email_2866069&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-29-2025

17] – On Mon., Sept. 1 gather at 10 AM for a rally at McKeldin Plaza. Visit https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/830794/ https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/830794/

 On Labor Day, the plan is to march, as part of the Workers over Billionaires day of action, to Atlas HQ to rally against the Smith family/Sinclair empire of influence within Baltimore, and the connection to misinformation. The Don't Feed the Fox portion of the march will be quick- a few blocks to and from Atlas HQ. Be there at 11 AM at S. President and Fleet Streets.  Visit https://mobilize.us/s/qTDs5x

18] – On Mon., Sept. 1, get with Montgomery County for Workers over Billionaires. Stop the billionaire takeover and rampant corruption of the Trump administration. Protect and defend Medicaid, Social Security, and other programs for working people. Fully funded schools, and healthcare and housing for all. Stop the attacks on immigrants, Black, indigenous, Trans people, and all our communities. Invest in people not wars. There is Info at https://maydaystrong.org/

From 10 AM to 7 PM in Gaithersburg, get over to the Muddy Branch Overpass, 383 Muddy Branch Road. Visit https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/830437/

From 10 AM to noon, visit Leisure World, MD at International Drive & Georgia Avenue in Aspen Hill. See https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/830182/

From 10 AM to noon in Rockville, be at Redland Boulevard & Frederick Road.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/832361/

From 10 AM to 11:30 AM in Silver Spring, get over to Route 29 at Colesville Road and I-495 Beltway Overpass, Go to https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/827968/

From 10 AM to 11:30 AM in Silver Spring, go to Seminary and Linden Lane and I-495 Overpass.  See https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/831496/

From 11 AM to 2 PM in Olney cruise on over to Georgia Avenue & Olney-Laytonsville Road, RSVP https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/830976/

To be continued

Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, and 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