52]
Phone bank for climate justice
legislation -- Feb. 19
53]
Build safety from ICE -- Feb. 19
54]
DSA social --
Feb. 19
55]
Baltimore History evenings – Feb. 19
56] Trump acts like a king – Feb. 19
57] Solidarity with Venezuela – Feb. 19
58]
Writing workshop – Feb. 19
59] Campaign for Victory – Feb. 19
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52] – CCAN
Action Fund [info@ccanactionfund.org] on Tues., Feb. 24 from 6 to 8 PM wants
you to get involved by joining a phone bank to help pass climate justice
legislation. This will continue through April 7. Sign up here: https://act.chesapeakeclimate.org/page/92348/data/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=mdce&utm_content=MD-Postcard+team+signup-0126-C4+B&ea.url.id=4483621
The first Thursday afternoon phone
bank is on Feb. 19 from noon to 2 PM. The phone banks will continue
through April 2. The first virtual post card huddle will be on Mon., Feb. 23
from 7 to 8 PM. The postcards AND the stamps will be mailed to you— all you
need to do is show up and write to your legislators. Join Detention Watch
Network [program@detentionwatchnetwork.org] for the second webinar of the MELT
ICE Series: Detention and Resistance under Trump on Thurs., Feb. 19th
from 4 PM to 5:30 PM ET. This webinar will examine the rapid expansion of
immigrant detention and escalating violence under Trump’s second presidency,
including record deaths in ICE custody and deadly enforcement actions in our
communities. People who are resisting will be highlighted through DWN’s
Communities Not Cages campaign, and organizers from Kansas, California, and
Florida will share about their local work. RSVP at
https://detentionwatchnetwork.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/detentionwatchnetwork/event.jsp?event=525&
53] – On Thurs., Feb. 19 from 6:15 to 8:15 PM, join Metro DC DSA
Abolition Working Group and Political Education Working Group as well as
partners in the struggle, to connect with neighbors and learn how ICE and the
systems of state-enforced immigration surveillance, control, and violence
interconnect with the criminal legal system that also polices and incarcerates
our US citizen neighbors and community members. This will be a virtual
discussion of how to build safety for all of us, without sacrificing some
community members for the illusion of safety for everyone else, and how we can
push back against narratives that want violence against our immigrant neighbors
to be invisible and normalized. Email politicaleducation@mdcdsa.org. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/ice-out-and-abolition-how-we-build-true-safety-for-all-of-us?clear_id=true&link_id=8&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-02052026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-2&email_referrer=email_3095463&email_subject=02122026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&
54] – On
Thurs., Feb. 19 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Quincy Beer Hall, 4001 Fairfax Dr.,
Arlington, VA 22203, the Northern Virginia DSA is doing a social meetup on the
Third Thursday. Email novabranch@mdcdsa.org. The hall is one
BLOCK from BALLSTON-MU METRO stop or four BLOCKS FROM VIRGINIA SQUARE-GMU METRO
stop. Covid-19 Vaccine+latest booster is required for attendance. You do not
need to be a DSA member to attend. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-social-meetup-nova-branch-dsa-february-19th-630pm?clear_id=true&link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-02052026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-2&email_referrer=email_3095463&email_subject=02122026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&
55] – William
Barry [billbarry21214@gmail.com] is listing below the Baltimore History
Evenings schedule for 2026. See the Baltimore History Evenings schedule
for 2026. The line-up this year offers a stimulating variety of talks about our
city’s rich past, from environmental history and labor history to McCarthyism,
the fight for Black equality, and public arts activism. This free
lecture-and-discussion series is held on the third Thursday of the month
through June at The Village Learning Place, 2521 St. Paul St., with a reception
at 7 PM and a program start time at 7:30 PM. Public Mechanics/Thursday,
February 19 / The Legacy of Trailblazing African American Attorneys of
Baltimore City / Domonique Flowers, attorney and adjunct professor of American
Legal History, University of Baltimore. Thursday, March 19 / Smash the Color
Line: Interracial Working-Class Solidarity in 19th and 20th Century Maryland /
Alexis Cathcart, Ph.D. candidate in History, Morgan State University/Thursday,
April 16 / The Red Scare in 1950s Baltimore / Bill Barry, former director of
Labor Studies at CCBC-Dundalk/Thursday, May 21 / From FOIA Lawsuits to
Reparative Actions: An Archival Process of Uncovering and Confronting Legacies
of Oppression / Andrea Conte, Baltimore-based filmmaker, writer, and public
records researcher/Thursday, June 18 / The Graffiti Squad: From the Baltimore
Mural Program to Graffiti Alley, 1975–Present / Menika Dirkson, associate
professor of African American History, Morgan State University
56] – The
Committee for the Republic [events@committeefortherepublic.org] on Thurs., Feb.
19 at 7 PM is hosting Declaration of Independence 2.0 with Bruce Fein. RSVP https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qVokjMNRRAaPHNdoc8yMpQ#/registration
President Trump has usurped the
congressional war power by bombing Iran, Nigeria, and Syria; invading and
occupying Venezuela; and threatening to seize Greenland by force—all without
constitutionally required congressional declarations of war. No other president
has ever invaded and de facto annexed a foreign country with no
congressional authorization. He has usurped the congressional power of the
purse by spending money not appropriated by Congress for that purpose and
impounding tens of billions of dollars in violation of the Impoundment Control
Act of 1974. No other president has ever declared the Act unconstitutional and
serially flouted its requirements. He has flouted his constitutional obligation
to faithfully execute the laws by, among other things, denying birthright
citizenship conferred by the Fourteenth Amendment; flouting the First
Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, and due process in xenophobic targeting
immigrants; and without evidence murdering more than 100 suspected drug
traffickers and climbers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, transforming the
United States into Murder Inc. He has brandished the power of the federal
government to punish, injure or harass citizens, law firms, businesses and
educational institutions for exercising their free-speech rights to criticize
President Trump and his Administration. No other president has employed
military force on an industrial scale to kill suspected criminals not in
self-defense and with no evidence of criminality, without a crumb of
congressional or constitutional authority. Fein will demonstrate that the
constitutional grievances against President Trump’s de facto monarchy are
more appalling and alarming than the 27 Thomas Jefferson penned against King
George III.
57] Sign up for an upcoming online interactive seminar Study and Solidarity with
Venezuela, an online community of Learning and Action, happening Thursdays, Feb. 19 and 26, and March 5 from 8 to 9:30
PM ET. The seminar will be facilitated by Eleanor Hancock & Juliana Barnet with guest teacher, Ricardo Vaz of Venezuelanalysis. This seminar is co-sponsored by Friends of Latin America and CODEPINK. Register at https://www.comrades.education/venezuala-solidarity-2026
58] – CODEPINK
[info@codepink.org] on Thurs., Feb. 19 at 8 PM ET will hold a Local Peace
Economy Writing Workshop. Get together to workshop your writing in a supportive
environment and focus your writing on the peace economy! RSVP at
https://www.codepink.org/lpe0219?e=bd65d633cc8ce57352e78dd768fcdbd5&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=february_newsletter_2026&n=26
59] – Progressive Democrats of America
[info@pdamerica.org] on Thurs., Feb. 19 at 9 PM ET will lead a discussion of
Good News on the Campaign Call, then pile on for the Endorsed Candidates! Then
Make Calls for the candidates with March Primaries! Do the phone bank from home
to help endorsed candidates like Nida Allam in NC-02, Rob Peters in IL-02,
Dylan Blaha in IL-13, and others, win their March Primaries. Vote by mail
ballots are in voters' hands right now!) Register here, and the machine will email
you your secure codes: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc?emci=8f9c3b53-0c03-f111-832f-000d3a1f0e4c&emdi=008b0190-dc06-f111-832e-000d3a18942f&ceid=2907617#/registration.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.’s has
passed on. He was a true leader, devoting his life to the pursuit of justice
and dignity for all. He lived his principles and fought for people, peace, and
the promise of America. The founders of PDA met while working on his historic
presidential campaign. Rev. Jackson and Rainbow PUSH have been steadfast mentors
and partners — past, present, and future. Rest in power, dearest Brother.
Presenté!
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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