Baltimore Activist Alert -- June 21 - 22, 2026

Baltimore Activist Alert – June 21 – 22, 2026

"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] Contact the White House

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] Labor History Project

7] Canvass for Gabe – June 21

8] Canvass for Josie – June 21

9] Friends meeting – June 21

10] Here comes the Sun – June 21

11] Doctors against genocide – June 21

12] Phone bank for Wala Blegay – June 21

13] Join Indivisible Bowie on the bridge – June 21

14] Weekly PDA Town Hall – June 21

15] DSA meeting in Virginia – June 21

16] DSA Internationalism Working Group – June 21

17] Vigil at the Pentagon – June 22

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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] –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.” 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] – William Barry [billbarry21214@gmail.com] has a request. As the country begins to celebrate our 250th anniversary, our history is complicated but one thing is certain--labor history is always deleted. So he created the MD250 Labor History Project, and hopes you will participate by sending in labor history materials, and by sharing it with your friends, as part of creating a union movement. Go to https://www.md250laborhistory.org/

"We are either part of the solution or part of the problem." "The only reason an organization has dead wood is that management either hired dead wood or it hired live wood and killed it."   - W. Edwards Deming

7] – Get out the vote for Gabe Acevero starting on Sun., June 21 and Mon., June 22 from 9 AM through 9 PM at Campaign Launch, 610 Professional Drive, Suite 103, Gaithersburg 20879. The host contact is Zach Brand-Wiita at 440-319-253. Another opposition slate has formed to oust Gabe from the MD House of Delegates. Volunteers can be launched all day Sunday to Monday from 9 AM to 9 PM, so come when you have availability! Canvassers are not expected to be out the entire day and are encouraged to take breaks as needed. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/gotv-for-gabe-acevero?link_id=60&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-12-2026&email_referrer=email_3289062&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-19-2026&&

8] – On Sun., June 21from 9 AM to 8 PM, canvass for Josie Caballero Canvass in Ellsworth Park, 621 Ellsworth Dr., Silver Spring 20910. Knock on doors in Silver Spring. Get a brief training before starting. Launches are at 9 AM, 1PM and 4 PM. Ellsworth Park is about a 10-15 minute walk from the Silver Spring Metro Station and Silver Spring Transit Center. RSVP athttps://actionnetwork.org/events/saturday-621-josie-caballero-canvass-in-silver-spring?link_id=61&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-12-2026&email_referrer=email_3289062&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-19-2026&&

9] – 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.  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

10] – The Baltimore Ethical Society Sunday meetings are held at 10:30 AM on Zoom every week and hybrid (Zoom and In-person) approximately twice a month at The Impact Hub, 10 E. North Ave., Baltimore. To receive a Zoom invitation, please email president@bmorethical.org. On Sun., June 21 the virtual platform will be Here Comes the Sun to possibly save us from climate catastrophe hosted by Rich Reis, environmental advocate. In 1989 Bill McKibben issued his well-read but little heeded book "The End of Nature" about the coming climate crisis. His latest book "Here Comes the Sun" offers humankind a path toward a livable future, by greatly reducing the climate-and health harm from our continued use of coal, oil, and gas.  The title also recalls George Harrison’s song seeing hope and light during a difficult time.  The presentation will draw from McKibben's new book and other sources including Reis’ experience. These will illustrate the issues and opportunities as well as the dead ends to avoid. Visit https://www.meetup.com/bmorethical/events/314486600/?eventOrigin=group_events_list

11] – Doctors against Genocide [leadership@doctorsagainstgenocide.org] on Sun., June 21 at noon will welcome Dr. Samah Jabr, a Palestinian psychiatrist, author, and internationally recognized expert on trauma, torture, historical trauma, and liberation psychology. Dr. Jabr previously served as Head of the Mental Health Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health and is a founding member of the Sumud Network for Mental Health. Dr. Jabr will explore whether healing is possible amid genocide, collective trauma, displacement, and profound loss and what healing means when violence and injustice continue. You will also hear directly from DAG partners and speakers in Gaza and Congo, who will share updates from their communities and reflect on resilience, survival, and the urgent need for global solidarity. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aUUzycRDSwaem750Nc6iFg?link_id=2&can_id=97d9dcde7f1139b53dab0dda926a48f2&source=email-reminder-join-us-sunday-at-12pm-for-urgent-updates&email_referrer=&email_subject=genocide-is-a-cancer-left-untreated-it-metastasizes&&&link_id=1&can_id=97d9dcde7f1139b53dab0dda926a48f2&email_referrer=email_3177710&&&email_subject=medicine-and-lives-under-attack#/registration

12] –The Progressive Maryland Team [info@progressivemaryland.org] wants you to make calls for the only candidate fighting for Medicare for All, Wala Blegay.  On Sun., June 21 from 12:30 to 2:30 PM or 3:30 to 5:30 PM.  If you cannot stay for the entire shift, that's okay—come when you can. Talk with voters and make sure they have the information they need before Election Day. Bring a fully charged cell phone and a computer. Begin with a brief training and overview, and then make calls together as a team. Volunteers will stay on Zoom throughout the shift so organizers can answer questions, provide support, and celebrate successes together. Zoom information and calling instructions will be provided after you sign up. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/974159/?emci=474d44cb-ea6c-f111-8fcb-000d3a14b6d6&emdi=c0000b78-f36c-f111-8fcb-000d3a14b6d6&ceid=136680

13] – On Sun., June 21, from 1 to 3 PM ET at 15202 Major Lansdale Blvd., Bowie 20716, join Indivisible Bowie for a Visibility Brigade sign wave on the pedestrian bridge over Route 50. If you can't make the full time, no worries, come when you can! Help bring attention to important issues and let your neighbors and commuters know they are not alone in fighting back against authoritarianism.

Parking is behind the Hampton Inn in the old theatre lot, please look for the sign. Follow the paved path through the chain-link fence, then turn left onto the pedestrian trail to reach the bridge. Approximately a 4-minute walk. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/873914/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

14] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Sun., June 21 at 4 PM will hold its weekly Town Hall.  PDA has endorsed three non-incumbent candidates in New York City: Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier. Election Day is this Tuesday, June 23. Jamaal Bowman Is a former congressman and squad member, and a brilliant advocate for working people in his home city of New York and across the country and the world. A very popular congressman with his constituents, Jamaal lost his seat in 2024 due to unfavorable redistricting and an avalanche of dark money from AIPAC arrayed against him. In the face of this adversity, Jamal never wavered. He is truly one of the most trusted and radical champions for the people from Pelham all the way to Palestine.  Jamaal will share his thoughts on all three candidates, why they, like him, are true champions of the people, and why their victories are so important. Since the election of Mayor Mamdani, New York City has become a beacon for the country and the world where a new politics, centered on the welfare of the working class, has come to the fore. Victories by Claire, Brad, and Darializa will make that beacon shine even brighter.

 Kai Newkirk is as inspiring a candidate for Congress as any across the entire country. A true believer and practitioner of nonviolent civil disobedience, Kai not only talks the talk, he walks the walk and puts his body on the line when necessary. His commitment to peace is in perfect harmony with the ethics that define Progressive Democrats of America. He also has a deep understanding of politics – how our democracy has become deformed by big money interests in America – and how an honest democracy should operate. This has been on full display over the past year when Kai did more than any one person to advance the cause of getting money out of American politics – when, along with PDA Arizona, he has drafted, advocated for, and got passed a resolution calling for dark money to be banned from Democratic primaries in Arizona. This initiative was then introduced on the U.S. Senate Floor by Bernie Sanders – and led to the adoption of a slightly altered version at the DNC. Now Kai is running for Congress, challenging conservative Democratic incumbent Greg Stanton in Arizona’s 4th district. PDA has proudly endorsed Kai. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4?emci=d92fd342-d866-f111-8fcb-000d3a14b640&emdi=889b4b12-3067-f111-8fcb-000d3a14b640&ceid=2907617#/registration

 15] – On Sun., June 21 from 7 to 8 PM in Leesburg, VA for a meeting with local DSA members in Los and discuss ongoing efforts in Loudoun. This is a great place to learn what's going on in the local community and how you can get involved. New members and those curious about joining are welcome! RSVP for the address at https://actionnetwork.org/events/loudoun-meeting?clear_id=true&link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-06112026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_3287252&email_subject=06182026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&

 16] –The Metro DC DSA Internationalism Working Group will hold its monthly meeting virtually on Sun., June 21 at 7 PM. A link will be communicated before the event. Email internationalism@mdcdsa.org. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/metro-dc-dsa-internationalism-working-group-june-monthly-meeting?link_id=67&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-12-2026&email_referrer=email_3289062&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-19-2026&&

 17] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop.  However, the Pentagon police, presumably on the orders of President Trump, have made it impossible to protest on the reservation. Now it will take place on the corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr. in Arlington, VA.  The next vigil is June 22, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.  Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call 202-882-9649. 

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.

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

 

 

The Anti-Defamation League Was Rotten From the Start

 Published on Portside (https://portside.org/)

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The Anti-Defamation League Was Rotten From the Start

Author: Eleanor J. BaderDate of source: June 12, 2026

 

The Progressive

 

People assume that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is committed to fighting antisemitism and other forms of racial bigotry. After all, it bills itself as a civil rights organization and throughout its long history, it has battled housing discrimination against people of color and challenged racist groups including White Citizens Councils. Nonetheless, Emmaia Gelman, founding director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism, argues that this reputation is unwarranted.

 

Her latest book, The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State, traces the history of the 113-year-old organization from its founding by German-Jewish immigrants in the United States to the present.

 

During the early twentieth century, hundreds of thousands of German Jews emigrated to the United States, thanks to the poverty and repression that followed the twenty-three-year-long Napoleonic Wars. Many of them, Gelman writes, prized assimilation into mainstream America and did well in their new homeland. In fact, Gelman reports that by 1880 they comprised “a fairly solid phalanx of comfortable, middle-class merchants.” Some German Jews, she writes, were even elected to public office during this time, while others made a social impact through philanthropy and other forms of civic engagement.  

 

But the arrival of two million Eastern European Jews to the United States between 1881 and 1914—people fleeing brutal antisemitic pogroms and discrimination in the Russian Empire—threatened to upend the social position of established German-Jewish communities. “German-Jewish leaders viewed the new immigrants as racially ‘other,’ uncivilized and dangerously disloyal to state order,” Gelman writes. The reason was blatantly political: “Some of the new immigrants had been involved in revolutionary movements before emigrating; others were radicalized by their experiences of violence and exploitation.” Even more disturbingly, they bristled when the new arrivals responded to racism and labor exploitation by forming organizations to push back against abuse, organizing mass protests, and making clear that their alliance lay with the working classes rather than the capitalist elite.

 

Moreover, these positions alienated—or perhaps simply offended—the leaders of a Zionist cultural and service group called B’nai B’rith, who in turn became instrumental in creating the ADL. Their desire, Gelman writes, was to preserve “the political conservatism of the wealthy class,” and they hoped to rein in the unapologetically anarchist, communist, and socialist Jews who they saw as far too brash and militant.

 

Since then, the ADL’s allegiance to the rich and powerful has never wavered; Gelman documents its consistent support of business interests and Zionism, albeit couched beneath a thin veneer of civil rights advocacy. At the crux of its work, she writes, has been consistent opposition to left critiques of American capitalism, focusing instead on two core priorities: to “counter communist messaging that capitalism brought inequality and racism,” and to refute the idea that “communism was the correct framework for racial justice.” Both notions, she explains, have been posited by the organization as contrary to Jewish values. 

 

University of California Press, 324 pages. Release date: June 16, 2026

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Unsurprisingly, support for Israel has always fit snugly into ADL efforts, and arguments about the safety purportedly provided by the Zionist state have long been a central feature of its advocacy. For many decades, the ADL’s assertion that Israel keeps world Jewry safe was widely accepted by political leaders and the Jewish and non-Jewish public. But while civil rights proponents promoted dignity for people of all religions, colors, and creeds, the ADL’s position as a self-proclaimed civil rights advocacy organization has put members of the movement in a predicament since supporting the ADL’s work to contest anti-Semitism meant ignoring its relationship with international law enforcement agencies that were surveilling leftwing activists at the time, and disincentivized them from acknowledging the 1948 Nakba and ongoing Zionist atrocities against the Palestinian people.

 

“Since the 1960s,” Gelman writes, “the ADL has not solely feared the Black liberationist expansions of the civil rights movement, the anti-Vietnam war movement, the Palestinian solidarity movement, the student movement, and the anti-capitalist counterculture. . . . Rather, it has expanded its own role as disciplinarian beyond Jewish communities.”

 

Indeed, Gelman notes that the ADL has historically viewed the global left wing as dangerous, and characterized progressives as “just as racist, hateful, and extreme as the right.” The group’s view of leftwing animus toward Israel—which it saw as “a product of totalitarian, anti-democratic positions” rather than opposition to the oppression of Palestinians—has led it to habitually conflate anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, particularly on college campuses where support for Gaza and Palestinian sovereignty have flourished.  

 

Indeed, since the events of October 7, 2023, the ADL has doubled down on its uncritical support of Israel and its demonization of those who support Palestinian autonomy, even as pro-Palestinian faculty and students have faced suspension or expulsion on college campuses across the country, and members of Students for Justice in Palestine have been arrested and detained. Gelman describes this as “gesturing back to the Americanism of [the ADL’s] founding.” She quotes ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, who affirmed the organization’s affinities in a 2025 address to Republican officials. “There is a straight line, there’s a throughline, from Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter, to ‘defund the police,’ to ‘river to the sea,” Greenblatt said. “They are the same people, these are the same kind of nihilists promoting a kind of anarchy. . . They’re not just opposed to Jews. . . .They’re opposed to the West, they’re opposed to capitalism, they’re opposed to America.” 

 

This is a shocking statement, particularly coming from someone who presents himself as a civil and human rights champion—and it replicates arguments heard in MAGA circles. But thanks to The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State, we know that it is part and parcel of the ADL’s century-long effort to support U.S. empire and suppress substantive social change.

 

Eleanor J. Bader is an award-winning New York City-based freelance writer who covers domestic social issues including education, hunger and homelessness, anti-poverty organizing, and movements for gender and reproductive justice. Read more by Eleanor J. Bader

 

 

Source URL: https://portside.org/2026-06-18/anti-defamation-league-was-rotten-start

 

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/.

 

“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan

Baltimore Activist Alert -- June 19 - 20, 2026

54] Fight Fascism – June 19

55] Peace vigil at White House – June 19

56] Women in Black vigil – June 19

57] Support the people of Gaza – June 19

58] Mutual aid event – June 19

59] Peace vigil at Homewood Friends Meeting – June 19

60] Bowie overpass demo – June 20

61] Muddy Branch overpass – June 20

62] Harford Mall sign waving – June 20

63] Tesla Takedown – June 20

64] Knock on doors for Wala – June 20

65] See the film Priscilla – June 20

66] Donations needed for the Silent Fallout project

67] Poetry workshop  

68] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

69] Do you need a doctor?

70] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

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54] – Fight Fascism Fridays is a visibility event, organized for Indivisible on Fri., June 19 from 10 AM to noon at South Fountain Green Road & East Churchville Road, Bel Air South 21015.  Display the signs against fascism at various intersections across Harford County.  There are 20 antifascists’ signs, but you are welcome to bring your own! Music, water and friends are always there. RSVP to keep abreast of any changes that may happen due to weather, etc.: This a local Indivisible event which will continue through July 17! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/954716/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

55] – There is a weekly vigil at the White House on Fridays from noon to 1 PM sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.  Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call 202-882-9649. 

56] – Every Friday from noon to 1 PM, Baltimore Women in Black vigil for peace with men and women who live in Roland Park. WIB invites all to join, and any peace sign is welcome, such as "Defuse Nuclear War."  The vigil takes place outside Roland Park Place at 830 West 40th Street and Elm Street. Parking is free at RPP or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at annvinup@gmail.com.

57] – The American Friends Service Committee holds an Action Hour every Friday at noon ET.  You’ll get updates from AFSC staff in Gaza, hear what’s happening on Capitol Hill, and get resources for your activism. Together, contact Congress to demand an arms embargo on Israel, and fully funded humanitarian aid for Palestinians. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us. RSVP at https://afsc.org/actionhour?emci=822f3fb8-241a-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=20221eff-f41a-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=764241

58] – On Fridays, including June 19 & 26, from noon to 4 PM, get over to the Mutual Aid Event at Pip Moyer Recreation Center, (Annapolis Recreation and Parks), 273 Hilltop Lane, Annapolis 21403.  Join Chesapeake Indivisible and other local volunteers in helping to unpack, sort, bag food, help load packed food in cars and, optional, help deliver in your vehicle, food to families unable to come to the drive through. Meet at noon at Pip Moyer Center, and operation leaders will direct you to where help is needed. This event does not take place on the first Friday of the month. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/chesapeakeindivisible/event/913253/

59] – Sarah Bur <clerk@homewoodfriends.org> wants you to know that a Peace Vigil will occur every Friday from 5 to 6 PM at Homewood Friends, 3107 N. Charles Street, Baltimore 21218. Signs are available. There is comfort and empowerment found in coming together as a community to witness against war.  Children welcome. 

60] – Join Indivisible for a Route 50 Pedestrian Overpass demo, 15202 Major Lansdale Blvd., Bowie 20716 on Sat. June 20 from 9 to 11 AM. Bring your love for Democracy and creativity and use it on the pedestrian bridge as a billboard for freedom. Bring large banners and posters with Letters over 15 inches to assure visibility to the cars below. Be prepared to wave encouragement to those reaching the beach this summer. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/941299/

61] – On Sat., June 20 from 10 to 11 AM ET, get over to the Muddy Branch Overpass, 363 Muddy Branch Road, Gaithersburg 20878. Help bring awareness to those traveling down I270 south (and maybe north) regarding what is happening in our country and to let others who can't always take action know that they aren't alone.

Park in the Festival Shopping Center across from the new car wash that's currently under construction near India Bazaar, and walk up to the bridge. This location could be challenging for those with mobility issues. Dress for the weather, wear sunscreen and bring water, especially as we get into the warmer months. The bridge has minimal shade and can also be windy/cooler than off the bridge. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/940761/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

62] – On Sat., June 20 from 10 AM to noon at the Harford Mall, 696 Belair Road, Be Air 21014, do a sign waving to save democracy.  There is parking closest to the intersection of Rt. 1 and Rt. 24. Join every Saturday at the Harford Mall in Bel Air, MD from 10AM-12PM. Park at the closed Macy’s parking lot close to the intersection at Rt.1 and Rt. 24. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/913370/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

63] – On Saturdays, June 20 & 27 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, get with a Tesla Takedown, Tesla Silver Spring, 2320 Broadbirch Dr., Silver Spring 20904. This nonviolent rally outside of the Silver Spring Tesla showroom is to remind the community that Elon's lawless actions are dangerous and won't be tolerated. This will continue each Saturday through June 27. https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/771738/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

The rally is located on a mainly flat sidewalk, and the group will stay on the sidewalk and the public right of way. There is some grade in the sidewalk up towards Bournefield. Please cross only at the crosswalks at Broadbirch and Plum Orchard or Broadbirch and Bournefield Way.

64] – On Sat., June 20 from noon to 2 PM and 3 to 5 PM, knock on doors for Wala Blegay.  This event's address is private. Join the Blegay campaign, along with union partners, in reaching out to the voters that we need in order to win! There is less than seven days until the election, and every conversation will be productive.  Meet at PJ's Coffee, with a brief interlude between shifts featuring refreshments & live music! RSVP athttps://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/968579/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

65] – The Parkway Theatre on North Avenue in Baltimore, will host TIME CAPSULE 1994: THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT on Sat., June 20 at 6:30 PM. Three performers climbed aboard a bus named Priscilla for a road trip across the Australian desert that would become one of the most beloved LGBTQ films of its era. Released the same year as the Stonewall 25 celebrations in New York City, Priscilla arrived during a moment when LGBTQ stories were becoming increasingly visible in popular culture. More than thirty years later, its humor, heart, and message of self-expression continue to resonate with audiences around the world. Then came a silver bus, a desert highway, and one unforgettable soundtrack.  Join in for a night of nostalgia, laughs, and a chance to experience this landmark film with an audience. RSVP at https://parkway.eventive.org/schedule/time-capsule-1994-the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert-69c6bec9f854da9d311e02b1

66] – Hideaki Ito [silentfalloutproject.org@gmail.com] wants to give you an update about the Silent Fallout Project. 2025 was a successful year. The film started streaming on Amazon in the US on March 10 this year -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0GD8QSDHZ/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r?tag=usalinktagdefault-20&geniuslink=true

Now there are plans for 2026. Make a donation at https://www.silentfalloutproject.org/donation

67] – David Eberhardt was a member of the Baltimore Four with Father Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis and Rev. James Mengel.  The group poured blood on draft files on October 27, 1967.  They would be convicted and sentenced to prison. Dave hosts a virtual anti-war poetry. Contact him at 1941mireille@gmail.com  or 410-235-7507.  This workshop touches on art and music but the focus is poetry. See a video of the Blood Pouring: https://youtu.be/ZpR9_gio-AQ                

Start with a short video of the Baltimore 4 blood pouring on draft files in 1967 with description of connection between art and radical anti-war action. Each participant will read listed poem and discussion will follow. The hosts will lead with pertinent biographical and analytical material.  The purchase of the anthology Against Forgetting by Carolyn Forche is recommended – as well Encyclopedia of Pacifism by Aldous Huxley. Begin with the progenitor, the first real specific anti-war poet Wilfred Owen, then consider roughly chronologically: 20 poems are listed on 50pp.  

68] -- This is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22, 2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.

Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218.  Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.

69] – Yousef Zarbalian [EastWestRheum@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com.  Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's).  He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals.  He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.  

70] - If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records, tarps and table cloths, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.

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/.

“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan