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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
join Donna Edwards for the grand opening of our Montgomery County office
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Baltimore Activist Alert Dec. 6, 2007 – Dec. 18, 2007
"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
The
1] Books, buttons and stickers
2] Web site for info on federal legislation
3] Join Nonviolent Resistance lists
4] Eyes Wide Open exhibit available
5] Hunger Strike to prevent attack of
6] Black Panther Rank & File/Eddie Conway benefit – through Dec. 16
7] Call Cardin & Mikulski: no immunity for telephone companies
8] Ask The Today Show for equal time for Mumia
9] Antiwar demonstration – Dec. 6
10] Immigrant rights conference – Dec. 6-8
11] Palestinian couple tries to hold on to ancestral lands – Dec. 6
12] Phyllis Bennis challenges empire – Dec. 6
13] Alain Resnais film at BMA – Dec. 6
14] Global Write-a-Thon – Dec. 7-10
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16] WIB Roland Park vigil – Dec. 7
17] White House vigil – Dec. 7
18] WIB
19] Silent vigil at
20] Vigil at Walter Reed – Dec. 7
21] Film CONVICTION – Dec. 7
22] Ballroom dancing – Dec. 7
23] Lutheran World Relief benefit – Dec. 7
24] Antiwar activists on The Mall in D.C. – Dec. 8
25] Donations needed at Free Store -- Dec. 8
26] Polar Bear Plunge – Dec. 8
27] Souk – Dec. 8
28] Peace vigil at Capitol – Dec. 8
29] March to FBI headquarters -- Dec. 8
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31] Executive Power/Human Rights: Torture, Secrecy & Rule of Law – Dec. 8
32] Olney vigil to end the war – Dec. 8
33] No Easy Victories -- Dec. 8
34] PRICE OF SUGAR -- Dec. 8
35] Iraqi Refugee Crisis -- Dec. 8
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1] – Go to
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.
3] – THE ORGANIZING LIST will be the primary decision-making mechanism of the National Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR]. It will be augmented by conference calls and possibly in-person meetings as needed. It will consist of 1 or 2 representatives from each local, regional, or national organization (not coalitions) that wishes to actively work to carry out the NCNR campaign of facilitating and organizing nonviolent resistance to the war in
To join the ORGANIZING List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and email address to donmuller@msn.com. Different local chapters of a national organization are encouraged to subscribe.
THE NOTICES LIST will include only notices of NCNR actions and related information and is open to any interested person to subscribe. It will be moderated to maintain focus & will include periodic notices about getting involved in NCNR national organizing. To join the NOTICES List, send an email message to
4] – The Baltimore American Friends Service Committee office has assembled an exhibit Maryland Eyes Wide Open which details the Human Cost of the Iraq War and reflects the costs of war to the state of Maryland. The exhibit consists of at least 40 pairs of combat boots, representing the US military deaths from Maryland; civilian shoes, tagged with names and ages of a very small fraction of the tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis who have died; a representative pair of combat boots and 7 red poppies, representing the estimated number of wounded US military personnel (approximately 7 times the number of dead); and signs and literature detailing the human and financial costs of the war on the cities and counties of Maryland.
AFSC will help with logistics and contribute to your planning for auxiliary events or activities presented in conjunction with the exhibit. For information on obtaining and displaying the exhibit, call 410-323-7200, extensions 20 or 21 or e-mail at tsteele@afsc.org or ggillespie@afsc.org. Go to www.afsc.org/midatlantic/baltimore-programs.htm.
5] – Start Loving, previously known as Jay McGinley, fasted in front of the Sudan Embassy for over 100 days in an attempt to end the Darfur Genocide. He is now fasting in front of the Cannon House Office Building to prevent the U.S. from attacking Iran, and to hasten a U.S. exit from Iraq. Read more at his blog http://startlovingusforcersiraniraq.blogspot.com/.
6] – The exhibit Black Panther Rank and File continues at the Maryland Institute College of Art, showcasing a collection of archival materials and original works., until Sun., Dec. 16 in the Fox Building's Decker and Meyerhoff galleries at 1303 Mount Royal Ave. Call 410-225-2280 or go to www.mica.edu.
7] – Sen. Ben. Cardin (D-MD) has pledged to support a filibuster of any bill that caves in to Bush's demand that Congress let phone companies off the hook for their willing cooperation with the administration's illegal domestic spying program. Call his office at 202-224-4524 to thank him. Then call Sen. Barbara Mikulski at 202-224-4654 and urge her to join Cardin's pledge. nity plan.
8] – The
9] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore hosts an End the War! End the Occupation! rally on Thurs., Dec. 6 starting at 5 PM in
10] – The 6th National Low-Income Immigrant Rights Conference will be held from Thurs., Dec. 6 through Sat., Dec. 8 in
11] – Join a Palestinian Christian family on Thurs., Dec. 6 at 7 PM at the Mission Helper Center, corner of Chestnut Ave. and W. Joppa Road. The Nassar family is one of the last Christian Palestinian families living and working in the fertile hill country south of
12] – Challenging Empire: The U.S. in the Middle East, a talk by Phyllis Bennis, takes place in Remsen Hall, Room 101, on JHU's Homewood Campus on Thurs., Dec. 6 at 7:30 PM. Locate the Eisenhower Library, Charles & 34th Sts. Go around the library to face the quad. Remsen Hall is the first building on your right. Bennis is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, WDC and the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam and the author of UNDERSTANDING THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT: A PRIMER (2007) and CHALLENGING EMPRIE: PEOPLE, GOVERNMENTS AND THE UN DEFY U.S. POWER (2005). Bennis is being brought to
13] – The BMA will host a free screening of Alain Resnais' bizarre sci-fi entry JE T'AIME JE T'AIME (1968, 91 min.) on Thurs., Dec. 6 at 8 PM.
14] – December 10 is Human Rights Day. Thousands of people will gather across the
14] – Women In Black sponsor a peace stand/vigil on Fri., Dec. 7 from noon-1 PM at the
15] – There is also a noon vigil on Fri., Dec. 7 at
16] – A peace vigil takes place every Friday from noon to 1 PM on Pennsylvania Ave., by the press gate to the White House. It is organized by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Call 202-882-9649.
17] – WIB Frederick holds a silent vigil mourning all violence, the first Friday of the month, from 12 to 12:30 PM, War Memorial Park, W 2nd St. & N. Bentz in Frederick. The next vigil is Dec. 7. Please dress in black; no additional signs. Men are welcome. Contact: 301 834-7581 or info@wibfrederick.org; www.wibfrederick.org.
18] – Stand in a silent vigil on Fri., Dec. 7 from 5 to 6 PM outside of
19] – On Fri., Dec. 7 from 5 to 6 PM, there will be a demonstration at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Headquarters, 425 I St., NW, WDC. This is sponsored by Pax Christi Metro DC to condemn the middle of the night raids that result in documented and undocumented workers being separated from their families.
20] – SHED LIGHT ON US WAR CASUALTIES: FROM THE FRONT LINE TO THE BACK DOOR of Walter Reed Army Medical Center (North Gate), every Friday night, from 7 to 9 PM, 7200 Georgia Ave., at
21] – There will be a showing of CONVICTION, a documentary about a Colorado Plowshares action, at 7:30 PM on Fri., Dec. 7 at the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, 503 Rock Creek Church Rd. NW. Srs. Ardeth Platte and Carol Gilbert, courageous Dominican Sisters, will show the documentary film which tells the story of their Plowshares action at a missile silo. Call Colleen at 202-360-2131 or go to www.jonahhouse.org.
22] – There is an opportunity to participate in ballroom dancing, usually on the first and third Friday of the month, in the JHU ROTC Bldg. at 8 PM. Turn south on
23] – Gimmie Shelter Productions hosts a benefit for Lutheran World Relief on Fri., Dec. 7 at 8 PM at the Load of Fun Gallery at 120 W. North Ave. Ten artists will perform, and the proceeds will go towards the building of fresh water wells in
24] – Antiwar activists are on The Mall in D.C. every Saturday, starting at 9 AM. Meet at the Smithsonian Metro and bring with you a clearly-lettered antiwar sign, which would look good in a photo. Contact eca@usa.net.
25] – The
26] – Take a bath at 11 AM on Sat., Dec. 8 during the Third Annual Polar Bear Plunge hosted by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Join the largest global warming action and event in
or contact Plunge coordinator Gordon Clark at gordon@chesapeakeclimate.org, or 240-396-1983.
27] – The Jerusalem Fund hosts its annual SOUK AND OLIVE HARVEST CELEBRATION takes place Sat., Dec. 8 from 11 AM to 4 PM at The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Experience the ambience of a Middle Eastern souk (market). Call 202- 338-1290 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org.
28] – A silent peace vigil, started by Friends from the Langley Hill Meeting over four years ago, continues every Saturday from noon to 1 PM on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Visit www.seekpeace.info. Info at 301-681-5126 or john.howley@verizon.net.
29] –
30] –
31] – "Executive Power and Human Rights: Torture, Secrecy and the Rule of Law" is a panel discussion to be held on Sat., Dec. 8 from 2-4 PM in Kelley Lecture Hall, Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Rd. Participants include the following: Scott Shane, National Security reporter for NY Times (Keynote); Susan Burke, (lead counsel in a class action on behalf of the torture victims of Abu Ghraib and other prisons in Iraq and lead counsel "to recover for Blackwater's actions on Sept. 16, 2007, in Nisoor Square in Iraq;" Curtis Cooper, working internationally and nationally on U.S. treaty issues; and Dr. Matthew Crenson, JHU Professor of Political Science, and co-author, "Presidential Power: Unchecked and Unbalanced." Go to www.unamd.org.
32] – Friends House, 17715 Meeting House Rd., Sandy Spring, MD 20860, hosts a peace vigil every Saturday, 3:15 to 4:15 PM, on the corner of Rt. 108 and Georgia Ave. in Olney, MD. The next vigil is Dec. 8. Call 301-774-9792.
33] – AFSC, TransAfrica et al. are sponsoring a book discussion NO EASY VICTORIES: African Liberation and American Activists AT 5:30 pm ON Sat., Dec. 8 at Busboys and Poets,
34] – On Sat., Dec. 8 at 7:30 PM, St. Francis of Assisi parish, Muncaster Mill Road, Derwood, MD will offer a screening of the film THE PRICE OF SUGAR, which tells the story of a Catholic missionary priest, Father Christopher Hartley, and how he advocates for Haitian laborers who work the sugar cane fields of the Dominican Republic. This film, narrated by Paul Newman, documents modern-day slavery and the work of the church and medical missions as the Haitians struggle for basic social and economic rights. Doors open at 7:10. There is no charge for the film, and popcorn and beverages will be free. A suggested donation is $10 for an adult and $5 for a child. Check out a review at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/15/AR2007111502236.html?sub=AR.
35] – FOCUS IN! cinema for a conscious community takes place at Busboys and Poets,
To be continued
Donations can be sent to the
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Tues. Dec. 4 Book Talk Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
Book Talk Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
Dorothy Fall, author of an exciting and informative new biography about
her husband Bernard Fall, will discuss and sign copies of her book.
Dorothy Fall, author of an exciting and informative new biography about
her husband Bernard Fall, will discuss and sign copies of her book.
Please RSVP: http://dfalink.com/rsvp_event.php?id=25739 or email me
mikehersh@mikehersh.com to reserve your book and / or spot
7:30 PM Tuesday December 4, 2007
Sabang Restaurant
2504 Ennalls Avenue
Silver Spring MD 20902
Sponsor: Montgomery County Progressive Alliance
Cosponsors: Democracy for Montgomery County,
Col. Ann Wright (Ret.) State Dept. / Peace Activist,
Progressive Democrats of America / Maryland
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Civil Rights and Peace Leader, Hip Hop Caucus,
Sue Udry Peace and Justice Activist, also others.
Please RSVP: http://dfalink.com/rsvp_event.php?id=25739 or email me
mikehersh@mikehersh.com to reserve your book and / or spot
Free Parking in the Front Lot / 1 Block from Wheaton Metro, Fully Accessible
http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=Ennalls+Avenue+Wheaton+MD+20902
Book Description: Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
(Paperback) by Dorothy Fall. Bernard Fall wrote the classics Street
Without Joy and Hell in a Very Small Place, which detailed the French
experience in Vietnam. One of the first (and the best-informed) Western
observers to say that the United States could not win there either, he
was killed in Vietnam in 1967 while accompanying a Marine platoon.
Written by his widow Dorothy, Bernard Fall: Memories of a
Soldier-Scholar tells the story of this courageous and influential
Frenchman, who experienced many of the major events of the twentieth
century. His mother perished at Auschwitz, his father was killed by the
Gestapo, and he himself fought in the Resistance. It focuses, however,
on Vietnam and on two love stories. The first details Fall's love for
Vietnam and his efforts to save the country from destruction and the
United States from disaster. The second shows a husband and father
dedicated to a cause that continuously lured him away from those he
loved. With a foreword by the late David Halberstam.
Please RSVP: http://dfalink.com/rsvp_event.php?id=25739 or email me
mikehersh@mikehersh.com to reserve your book and / or spot
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Maryland's Loss: Jane Lawton passed away
Maryland lost one of our best legislators and one of our kindest
residents: Jane Lawton passed away this morning apparently from a heart
attack. Our hearts go out to her daughters, Stephanie and Kathleen. Jane
was one of my delegates, representing the 18th District. I liked Jane
from the moment I met her. She was always so positive and friendly. She
will be sorely missed by the many many people who knew and loved her.
The last time I saw her, she was hard at work trying to make the best of
the chaotic special session. She led efforts to help people in Maryland
on several issues, and did so with grace and intelligence. We were so
lucky to have known her. We lost her far too soon. We cannot hope to
replace her. If I may, I'd like to suggest renaming the Leland Center
which she helped build the "Jane Lawton / Leland Center." It's a small
gesture to honor such a special person.
residents: Jane Lawton passed away this morning apparently from a heart
attack. Our hearts go out to her daughters, Stephanie and Kathleen. Jane
was one of my delegates, representing the 18th District. I liked Jane
from the moment I met her. She was always so positive and friendly. She
will be sorely missed by the many many people who knew and loved her.
The last time I saw her, she was hard at work trying to make the best of
the chaotic special session. She led efforts to help people in Maryland
on several issues, and did so with grace and intelligence. We were so
lucky to have known her. We lost her far too soon. We cannot hope to
replace her. If I may, I'd like to suggest renaming the Leland Center
which she helped build the "Jane Lawton / Leland Center." It's a small
gesture to honor such a special person.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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Monday, November 26, 2007
EXPAND THE DEBATE: EMPOWERING HEALTH CARE REFORM AND CREATING COMMUNITY ACTION
EXPAND THE DEBATE: EMPOWERING HEALTH CARE REFORM AND CREATING COMMUNITY
ACTION
2 pm to 4 pm Saturday, December 1, 2007
Episcopal Diocese Center
4 East University Parkway Baltimore, MD
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4+E+University+Pkwy,+Baltimore,+MD+21218
ACTION
2 pm to 4 pm Saturday, December 1, 2007
Episcopal Diocese Center
4 East University Parkway Baltimore, MD
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4+E+University+Pkwy,+Baltimore,+MD+21218
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Robert Zarr - Pediatrician, President of D.C. Chapter of
Physicians for a National Health Program
Joel Segal - Health Care Legislative Assistant to Rep. John Conyers
Sponsored by Maryland Universal Health Care Action Network and the
Conversation Coalition
Free admission but RSVP to Margaret Flowers at nose1@aol.com or 410-591-0892
Can't make it but interested in health care in Maryland? Email
mikehersh@mikehersh.com
Friday, November 16, 2007
Book Event: Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
Dorothy Fall, author of an exciting and informative biography Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar will discuss and sign copies of her book.
Please RSVP NOW!
7:30 PM Tuesday December 4
We'll also hold a brief monthly meeting covering our key issues and working with coalition of area and region groups to achieve success in MD 8, Maryland and the US. Planning for MAJOR events including MoCo Health Care Forum, Maryland Budget Town Hall Meeting, Special events, Ongoing Peace and other efforts.
Please RSVP NOW!
7:30 PM Tuesday December 4
Sabang Restaurant
2504 Ennalls Avenue
Wheaton, MD 20902
Free Parking in the Front Lot / Fully Accessible to all
Short walk from the Wheaton Metro Stop (red line)
Book Description: Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar by Dorothy Fall.
Bernard Fall wrote the classics Street Without Joy and Hell in a Very Small Place, which detailed the French experience in Vietnam. One of the first (and the best-informed) Western observers to say that the United States could not win there either, he was killed in Vietnam in 1967 while accompanying a Marine platoon.
We'll also hold a brief monthly meeting covering our key issues and working with coalition of area and region groups to achieve success in MD 8, Maryland and the US. Planning for MAJOR events including MoCo Health Care Forum, Maryland Budget Town Hall Meeting, Special events, Ongoing Peace and other efforts.
Please attend Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
Dorothy Fall, author of Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar will discuss and sign copies of her book. Sabang Restaurant
7:30 PM Tuesday December 4
2504 Ennalls Avenue
Wheaton, MD 20902
Fully Accessible to all
Short walk from the Wheaton Metro Stop (red line)
Book Description: Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar by Dorothy Fall. Bernard Fall wrote the classics Street Without Joy and Hell in a Very Small Place, which detailed the French experience in Vietnam. One of the first (and the best-informed) Western observers to say that the United States could not win there either, he was killed in Vietnam in 1967 while accompanying a Marine platoon.
We'll also hold a brief monthly meeting covering our key issues and working with coalition of area and region groups to achieve success in MD 8, Maryland and the US. Planning for MAJOR events including MoCo Health Care Forum, Maryland Budget Town Hall Meeting, Special events, Ongoing Peace and other efforts.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The Real Costs of Maryland’s Voting System
DO THE MATH: The Real Costs of Maryland's Voting System
The most expensive way to vote. Maryland currently uses the most expensive type of voting system available -- touch-screen Direct-Recording Electronic (DRE) machines.
In Fiscal Year 2000, when most of Maryland's counties used optical scan voting systems, the State Board of Elections' annual budget was about $3.1 million.
By FY 2007, with the touch-screen voting system in place statewide, the SBE's annual budget had skyrocketed to $29.5 million -- nearly 10 times the cost of the previous system!
Of that, the operating costs of the voting system -- maintenance, repair, replacement, storage, transportation, programming, testing, training, technical support, etc. for the state's 19,000 voting machines -- have averaged $10.7 million per year for the past 3 years.
And the cost is still rising. Our current service contract with Diebold Election Systems, Inc. expires right after the 2008 General Election, and would have to be rebid at that time.
Diebold Election Systems, Inc. no longer exists. After 18 months of failed attempts to sell its election division, Diebold spun it off into a separate company, Premier Election Solutions, Inc.
Because of its proprietary secret source code, Diebold/Premier has a monopoly on all services directly related to our voting machines. How much would Premier charge us to continue its service contract on our equipment beyond 2008? The cost is not yet known, but would be likely to rise, since our aging equipment will be more prone to break down and malfunction with each passing year.
Less equipment means lower costs. Optical scan voting systems are far less expensive to operate because they require only 1/5 as many machines. Our 19,000 touch-screen machines could be replaced by just 4,000 machines. Each polling place would need only one optical scanner and one ballot-marking station to enable voters with disabilities or language barriers to mark a paper ballot. Switching to an optical-scan voting system would probably reduce our operating costs by as much as 25% to 50%, saving about $2.7 to $5.4 million per year.
The cost of switching to a new system would pay for itself in just a few years in reduced operating costs. And the state would have a more reliable, recountable election system that would meet future equipment standards for years to come. The move to optical scan voting is a growing national trend as the unacceptable risks of DRE voting are confirmed in election day disasters and numerous reputable studies. Each year Maryland delays in replacing our voting equipment, we are squandering millions of tax dollars and running the risk of a major, unrecoverable election failure.
Let's make the fiscally responsible choice. Listen to the 64% of Maryland's voters who support funding the switch to optical scan by 2010. Let's restore common sense to our elections.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Protect Your Vote: Take Action Now!Attend Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
Montgomery County Progressive Alliance Special Edition
1. Protect Your Vote: Take Action Now During the Maryland Special Session
2. Book Talk Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
7:30 PM Tuesday December 4 Please RSVP NOW!
Dorothy Fall, author of an exciting and informative biography
about her husband Bernard Fall, will discuss and sign copies of her
book at Sabang Restaurant, 2504 Ennalls Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902
Short walk from the Wheaton Metro Stop (red line) / Accessible to all
1. Protect Your Vote: Take Action Now During the Maryland Special Session
Call your State Senator and your State Delegate(s) 1-800-492-7122 and Gov. O'Malley 1-800-811-8336 (both toll free)
Strongly urge them to fully fund paper ballot voting. Find your State Senator and Delegate(s) using your street address: http://mdelect.net/electedofficials/
Key points to mention when calling (please use your own words):
Optically Scanned Paper Ballots are More Reliable as well as Less Expensive:
The current system is unreliable, aging and will require costly upgrades, replacements, and maintenance now that the warranty period has ended. Optical Scan can be implemented for approximately $2 million in the FY09 budget and perhaps less.
The Status Quo will Cost Maryland More Money; Changing to OpScan will Save Money:
The cost savings will be $20 million or more over the next 5 years because the new system will require approximately 80% fewer voting machines. (Please see the cost study at http://md-eic.org/fVVPR1007a.htm).
Nearly Two out of Three Marylanders Support Fully Funding Paper Ballot Voting:
Recent polling indicates 64% of Maryland voters support fully funding paper ballot voting, while only 31% oppose funding.
100% of Maryland Legislators and Gov. O'Malley Support Paper Ballot Voting:
Maryland's General Assembly passed SB392 / HB18 unanimously, mandating a switch to an optical scan voting system by 2010. Gov. O'Malley signed the bill into law, but unless it's fully funded, the bill will not take effect. Our elected officials made the right decision last Spring, and now they should complete the job.
Maryland's Switch to Paper Ballots is Part of a National Trend:
Election Day meltdowns and several prestigious studies confirm the risks of electronic "DRE" voting. After irregularities in 2004, New Mexico switched to OpScan voting in 2006. Florida is changing to OpScan next year after touch-screen "DRE" machines such as we have in Maryland "lost" 18,000 votes in a congressional race which was decided by fewer than 400 votes.
Call our elected officials. Tell them, "We can't afford proven unreliable and increasingly costly voting machines."
Ask Gov. O'Malley to guarantee funding for reliable, cost-effective paper-based voting in the Special Session: 1-800-811-8336
Ask your State Senator and Delegate(s) to vote for guaranteed full funding. Our democracy depends on it: 1-800-492-7122
Stay involved with Election Activism Efforts:
Join PDA's Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections Organizing Team. Contact: Diane@PDAmerica.org
Thanks to PDAmerica.org, SaveOurVotes.org, Md-EIC.org and other activists working to ensure our voting is reliable and secure.
2. Book Talk Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
7:30 PM Tuesday December 4
Dorothy Fall, author of an exciting and informative biography about her husband Bernard Fall, will discuss and sign copies of her book. Please RSVP NOW!
Sabang Restaurant
2504 Ennalls Avenue
Wheaton, MD 20902
Short walk from the Wheaton Metro Stop (red line) / Accessible to all
Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar (Paperback) by Dorothy Fall. Bernard Fall wrote the classics Street Without Joy and Hell in a Very Small Place, which detailed the French experience in Vietnam. One of the first (and the best-informed) Western observers to say that the United States could not win there either, he was killed in Vietnam in 1967 while accompanying a Marine platoon.
Written by his widow Dorothy, Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar tells the story of this courageous and influential Frenchman, who experienced many of the major events of the twentieth century. His mother perished at Auschwitz, his father was killed by the Gestapo, and he fought in the Resistance. This book focuses on Vietnam and on two love stories. The first details Fall's love for Vietnam and his efforts to save the country from destruction and the United States from disaster. The second shows a husband and father dedicated to a cause that continuously lured him away from those he loved. Foreword by the late David Halberstam.
1. Protect Your Vote: Take Action Now During the Maryland Special Session
2. Book Talk Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
7:30 PM Tuesday December 4 Please RSVP NOW!
Dorothy Fall, author of an exciting and informative biography
about her husband Bernard Fall, will discuss and sign copies of her
book at Sabang Restaurant, 2504 Ennalls Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902
Short walk from the Wheaton Metro Stop (red line) / Accessible to all
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1. Protect Your Vote: Take Action Now During the Maryland Special Session
Call your State Senator and your State Delegate(s) 1-800-492-7122 and Gov. O'Malley 1-800-811-8336 (both toll free)
Strongly urge them to fully fund paper ballot voting. Find your State Senator and Delegate(s) using your street address: http://mdelect.net/electedofficials/
Key points to mention when calling (please use your own words):
Optically Scanned Paper Ballots are More Reliable as well as Less Expensive:
The current system is unreliable, aging and will require costly upgrades, replacements, and maintenance now that the warranty period has ended. Optical Scan can be implemented for approximately $2 million in the FY09 budget and perhaps less.
The Status Quo will Cost Maryland More Money; Changing to OpScan will Save Money:
The cost savings will be $20 million or more over the next 5 years because the new system will require approximately 80% fewer voting machines. (Please see the cost study at http://md-eic.org/fVVPR1007a.htm).
Nearly Two out of Three Marylanders Support Fully Funding Paper Ballot Voting:
Recent polling indicates 64% of Maryland voters support fully funding paper ballot voting, while only 31% oppose funding.
100% of Maryland Legislators and Gov. O'Malley Support Paper Ballot Voting:
Maryland's General Assembly passed SB392 / HB18 unanimously, mandating a switch to an optical scan voting system by 2010. Gov. O'Malley signed the bill into law, but unless it's fully funded, the bill will not take effect. Our elected officials made the right decision last Spring, and now they should complete the job.
Maryland's Switch to Paper Ballots is Part of a National Trend:
Election Day meltdowns and several prestigious studies confirm the risks of electronic "DRE" voting. After irregularities in 2004, New Mexico switched to OpScan voting in 2006. Florida is changing to OpScan next year after touch-screen "DRE" machines such as we have in Maryland "lost" 18,000 votes in a congressional race which was decided by fewer than 400 votes.
Call our elected officials. Tell them, "We can't afford proven unreliable and increasingly costly voting machines."
Ask Gov. O'Malley to guarantee funding for reliable, cost-effective paper-based voting in the Special Session: 1-800-811-8336
Ask your State Senator and Delegate(s) to vote for guaranteed full funding. Our democracy depends on it: 1-800-492-7122
Stay involved with Election Activism Efforts:
Join PDA's Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections Organizing Team. Contact: Diane@PDAmerica.org
Thanks to PDAmerica.org, SaveOurVotes.org, Md-EIC.org and other activists working to ensure our voting is reliable and secure.
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2. Book Talk Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
7:30 PM Tuesday December 4
Dorothy Fall, author of an exciting and informative biography about her husband Bernard Fall, will discuss and sign copies of her book. Please RSVP NOW!
Sabang Restaurant
2504 Ennalls Avenue
Wheaton, MD 20902
Short walk from the Wheaton Metro Stop (red line) / Accessible to all
Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar (Paperback) by Dorothy Fall. Bernard Fall wrote the classics Street Without Joy and Hell in a Very Small Place, which detailed the French experience in Vietnam. One of the first (and the best-informed) Western observers to say that the United States could not win there either, he was killed in Vietnam in 1967 while accompanying a Marine platoon.
Written by his widow Dorothy, Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar tells the story of this courageous and influential Frenchman, who experienced many of the major events of the twentieth century. His mother perished at Auschwitz, his father was killed by the Gestapo, and he fought in the Resistance. This book focuses on Vietnam and on two love stories. The first details Fall's love for Vietnam and his efforts to save the country from destruction and the United States from disaster. The second shows a husband and father dedicated to a cause that continuously lured him away from those he loved. Foreword by the late David Halberstam.
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4th Cong. District Debate Prince George's County African-American Dem. Club
Prince George's County African-American Dem. Club
4th Congressional District Debate
Donna Edwards, the true Democrat in the race, faces Iraq War supporter and special interest money kingpin Al Wynn.
4th Congressional District Debate
Donna Edwards, the true Democrat in the race, faces Iraq War supporter and special interest money kingpin Al Wynn.
10:30 AM Saturday, Nov. 17th
Oxon Hill Library, 6200 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill, MD
Public Transportation from the SOUTHERN AVE METRO STATION (Green Line)
Take D12 BUS towards SUITLAND STATION at 9:56am
Arrive at the LIBRARY 6200 OXON HILL RD at 10:16am
The Maryland primary is on Feb. 12, 2008
Towson, MD PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY FORUM AND STRAW POLL
Come show your support for your candidate!
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY FORUM AND STRAW POLL
Saturday, December 8, 2007. 6:30 p.m.
University Union, Towson University
8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252
Representatives from the Presidential Campaigns will make the case for their candidates and be on hand to answer your questions!
Sponsored by the Central Baltimore County Democratic Club and the Towson University College Democrats
Park in the Union Parking garage.
The entrance is on Cross Campus Dr.
Parking on Saturdays is free.
The forum will be in the Susquehanna Room, 2nd floor, University Union.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT SCOTT SOKOL, CBCDC, at SSokol310@aol.com, or call 410.853.7717 or SEAN LAWLOR, TOWSON UNIV. DEMOCRATS, at seandems@yahoo.com, or call 301.335.3428
Friday, November 09, 2007
Donna Edwards: The Change We NeedRight Here, Right Now
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
Dorothy Fall will discuss her bookBernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
7:30 PM Tuesday, December 4thSabang Restaurant
2504 Ennalls Ave
Wheaton Maryland 20902
Between Viers Mill, Georgia and University
Short walk from Wheaton Metro (red line)
Please RSVP now!
Bernard Fall wrote the classics Street Without Joy andHell in a Very Small Place, about the French experience
in Vietnam and was one of the first Westerners to say that
the United States could not win. He was killed in Vietnam
in 1967 while accompanying a Marine platoon. Foreword
by David Halberstam.
Sponsors: Progressive Democrats of America,
Democracy for Montgomery County and
the Montgomery County Progressive Alliance
Monday, November 05, 2007
Montgomery County Summit with Legislators on the State Budget
Weds. Nov. 7, 6:30 to 8 pm, Montgomery County Summit with Legislators on
the State Budget
the State Budget
MCEA Conference Center (60 W. Gude Dr., Rockville)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=60+W+Gude+Dr,+Rockville,+MD+20850
Public Transportation: From Silver Spring, Wheaton Metro Stops etc.
Q2 BUS towards SHADY GROVE to FREDERICK RD & E GUDE DR
Join Alliance for Tax Fairness, Progressive Maryland, labor and other
progressive leaders when we
demand our lawmakers enact tax fairness, close corporate loopholes, and
pass a revenue package
that preserves funding for public services.
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