Today is the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Let’s reclaim his real legacy!
If he were alive today, Dr. King would be marching in the street, calling for an end to war, standing with the poor. He would be with the homeless moms in Oakland. Dr. King would be outraged that the Pentagon is spending trillions in endless wars while Trump is holding up relief to the Puerto Rican people who have suffered endlessly. He’d go to jail to shut down the immigrant detention centers.
JOIN US AS WE MARCH THIS SATURDAY TO RESIST RACISM & WAR!
Baltimore will be holding a Citywide March Sat. Jan. 18 and then caravan to Washington D.C.
This Saturday: 10 am gather at the corner of N. Charles St. and North Ave
11 am Citywide March & Caravan to Washington D.C. for a day long action which will culminate at the Plymouth Congregational Church of Christ
If you cannot attend participate in the entire day, here are some options:
– Join us at the beginning rally, 10 am, to see us off.
– March with us for part of the route (call 410-218-4835 for details)
– Join us in D.C. approximately 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm @ Plymouth Congregational Church of Christ, 5301 North Capitol St NE, Washington, DC 20011
Please note: We will have support vehicles and sound cars so that everyone can participate regardless of physical abilities. We do expect the weather to be bad, so we will prepare so that everyone can help make this day successful.
Reclaim and honor Rev. Dr. King Jr. by resisting war and racism
A call to action on the Dr. King Jr. birthday week
STOP WAR ON IRAN
BALTIMORE MARCH TO WASHINGTON D.C.: Jan 18
Money for jobs, education, health care & people’s needs
In 1967 on April 4, Rev. Dr. King Jr., passionately spoke out against the Vietnam war. He exclaimed that the bombs in Vietnam also exploded at home in our decaying cities.
These words are just as true today. Donald Trump and the trillion dollar oil and fracking businesses stand to profit from a war on Iran and Iraq while the people of the world suffer.
In Baltimore, we remember Trump’s hateful racism in describing our city and attacking Congressman Cummings. His insults hurled at our city are comparable to his attempts to demonize the people of Iran and Iraq to justify war for oil profits.
If war is to be declared in our name, let it be a war on racism, police terror, low wages, homelessness and poverty. End anti-immigrant violence, sexism and anti-LGBTQ2S bigotry. Close the detention camps.
FEED THE PEOPLE, NOT THE PENTAGON
This April 700,000 people will lose food stamps; millions will get fewer benefits. In Baltimore, 22.2% of people, many of them children, go to bed hungry. The loss of food stamps (SNAP benefits) will mean that many small grocery stores will have to close their doors. But not the Pentagon! This year the military got a $130 billion increase. In addition, social security disability will be cut.
EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE
The children of Baltimore, DC and everywhere need clean lead-free drinking water, more and better paid teachers, books and decent schools. Redirect the billions for war to save our youth and pay for free universal health care for all.
LOW WAGES & WORKERS RIGHTS
Close to half of the workers in the U.S. are poor! 53 million workers between the ages of 18 to 64 — 44% of all workers — qualify as low-wage. This amounts to a median income of $18,000 per year. Amazon and Walmart refuse to respect workers rights to unionize. Amazon even threatened to fire workers who spoke out against climate change.
PENTAGON, THE WORLD’S BIGGEST POLLUTER: SHUT IT DOWN
Indigenous people courageously protected the Amazon rainforest from fires and destruction. Now Australia is engulfed in flames threatening the existence of an entire continent and killing millions of animals. Jakarta, Indonesia home to 30 million people is literally sinking, destroyed by flood waters. The capitalist climate crisis threatens the entire planet. The Pentagon with it’s 800+ military bases and endless wars is one of the world’s biggest polluters.
WAR BREEDS REPRESSION
ONLY THE PEOPLE CAN STOP THE WAR!
The people of Baltimore are Marching on the Dr. King Jr. weekend. We invite you to join us. If you cannot come to Baltimore, and we expect that many can’t, please hold solidarity actions in your city, town, school or work place.
Now is the time to reclaim and honor Rev. Dr. King Jr. by resisting war and racism.
Endorsers: Peoples Power Assembly; Rev. CD Witherspoon; Rev. Annie Chambers, Douglas Homes Community Leader; Youth Against War and Racism; Black Alliance for Peace, Baltimore; ICE Out of Baltimore; Prisoners Solidarity Committee; The Marlyn Barnes Family; Baltimore Peace Action; CODE Pink; Union del Barrio; Puerto Rican Alliance; Popular Resistance; Union of Progressive Iranians; UNAC, United National Antiwar Coalition; Harvard Boulevard Block Club of South Central Los Angeles; Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice; Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ; Peoples Alliance, Bay Area; Bail Out the People Movement, Wisconsin; Women in Struggle/Mujeres en Lucha; Solidarity with Novorossiya & Antifascists in Ukraine; Stand with Okinawa NY; International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal; Socialist Unity Party/Partido de Socialismo Unido; Struggle – La Lucha; Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, LA Province; Jennicet Gutierrez; Phil Wilayto, editor, The Virginia Defender; William Camarada, Comité de Solidaridad con Venezuela Alberto Lovera NYC; D19: Partido Libre USA Canada; Baltimore City Green Party; Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network; Familia: TQLM; Malaya Movement, Baltimore; San Diego County Central Committee of the Peace and Freedom Party of California; Communist Party of USA – Baltimore Club; U.S. Peace Council; Freedom Road Socialist Organization; Ujima People’s Progress Party; New Orleans Workers Group (list in formation)
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