Right to Strike Happy Hour. 7pm. Will happen every 3rd Thursday of the month. Peabody Heights Brewery 401 E 30th St, Baltimore, Md. Image of two hands clinking glasses together.

Right to Strike Happy Hour
Thurs, April 16th at 7pm
Peabody Heights Brewery

With the MD Legislative Session now over, we'll have an important conversation about strategy for the year ahead! Check in with the campaign and discuss ideas and insights to help us get this bill passed by May Day '27.

We CAN take down ICE, stop US wars, defeat zionism, and end exploitation at home and abroad. As we gear up for a true GENERAL STRIKE in 2028, use this year’s May Day to demonstrate our power and build the solidarity to shut shit down!

International Workers' Day. Baltimore, May 1. Workers have the power. End the wars. Stop ICE. No School. No work. No shopping. Druid Hill Park. Swann Dr & Druid Park Lake Dr. 2:30pm.

MAY DAY '26
May 1st, 2:30pm | Druid Hill Park
Swann Dr & Druid Park Lake Dr

On May 1st, it’s time for the working class to remind the capitalists that WE have the power! Withhold your labor, your dollars, your investment in this racist, imperialist, patriarchal system that only serves the wealthy.

This Wednesday! Show up to keep ICE concentrations camps out of our state!!!!

SB984 - Correctional Services - Private Detention Facilities - Zoning Requirement This bill prohibits the creation of new immigration detention centers on property not originally zoned or intended for that use. It expands the scope of 2022's Dignity Not Detention Act to include private property. No Concentration Camps in Maryland!

Call the House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee and tell them to advance SB984! Chair Melissa Wells - 410-841-3545 Vice Chair Kenneth Kerr - 410-841-3240

Please also call House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk and tell her to bring SB984 to a floor vote! 410-841-3800

The General Assembly is over on Monday, but our work to transform Maryland into a sanctuary for all Maryland residents doesn’t stop here. Sign our pledge to follow our campaign! sanctuarymd.org

Call the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee and tell them to advance HB649! Chair Brian Feldman - 410-841-3169 Vice Chair Cheryl Kagan - 410-841-3134

HB1018 - Correctional Facilities and Immigration Detention Facilities - Minimum Mandatory Standards This bill would task Maryland with enforcing minimum standards of how people are treated in ICE detention in our state. Maryland must protect human rights even when it’s the federal government that’s violating them!

Call the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and tell them to advance HB1018! Chair Will Smith - 410-841-3634 Vice Chair Jeff Waldstreicher - 410-841-3137

Please also call Senate President Bill Ferguson and urge him to bring HB1575 , HB649 and HB1017 to a floor vote! 410-841-3600

Make phone calls to support these important bills before the Maryland General Assembly ends its legislative session on Monday:

Advice on calling legislators: Give your name, zip code and phone number. Talk about why this bill is important to you. Be confident and direct! these are your public officials. See caption for full committee contact info.

HB649 - Advancing Equal Educational Opportunities for All Students in Maryland This bill protects tasks Maryland with protecting students from discrimination, including from local government, providing legal recourse. In the current federal climate, and with many Republican-controlled counties, Maryland must intervene to protect all students’ rights to respect and access to education!

Make phone calls to support these important bills before the Maryland General Assembly ends its legislative session on Monday!!

Full statement with full committee contact information: nextcloud.gbdsa.org/s/mEwQrSNB3Y...

AFB is a campaign led by the Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America, @dmvpym, and @jvpbaltimore. Learn more, sign the pledge, and get involved at apartheidfreebaltimore.org

Apartheid-Free Baltimore businesses pledge to:

🍉 Avoid doing business with companies complicit in Israel’s human rights violations
🍉 Follow @boycott.divestment.sanctions BDS & PACBI guidelines
🍉 Divest from and avoid investments in complicit companies

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Flyer with yellow background and images of olives and petals at the bottom. Apartheid-Free Baltimore Business. The Stoop. A neighborhood gathering space to unwind, connect, & sip on something amazing. 784 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, MD GBDSA, PYM, and JVP logos are shown at the bottom.

New Apartheid-Free Baltimore Business 🇵🇸

The Stoop, a neighborhood gathering space to unwind, connect, and sip on something amazing, has signed the Apartheid-Free Baltimore pledge and is fully divested!

Stop Injustice at Walters Art Museum - Rehire Carrington with Back Pay & Benefits Now! We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, write to express our outrage over the recent termination of Carrington Scott from his position as engineering staff at the Walters Art Museum. Carri...

Local community organizer and trade unionist, Carrington, was just terminated from his job at the Walters. Sign the petition and demand justice: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Maryland Coalition to Stop the Camps NO CAMPS in Maryland

The Court will be hearing the State's lawsuit against the Depart of Homeland Security for the latter's violation of community and environmental review requirements in their effort to convert a large warehouse in Williamsport into a concentration camp. Follow our campaign at stopthecampsmaryland.com!

Rally and pack the court. April 15, a judge will hear the MD attorney general's landmark lawsuit to stop ICE's conversion of a 825,000 ft Williamsport warehouse into a concentration camp. Join us and stop this camp! 9am rally outside courthouse. 10am attend the court hearing or the interfaith vigil outside. Location: garmatz federal court house. 101 west lombard street, baltimore. STOP Maryland's ICE camp.

NEXT WEDNESDAY!

The Maryland Coalition to Stop the Camps (of which GBDSA is a member) is holding a rally to demand no ICE concentration camps in Maryland!

📅 Wednesday, April 15th at 9am
📍 Garmatz Federal District Courthouse, 101 W Lombard St
✅ RSVP at bit.ly/April15Hearing

Emergency protest. Stop Trump's war on Iran. Wednesday April 8, 5:30pm. Mondawmin Mall. Corner of Liberty Heights Ave and Reisterstown Rd.

TODAY (4/8) at 5:30pm. Mondawmin Mall. Join us to stand against war on Iran and to demand a PERMANENT ceasefire! No to US imperialism and capitalist greed! Solidarity with the people of Iran!

CALL DAILY! Full Committee 410-841-3770 Chair Heather Bagnall 410-841-3406 Vice Chair Bonnie Cullison 410-841-3883 Delegate Tiffany Alston 410-841-3139 Delegate Pam Guzzone 410-841-3083 Delegate Terri Hill 410-841-3378 Delegate Steve Johnson 410-841-3280

Delegate Aaron Kaufman 410-841-3314 Delegate Lesley Lopez 410-841-3021 Delegate Ashanti Martinez 410-841-3652 Delegate Samuel Rosenberg 410-841-3297 Delegate Kim Ross 410-841-3766 Delegate Deni Taveras 410-841-3101 Delegate Jennifer White Holland 410-841-3744 Delegate Teresa Woorman 410-841-3454

A better world is possible. Join DSA! dsausa.org/join

✅ Call the House Health Committee: mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/C...

✅ Donate to the Trans Rights Advocacy Coalition (TRAC): secure.actblue.com/donate/tracf...

✅ Donate to Baltimore Safe Haven:
donorbox.org/bmoresafehaven

✅ Join DSA:
www.dsa.org/join

Trans Day of Visibility Calls to Action

Donate to TRAC! secure.actblue.com/donate/tracfund

Donate to Baltimore Safe Haven! donorbox.org/bmoresafehaven

Call the House of Delegates Health Committee and urge them to pass SB626, the Birth Certificate Modernization Act, but with the Senate’s amendment removed:

GBDSA's Trans Day of Visibility Statement + Calls to Action - nextcloud.gbdsa.org/s/3zw3XZkGo2...

We Will Not Be Erased: DSA's Commitment to Trans Liberation - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) This past year has seen a relentless escalation in attacks on the trans community. With the rise of the Right and the second Trump administration, legal and extralegal anti-trans violence has found a ...

"DSA is proud to be one of the largest organizations of transgender people in the nation and unequivocally stands with the trans community, our community, in the fight for liberation for all, for freedom from domination and discrimination."

Read the full statement: www.dsausa.org/statements/i...

Orange background with black and white illustration of Bud, the DSA's national mascot of a rose with sunglasses, hands, and feet. Bud is holding a sign that says "let's go O's".

Opening Day is upon us. While last season was disappointing, the Greater Baltimore DSA is confident that the Baltimore Orioles are bringing a World Series championship home to Baltimore this October.

Thank you for the suggestion :) We updated our flyer in the latest post.

Green frame with white box inside. Illustration of people helping each other climb to the top of a building with stars around them. General Body Meeting, March 28th, 2:30-4:30. Red Emma's Free School. Greater Democratic Socialists of America. Masks required and provided.

REMINDER: Our General Body Meeting is THIS Saturday (3/28) from 2:30-4:30 at Red Emma's. We have a truckload of chapter business to attend to - from proposed bylaws amendments to voting on political candidate endorsement. Be ready to engage, discuss, and (if you're a member) VOTE!

Pls wear a mask.

Yes

Green frame with white box inside. Illustration of people helping each other climb to the top of a building with stars around them. General Body Meeting, March 28th, 2:30-4:30. Red Emma's Free School. Greater Democratic Socialists of America.

GBDSA General Body Meeting this Saturday, March 28th at Red Emma's Free School from 2:30-4:30pm.

This is a hybrid meeting with an in person and online option. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/gbdsa...

NOTE: Voting will only happen LIVE at the GBM this month, both in person and virtually!

Maryland public workers demand the right to strike and want you to help. here's what we've done so far...

4297 petition signatures

23 bill co-sponsoring like HB1492 granting public preK-12 school employees and library workers the right to strike

2476 letters sent to Maryland state legislators

So much progress has been made since the launch of the Right to Strike campaign. HB1492 for MD Teachers & Library workers’ right to strike is currently in the MD state house, and is up for its hearing in Annapolis on Wednesday, 3/11.

30 coalition partners

Hosted events, in the news, solidarity, organizing.

Tons of opportunities to get involved. 3/14 R2S canvassing 10 am Waverly Farmer's Market. 3/16 GBDSA Lobby Night, Annapolis, MD. 3/19 Happy Hours, 7pm, Peabody Heights Brewering.

baltimoredsa.org/mdright2strike

Whether or not it passes this session, we will continue the fight for ALL public sector workers.

Join us in the work: baltimoredsa.org/mdright2strike

Maryland public workers demand the right to strike and want you to help. here's what we've done so far...

4297 petition signatures

23 bill co-sponsoring like HB1492 granting public preK-12 school employees and library workers the right to strike

2476 letters sent to Maryland state legislators

So much progress has been made since the launch of the Right to Strike campaign. HB1492 for MD Teachers & Library workers’ right to strike is currently in the MD state house, and is up for its hearing in Annapolis on Wednesday, 3/11.

organization endorsements. Malaya Movement Baltimore. Malaya is a US-based anti-fascist, anti-dictatorship movement. We aim to advance democracy and human rights in the Philippines.

Socialist Party of Baltimore. The Socialist Party USA strives to establish a radical democracy that places people's lives under their own control.

Veterans For Peace 105 Baltimore M Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter. Veterans For Peace is a global organization of Military Veterans and allies whose collective efforts are to build a culture of peace by using our experiences and lifting our voices.

Muzei. Muzei is a social media platform designed to promote artists, small businesses, and voices of the community.

Are you an org that wants to endorse Apartheid Free Baltimore?

Join orgs like Malaya Movement, Socialist Party of Baltimore, Veterans for Peace Chapter 105, and Muzei!

Sign the pledge as an organization at apartheidfreebaltimore.org

www.baltimoredsa.org/join

GBDSA co-chair Juli gave testimony at yesterday’s bill hearing for HB1492 which would give teachers and library workers the right to strike. All public workers need this tool to protect their working conditions, and the conditions of the students, patients, and other everyday people they serve.

Photo of a group of GBDSA members in room during a meeting with one member speaking in front of them holding a microphone and wearing a mask. Working group meetings, listed in image caption.

Working Group Meetings:

🇵🇸 Palestine Solidarity
Monday @ 6pm

✊ Disability Justice
Tuesday @ 7pm

🏳️‍🌈 Trans Rights & Bodily Autonomy
Thursday @ 6pm

🪧 MD Right to Strike
Thursday @ 7pm

💵 Budget & Finance Committee
Thursday @ 8pm

📚 Political Education
Thursday @ 8pm

Learn more at gbdsa.org/calendar

Photo of MD state house. Wednesday right to strike bill rally at 11am, hearing at 1pm.

Photo of people of color around a table at Old Major. Friday, POC happy hour 7pm at Old Major.

Photo of two GBDSA members at a farmers marking holding clipboards collecting signatures. Saturday, Right to strike farmers market canvassing.

This week with GBDSA 🌹

Wednesday:
Right to Strike Bill
11am Rally + 1pm Hearing
House of Delegates, Annapolis

Friday:
POC Happy Hour
7pm @oldmajorbaltimore

Saturday:
MD Right to Strike Farmer’s Market Canvassing
8am & 10am Waverly Market
10am Fells Market

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