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Not everything fits into a quarterly paper - IR News provides you with updates on social justice struggles in Baltimore.

Israeli Attacks on Gaza Draw Criticism - Umar Farooq

Submitted by gadfly on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 23:30.
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Although many governments in the western world have thrown their support squarely for Israel, rallies have taken place on a daily basis in hundreds of cities across the world demanding an end to the attacks and a lifting of the blockade.

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Muntadhar Al-Zaida's Shoes and the Voice of the Oppressed — Michael Kaplan

Submitted by nickpetr on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 17:50.
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Though missing his target (President Bush), his message was heard all around the globe, as he yelled in Arabic, “This is a goodbye kiss from Iraq, you dog…this is for the widows, the orphans, and all the dead Iraqis.”

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BUILD Child First Says Get on the Bus for Youth and Education — Ron Kipling Williams

Submitted by nickpetr on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 17:41.
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City Council members were urged to ‘get on the bus’ to fight for youth and education funding - funding that has been historically slashed during budget shortfalls.

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While the city has been embroiled in the same economic downtown as the rest of the state and the nation, Mayor Sheila Dixon, City Council President Stephanie Rawlings Blake, and City Comptroller Joan Pratt vociferously defended their decision to quietly vote in and receive their legally chartered pay raise last week.

“ELECTION DAY WILL NOT BE ENOUGH” An Interview with Howard Zinn — by Jessica Lee and John Tarleton, The Indypendent NY

Submitted by nickpetr on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 18:19.
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From the November 17, 2008 issue of the NY Indypendent

The election of President-elect Barack Obama is a historic moment pinned between an energizing rhetoric and a dire reality. To help put the occasion in perspective, The Indypendent reached out to renowned U.S. historian Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States.

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Baltimore Town Hall Meeting—Facilitated by Nato Thompson and Daniel Tucker, DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN

Submitted by nickpetr on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 15:56.
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“Town Hall” conversations were held in Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and New York City in March 2008. Selected organizers, artists, and activists across a broad spectrum of cultural communities discussed five questions pertaining to strategic local and national activist concerns.

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Question #1:
Who is your audience and how does your work mobilize them towards strategic local concerns?

Creating a Resource Network for Baltimore’s Gardeners! - Sarah Krones

Submitted by ericimhof on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 18:07.
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No one should be left floundering because they don’t have the tools to plant a garden, know what the protocol is on gardening on city-owned property, have any idea which fruit trees would survive in our urban environment, or know how to effectively teach kids to enjoy chard!

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20th Annual Celebration of the Life and Works of James Baldwin

Submitted by nickpetr on Mon, 11/24/2008 - 22:50.
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Baltimore based society honors one of America’s greatest writers and intellectuals

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James Baldwin lives! The late legendary writer, intellectual and civil rights activist will be honored by one of the oldest societies named after him.

On Monday, December 1, 2008 from 6pm to 8pm there will be a 20th annual celebration by the James Baldwin Literary Society (JAMBALITSO) at the Station North Arts Café Gallery, 1816 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.

Anthony McCarthy Hunger Strikes To Support Drug Recovery Center – Ron Kipling Williams

Submitted by nickpetr on Sun, 11/23/2008 - 15:42.
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McCarthy said that he would not take in any food, only drinking water until $50,000 is raised...

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On Tuesday, November 14th, during the 5:00 pm drive time hour on WEAA 88.9 FM, local Radio Talk Show host Anthony McCarthy announced on his show he was beginning a hunger strike to draw attention to a local institution in Baltimore.

Unite Here! Marches on the Sheraton Hotel – Ron Kipling Williams

Submitted by nickpetr on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 13:27.
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According to organizers, negotiations broke down with Columbia Sussex owner Bill Yung, resulting in the enacting of policies that have been detrimental to workers - such as the removal of seniority and the increase in health costs.

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Braving the frigid wind-chill temperatures on Tuesday, November 18th, Unite Here! protesters and allies assembled at War Memorial Plaza to rally around the boycott of the Sheraton City Center Hotel in downtown Baltimore.

Let's Not Get Organized By Barack Obama – Tom Kertes

Submitted by nickpetr on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 15:19.
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One thing that Barack Obama does well is associate his partisan organizing with community organizing, closely knitting the narratives of great social movements like civil rights, the Underground Railroad and labor movements to the narrative of the Democratic Party. That's smart, since the story of Harriet Tubman is far more compelling than that of a bunch of fat cats smoking cigars in the back rooms of the halls of power.

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