Mobilizing for Action to Create Peace with Justice
Baltimore Peace Action Members join a sit-in to end the genocide in Gaza outside of Congressman Mfume's office in Baltimore.
Members stage a protest in front of Rep. Ruppersberger's to stop the genocide in Gaza.
Baltimore Peace Action Members hold signs and banners over I-83 JFX, eliciting honks from cars.
Baltimore Peace Action Members join a protest march in Washington, D.C. to urge Congress
and President Biden to support a ceasefire in Gaza now.
Member Lou Curren with Ambassador from
Sierra Leone on Jan. 24, 2024, when she received a certificate of appreciation for signing the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, now ratified by 70 nations and signed by many more.
Typical certificate presented to 70 Ambassadors in DC by Maryland Peace Action members.
Baltimore Peace Action members presented a letter to the CEO of Northrop-Grumman on Jan. 22, 2024, asking for economic conversion to peaceful products.
Global Firepower - 2024 World Military Strength Rankings Reference detailing major and minor global military powers through accumulated statistics and rankings. www.globalfirepower.com
Please contact your two senators and your representative and tell them to vote against any additional money for Israel or the Iran war or any of Trump's illegal military adventures.
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Click here to find your congressional district
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Click to email or call phone number
202-224-4524
202-224-4654
Dist. 2 - Johnny Olszewski
202-225-3061
Dist. 7 Kweisi Mfume
202-225-3178
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What to say: Give your name and address so that they know you're a constituent. Then say something like this:
I oppose Trump's illegal military adventures. I urge you to vote NO on any additional appropriations for attacking Iran or any other country.
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Who We Are
We envision a world without war and without nuclear weapons, with resources devoted to human needs and a sustainable environment, rather than militarism.
If we don’t work for peace, who will? An obscene and ever-increasing military budget, some 800 U.S. foreign military bases, wars in several countries, a dramatic increase in the threat of nuclear war, the decimation of diplomacy as a tool—before it is too late, let’s build the political will to change U.S. foreign policy.
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Baltimore Peace Action is a chapter of Maryland Peace Action, the Maryland affiliate of Peace Action, the nation’s largest peace organization. Baltimore Peace Action is also a member of the Peace in Ukraine Coalition: https://www.peaceinukraine.org/
and Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal:
Current issues
Stop war on Iran
Nuclear Disarmament,
Negotiations to End to the Ukraine War
Palestinian Freedom; stop bombs to Israel
Cut the military budget
Join Us
Baltimore Peace Action meets virtually and in-person every month. We send the zoom link and phone numbers to members. Non-members may request info from
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Recent News
The main sponsor of SAIL-250
NORTHROP-GRUMMAN
facilitates GENOCIDE
supplying planes & missiles
to bury in rubble & burn
20 thousand Gaza children
Northrop-Grumman
is Maryland’s shame
while flaunting its warplanes, warships & blood money to highjack our lovely festival of tall ships & celebration of SAIL-250. Living Classrooms made a mistake in helping Northrop-Grumman recruit kids to militarism with flyovers & gee-wiz weapons. We say cancel the flyovers & warships.
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Peace Action is the nation’s largest anti-war organization. Our Maryland group has relationships with many of our members of Congress. We have lobbied our Maryland senators who now oppose sending Israel offensive weapons.
But some are still voting for genocidal weapons to Israel and for funding of the war-profiteering lobbyists of Northrop-Grumman & Lockheed-Martin. Call them:
Johnny Olszewski, Dist. 2, 202-225-3061
Kweisi Mfume Dist. 7 at 202-225-3178
And tell them to stop funding war crimes.
Then join us with a $35 membership check to Maryland Peace Action, P.O. Box 9831, Towson MD 21284.
Palestine before October 7: desperation and anger
Israel has been massacring Palestinians for decades
Kill ratio in Israel/Palestine since 2000:
Since 2000, the average kill ratio has been 6 Palestinians killed for every Israeli killed by each other prior to October 7. Since then, the kill ratio is 33 to one.
From January 1, 2000 to October 7, 2023, at least 18,097 Palestinians and 2,746 Israelis have been killed by someone from the other side.
These charts were published in the Baltimore Sun on October 11, 2023:
https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/charts/
From 2005 to 2022, approximately 4,460 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army and settlers during those 16 years. In 2014, the IDF raided Gaza, costing 100 Israeli lives and 2,200 Palestinian lives, or a ratio of 22 to 1.
Since 2000 at least 2,434 Palestinian children and 143 Israeli children have been killed by someone from the other side prior to October 7, 2023. That is a ratio of 17 to 1.
The Hamas raid on settlers on Oct. 7 occurred after the killing of 4,460 Palestinians by the IDF and settlers. The 2014 IDF raid into Gaza produced a ratio of 22 to 1 deaths. However, Hamas’s killing on October 7 now results in Israeli revenge bombing of genocidal proportions. With 40,000 Palestinians killed since Oct. 7, the kill ratio is now 33 to one.
The complicity of the Biden administration with genocide and war crimes is isolating the US around the world. Most of the world knows the truth, but the U.S. and European media is hiding the above truth from their citizens. The genocide is a public relations disaster for Israel, but blinded by hatred and revenge, traditional values of Judaism have been destroyed by Zionist apartheid.
The global sympathy for Jews after the Holocaust has unfortunately been squandered. The Jewish diaspora was well-placed to provide international leadership against racism, as they did in the civil rights movement. Now that has been overshadowed by Israel’s crimes in Palestine. The Jewish moral high ground has been damaged. However, Jewish leadership in the student encampment movement against genocide may turn the tide.
The root cause of this crisis goes to the US. and European leaders who hypocritically supported the Zionist project to limit the number of Jewish immigrants into their own countries. The Exodus ship was turned back. Jews were violently forced upon Palestine, then 80% Arab, creating perpetual warfare, now resulting in genocide. That was an anti-Semitic and anti-Arab set-up by Western powers who are now pretending to be protectors of Jews while profiting from weapon sales.
The above comments are by Richard J. Ochs of Baltimore Peace Action.
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Ceasefire to stop genocide on Gaza and West Bank
Cut US money and weapons.
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Cut fossil fuels
More jobs are created per federal dollar spent on environment than on weapons. Tell Congress to prevent more floods, fires, droughts, and storms with solar and wind. Climate chaos kills!
Rejoin Obama’s Iran Deal
Tell members of Congress and President Biden to rejoin the Iran deal which was working. Sanctions on Iran need to be lifted to comply with the agreement.
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Abolish nuclear weapons
The U.S. and the others that possess nuclear weapons are in violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NNPT). Nuclear powers must start disarmament. The US should take the lead before anyone blunders over Ukraine.
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Stop U.S. forever wars
Congress is wasting trillions of dollars in wars. The Iraq and Syrian governments want U.S. troops out. Tell Congress to stop these illegal invasions.
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Cut war budget and refund people
Profiteering weapons manufacturers bribe Congress to promote wars while Americans and others suffer.
Tell Congress to cut the war budget in half!
Talk peace with China & Russia
China & Russia need not be our enemies. We need to cooperate to prevent climate collapse & pandemics & promote trade. Tell Congress to stop provoking Russia & China with bases & weapons.
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Stop sanctions which kill millions
The US. has illegal embargoes on Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen blocking food and medicine, spreading disease, and killing millions.
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You can tell Congress to stop U.S. militarism by calling 202-225-3121.
