Greater Baltimore DSA

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

Original post from Washington County NAACP: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

What to say in your message:
✅ The building is physically unfit for habitation
✅ 4 toilets for 1,500 people is a public health hazard
✅ I stand with the MD AG + the Wash. Co. NAACP in opposing this project

HOW TO HELP:
1. EMAIL: Send a message to contact@anovaeon.com + HR@anovaeon.com

2. CALL: 571-249-4074: "I am a resident and I oppose the Williamsport Warehouse project. It is uninhabitable + unlawful."

3. SHARE: If you see their job ads on LinkedIn/Indeed, share the facts about the site conditions

NAACP open letter

***From the Official NAACP branch for Washington County Maryland***

📢 CALL TO ACTION 📢

The Washington County NAACP is taking a stand. We have officially sent a letter of opposition to Anovaeon LLC, the company currently hiring staff to run a mass ICE detention processing center in Williamsport.

NO WAR WITH IRAN!

GBDSA member Iskandar illuminates the interconnection between the struggles of the working class in the US and abroad. When imperialism advances, we all lose. When we realize our struggles are connected and we fight for all of us in the face of capitalist greed, WE WIN 🌹

Today (Saturday) at 4pm!

National day of action. Stop the war on Iran. Saturday March 7. 4pm Fallon Federal Building. At the bottom are logos from Black Alliance for Peace, Free State Coalition, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Palestinian Youth Movement, and Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America. Answercoalition.org/Iran

Join us on Saturday, March 7th at 4pm outside the Fallon Federal Building. We must lift our voices in solidarity with the people of Iran and call for no more war!

Iranians must be allowed to determine the future of their country free from foreign intervention!

We rally again on March 7th for the Day of Action. Join us at the Fallon Federal Building at 4pm.

Photo of feminine-presenting GBDSA member wearing a red GBDSA t-shirt and a black jacket holding a microphone and speaking to a group. Text reads: No War with Iran. The GBDSA logo of a raven with a rose in its mouth is under the text.

This past Tuesday, we rallied in the rain to denounce US/Israel attacks on Iran. These attacks are a clear violation of domestic and international law pushing us towards a regional war that would destabilize West Asia, imperil millions of lives, and trigger a global economic crisis.

Register to get the in-person address.

Philippines 101. 500+ years of struggle for self-determination and genuine democracy. Join BaltCHRP and GBDSA's webinar to learn more about Philippine history and local campaigns to defend Filipino migrants. March 7, 1pm. tinyurl.com/phil03-07 Register for in-person location. GBDSA and BaltCHRP logos in the bottom corner.

For over 500 yrs, the Filipino people have waged struggle against foreign colonizers and local ruling elite. Today, they continue that struggle against 3 basic problems: US imperialism, bureaucrat capitalism, and feudalism.

Learn more at our webinar!

📆 March 7, 1pm
📍 RSVP: tinyurl.com/phil03-07

Maryland Coalition to Stop the Camps NO CAMPS in Maryland

To stay informed and get alerts:

1️⃣ Join the MD Coalition to Stop the Camps: stopthecampsmaryland.com

2️⃣ Follow @projectsaltbox.bsky.social

3️⃣ Track ICE warehouse projects in other states: bit.ly/dhswarehouses⁩⁩

Image of proposed ice detention center building in Hagerstown with text “urgent call to action, deadline Thursday March 5”

⁨‼️URGENT CALL TO ACTION‼️

Deadline: Thursday, March 5**

ONLY ONE DAY LEFT TO STOP THE HAGERSTOWN CONCENTRATION CAMP

🚨 Submit public comment to DHS opposing these warehouses for human beings. You don’t need to be a MD resident to take this action.

actionnetwork.org/letters/emer...

Photo of four GBDSA members posing and smiling together outside of a farmers market tent. One member is holding a clipboard that says Demand the Right to Strike.

CANVASS WITH R2S ✊

Successful canvassing and community engagement have been cornerstones of the right to strike campaign. With HB1492 going before committee review next week we need to build our momentum!

📍 Waverly Farmers Market
📅 3/7 10am-12pm

RSVP: actionnetwork.org/r/2pxy/march7canvass

Flyer for GBDSA people of color happy hour. Second Friday in March! March 13th at 7pm at Old Major. Illustration of cocktails or mocktails.

Melanated socialists, our People of Color Happy Hour will be the SECOND Friday of the month due to a scheduling conflict at Old Major. Any organizers, leftists, or socialism-curious folks of color of welcome to join us.

📅 March 13th | 7pm
📍 Old Major, 900 S Carey St

"Jonatan is a legal asylum seeker from El Salvador with full rights under US law, but those rights are being denied." Please donate to help this family.

ICE kidnapped one of my irlfies

Find your congress reps here: www.congress.gov/members/find...

Tanggol Migrante post: www.instagram.com/p/DVPqekAjMB...

Call to action for Baltimore community member. Free jonathan from ice detention.

Jonatan, a queer community member here in baltimore was kidnapped by ICE.
He was here seeking asylum from el salvador. Please donate, share and call your congress members to demand they contact him and try to help get him released!

www.gofundme.com/f/help-free-...

🔥🔥🔥

Photo of two people smiling at the camera while holding bags of flour labeled "motzi". Text reads: We have co-hosted an event and organized with Koshary Corner, and we are lucky to have them nearby (not least of which for their delicious Egyptian food).

Motzi Bread: Apartheid Free Business. 2801 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD

“It feels important to us as a business with a Hebrew name to speak out for our vision of Judaism as well as reflect the values of our customers.”

Learn more about Apartheid Free Baltimore at apartheidfreebaltimore.org

Photo of masculine-presenting person wearing a medical mask and pulling a tray of bread loaves out of an oven with the text: Many of our neighbors and Jewish community are in solidarity with Palestine. It feels important to us as a business with a Hebrew name to speak out for our vision of Judaism as well as reflect the values of our customers.

Photo of a bakery counter topped with bread loaves and a blurry image of a feminine-presenting person wearing a medical mask walking behind the camera with the text: We are a neighborhood bakery that sources from local farms to mill fresh, whole grain flour for breads and pastries. We believe in making nutritious and delicious food available to all.

Since we opened in the early pandemic, we've used a pay-what-you-can model. Folks really do want to pay what they're able and it has consistently balanced out.I think it's created a special environment where customers feel empowered and want to share the love back however they can.It's rare to see owners of a small business live in the community they serve (we used to live above the bakery and now live next door). Seeing many of our customers as neighbors in day to day life has been so meaningful.

Photo of Motzi bread storefront with text: Finding other small business that you can align yourselves with can be such a helpful resource. Involving customers, in the form of fundraisers, art projects, events, is a great way to see the impact of your actions. If you encounter struggles due to publicly speaking out, let customers know. You will likely feel a lot of love and encouragement.

Get to know one of our Apartheid Free Baltimore businesses! Motzi Bread, a much-beloved bakery in the Charles Village area, provides delicious baked goods, a sense of community, and solidarity with Palestine.

ACT NOW: Tell Gov. Wes Moore to Honor His Oath, Repeal Maryland’s Unconstitutional Anti-BDS Executive Order Day One on the job, New York City's newly inaugurated Mayor Zohran Mamdani made history putting America First by revoking the city's unconstitutional anti-BDS Executive Order, signed by his predecesso...

Tell Gov. Wes Moore to Honor His Oath, Repeal Maryland’s Unconstitutional Anti-BDS Executive Order!

actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...

ICE detention expansion: what we know and what we can do YouTube video by Sonia Shah

What do we know about the warehouses ICE plans to use as immigrant prisons—and what we can do!

(Disclaimer: Not made by GBDSA)

youtube.com/shorts/mRXJV...

Full post: www.instagram.com/p/DUvT4tFD08H/

Chrysoula Taylor and Douglas W Taylor. Primary and secondary facilities managers for the G. H. Fallon Federal Building. 202-285-9047 chrysoula.hicks@gsa.gov 410-209-9545 douglas.taylor@gsa.gov The G. H. Fallon building, located at 31 Hopkins Pl, wasn't built to be a detention center. The VA, a daycare, the IRS, General Services, and more all happen in its large office complex. Chrysoula and Douglas are in charge of keeping things at the Fallon building business as usual. They may think that it's normal to detain dozens of innocent peopl a week but it's not normal.

Dear ICE whistleblower, thank you for listening to your heart; in quiet moments you know what's happening isn't right. Your family sees you as a protector, our families see you as the boogeyman. Our heart is breaking for the humans detained at the Fallon building. For the conditions they endure, dirty and overcrowded. It's not normal. Use your soul and speak out against what's happening, any way you can.

REPOST to show your love and solidarity with people detained by ICE by mobilizing workers inside the building to take a stand!

Robert J Frances. Howard County Department of Inspections, Licenses, and Permits Director. 410-313-2433. bfrances@howardcountymd.gov Bob stopped the construction of a new concentration camp with the stroke of his pen. Construction was almost complete, retrofitting a private office building in Elkridge into a brand new concentration camp as of December 29th, 2025. Bob revoked their building permit early February.

Bob, thank you for saying no. What an incredible act of love for your community. Thank you for using your power to stop the machine that kidnaps our neighbors and spits them out far away. Thank you for saying not in your neighborhood. We don't want to bring hate and death here. Thank you for your courage, because of you we feel relief instead of fear.

Calvin Bell Howard County Executive. 410-313-2013 cball@howardcountymd.gov After Bob revoked their building permit, Calvin brought County and State legislation to block new ICE facilities from being built. He is working hard to make sure they can't just try again to bring a new concentration camp to our backyard.

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