The Greater Baltimore DSA has just reached ONE THOUSAND members in good standing! Join us in the socialist fight against capitalism, private profit, and the intersecting systems of domination and oppression that oppose humanity. This is how we win a better world for ALL. GBDSA.ORG/JOIN

🇵🇸 New Apartheid-Free Baltimore Business @makingspace-bmore.bsky.social, art gallery, print studio, + collaborative hub, has signed the AFB pledge + is fully divested! AFB is a campaign led by GBDSA, DMV PYM, & JVP Baltimore. Learn more, sign the pledge, get involved: apartheidfreebaltimore.org

This Monday, The Brewer's Art closed unexpectedly, causing its workers to lose their income suddenly. These workers are still owed wages for their labor. Donate to their GoFundMe to help cover living expenses as they seek new employment & stability. gofund.me/0e9ecafce

HoCo folks: Submit testimony to ensure BOTH anti-ICE emergency bills CB16 and CB17 get passed. The hearing is on Wednesday, Feb. 4th at 6pm. - Sign up to testify in person: apps.howardcountymd.gov/Combined_Council_Testimony - Submit written testimony by emailing [email protected]

Keep up the pressure against ICE! - Tell delegates to support HB630 to help block ICE concentration camps: bit.ly/no-concentration-camps - Submit and/or present testimony for the 2/18 hearing: mgaleg.maryland.gov - Tell public officials to close 31 Hopkins + abolish ICE: bit.ly/stop31hopkins

An incredible turnout at the Howard Co Council Meeting tonight. Supporters of the bill to block a detention center in Elkridge have packed out all of the overflow rooms and many remain gathered outside. It is clear that the people will not allow concentration camps in our communities. ICE OUT NOW!

🚨 Howard County Comrades 🚨 Rally TODAY at 6:30pm outside George Howard Building (3430 Court House Dr, Ellicott City) to urge the Howard Co Council to block an ICE detention center from coming to Elkridge. At 7pm, we'll head to the council meeting to show our support for the proposed emergency bill.

Apartheid-Free Baltimore seeks to dismantle Israeli apartheid and settler colonialism so Palestine can achieve liberation. We recognize that the struggle against ICE and the struggle against Israel are interconnected, and we oppose occupation everywhere—from Palestine to Minneapolis.

GBDSA joins National Nurses United to honor Alex Pretti and all those murdered by ICE, and to demand Congress vote to abolish this violent, racist, and lawless agency that poses a dire public health threat to all of our communities. 📍 University Square Park, 501 W. Baltimore St. 📅 Sunday, 2/1, 6pm

Over 1,000 of us showed up yesterday in the freezing cold to demand the closure of 31 Hopkins and the abolition of ICE. We‘re keeping our pressure and momentum going TODAY (1/31) @ 3:30 outside City Hall to rally and get trained on how to protect our neighbors. We wont stop until we shut ICE down!

almost 1k people have used our letter tool to demand city council members, state and federal legislators, and the governor's office to use their power to shut down this concentration camp, prosecute the abusers, and contribute to the movement to abolish ICE

NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SHOPPING! Join us at 31 Hopkins Plaza at 2pm to make our demands heard.

SHUT! IT! DOWN!!!!! Friday, January 30th at 2pm 31 Hopkins Plaza NO ICE IN BALTIMORE! NO ICE ANYWHERE! @jvp.bsky.social @generalstrikeus.bsky.social @speakoutsocialists.org @pslweb.bsky.social @bbbfund.bsky.social @freestatecoalition.bsky.social @indivisiblebaltimo.bsky.social

SHUT DOWN the ICE field office at 31 Hopkins! ABOLISH ICE everywhere! In total opposition to the kidnappings on our streets and the human rights violations here at 31 Hopkins, Baltimore answers the call from Minneapolis. 📍 Fri, Jan 30th at 2pm 📅 George Fallon Federal Building, 31 Hopkins Pl

This week, leaked footage revealed appalling human rights violations at 31 Hopkins in Baltimore. We demand the closure of 31 Hopkins & ALL ICE facilities and that those responsible be prosecuted. Contact your public officials to demand they stop this cruelty at bit.ly/stop31hopkins

Citywide Rally + ICE Watch Training📢🚫🧊 3:30pm on Saturday, Jan 31st Baltimore City Hall, 100 Holliday St Baltimore, are you ready to get in the fight against ICE? Learn how to protect you neighbors from ICE and get organized with your community.

After an international outpouring of support and calls to surface her, Chantal was revealed to be in military custody on Jan 8. Sign the petition to demand the US and Philippine governments take immediate action to release Chantal actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...

Emergency action at 6pm TODAY - Saturday - at City Hall, 100 Holliday St. This morning, ICE agents murdered another person in Minnesota. After tens of thousands marched through the streets as part of a general strike yesterday to show resistance to ICE terror, this rogue agency killed again.

On Jan 1, the Armed Forces of the Philippines bombed Abra de Ilog, Mindoro, home to the indigenous Mangyan-Iraya people. Chantal Anicoche, UMBC graduate and Baltimore-area youth leader, was in the region learning about the indigenous peoples’ way of life when she went missing because of the bombing.

Join us at 7pm tonight (1/21): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us on January 21st at 7:00pm for an info session by Baltimore Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (BaltCHRP) discussing what's currently happening in the Philippines. RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

THIS EVENING! Wednesday, Jan 21st | 7-9 pm Union Craft Brewing Join us for solidarity and comradery with fellow workers, organizers, union members, and labor activists!

Last Sunday Greater Baltimore DSA, alongside the Black Panther Party, MD New Era Young Lords, and Baltimore Asian American Collective Liberation Front, showed up again in East Baltimore to provide hot food, fresh produce, groceries, toiletries, clothing, know your rights info, and other resources.

Recently, a document was leaked that exposed that the Dept of Human Services is in the process of establishing over 20 new concentration camps throughout the country, including one in MD intended to hold 1500 beds. Rally today to protest these heinous plans at Hagerstown Public Square at 4pm.

We'll be there too -- Tuesday at 5pm!

March against the Trump regime and its use of ICE to terrorize our neighborhoods on Tuesday, Jan. 20th, at 5pm. We’ll be there alongside PSL, Eyes On Ice, Free State Coalition, Baltimore Artists Against Apartheid and more! Meet in Patterson Park, at the corner of Linwood Ave & Eastern Ave.

TUESDAY 1/20 at 5pm by Patterson Park (Eastern Ave & Linwood Ave). Join us to push #IceOutForGood ✊ @baltimoredsa.org @freestatecoalition.bsky.social @eyesonice-bmore.bsky.social

Join us on January 21st at 7:00pm for an info session by Baltimore Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (BaltCHRP) discussing what's currently happening in the Philippines. RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Amazon is a pressure target of the Apartheid Free Baltimore campaign. Amazon has become the primary way to shop for so many people that sometimes it can be difficult to figure out how to shop for things without it. Here are some ideas on how to start! Learn more at apartheidfreebaltimore.org

MD’s library workers might be left out of a Right to Strike bill that would grant hard-working public servants the right to strike. Join our happy hour this Thursday from 7-9pm at Peabody Brewery to help plan how we will organize to pressure our elected officials to do the right thing!

GBDSA this week 🌹 Thur. Jan 15 | 7pm Right to Strike Happy Hour at Peabody Heights Brewery RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/right-to-strike-happy-hour-peabody-heights-brewery-3 Fri. Jan 16 | 7pm No Appetite for Apartheid National Quarterly Call Virtual - RSVP: pswg.link/NA42026Calls [1/2]

The Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America stands in solidarity with Baltimore organizer Chantal Anicoche and demands in no uncertain terms that she be returned safely and immediately.

On Jan. 13, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases that will shape the future of trans youth and people in this country: West Virginia v. BPJ and Little v. Hecox. We’re joining the national mobilization. 🏳️‍⚧️💪 RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/gbdsa-goes-to-bpj-hecox-rally-at-scotus/

At GBDSA's January General Body Meeting, we’ll think through what our own electoral endorsement process oughta look like, alongside the material organizing that means big change for working people. 📅 Saturday, Jan. 24th | 2:30pm 📍 Red Emma's Free School (3128 Greenmount Ave)

Vigil for those murdered by ICE in McKeldin Plaza tonight, organized by @baltimoredsa.org.

🇵🇸 New Apartheid-Free Baltimore Business Mera Kitchen Collective, a worker-owned restaurant/bar, has signed the Apartheid-Free Baltimore pledge & is fully divested. AFB is a campaign led by GBDSA, DMV PYM, & JVP Baltimore. Learn more, sign the pledge, and get involved at apartheidfreebaltimore.org

Baltimore DSA is raising funds this month for New Era Young Lord's community distribution on January 18th. We'll use funds to purchase winter supplies and nonperishable foods. You can also take food and clothing donations to 420 Ellwood Ave on January 18th between 12-1pm.

On Saturday 1/10, we'll share space to grieve w/ a vigil for Renee Nicole Good & the countless victims of ICE violence. We honor our comrades who put their bodies on the line to defend our neighbors, and we strengthen our collective resolve. Gather at 6:15pm @ McKeldin Plaza Service begins at 6:30

We did it! Avelo Airlines has announced that it will end its deportation contract with ICE due to "financial concerns". DSA chapters across the country worked with allies to kick Avelo out of airports, push for a consumer boycott, raise awareness, and end city contracts with Avelo.

*LOCATION CHANGE* Wednesday's happy hour will be at Peabody Heights instead of Union.

Many of us woke up Saturday to the news of the US illegal bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of Nicholas Maduro and his wife. Within hours, we joined forces with People Power’s Assembly (PPA) and Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and mobilized the community to an anti-war rally at City Hall.

The year is already off to a rough start, but now is not the time to despair! It is the time for revolutionary optimism - the kind that is found in solidarity, community, small wins, and a sharpened focus on our vision for the future. We hope to see you this week at one of our socials!

🇵🇸 New Apartheid-Free Baltimore Business Common Ground, a worker-owned bakery cafe, has signed the Apartheid-Free Baltimore pledge and is fully divested. AFB is a campaign led by Baltimore DSA, DMV PYM, and JVP Baltimore. Learn more, sign the pledge, and get involved at apartheidfreebaltimore.org

In 1929, Charles Goob, Baltimore’s Chief Engineer, announced plans to restore the Shot Tower. That year, improvements were made, including the installation of a steam engine + lighting system. When the engine turned on, steam was piped through the roof and amber and red lights were illuminated.

A right to strike bill will be introduced in 2026 to grant K-12 school staff and teachers as well as public library workers the legal right to go on strike. Send a letter to your state reps to urge them to support this bill: gbdsa.org/R2Sletter

January date change! GBDSA's People of Color Happy Hour will be the *second* Friday of the month in January. Join us on January 9th from 7-9pm at @oldmajorbmore for our monthly melanated socialists gathering!

🇵🇸 New Apartheid-Free Baltimore Business: Holy Frijoles, a Hampden bar with Mexican food, drinks, live music, and pinball machines, has signed the Apartheid-Free Baltimore pledge! Learn more, sign the pledge, and get involved at apartheidfreebaltimore.org

Google is a pressure target of the Apartheid Free Baltimore campaign. Google holds such a monopoly over so much of our lives that it can be difficult to even think of how you could possibly boycott them. These are some steps for limiting your reliance on them as best you can.

TONIGHT!

Socialist Night School this Thursday, Dec. 18th! Join us on Zoom at 7pm: actionnetwork.org/events/socia...