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Two radical history tours of Baltimore in May
Apr 30, 2008
First up, check out the IWW's May Day Roll: The Baltimore Labor History Bike Tour. Starting May 1st at 9:30 AM (don't worry, you can hook up with the tour at Red Emma's at 10:30 if that sounds a little early). More info over at Baltimore Indymedia.
If that's too short notice, or you can't get off work, or don't bike, don't worry! On May 18th there'll be a Baltimore People's Bus Tour: Commemorating the Catonsville Nine Anniversary, which will be touring sites of struggle from the 60's in the area, with a focus on anti-war activism and the Black Panthers. $10 tickets are available at Red Emma's, click through for the full details.
Baltimore People's Bus Tour -- May 18, 2008
Commemorating the Catonsville Nine Anniversary
For over twenty years there have been many Baltimore People's Bus
Tours. This tour will commemorate the 40^th Anniversary of the
Catonsville Nine protest of May 17, 1968.
It will also celebrate that era's legacy of struggle, when many of
Baltimore's citizens -- women and men , black and white--worked
together to protest against the Viet Nam War and against racism,
sexism and poverty. Join the bus to hear some of the original
organizers describe how they built a movement and alternative
institutions.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
10:00-1:00
(rain or shine)
The bus will depart from St. John's United Methodist Church at 2640
St. Paul Street at 10:00 and return at 1:00. There is ample on-street
parking. .
Tickets: $10
Tickets may be purchased in advance at Red Emmas, 800 St.Paul Street
(St. Paul at West Madison) or reserved and paid by credit card at
<info@redemmas.org>
Highlights of the Tour:
1) People's Free Medical Clinic -Learn about collaboration among Black
Panthers, Baltimore Women's Liberation and Baltimore Defense Committee
to house the clinic, Women: A Journal of Liberation and Baltimore
Women's Liberation.
2) Former site of the Customs House -- Learn about GI opposition to
the war in Vietnam and parallels with the war in Iraq.
3) Viva House - Learn about feeding the poor at a Catholic Workers
Soup Kitchen.
4)Former site of the Peace Action Center -Learn about Baltimore's
widespread anti-Viet Nam protests.
5)Edmondson Village/Route 40/ -- learn about the Black Panther Party
in Baltimore and about Westside development (the Road to Nowhere).
6) former site of the Catonsville Draft Board -Learn about the
legendary burning of draft records and ensuing trial.
Plus additional commentary en route.
Presenters and an historical link include:
* Jim Baldridge (Veterans for Peace)
*Willa Bickham and Brendan Walsh (Viva House)
*Herman Heyn (Peace Action Center)
* R.B. Jones (Black Panthers)
* Donna Poggi Keck (Women, A Journal of Liberation)
*Dean Pappas (Peace Action Center)
*Barbara Staton (teenaged witness to Baltimore's 1968 urban rebellion)
Sponsors: Ric Pfeffer Lecture Committee/Research Associates Foundation
