The effort by the US to create a global capitalist empire will fail as the world experiences both global warming and the depletion of oil. We can expect the collapse of the state, increased ethnic conflicts, and a descent into societal chaos.

On June 3, demonstrators from the American Home Day Care Workers Association crashed a $1,250 a plate fundraising dinner for Governor Ehrlich held at the Hyatt Hotel in Baltimore. They were protesting $35 million in day care cuts from Maryland's 2004 budget.

Johns Hopkins University and a private developer are teaming up to create a "college town" environment in north Charles Village by converting both sides of the 3200 block of St. Paul Street and the northwest corner of 33rd & St. Paul Street into a large, "upscale" retail and residential complex. At a recent community meeting on the issue, Hopkins and Struever Bros., Eccles & Rouse presented their plans to a mildly critical, primarily upper-middle class white audience.

1,000 attended the United for Peace and Justice Teach-in. Speakers included Ralph Nader, Damu Smith, Cynthia McKinney, Hussein Ibish, and many others. A report from Baltimore activists.

Ed Kinane, a member of the Iraq Peace team, spent three months in Iraq just prior to and during the bombardment of Baghdad, where Kinane was living in the Al Fanaar Hotel. He spoke on May 23, 2003 at AFSC before an audience of 35.

May 18, 2003. A panel discussion held at Huebeck Hall on Goucher College’s campus, discussed Phil Berrigan’s legacy, the Catonsville 9 action and the “future of non-violent resistance.”

Text of approved Baltimore City Council resolution against the USA Patriot Act.

This is the report of a conversation I had with Robert Dreyfuss about what it means to be an investigative reporter. Dreyfuss was in Baltimore to speak on police surveillance of activists, an event initiated by American Friends Service Committee.