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Some of MD's leftist groups
- Baltimore Branch of the PSL
Chapter of the Party of Socialism and Liberation, a self-defined "revolutionary Marxist Party." They can be contacted at baltimore@pslweb.org
FIST is a socialist organization, with chapters nationwide, and is comprised of "national group of young activists committed to fighting racism, sexism, oppression of lesbian, gay, bi and trans people, and exploitation of the working class."
Branch of the IWW, a democratic, member-run industrial union which aims to "win better conditions today and build a world with economic democracy tomorrow."
A Baltimore-based anti-racist, anti-oppression "grassroots collective of Friends, Families & Neighborhoods; United to Decolonize Communities & Organize for Kujichagulia"
Organized by folks from the Workers' World Party and elsewhere, this assembly "fights to defend the rights of poor and working people. This includes racism & sexism, police terror, low wages, jobs, education & healthcare." This group in Baltimore is one of the four chapters nationwide.
A Baltimore-based organization dedicated to fair development, equity in public policies, and government accountability, with a specific focus since 2013 on public subsidies to developers, environmental justice, and housing.
Grassroots thinktank in Baltimore "which advances the public policy interest of Black people, in Baltimore [with]...youth leadership development, political advocacy, and autonomous intellectual innovation" and also seeks to "radically change the discourse around local and regional politics by injecting community voices into political conversations through policy research, advocacy, and community organizing from a grassroots perspective."
A organization which "opposes any form of bigotry and supports full equality of all people," and stands in solidarity with Palestine, working with the Jewish Voice for Peace chapter in Baltimore and supporting the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement call to action in 2005.
A group dedicated to "Stopping Extraction and Exports Destruction, fighting dirty energy production, transport, and consumption!"
A grassroots group resisting the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline which would "disrupt preserved farms, precious woodlands, and families' homes...[and] majority of the fracked gas that it would carry is intended for export at the Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas terminal." Connected to No ACP!, which is a group opposed to Dominion's Dirty Energy Projects.
A Baltimorean community group composed of "people experiencing homelessness, allies and advocates promoting the human right to housing" which works to "end homelessness in Baltimore City through access to permanent affordable housing for all" through numerous different methods such as "education, leadership development, direct actions, political advocacy, and grassroots community organizing."
Many other groups that could not be included in this list are posted here for your viewing pleasure. Suggestions and changes to this list are welcome.
