Maryland Workers Fight To Divest Their Pensions From Israel’s Genocide

On a cold, sunny morning in October, Grace Smith, a 42-year-old Baltimore County middle school teacher, arrived at the annual statewide teachers union convention in Ocean City, Maryland, with two fellow educators and a folder full of zines. Their mission: talk to as many teachers as possible about Maryland’s pension investments in Israel and hand out every copy they’d brought.

Smith estimated that they spoke to dozens of educators and distributed over 200 zines. The response, she said, was overwhelmingly positive.

“Everyone I talked to was glad to hear about it,” she said. “They didn’t know about it — and they were pissed.”

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