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Thursday, October 31, 7-11:55pm

1187 W Broad St, Columbus, OH, United States, Ohio 43222

WitchLab is throwing an old school Halloween Party!! Dry Ice, Rubber Spiders, Potion Shots, the whole gig!! We'll also have live music and a costume contest!!!

Music:
Risk Kishk
Anna Rose Flood
Good Reverend (Solo)
Cacklin' Racket

Tickets $10 at the door.

“I’m just a consumer” is a phrase I often heard on shop floors during my youth when I lived in Columbus and other places in the U.S. It’s worth noting managers and department heads shared those feelings.

I admit I can understand why, and there are at least four good reasons for such sentiments.

Spending that Paycheck

First, we buy the merchandise we need in the weekly grocery store with the income from our employment, then run to pay the rent or mortgage, utilities, car payment, and so on. Spending that paychec reinforces that “I’m just a consumer” feeling. Writing these lines, I recall a coworker who often whined aloud how “it feels like I live for my car!” She wasn’t able to save for things she really wanted because the car, house, appliances, and so forth always needed repair and replacing.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: Hilltop Branch Library, 511 S. Hague Ave., Columbus 43204. 

Hosted by Alianza 614 and Justice for Migrant Women, the Columbus Metropolitan Library, and COWC are hosting this in person event.  

Presenters include CRIS: Lara Downing, Sanos: Karla Lebron, Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center: Odalys Fajardo.

In addition to presenters the event will include Rubén Castilla Herrera's: The legacy of an Activist, and Information is power: Resources for our neighbors of the Westside.  

The Day of the Dead is coming. Tamales and hot chocolate for attendees.  Please join us for this fabulous event!  

Many people are not aware that Columbus is home to several community owned radio stations that offer programming you will not find on mainstream stations.

Everyone is aware of our excellent public radio stations WOSU.org and WCBE.org. WOSU is well known for NPR news and the locally focused All Sides with Anna Staver (formerly Ann Fisher). WCBE’s focus on music and the arts includes Studio 35 and generous offerings from local bands.

They should be on your car radio presets but I hope this article will convince you to add 91.9, 92.7, 98.3, 98.5, and 102.1 – all “low power” non-profit radio stations available over the air in most of Franklin County and streaming online from anywhere! Note: newer cars often cannot pick up low power stations using the scan function. Try disabling the auto scan and go directly to the call number.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Location: Whetstone Library, 3909 N. High St. Columbus 43214.

We have gotten word that Columbus is now an official Veterans For Peace Chapter!

Please come and celebrate the occasion.

You don't have to be a Veteran to come help us celebrate!

We are Veterans for Peace, Columbus, Ohio Chapter 183!  

Wes Flexner’s wcrsfm.org Radio Shows:
Wednesdays 7pm anonrocknroll.
Thursdays 7pm BSA
Saturdays 11pm The Curfew

If I’ve ever existed in a singer’s demographic, I’m in Clairo’s. I’ve played Clairo’s songs from the Atlanta singer’s newest album CHARMED from ANONROCKNROLL.

I’m Charmed by Clairo. I took the 2 from Campus and jumped off near the North Market.

Clairo walked out into the sold-out Kemba Pavilion in almost a prom dress. The original of Wu’s, “Tears” boomed into the evening. I stood around as high school, middle school, and college kids were enamored at a brunette from Atlanta, Georgia’s entrance. Clairo sat on the stage and drank booze with Clairo’s band while the Wu-Tang original seemed like pure essence.

Election day is approaching fast, and by now much of the public has heard the arguments for and against Issue 1, the constitutional amendment on the ballot that would make citizens, not politicians, responsible for redistricting. 

People from a broad spectrum of groups that support workers and a fair political system have worked tirelessly, canvassing door to door to combat the steady flow of misinformation from the opposition.

A lot of money has gone into the campaign against Issue 1, but who is behind these donations? Just a little bit of digging turns up the usual suspects, and they are all tied to finance capital and the fascist candidate for president, Donald Trump.  

Citizens not Politicians – the grassroots, non-partisan coalition that has worked for the passage of the amendment – clearly (and proudly) displays the organizations and businesses that support Issue 1 on their website. Prominent among these are unions like the AFL-CIO and the IAFF, and endorsements come from groups on the left, right, and center, from businesses and faith organizations.

Boeing workers in the Pacific Northwest are staying on strike, having voted to reject an offer from management. They are holding out for a real pension plan and better pay and benefits. In so doing, they are supporting themselves, but also helping other workers and the economy, which can only benefit when a major corporation improves its standards. Click here to tell them you support them!

The striking workers at Boeing know that the company’s top executives and wealthy shareholders have received billions in stock buybacks and dividends, while executives keep lining their own pockets (with the CEO expected to receive $20 million in compensation next year).

President Trump will go down in history as the US President who told the most lies. He spews lies like a slot machine spits out nickels. Trump should be the last person to complain about fake news and quit calling the US media the enemy of the American people.

Politico reported that Trump lied on average every five minutes over the course of 4.6 hours of speeches and press conferences. 

The Huffington Post recorded that he told 71 lies over the course of just one town hall event. However, 

The Washington Post reported in July 2020 that President Trump made over 20,000 "false or misleading claims." This amounts to an average of 23 false claims a day. (A polite way to describe lies.)

Here is my favorite 7 lies of Trump with my response:

1- President Donald Trump has lied for several years that he was honored as "Man of the Year." The truth is, he received only a plaque as a thank gesture for speaking at a Michigan Republican dinner in 2013.

Sunday, October 27, 12noon, Studio 35 Cinema & Draft House, 3055 Indianola Ave.

This Sunday [10-27-2024], the Simply Living Film Series returns with the first Columbus screening of the sequel to “Kiss the Ground,” “Common Ground.”

“Common Ground” is the highly anticipated sequel to the juggernaut success documentary, “Kiss the Ground,” which touched over 1 billion people globally and inspired the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to put $20 billion toward soil health. By fusing journalistic exposé with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, “Common Ground” unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system.