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What do Ohio State University (OSU) and Israel have in common? They both desperately try to conceal the truth about the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the daily Israeli war crimes committed against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip.
OSU targets pro-Palestinian activists for exposing the university of complicity in the Gaza genocide by arresting them, charging them with criminal trespassing, and threatening them with police escort from study-in for having "Keffiyeh," and the Israeli Death Forces (IDF) targeted Palestinian journalists in Gaza for informing the world about the reality in Gaza where Israel has not allowed international journalists.
This article first appeared on World Beyond War
The Nobel Committee has frequently given the peace prize to major war makers, and frequently to do-gooders whose work in a variety of fields has been unrelated to abolishing war. It has also often given the prize to opponents and victims of Western empire. But it has never given the prize to open advocates of war and fascistic government. Trump was never going to be given the prize directly.
Join us for a variety of community conversations at our in-person Free Press Second Saturday Salon
Saturday, October 11 from 3:30-5:30pm at the Columbus KTC Buddhist Center, 645 W. Rich St.
Vegetarian potluck dishes welcome!
This is a no-meat, no-alcohol event
Speakers:
Jahwara Qutiefan - Ohio Bonds Canpaign
Pat Marida - Anduril campaign
Lea Austin - Ohio Poor Peoples’ Campaign/ Moral Mondays
Sandy Bolzenius - Veterans For Peace - Sumud Flotilla updates
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan talk with Tiffany Boggins, the proprietor of Witchlab in Columbus and play witchy, devilish and ghostly tunes.
Listen live at 11pm Fridays, October 10 and 17 streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
and
Mondays at 2pm streaming October 13 and 20 at wcrsfm.org or on the radio at 92.7 or 98.3FM
A Central Ohio Chapter of Veterans For Peace (VFP) has been operating in the Columbus and surrounding areas for over a year. We have 15 core members, all of whom are experienced activists.
It is Chapter 183. Up until it was formed, Columbus was one of the largest cities in the United States that was not represented by a local chapter. Ohio was the most populous state without a chapter. There are over one hundred chapters throughout the U.S. and several international chapters. The national organization has had activists on the flotillas that have tried to break the Gaza blockade. VFP members have been arrested numerous times at demonstrations for standing up for freedom, veteran's rights, and the civil and humanitarian rights of people throughout the world while promoting peace and opposing unnecessary militarism, intervention, and war.
Friday, October 10, 6-8pm
Madison Township Community Center, 4575 Madison Lane, Groveport
Urgent discussion on Anduril's AI surveillance drone factory at Rickenbacker airport and what that means for our community.
Open to the public.
Food provided by Eddy's Chicken and Waffles.
A relatively new union at a Columbus east side cannabis dispensary remains on strike as they demand their corporate owner come back to the negotiating table to ink out a new contract. Herbal Wellness Center United or HWC United went on strike at the end of September, forcing their corporate bosses to shorten hours of operation and bring in scabs.
Out of Ohio’s 159 cannabis dispensaries only a handful have unionized, and this is the first time Ohio dispensary workers have gone on strike. Most dispensary workers, or “budtenders,” make between $14 to $20-an-hour.
HWC United organized with the help of local Teamsters 413 in 2023 not long before full legalization in Ohio was passed by a citizen-led amendment. Their busy medical dispensary was going to have far more customers and make a lot more money. That was predictable, and then they began hearing rumors their owner was looking to sell to a much larger corporation.
Thursday, October 9, 2025 - 6:00pm
Jacob's Porch, 45 E 13th Ave, Columbus, OH 43201
Join Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists, @fsjp_osu, and @workersvoice.ohio, for a presentation and discussion examining the reasons for the United States unequivocal support for Israel and the ongoing genocide.
In order to effectively fight for Palestine, we must understand what we are fighting against. We will discuss the role of U.S. Imperialism, the nature of zionism, and the history of this “special relationship.”
We welcome all to come discuss these burning questions for our movement. Feel free to invite others and share the event.
The meeting will take place at Jacob’s Porch (near OSU campus in Columbus) and there will be an online option available at cbus.work/meeting
Organizers from across the state held a press conference marking two years of war on the people of Gaza and renewing calls for No New Bonds - divestment of taxpayer money from the state of Israel and its genocidal project against the Palestinian people.
“It’s been two years of destruction of my family and my people. Two years of starvation and dirty water. Two years of gathering pieces of bodies in grocery bags. Two years of kill shots on children. And two years of watching my elected officials green light all of it, a genocide funded and supported by my government.”, read a representative from the Baladna, the Palestine Society of Columbus.
At least 60 people packed into the gallery of the state capital building in downtown Columbus as the rain fell steadily on the streets outside. Organizers had planned to demonstrate on the steps of the capital, but weather moved the event indoors.
