Free Press is committed to documenting the people taken by ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested, detained, deported, and/or imprisoned many people that it has unilaterally determined to be undesirables.  At first, they claimed they would deport only criminals, but it has already gone beyond that.  We at the Free Press consider every person who has been sent to the Tecoluca (El Salvador prison), Guantanamo naval base, or detained in other prisons throughout the country to be innocent until proven guilty. We will include students who have been expelled for protesting genocide.  It appears the government will revoke Visa's to get rid of undesirable students.  This article will be updated as long as is necessary.

Familiar tale gracefully blends feminism and fantasy

Feminism has a crucial role to play in modern life, but I sometimes wish it would leave our fairy tales alone. The results of its revisionist meddling are too often unconvincing and unsatisfying.

Remember last year’s Maleficent? It turned an age-old story on its head by revealing that the fairy (Angelina Jolie) who turned a princess into a “Sleeping Beauty” was not evil at all. No, she was merely wronged and misunderstood. Worst of all, we learned that the somnambulant princess could not be awakened by a kiss from the handsome prince, but only by a motherly peck from that same fairy.

How heartwarming. And how utterly unromantic.

Thank goodness Disney’s new live-action version of Cinderella doesn’t wear its feminism on its sleeve. It has nods to modern sensibilities, to be sure, but they’re handled with a lighter touch.

Mass mobilization for immigration rights

Details about event

ICE out of Columbus!

Date: 

Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 3:00pm

Venue: 

Westerville Skatepark,  455 Park Meadow Rd., Westerville, OH 43081

Sycophant Center

ICE Targets School Zones in Columbus, Families Detained

On December 19th, school let out early in Columbus, and children did what children always do. Kids walked home and waited in pickup lines expecting to go home with family for winter break and all the coming festivities of the holidays.

They slung backpacks over one shoulder. They checked their phones. They waited in pickup lines and walked familiar routes home, thinking about winter break, holidays, sleeping in, the small relief that comes with the end of exams. Some were already arguing with siblings over who would sit in the front seat. Some were texting parents they could see just down the road.

A car door opening is usually nothing. That day, it was everything.

Congresswoman Stefanik, it is the Curse of Gaza, Stupid…

Almost two years ago, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik made a fool of herself while questioning the presidents of three Ivy League universities, MIT, Harvard University and University of Pennsylvania. She demanded a yes or no answer, in an immature and juvenile way, while trying to paint these institutions and their presidents as supporters of antisemitism for “allowing” the constitutionally protected speech by students supporting the Palestinian plight and condemning the genocide happening in realtime in Gaza.

Stefanik, a Trump loyalist, a MAGA warrior, a supporter of overturning 2020 presidential elections, a promoter of “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory, and whose top contributor is AIPAC, all of the above was not enough. Still, President Trump dumped her.

ICE is not welcome in Columbus. Immigrants are.

Keep immigrants safe

ICE has got to go. That is the message Columbus residents have been sending since a couple hundred agents descended on the city and began to hunt people on the streets. They immediately began mobilizing neighborhood watches and alert systems, keeping agents awake all night at their hotels, and setting up food delivery chains.

COLUMBUS LIBERATION CENTER HOSTS ICE OUT OF COLUMBUS MASS MEETING

Details about event

4PM - DECEMBER 20, 2025

Columbus Liberation Center, 1004 Parsons Ave.

The people of Columbus are coming together to fight back against ICE’s assault on our immigrant neighbors and coworkers in a mass meeting held at the Columbus Liberation Center. Endorsed by organizations across Columbus, including the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Ohio, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, ICE Out of Cbus, Muslim American Society - Columbus, and local leaders like Rep. Munira Abdullahi, the meeting builds on the actions that community members have already taken against ICE since they descended on our city. We will discuss why and how we must organize to get ICE out of Columbus. 

Olivia Rowland, an organizer with ICE Out of Cbus, said: “It’s clear that these ICE attacks, which follow President Donald Trump’s despicable comments regarding our Somali neighbors, are meant to cause fear and terror. The ruling class wants to divide us to distract us from the real issues facing all workers. This mass meeting will show that we are united, and we will fight back. We won’t stop until ICE is out of Columbus!”

The Three Narratives: Gaza as the Last Moral Frontier against Israel’s Policy of Annihilation

Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide. This singular, violent vision is the only one backed by the brute force of policy and fact.

 The first narrative belongs to the Trump administration, largely embraced by the US Western allies. It rests on the self-serving claim that US President Donald Trump personally solved the Middle East crisis, ushering in a peace that has supposedly eluded the region for thousands of years. Figures like Trump, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and US-Israel Ambassador Mike Huckabee are presented as architects of a new regional order.

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