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SPECIAL OFFER! The first 10 people who donate $50 to the Free Press will receive The Lindbergh Syndrome: Heroes and Celebrities in a New Gilded Age, by Robert Lockwood Mills.

	One Year Subscription to the "The Free Press" - $12 The Free Press is a 37-year-old progressive journal that can be mailed directly to you! In order to find out more about the Free Press, check out the about section.

	CICJ/Free Press Donation The Free Press started as an underground newspaper on the Ohio State University campus in 1970 as a response to the killings at Kent State. It is published by a 501(c)3 organization, the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism. In order to find out more about the Free Press, check out the about section and the journal section. Donations to the Free Press are tax deductible.

	CICJ Election Protection The Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism, a 501(c)3 organization, is spearheading the efforts to investigate the election irregularities and initiate litigation to contest the election results in Ohio. Support our work by donating today! Donations to CICJ are tax deductible. If you prefer, you can make out a check to the "Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism" and send it to: The Free Press 1240 Bryden Road Columbus, Ohio 43205

	CICJ Ohio Election Publications Fund Help us document Ohio's stolen election: be a part of the book & movie! We are continuing to put together books and video documentaries about the stolen election. American democracy is hanging by a thin thread in Ohio. Please help us make sure it doesn't snap. Every cent you contribute will make a difference. Donations to CICJ are tax deductible. If you prefer, you can make out a check to the "Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism" and send it to: The Free Press 1240 Bryden Road Columbus, Ohio 43205

	The Columbus and Central Ohio Community Radio Project Any way you look at it, there's simply not enough variety in our local broadcast spectrum. Radio in Central Ohio is dominated by right wing propagandists and commercial mediocrity. Columbus needs broadcast outlets that provide uncensored news/analysis and grassroots multicultural programming. Please help support the local community radio initiatives: CICJ, owner and operator of the translator, broadcasting at 98.3 FM and carrying the signal of the LPFM station run by Simply Living and the Bexley Public Radio Foundation; and The Neighborhood Network, a non-profit media organization that currently supplies programming for the LPFM and is a Pacifica Radio Network affiliate. The Neighborhood Network is also applying for a full-power radio license to increase our broadcast opportunities. Please support our efforts to build community media infrastructure in Central Ohio. Your donation of $10, $25, $50 or more is appreciated! Pay through Paypal below or send a check to: The Columbus and Central Ohio Community Radio Project 1240 Bryden Rd. Columbus, OH 43205

	Anti-Death Penalty Project Donation Funds raised through the Free Press Anti-Death Penalty Project have gone to investigate John Byrd's claims of innocence. As a result of our Anti-Death Penalty fund, we have unearthed information about a fourth suspect in the John Byrd case and we are following up on other information we hope will contribute to the search for the truth in his case. Funds may also be used for other anti-death penalty activities such as advertising to the public to promote a moratorium on the death penalty in Ohio. Donations to the Free Press Anti-Death Penalty Project are tax deductible through our non-profit organization, the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism (CICJ). Read Death Penalty articles from The Free Press.
	Pennsylvania Election Transparency Project The Pennsylvania Election Transparency Project is an ongoing effort to improve public access to and oversight of detailed election data. Past victories include inducing the Department of State to lower voter file prices and to release electronic files of polling place locations. The current project (starting in Fall 2007) is to monitor Pennsylvania voter files for purges and other irregularities. If you'd prefer to donate via mail, send your cheque to: Pennsylvania Election Transparency Project c/o Campaign Scientific 250 S. 17th St. #701 Philadelphia PA, 19103


	What Happened in Ohio? A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election, by Bob Fitrakis, Steven Rosenfeld, and Harvey Wasserman: $10 SPECIAL through freepress.org Published by The New Press "It is my professional opinion that these numbers are fraudulent." - STATISTICIAN RICHARD HAYES PHILIPS, PHD, IN REFERENCE TO OHIO'S 2004 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE COUNT, FROM HIS DEPOSITION IN THE MOSS V. BUSH LAWSUIT, WHICH REACHED THE OHIO SUPREME COURT In the first comprehensive look at the most critical state�s voting process in the 2004 presidential election, three pathbreaking investigative journalists (one a member of the legal team that sued the state of Ohio for election fraud), compile documentary evidence of massive potential theft and fraud in the presidential vote�problems that may have changed the outcome of the presidential election in Ohio, and thus the nation. What Happened in Ohio? includes trucking receipts that show voting machines were pulled back from minority districts; ballots that contain evidence of tampering; mathematical analysis demonstrating the statistical impossibility of voting totals; testimonials from hundreds of voters, campaign workers, and poll workers about conditions that effectively disenfranchised thousands of voters; copies of flyers instructing Democrats to �vote on Wednesday�; official letters sent to tens of thousands of longtime voters incorrectly informing them they had been deemed �inactive� and ineligible to vote; photos taken of the original exit poll data broadcast on election night before it was retroactively �corrected� by the networks; and much, much more. For anyone suspicious of the Ohio vote, here's the evidence you've been waiting for.

	Against All Odds: The Struggle to Save the Ridges - $15 by Chad Kister Against All Odds: The Struggle to Save the Ridges is an inspiring story that can bring insights to assist efforts to preserve land, combat climate change or any other nonviolent cause. "I was grabbed from the first page. Few young whippersnappers can pull off an adventure this thrilling with such charming and refreshing naivete and later write about it like an old pro. His masterful story-telling ability riveted me to the book. By the end I realized I had gained so much insight into the politics of oil exploration in this contended wilderness. I can't wait to see what's next from this new young writer." - Bernd Hindrich, author of New York Times besteller Ravens in Winter.

	Hacking Democracy: $21.56 The film the Diebold corporation doesn't want you to see. Electronic voting machines count about 90% of the votes cast in America today. But are they reliable? Are they safe from tampering? The controversial, cautionary HBO documentary HACKING DEMOCRACY exposes gaping holes in the security of America's electronic voting system. In 2003, Seattle grandmother Bev Harris did a simple Google search and stumbled across the trade secret software of the Diebold Corporation, which counts America's votes. This treasure trove of information about the inner-workings of the company's voting system made its way to computer security expert Dr. Avi Rubin of Johns Hopkins University, who found "stunning stunning flaws". Filmed over three years 'Hacking Democracy' follows the investigations of Bev Harris, Andy Stephenson, Kathleen Wynne and Susan Pynchon. Their journey took them from the trash cans of Texas to the Secretary of State of California and finally to Florida where one brave election official, Ion Sancho, gave Bev and the film makers access to the county's Diebold voting system. Ultimately, proving the votes can be stolen without a trace, Hacking Democracy culminates in a duel between the Diebold voting machines and a computer hacker from Finland - with America's democracy at stake. Buy the book today from the filmmakers

	Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count, by Joel Bleifuss and Steve Freeman: $13.46 "Freeman and Bleifuss make you smell the fraud, taste the fraud and understand the fraud -- in straightforward language that ends all dispute." - Greg Palast, author, Armed Madhouse Buy the book today from Seven Stories

	Commander 'N Thief: $10 A documentary by Tom O'Brien, Commander 'N Thief tells the story of the means used in Ohio and across the nation to steal the 2004 presidential election. It is a story that none of us want to believe. Presenting hard evidence of the fraud that took place in Ohio and in the rest of the country, Commander 'N Thief requires us to recognise the truth about what happened and compels us to do something about it. The truth is just now coming to light because it has taken two years for public advocacy attorneys and investigators to secure and then obtain access to the evidence that the 2004 presidential election was indeed stolen in Ohio.

	Cheated! The Comic: Wake Up and Save Your Country, Written by Sheri Leigh Myers, Illustrated by Sophie Goldstein: $10 "Cheated!" draws from video and photographs to illustrate the story of the courageous citizens of Columbus, Ohio, who investigated and litigated against the massive voter suppression and fraud they experienced on Election Day, November 2, 2004. We begin on Election Day, November 2nd, in urban Columbus. Rain pours on unbelievably long lines of citizens at the polls determined to vote for change...

	HELP AMERICA VOTE...ON PAPER --A citizen call for election integrity: $10 An empowering, fast-moving 18-minute briefing on the dangers to democracy posed by privately owned electronic voting machines, what patriotic citizens, activists and officials of all parties are doing about it - and how you can help. Includes dramatic documentary footage and interviews with Dolores Huerta, election lawyers Lowell Finley and John Eichorst, and Congresswomen Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, Lynn Woolsey and Cynthia McKinney. Produced by EON - the Ecological Options Network in cooperation with FreePress.org and Mainstreet Moms - theMMOB.org. "'Help America Vote ... on Paper' is a clear, concise compilation of the many serious, disturbing flaws in our election processes, and of the out-sourcing of the American elections process to vendors of questionable qualifications and character." -- A. J. Devies Board Member, Florida Fair Elections Coalition

PUBLICATIONS BY CICJ Books
	The Idea of Democratic Socialism in America and the Decline of the Socialist Party, by Robert J. Fitrakis - $20 CICJ Books, Columbus, Ohio 1993. 362 pp. This classic study traces the history of the Socialist Party of America from its foundation in 1901 until the collapse at the end of 1972, when the last leader, Michael Harrington, left the party to start a new organization, the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee. The essential relationship in the history of the Socialist Party has been that between its radical strategy and the faith its adherents placed in the party. Focusing on the three successive leaders, Eugene Debs (1855-1926), Norman Thomas (1884-1968) and Michael Harrington (1928-1989), and their varying policies, the text concludes that the Socialist Party was "peculiarly dependent upon its political activism and electoral crusades." For more information about Dr. Fitrakis, view his bio in the Columns section of this website.
	How the GOP stole America's 2004 election and is rigging 2008, by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman: $12 The "Woodward & Bernstein of the 2004 Election" -- Rev. Jesse Jackson A Special Investigative Report Revealing Massive Voter Theft, Fraud and Illegalities in Ohio's Presidential Balloting The theft of the 2004 election has been catalogued, footnoted and thoroughly documented in more than 180 bullet points compiled by the Ohio-based investigative reporters in their shocking new compendium. The special digest may serve as the touchstone for all future coverage of the 2004 campaign and vote count in the lead-up to 2008. For more information about Dr. Fitrakis, view his bio in the Columns section of this website. For more information about Mr. Wasserman, view his bio in the Columns section of this website.
	Did George W. Bush Steal America's 2004 Election? Ohio's Essential Documents, by Bob Fitrakis, Harvey Wasserman and Steve Rosenfeld (767 pages) - Special freepress.org price: $25 This collection of news analysis, legal documents and sworn statements from suppressed and disenfranchised voters may very well tilt the balance in revealing the election fraud in Ohio during the 2004 election. Foreword by Rev. Jesse Jackson. For more information about Dr. Fitrakis, view his bio in the Columns section of this website. For more information about Mr. Wasserman, view his bio in the Columns section of this website.

	The Fitrakis Files: Star Wars, Weather Mods & Full Spectrum Dominance, by Bob Fitrakis - $15 In this collection of columns and investigative reports, award-winning journalist Bob Fitrakis exposes the U.S. military's plans for "full spectrum dominance," the race to militarize space and efforts to use mother nature as a weapon of mass destruction. It is a bleak vision of future warfare where mere bullets and bombs will be child's play. Preface by Terrence Edward Paupp. Includes full text of the U.S. Space Command's report "Joint Vision for 2020." For more information about Dr. Fitrakis, view his bio in the Columns section of this website.

	The Fitrakis Files: The Brothers Voinovich and the Ohiogate Scandal , by Bob Fitrakis - $15 "Fitrakis holds everyone's feet to the fire with hard-hitting prose, exhaustive research." -- Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, awarding "The V [Voinovich] Report" first place for Best Coverage of Government. From a Cleveland construction company to county jail contracts to the Governor's mansion to the U.S. Senate, investigative reporter Bob Fitrakis, Ohio's most feared muckraker, is on the trail of the Brothers Voinovich and the Ohiogate scandal. For more information about Dr. Fitrakis, view his bio in the Columns section of this website.

	The Fitrakis Files: A Schoolhouse Divided, by Bob Fitrakis - $15 Ohio's most feared journalist is going back to school! In his third volume of "The Fitrakis Files," award-winning investigative reporter and watchdog Bob Fitrakis sinks his teeth into the inequalities of public education. In a state where the education funding system has been repeatedly declared unconstitutional, Fitrakis finds urban school districts bitterly divided along racial lines, with up to 40 percent of the kids from affluent neighborhoods being shipped out to the suburbs, while the school board is mired in scandal and stymied by political jockeying. There are no winners at these schools -- and the biggest losers are the kids, who are being taught all the wrong lessons about the importance of education. For more information about Dr. Fitrakis, view his bio in the Columns section of this website. Read the review of the book by Jeff Winbush.

	The Fitrakis Files: Spooks, Nukes and Nazis, by Bob Fitrakis - $15 Free Press editor, CSCC professor and activist Bob Fitrakis has selected some of his most probing and insightful articles for publication in this new book. For more information about Dr. Fitrakis, view his bio in the Columns section of this website. Read a review of the book.

	The Fitrakis Files: Free Byrd and other Cries for Justice, by Bob Fitrakis - $15 On February 19, 2002, John William Byrd, Jr. was executed in Ohio's Lucasville death house for a crime that he insisted he did not commit. There was no physical evidence connecting Byrd to the murder, and the only direct evidence against him was the word of a notorious jailhouse snitch, himself a violent felon. Bob Fitrakis, award-winning investigative reporter closely followed the case to the end. This book includes his reports on the Byrd case along with other dispatches from the inner recesses of the prison-industrial complex. Read the review by Staughton Lynd

	Imprison George W. Bush: Commentary on Why the President Must Be Indicted - $15 If you're mad about the 2004 election, make yourself happy by picturing Dubya handcuffed and doing the perp walk... then go out and do something about it! Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis would love to see George W. Bush tried as a war criminal. The authors lay out the case on why our president must be indicted in this freshly-edited compendium of columns published in The Free Press. The case is easier to understand as five Free Press illustrators and cartoonists remind us why Bush critics chant, 'Four more wars.' For more information about Dr. Fitrakis, view his bio in the Columns section of this website. For more information about Mr. Wasserman, view his bio in the Columns section of this website.

	*George W. Bush vs The SuperPower of Peace - $15* How a failed Texas oilman hijacked American democracy and terrorized the world. Featuring �A Prayer for America� by Congressman Dennis Kucinich. For those who love liberty and cherish peace, these are dark days. In this collection of essays spanning the last three years, columnists Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis chart the rise of the Bush Junta, the Republican overthrow of American democracy, the suppression of civil rights, the destruction of the environment in the interest of oil-industry profits, and the continuing threat to world peace posed by fundamentalist right-wingers. But there is hope -- and it begins with the Truth found within these pages. Truth can crush tyrants, kick down prison doors and walk the world back into the sunshine of freedom. Bush himself has handed an organized, focused and optimistic SuperPower of Peace the tools it needs to get stomping. For more information about Dr. Fitrakis, view his bio in the Columns section of this website. For more information about Mr. Wasserman, view his bio in the Columns section of this website. Read a review of the book by Tribune Media Services Read a review of the book by Martin Yant Read a review of the book from Read These

	Harvey Wasserman's History of the United States - $16 "A beautiful example of people's history" -- Howard Zinn Harvey Wasserman rampages through America's tumultuous transformation from a nation of farmers to an imperial power. Uniquely compelling, this blunt, bottom-up barnstormer reads like an adventure story right from its legendary opening line: "The Civil War made a few businessmen very rich." As a cult classic it's long been a mainstay for students and teachers in search of an alternative point of view---and a solid, exciting historic read. From the rapacious Robber Barons to the saintly socialist Eugene V. Debs, from angry populist farmers to pot-smoking Bohemian free lovers, your view of US history will never be the same. For more information about Mr. Wasserman, view his bio in the Columns section of this website.

	'Blacklisted News: Secret Histories from Chicago to 1984, by The Yippie Book Collective - $15 All the news that was important enough to ignore.

	Libby's Monument, manuscript by James Beoddy - $10 Free Press cartoonist and infamous Central Ohio artist James Beoddy's reflection on life in Columbus' cultural underground and the meaning of the late great Free Press editor Libby Gregory.