Action Alerts
Thursday, January 28, 6-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Hey Comrades, this week the Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists invite you to join an online conversation on how to Build the Left and Fight the Right.
The first hour of this meeting will be dedicated to a presentation and discussion on the Marxist analysis of Fascism and its legacy of fighting it. Recommended readings to check out beforehand are featured below.
The second hour of this meeting will be dedicated to debriefing on our January 20 rally.
*Recommended readings and resources (not required in order to join the discussion)*
• Clara Zetkin and the Struggle Against Fascism
Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 5:30 PM
In this moment of peaceful transition toward a recommitted democracy, we must make sure the Biden administration keeps its promise of bringing families together. Edith Espinal and Miriam Vargas are two mothers that deserve for this promise to ring true. They have both been denied the opportunity to be reunited with their families until now.
Study group on Angela Davis’ “Are Prisons Obsolete?
Sunday, January 24, 1pm
Angela Davis’ “Are Prisons Obsolete?” is a great introduction to prison abolition and will help us gain a deeper understanding of the Prison-Industrial Complex. As we navigate the pressing issue of police brutality, it is also important that we question the role of prisons in our society.
Join us on Zoom to discuss Davis’ work and to learn how to discuss prison abolition with your community. This study group will take place in two parts — chapters 1-3 on January 24 and chapters 4-6 on February 7.
RSVP at tinyurl.com/CbusSocialistAlt and we will send you the Zoom link.
Click this link to view a copy of the printed version of “Are Prisons Obsolete?”
Representative Mike Skindell will soon be re-introducing the Ohio Health Care Act, a bill that would provide progressive financing of health care and extend the benefits to all Ohioans, regardless of employment status, financial status, marital status or any other kind of status. The bill provides for comprehensive benefits including dental, vision and mental health care.
Rep. Skindell will be sending out co-sponsor letters, inviting other members of the Ohio House to sign on to the bill. This is important as it shows support for the bill. We need you to urge your state representative to sign on as a co-sponsor.
Sample language:
Please endorse the Ohio Health Care Act, to be introduced by Representative Mike Skindell, by signing on as a co-sponsor.
On January 22, 2021 the world will declare nuclear weapons to be illegal under international law.
That is the date when the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons comes into force. This amazing feat is the culmination of years of work by antiwar and human rights activists worldwide.
Faith, Community Leaders Submit Applications for Stays of Deportation in Support of Edith Espinal and Miriam Vargas
On Thursday, January 21st at 11 a.m., faith and community leaders will stand in solidarity with immigrant mothers, Edith Espinal and Miriam Vargas, who are submitting updated applications for stays of deportation to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Columbus.
Following a press conference, one ally will enter the ICE office to submit the applications on behalf of Espinal and Vargas.
WHAT: Press conference and submission of applications
WHEN: Thursday, January 21st at 11 a.m.
WHERE: ICE Field Office 50 W. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215
WHO: Edith Espinal, in sanctuary at Columbus Mennonite Church since October 2017 Miriam Vargas, in sanctuary at First English Lutheran Church since July 2018
Wednesday, January 20, 3pm
Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St.
Facebook Event
Appeal for a Mass Anti-Fascist Demonstration at the Statehouse on January 20.
We will meet outside of Columbus City Hall (90 West Broad Street) to begin the rally, and march together to the Statehouse!
As Inauguration Day marks the transition from the Presidency of Donald Trump to that of Joe Biden, we recognize that it represents no fundamental change in the white supremacist oligarchy that governs this country, no relief for working class people suffering under a deadly pandemic, and no solution against the rising tide of fascism.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 7:00 PM
Join Fair Districts to learn the basics about redistricting, why and how Ohio will draw new state and federal legislative maps in 2021. This is also a great start for those who want to get trained to join the Fair Districts Speakers Bureau. Register here.