Action Alerts
Wednesday, July 31, 6:30-8:30pm
Sporeprint Infoshop, 979 E. Fifth Ave.
Join us to discuss Chapter 1 of Jackson Rising, a 2017 book about "the struggle for economic democracy and black self-determination in Jackson, Mississippi." Chapter 1 is available as a free pdf here: https://maineworkers.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/jackson-rising-chapter1.pdf
Kossuth Street Garden, 641 Kossuth St.
A series of musical offerings, unplugged will be held each Tuesday night as volunteers water plants, weed, plant and tend the garden.
This week we feature Angela Cleary's finger picking and beautiful vocals.
We will feed our volunteers at 8.
This is the first of its kind and we hope it grows each week.
Monday, July 29, 2019, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Two great activist films are hitting the Columbus scene on July 28.
The Columbus International Film and Animation Festival (CIFAF), The Free Press, Simply Living and Brothers Drake Meadery are bringing a local pop-up activist film screening to Columbus as an extension of the 2019 CIFAF. As the oldest and longest-running film festival in the nation, CIFAF brings a tradition of film to Columbus. The legacy CIFAF has brought continues to support independent filmmakers throughout the year in an effort to make Columbus a hub of the film industry. Help us keep the spirit of film alive in our ever-growing and urbanizing city.
From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., the highly-respected films “Counter Histories: Rock Hill” and “How to Be an Activist” will be screened at Brothers Drake Meadery, 26 E. Fifth Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43201.
Saturday, July 27, 2019, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Friday, July 26, 5:30-6pm
On broadcast radio WGRN FM 94.1
Live stream on our website
Video live stream on Free Press Network
House Bill 6 and some information about Jeffrey Epstein
Thursday, July 25, 7-8:30pm
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.
Living in Columbus, it’s not hard to see that the system is broken. We live under a reign of police terror where working-class black and brown youth are targeted for execution and imprisonment; Ohio State University and the city of Columbus have been working together to gentrify neighborhood after neighborhood; tens of thousands of students are getting into life-long debt for an education; ICE harasses undocumented immigrants with impunity; landlords and capitalists exploit and oppress us.
The only hope that we have is the organized force of our class: the working class. We must continue the work of building revolutionary organizations and movements that can fight relentlessly for our rights in the workplace, in housing, and as living and working people.
The Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists is one such organization. If you tremble at every injustice, you are a comrade of ours. Join us to help forge a weapon in the struggle for a better tomorrow!
Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 7:00 PM
Our agenda will cover plans to promote Medicare for all, including: Resolutions of support for Columbus City Council and Franklin County Commissioners, National Nurses United strategy to influence Congressional House members during their August recess, Introduction of the Ohio Health Security Act, HR 292 into the Ohio House, assigned to the Health Committee, Scheduled meetings in Fairfield and Pickaway Counties, and Search for opportunities for information sharing. Location: Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd Columbus 43214 in the Church library. For more information, contact Bob Krasen, SPAN Ohio Columbus Area Regional Coordinator brkrasen@gmail.com.
Tuesday, July 23, 5-7pm, Studio 35 Cinema & Draft House, 3055 Indianola Ave.
A Concerned Citizen is a documentary about Dr. Riki Ott, a whistleblower who predicted the Exxon Valdez oil spill hours before it happened. A toxicologist, author, and activist, Riki has been organizing the Gulf coast communities to recover from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. She is also helping to spearhead the campaign with Ultimate Civics, one that will introduce a Constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood and to reform campaign finance and contributions.
The film also shows viewers how other citizens have followed Dr. Ott’s example to change and strengthen efforts to curb oil pollution of America’s lands, rivers and coastal waters.
“A must-see video for anyone who wonders what he/she can do to change the world and needs a spark of inspiration.” Lisa Eargle
“Provides the viewer with both a history of how we got into this environmental mess, as well as a roadmap for how to move forward . . . Highly recommended!” Anne Miller, South Seattle Climate Action Network