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08 May 2012
OSP hunger strike enters second week
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Ben Turk
Youngstown OH- Prisoners at Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) continue the hunger strike they started on Monday April 30th, in solidarity with May Day.
The number of prisoners refusing food has fluctuated from 24 to 48 over the last...
07 May 2012
Cece McDonald and trans prisoners of color in the prison industrial complex
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Genelle Denzin
Cece McDonald is a 23 year old black trans woman who was out with friends one summer night in 2011 in Minneapolis, MN. As they passed in front of a bar, they were attacked by white people who were obviously racist and transphobic, based on...
05 May 2012
From the Kent State killings to Occupy Cleveland, this is the face of the new COINTELPRO
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Bob Fitrakis
Recent events in northern Ohio underscore the new COINTELPRO assault on activism. On Tuesday, May 1, federal authorities arrested five "anarchists" charging them with conspiracy in trying to bomb property used in interstate commerce,...
01 May 2012
25 Ohio Super Max prisoners start a hunger strike
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Ben Turk
On Monday, April 30, at least twenty five prisoners at Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) began a hunger strike. They are demanding that the Warden meet and negotiate with them for improved conditions in Ohio's super-max prison. These hunger...
26 April 2012
Via campesina and allies call for global solidarity in fight against land grabs
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Tom Over
As the World Bank promoted its Seven Principles of Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) at its annual conference in Washington D.C. from April 23-26, food sovereignty activists with Via Campesina, National Family Farm Coalition,...
25 April 2012
Complaint against Interrogation techniques at Gitmo
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Trudy Bond
I am a psychologist in Toledo, Ohio, and one of the people who was involved in 2009-2010 regarding filing an ethics complaint against Dr. Larry James, Dean of the School of Professional Psychology at Wright State University. The complaint...

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