04 May 2003
OCSJ Anti-Violence News 5/4/2003
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Ohio Center for Social Justice
ANTI-VIOLENCE WEEK OCTOBER 6-12, 2003

The purpose of the Week is to educate and raise awareness about violence and explore ways to reduce and prevent violence in our homes and communities. This year will mark the 5th...
30 April 2003
These are indeed 'Savage' times for dissent
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Glenn LeCarl
That GLAAD's campaign against the 'Savage Nation' show on MSNBC has itself generated strident criticism should surprise no one. Though considered by many "an act of faith," as William Fulbright so eloquently referred to it, and as GLAAD...
21 April 2003
Why four died in Ohio: Governor Rhodes and his relationship with the FBI
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Bob Fitrakis
Ten days after Governor James A. Rhodes assumed office on January 14, 1963, a Cincinnati FBI agent wrote Director J. Edgar Hoover a memo stating: “At this moment he [Rhodes] is busier than a one-armed paper hanger . . . . Consequently, I...
18 April 2003
The rise of authoritarianism and the racist drug war
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Bob Fitrakis
The only reason George W. Bush is president today – unleashing the dogs of war and pushing the U.S. into becoming a hard right, authoritarian and militaristic state – is the unconscionable “War on Drugs.”. Like Benito Mussolini in the...
29 March 2003
ABA advocates death penalty reform
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Bob Fitrakis
James Coleman, Chair of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, testified before Congress on June 20 urging reform: “When the criminal justice system wrongfully sends an innocent person to...
24 March 2003
Is the new COINTELPRO underway in Columbus?
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Bob Fitrakis
Open harassment by Columbus Police, vigilantes and possibly federal agents against the peace movement began Saturday, March 15, 2003. More than 400 peace activists gathered in Blackburn Park at 18th and Main Streets in the heart of the...

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