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In the wake of Fukushima, grassroots citizen action is shutting the worldwide nuclear power industry.

A Solartopian tipping point is upon us in the US, Europe and Japan which will re-define how the human race gets its energy.

States rights and local democracy are at the core of the battle.

The definitive breaking point looms in Vermont.

By mid-March a state board is likely to deny the Yankee reactor licenses to operate or to create radioactive waste.

If that happens, a Vermont shutdown could mark a critical moment in establishing state power over an atomic reactor. A critical domino would fall---as it has in Japan and Europe---and we will begin taking down old reactors all across the US. Four new reactors barely under construction will go down with them, making inevitable the end America's age of atomic power.

In Vermont, the New Orleans-based Entergy bought the Yankee reactor in 2002. Entergy agreed to shut it if the state's Public Service Board denied it a Certificate of Public Good to continue to operate and generate radioactive waste.

(Photo by Bob Studzinski)

“Solutions don’t come from above. What is socialism? I don’t live in socialism? But I live and suffer in capitalism. Some people have told us that what we’re doing in Tlaxcala is anarchism. But we said, ‘what we’re doing is Tlaxcalan.’ Grand schemes won’t work. It’s got to start with the people…Use the Tlaxcalan style here in Columbus. We’ll use the Columbus style in Tlaxcala.” ---Luz Rivera-Martinez, thru interpreter Tony Nelson of Mexico Solidarity Network.

She said don't expect those in power to solve our problems.

“We, the people of the city of Columbus, in order to secure and exercise the powers of local self government under the constitution of the state of Ohio do enact and ordain this charter.”

So begins the Charter of the City of Columbus, enacted by the voters in 1914. The Charter became the city’s authorizing and governing document following the State of Ohio’s enactment of Home Rule legislation in 1912.

But it is not a static document. The charter provided “the machinery with which the people may amend its provisions as future necessity may arise. The people will have the power to change it at any time to suit the requirements of a rapidly growing city, or to correct any possible defects which may develop in the new form of government.”

The Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers question the presumption that the U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan is necessary for American or Afghan peace. Tragedies like the Kandahar killing spree which massacred 16 Afghan civilians in their sleep ( including 6 children and 3 women ) are tragedies repeated in any war, including the U.S. war in Afghanistan. This failed military strategy that is designed for U.S. power and economic interests is being sold to the U.S. electorate through the mainstream media doublespeak of ‘withdrawal’ and ‘negotiations’, but is quietly being pursued in what President Obama and President Karzai called ’progress’ towards the signing of the U.S Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement.

The Agreement will entrench U.S. military presence in Afghanistan till 2024 and beyond and is based on the same militarism that has resulted in the pathological urinating on Afghan corpses by U.S. soldiers, the morbid keeping of severed finger-trophies by the Kill Team, the accidental burning of the Quran and many other ‘unforgiveable’ tragedies.

About 350 people gathered in the gymnasium of Trinity Baptist Church on St. Clair Avenue for a town hall meeting with officials from PACT, an acronym which stands for Partners Achieving Community Transformation. An elderly man named William Potter asked the speakers why Black homeowners in the community should have any faith in partnership with the Ohio State University when it has made little progress in the enrollment of Black students.

An official with OSU who was present said the university leads the Big Ten in enrollment of Black students. He said OSU's numbers on that front look better when we include the regional campuses.

Washington, DC - Occupation, civil rights, environmental, and communities groups from around the country will gather on Friday, March 30th to rally and launch the American Spring (AS) with a demonstration at the headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

“What kind of future will our children have if the EPA keeps caving in to corporate demands and allowing exploitation of people and the planet?” said Dr. Margaret Flowers, a pediatrician and organizer for NOW-DC.

“On March 30th, the American people will occupy the grounds of the EPA and demand an end to corporate interference in public policy over the needs of people,” said EPA whistleblower Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, referring to the recent decision by the Obama Administration not to sign lifesaving smog regulations that would have, according to an EPA scientist, saved over 7,100 lives. The business community successfully lobbied the White House not to sign the smog regulations.

The WVKO’s Second Annual Democratic Party Bash, with a record capacity crowd, was held February 25, 2012 at the Makoy Center, Hilliard Ohio. Radio and TV personality Ed. Schultz, talk show host Thom Hartmann and Jeff Santos were in attendance. Michael Alwood, station manager of WVKO was the event host.



Democrats, Jim Reese 12TH District candidate and Donna O’Connor candidate for Ohio House of Representative, were representative. Green Party candidate Robert Fitrakis and wife Suzanne were also present. We were also honored via satellite presentation from: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Stephanie Miller, and Sherrod Brown. A full roster of acts provided the entertainment they included: The Alwood Sisters Band, Comedian Robert Holmes, Ellie Lee & Blues Fury Preview Set and Comedian Troy Hammond.

Union and community organizations represented were: IAFF Local 67, Upper Arlington Progressive Action, Maureen Reedy-Candidate for Ohio House District 24, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 189, and IBEW Local 683.

Kinda thing
That without a doubt
You file away
And you don’t think about
Cuz if you’re not tuning it out
You might feel a pain

Then oceans, mountains
And walls that divide
Would soon be breached
By the opposite side
And distances formerly wide
Within reach to attain

But they had it coming!
That’s what they always say!

What kinda shit
Had to be on the plate
That a man coulda ate
To fill him
With that kind of hate
Wait NO!
I don‘t wanna know

Kinda thing
Of which you’re not proud
You put on your shroud
And you don’t talk loud
You do as the prophet avowed
Or your savior allowed

But papers and pens
That seek to inflame
Speak to your spirit
And call you by name
Drawing you into the game
And the will of the crowd

They had it coming!
That’s what they always say!

What kinda shit
Had to leap off the page
That a man could engage
To pump him
With that kind of rage
Wait NO!
I don’t wanna know
No, I don't wanna know.

contact: Bifani

Well Mr. Limbaugh, you have certainly done it again. Although this is not the first time your mouth has spewed such hateful language perhaps it should be the last time you say anything more on your corporate sponsored program. Yes, that's right; it is time for you to resign or be put out to pasture. You didn't "apologize" for your remarks about Ms. Fluke until after it became apparent that your political torpedo missed its target completely and headed back to where it came from. Once you realized that your paycheck may be affected {as if you don't have enough money} you conveniently switched on the damage control to avoid further embarrassment and save your own miserable ass. This time however it has failed miserably and people from all sides of the aisle demand you leave before making anymore despicable comments. Some could argue that the words "slut" and "prostitute" could just as easily be leveled at you. After all don't you "earn" money by performing a certain "service". It never fails to amaze me that our capitalist system has allowed a scumbag like yourself to become very wealthy by just ranting all day against anything contrary to your personal views.