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Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 7:30 PM
Bill Fletcher Jr. has been an activist since his teen years. Upon graduating from college, he went to work as a welder in a shipyard, thereby entering the labor movement. Over the years he has been active in workplace and community struggles as well as electoral campaigns. He has worked for several labor unions in addition to serving as a senior staff person in the national AFL-CIO.
Join the meeting here. Passcode: 325849.
A couple hundred people gathered at Goodale Park Saturay afternoon, January 18 for a rally and march to the Ohio Statehouse.
The organizers stated the message: "This is our time. Our time to make it clear: we will not be pushed aside, ignored, or silenced. On January 18, we march together—as women, as LGBTQIA+ individuals, as BIPOC communities, as immigrants, as allies. We stand united to demand a world where equality is not a threat, but a reality.
WE MARCH BECAUSE: Every person deserves a life free from fear and filled with opportunity. Our LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC siblings deserve the freedom to love, live, and be their true selves without discrimination or threat of safety.
Immigrant families have the right to safety, dignity, and respect, without fear of losing their homes or loved ones. Women’s voices, bodies, and futures will be in OUR hands—not controlled by anyone else.
THIS IS OUR MOMENT. It’s not enough to hope for change. We are the change. Every step we take, every voice we raise, every hand we hold shows that we are ready to rewrite the future.
NBC News just reported that President Biden has commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier and he will spend his final days in home confinement.
Olivia Rowland, an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation said, “Trump is a billionaire, was elected with the help of other billionaires, and runs the government on behalf of the billionaire class. Like all the politicians – Democrat or Republican – Trump will say anything to get elected. He ran a campaign promising to stand up for working people against the powerful elite. But the policies Trump is planning to implement, and the people who he is appointing to implement them, show that his real agenda is to redistribute even more wealth from the bottom to the top.”
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With bitterly cold temperatures forecasted, Columbus Recreation and Parks will open warming centers at five community centers to give residents a place to keep warm. The following community centers will be open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20 - Tuesday, Jan. 21.
Monday, January 20, 2025, 12:00 PM
Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E. Broad St., Columbus
The January 20th Protest is ON! The Fight Back coalition has shifted to an indoor rally in order to ensure attendees are safe from the cold while still mobilizing to fight back.
MLK’s legacy of struggle lives on as we unite to battle poverty, racism, and war.
Sponsored by the ANSWER Coalition, PSL Columbus, JVP Central Ohio, Columbus DSA, the Gateway Film Center union, Black Men Build Columbus, and more, this action aims to fight for our people’s rights on Day 1 of this new presidency.
Jan 17, 2025 Politics Done Right Interviews Harvey Wasserman, a journalist and environmental activist, urges smart rebuilding from the LA fire and the closure of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
like the PG&E fires that killed 80+ in northern California in 2018, it now appears SoCalEd has ravaged Los Angeles in a parallel way. the region is TOTALLY unprepared for the uninsured apocalyptic radioactive cloud that can come, due to Gavin Newsom’s betrayal of the Diablo phase-out.
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Ahead of President Trump’s inauguration and Martin Luther King Day, the Ohio Immigrant Alliance has words of encouragement and support for Ohio’s immigrants.
Said Maryam Sy, Organizing Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance (OHIA), “Migration stories are tales of courage and love that strengthen our communities daily. Let's unite to protect everyone's dignity and rights, and build a welcoming home for all, regardless of background or journey. We are all part of the same human family, and we should strive to treat each other with love, kindness, and respect.”
On the one hand, there’s no sugarcoating how progressives feel as President Trump retakes office: rough.
Trump and his allies in Congress are already rolling out plans to cut taxes for billionaires, slash services for the rest of us, pollute the planet, and deport people who’ve lived here their whole lives.
But if you look closely, you’ll see signs people aren’t just going to accept all this. Here are five that caught my eye from this past election year.
1. Populist anger is boiling over.
Americans have had it with economic elites. Union activity has been on an upswing for a few years running now, with union petition filings in 2024 significantly up over 2023.
Los Angeles is now being destroyed by fire.
Next will be the “Big One” earthquake everyone knows is coming.
And then---unless we take immediate action---Diablo Canyon’s radioactive cloud will make this region a radioactive dead zone.
My family is now besieged by four fires raging less than four miles away. We don’t know how long our luck will hold.
We are eternally grateful to the brave fire-fighters and public servants who are doing their selfless best to save us all.
We are NOT grateful that Gavin Newsom has recklessly endangered us by forcing continued operation at two unsafe, decrepit nuclear power plants perched on active earthquake faults, set to pour radioactive clouds on us from just four hours north of here.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s resident site inspector---Dr. Michael Peck---after five years at Diablo warned that it cannot withstand the earthquakes we all know are coming.