Local
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey's staff is currently looking at clemency materials in the case of Rocky Myers
The Cleveland Palestine Advocacy Community (CPAC) celebrates Cuyahoga County’s decision to end its bond investments, including $3 million in Israel Bonds, a move that redirects these funds back for the county’s needs. This decision, announced earlier today, marks a step toward responsible financial policy and a rejection of investments that support systemic human rights violations.
“I know $3 million is only a fraction of the county’s total investment in Israel Bonds,” said Dr. Shereen Naser, a CPAC advocate. “But that’s $3 million less funding the military occupation that restricts my family’s freedom and opportunities and sends bombs to Palestinian schools, and $3 million more that can be used to benefit our own communities here in Cuyahoga County.”
The Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity (OCEQI) is on a vital mission, and we need your support! We are currently collecting signatures statewide for our **Wrongful Conviction Amendment**—a crucial step toward addressing systemic racism and injustice within our legal system.
If you would like to physically sign the petition or volunteer your time to help with this important initiative, please reach out to me directly. Your involvement can make a significant difference in our fight for justice.
You can read the summary language of the amendment and learn more about our mission on The OCEQI website. This amendment is more than just a piece of legislation; it is a fundamental call to action to end systemic racism in Ohio.
On Saturday evening, on a quiet residential street in Bexley, Ohio, a crowd began gathering along the sidewalk in the cold. Word had spread that the wealthy home owner was hosting a fundraiser for Senator John Husted. Neighbors and other area constituents gathered to protest the Senator’s decision to mingle with donors at a fundraiser while he remains inaccessible to everyday Ohioans. Senator Husted has yet to open a single in-state office and voters cannot get through on his one DC telephone number.
Sunday, February 23 @ noon
Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse, 3055 Indianola Ave, Columbus, OH 43202
Join or Die is a film about why you should join a club — and why the fate of America depends on it. Follow the story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of Robert Putnam, whose legendary "Bowling Alone" research into American community decline may hold the answers to our democracy's present crisis. Free and open to the public.
During his campaign for president, Donald Trump claimed that he could win the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours. Yeah, right! Now that he's president, he says it might take six months.
A spokesperson for Trump said that only he could get a peace deal to end the war. That is not true! The only person who could end the war is the same person who started it - Vladimir Putin! Of course, Putin doesn't want to end the war if a peace agreement involves retreating out of Ukraine and Crimea, paying war reparations, possibly handing over war criminal suspects for trials, and accepting several hundred thousand ethnic Russian refugees who once lived in Ukraine but are not welcome there anymore.
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan raise their fists as they play all the great songs of Resistance through US history from "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" from the civil rights movement to Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" and many more!
Listen live at 11pm Friday, February 21 and 28 streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
and
Monday at 2pm streaming February 24 and March 3 at wcrsfm.org or on the radio at 92.7 or 98.3FM
Archived on Mixcloud here
The cannabis community has recently been a-buzz. On January 29th, Ohio Senator Stephen Huffman (R-Tipp City) introduced Senate Bill 56. (Yes, the same Stephen Huffman who marshalled the medical marijuana program in 2016 by championing HB 523 as a Representative. He is now an Ohio Senator.) SB 56 would “… consolidate the administration of the marijuana control program, revise the medical and adult-use marijuana laws, and to levy taxes on marijuana.” In other words, rework Ohio Issue 2, the citizen led initiated statute to legalize adult use marijuana that over 2 million voters passed in the 2023 fall election by 57-43%.
Donald Trump and his allies are ramping up their war on public media. They’re threatening to cut funding for PBS and NPR, launching politically motivated investigations, and even forcing PBS to shut down its diversity and inclusion office.
Why? Because independent, fact-based journalism doesn’t serve Trump’s agenda.
The FCC, now stacked with Trump loyalists, is targeting NPR and PBS, looking for excuses to justify gutting their funding. And Trump’s allies in Congress are eager to go along, calling public media “biased” as they push to silence it.
PBS and NPR provide trusted news, educational programming, and cultural content to millions of Americans. If Trump succeeds, we lose one of the last remaining sources of independent public media.
Congress must act. Sign the petition now to demand they protect PBS and NPR from Trump’s attacks.
Thursdays, 8:30PM EST
Virtual event - Join from anywhere
Our right to protest is under attack—and we’re fighting back. Greenpeace USA is facing a $300 million SLAPP lawsuit from the oil giant behind the Dakota Access Pipeline – an attack to silence us and potentially destroy the organization. But this isn’t just about us. This is part of a much bigger effort by billionaires and corporations to crush dissent and rewrite the rules to serve their own greed. We’re not backing down—we’re getting louder.
That’s why we’re launching Protest on Trial: A Series for Democracy – a weekly webinar series every Thursday from February 20 to March 27 as this trial unfolds. These sessions will bring you inside updates from the courtroom and conversations with frontline activists, legal experts, and movement leaders on the broader threats and strategies to fight back—for protest, for free speech, and for democracy itself.
SESSION LINEUP
Feb 20 – Protest on Trial