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The Trump administration is escalating its attack on immigrant communities in Ohio, reinvigorating Operation Buckeye and preparing an all-out assault on Springfield’s Haitian communities. Ohioans are standing up to racist terror by disrupting business as usual and demanding no work, school, or shopping on January 30.
At 2:00pm January 29, faith leaders, community organizations, and students will hold a press conference at the Columbus Liberation Center, located at 1004 Parsons Ave, publicly announcing their endorsement of the January 30 shutdown and highlighting the urgency of responding to ICE’s escalations in Minneapolis.
Then, the Columbus Liberation Center will host a volunteer meeting and art build at 6:00pm, where working-class Ohioans will convene to discuss the need for a shutdown, preparing signs, banners, and outreach materials for January 30.
Wednesday, January 28, 7-8:30pm EST
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Join this 90-minute training from States at the Core and Protect RP on effectively protecting your neighborhoods from federal enforcement incursions.
ICE Watch and other rapid response tactics are key strategies being used by people across the country to protect their communities against aggressive activity from federal law enforcement agencies like ICE and Border Patrol. Whether or not you are part of an established community response network, this training will share important skills for building neighborhood resilience, documenting ICE activity, and supporting neighbors. In addition to covering the basics of ICE Watch, we will discuss new analysis on ICE operations, rapid response tactics, and safety guidance.
Please Note: Due to security and safety concerns, we do not record these trainings. To keep up to date on upcoming sessions, sign up for our Substack: https://statesatthecore.substack.com/
ICE and CPB strike again, and again, while Trump-Rex substitutes himself for the UN. Pinochet returns from the dead in Chile and Bibi promises to destroy more of the West Bank to catch up to Gaza. Trump finds time to attack his base in Colorado, while transforming foreign aid from transcontinental to transactional, sacrificing humans in favor of minerals. No news here, eh!
Wednesday, January 28, 7-8:30pm EST
Register for Zoom here
Join this 90-minute training from States at the Core and Protect RP on effectively protecting your neighborhoods from federal enforcement incursions.
ICE Watch and other rapid response tactics are key strategies being used by people across the country to protect their communities against aggressive activity from federal law enforcement agencies like ICE and Border Patrol. Whether or not you are part of an established community response network, this training will share important skills for building neighborhood resilience, documenting ICE activity, and supporting neighbors. In addition to covering the basics of ICE Watch, we will discuss new analysis on ICE operations, rapid response tactics, and safety guidance.
Please Note: Due to security and safety concerns, we do not record these trainings. To keep up to date on upcoming sessions, sign up for our Substack: https://statesatthecore.substack.com/
In recent weeks, public attention has turned again to a familiar but deeply consequential phrase: “federal immunity.” The term has resurfaced after ICE murdered two protestors in Minneapolis followed by Stephen Miller suggesting ICE officers are effectively untouchable by the courts.
For many Americans – particularly those who have experienced or witnessed government abuse – those words confirmed what the legal system has long signaled: accountability often stops where immunity begins. But the theoretical debate over immunity, that shields state actors from civil liability even when they break the law, has recently taken a tragic, human form.
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were shot and killed by ICE agents on a snowy street in Minneapolis not far from where George Floyd was murdered. As their families seek answers, they are met with the cold reality of a legal system that shields federal agents from the very laws they are sworn to uphold as long as they claim, “I feared for my safety.”
There is an undeclared civil war in America now. Trump and his administration have weaponized and mobilized the federal government in one initiative after another against people in the United States. Seeing himself as having unlimited powers and enabling his administration to ignore the law and deal brutally with opponents, whether protestors, citizen observers, or immigrants. It feels unbelievable to say this, but in the wake of one episode after another in Minneapolis, it is impossible to ignore that the administration is starting a civil war.
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This article first appeared in the Buckeye Flame
New data places Ohio among states with the highest number of anti-LGBTQ+ incidents in the country in 2025.
GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization, released a report on Tuesday tracking anti-LGBTQ incidents in 2025 from the ALERT Desk, GLAAD’s Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker.
We have two upcoming Volunteer Work Days at the Linden Tree Nursery. We will be holding two working shifts each day for up to 50 people per 2-hour shift.
We plan to do pot filling in February and seedling planting in March.
Please register or have your group register for a time slot. You can register for one or all of them! In the case of inclement weather, we have two alternative dates listed and will notify on our events webpage and email in the case of rescheduling.
Dr. Bob Fitrakis plays some really really long rock songs.
Listen live at 11pm Friday, January 30 and streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM