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In the past two years, the Big 4 Wall Street banks—Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, and Wells Fargo—have provided $349 billion to fossil fuel companies, fueling the climate crisis.
In the past two years, the Big 4 Wall Street banks—Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, and Wells Fargo—have provided $349 billion to fossil fuel companies, fueling the climate crisis.
You can see the documentary, "Nuked," about the brutal history of nuclear weapons tests through the 1950's by the U.S in the Marshall Islands, to understand their struggle and see a bit of their coming together with the Western Shoshone in Nevada over the destruction and dispossession of indigenous people in service of the U.S. nuclear war machine. The Shoshone leader Ian Zabarte appears prominently in this, bringing the two peoples together. It's free and online from February 7-13, 2024.
Here's how to watch the documentary: Go to this link: NUKED DOCUMENTARY. Enter the code: SayNoToNukes. Enjoy the film!
In 2023, the United States experienced a record number of weather-and climate-related disasters that each caused $1 billion or more in damages: 28 severe storms, floods, wildfires, winter storms, hurricanes, and droughts, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Since 1980 the United States has experienced 376 billion-dollar of these events, with 16,340 deaths and damages totaling $2.6 trillion.
The insurance industry stands on the front lines of this climate crisis. Every time a climate-related fire, flood, or storm damages or destroys an insured person’s home or business, they expect their insurance policy to help foot the bill for repairs and rebuilding.
Abandoning policy holders in a climate crisis…
Don't got to be grown
Jimmy sat down heavily on his bed taking off his shoes and socks. He lay down on his bed looking up at the ceiling. Today had been a rough day, Slim Jim called off work and he had to drive one of the cabs himself because they had gotten so backed up with calls. When Jimmy got back to the office there was a note on his desk saying that Detective Richardson had stopped by again and to call him as soon as he got back.
“Sissy!” Jimmy yelled as he flopped down in his chair behind the desk.
Sissy rushed into the room with a bottle of RC Cola in her right hand and a hotdog in the left. She took a big swig of the drink and a bite out of the hotdog and sat down in the chair in front of the desk, placing the bottle of pop on the desk and taking another bite of her hotdog.
“Man, it has been a hell of a day here without you! This is the first time I got a chance to eat my lunch, which is now dinner. This is the third time Slim Jim has called off in two months. You need to replace him boss man.”
“What time did that cop come by here?”
Monday, February 12, 2024, 4:30 PM. Emergency Rally to Call for Ceasefire in Gaza. Cardboard signs, hot tea and handwarmers, safe community, and calls to action will be provided. This action will be led by progressive Palestinian and Jewish community members. All are welcome. Location: Outside Senator Brown’s office, 200 N. High St. For more information you can email to hello@barriertoentrypac.com.
Monday, February 12, 2024, 5:00 PM. Show Up for Palestine. Join us at city hall again as we let the Columbus city council know we’re here and not going anywhere until a ceasefire resolution is passed. Location: 90 W. Broad St., Columbus. You must have a valid Ohio ID to enter.
The theme of the salon was “ Building Community for Black Liberation.” It was available live on Zoom and Facebook Live.
Mark Stansbery, Free Press Board member, started out the February salon by introducing Aramis Malachi-Ture Sundiata, Executive Director of the People's Justice Project. He spoke about colonialism and how the struggle for African people began when the first African was kidnapped. Europeans attacked and enslaved the African people taking the continent's resources with force both material and human to build their own economies. . . Africans were robbed the right to produce and recruit life for themselves.”
Reprinted with new introduction for the elementary literacy education of the Ohio State Legislature, February 2024
As a historian of literacy, I published this critique of so-called “financial literacy” on January 23, 2022. There is no such subject or object as “financial literacy.” There is reading, writing, and arithmetic together brought together to understand economic matters within specific historical, social, political, and cultural contexts. “Financial literacy,” as I made clear below, is a false product sold by marketers and bought by state legislatures like Ohio’s.
It almost certainly does little good especially for high schools. It is divorced from the study and teaching of history, economics, politics, and arithmetic itself. It is orthodox right-wing ideology, not a “life style” or “preparation” for work. It is the sold and bought and product of fears of decline.
Sunday (February 11, 2024), 12 noon
Old First Presbyterian, 1101 Bryden Road 43205. (Columbus, Ohio)
Planning for March 2, 2024 10 am Ohio Statehouse Action and March.
Saturday, February 10 at 7pm on Zoom
Facebook Event
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83906590837
Building community for Black Liberation
with
Aramis Malachi-Ture Sundiata
of the People's Justice Project
and
Jason Render & Ramon Obey
of JUST-Justice, Unity, Social Transformation
and
Julialynne Walker
And more!
Q & A included.