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Sunday, April 30, 2pm, beginning and ending at Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St.
May 1, known as May Day, is also International Labor Day. This date was chosen to commemorate the Haymarket Affair, the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, in Chicago’s Haymarket Square. What better way to celebrate than learning about your own local labor history? Join Columbus DSA [Democratic Socialists of America] for a labor history bike tour of Columbus this year on April 30th!
Freelance workers in Central Ohio will soon have access to basic wage protections under a new ordinance in the city of Columbus. Columbus City Council is expected to vote in favor of the changes to wage protection laws within the Columbus city municipal code on May Day, Monday May 1.
Members of the Freelance Solidarity Project, which helped draft the ordinance changes, and other labor organizations will gather at the Columbus City Council meeting from 5-6pm on Monday May 1 at City Hall, 90 West Broad St. Members of the public are encouraged to attend to show support for freelance workers in the city.
The new law covers any individual freelance worker hired to provide goods or services by a business based within the city of Columbus. Under the revised code, the hiring party is now required to:
Saturday, April 29, 11am-3pm, Land-Grant Brewing Company, 424 W. Town St.
Kaleidoscope Youth Center [KYC] and Land-Grant Brewing Company are back for the Second Annual Land-Grant Drag Brunch on Saturday, April 29, benefiting KYC and LGBTQIA+ youth in our community!
Hosted by Anisa Love and Virginia West, this is a free-admission event with registration strongly encouraged. This year, we are also introducing very limited VIP seating where 100% of proceeds to support KYC.
More details:
Time: Doors open at 11am; show starts at 12noon.
Food: RayRay’s Hog Pit and Mikey’s Late Night Slice
Drinks: Proceeds from your drink purchases during the event will be donated to KYC! Please drink responsibly!
Performances: Anisa Love, Virginia West, and more to be announced!
Ticket Info: We have three ticket tiers through kycbrunch.eventbrite.com.
• First Row VIP: four tables available: $200 per table. Each table seats six. Price includes seating plus a KYC pint glass and swag.
"Journalism is not a crime," a U.S. State Department spokesperson said this month, because Russia had arrested a U.S. journalist.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden's Department of Justice is still seeking to extradite WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange from the UK in order to prosecute him for essentially journalism.
Several Congress Members have just written to the U.S. Attorney General to ask that the case be dropped.
Click here to tell Attorney General Merrick Garland that you agree.
When the City of Columbus apparatus (government) does respond to massive calls for systemic, progressive change, it does its best to do so in the most superficial, and often in the most hypocritical and insulting way possible.
The City government functions as a corporation – according to Council President Hardin – wherein our Mayor acts as CEO and our City Council acts as a Board of Directors, and then consistently offers the people (the City’s “customers” if this analogy is to continue) less than half of the products we demand while trying to make us believe we’re getting the best they can offer.
When the people of Columbus demanded – twice – that our City government better reflect the needs of its citizens through a district-based Council system with substantial campaign finance limits, the “Board” opted to pour millions of dollars into defeating that effort.
The Central Ohio Reuse Coalition (CORC) will proudly join Columbus City Councilman Emmanuel V. Remy at this evening’s council meeting where Councilman Remy will sponsor a resolution committing the city to a reduction of plastic in Central Ohio and to encourage community members, organizations, and businesses to commit to plastic reduction. This follows CORC’s meeting with Councilman Remy where coalition representatives presented Remy with a draft resolution and requested his sponsorship.
The resolution comes just after Earth Day, and demonstrates the city’s commitment to reducing plastic, protecting the health of its citizens, and diverting waste from the landfill.
Right now, it’s critical that members of Congress hear from voters who demand better for farmed animals. Big Ag’s influence is powerful, and your voice is needed to ensure the Farm Bill supports a more humane food system and brighter future for all of us. Take action today by sending a message to your lawmakers. The welfare of people, animals and our planet depends on it.
The Farm Bill comes along only once every five years, and perhaps more than any other piece of legislation, it gives our nation the chance to improve farm animal welfare and transition to a more humane food system.
Unlike most bills, the Farm Bill must pass. The key question is: what will make it into the final version that becomes law? Will it help animals, or harm them? That’s where you come in.
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 7:00 PM
An evening of MUSIC, STORIES, SPOKEN WORD & LIVE PAINTING by artists deeply impacted by incarceration.
Featuring Backwall and RAG artists. Event by Healing Broken Circles – www.healingbrokencircles.com.
Location: The Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowell St., Columbus.
In "Beau is Afraid," Ari Aster's third film, we're taken on a surreal and chaotic journey with Joaquin Phoenix as Beau, a neurotic man tormented by inherited mental illness. It's a cinematic experience unlike any other. With a budget of $35 million, A24 has given Aster carte blanche to create a unique and unsettling movie that runs for three hours. But trust me; this is a movie you cannot miss. Ari Aster says, "Beau is Afraid" is like "if you pumped a 10-year-old full of Zoloft and had him get your groceries." Just remember, you've been warned.