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Wednesday, October 14, 6:30-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom
Racism and police violence with no justice for people like Breonna Taylor; 200,000 COVID-19 deaths and still no stimulus check; wildfires ravaging the west coast. This system is killing us.
Working people, especially black people, are facing evictions, unemployment, climate change, a health crisis, and racist violence from the police and right-wing. We need the Climate Strike and Labor movements to step up and support Black Lives Matter and the struggle against the capitalist system as a whole.
Join Socialist Alternative as we discuss how we can build a movement to fight back against racism, climate change, and the pandemic, and why we need a new party that truly represents working people.
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. So sayeth the book of Jeremiah, and this time I might even believe it. The chill has cut away at this most claustrophobic of summers, as an election puts a pit of dread in everyone’s stomach. As Dylan said in Desolation Row, when you asked how I was doing, was that some kind of joke?
It probably isn’t fair to view music through the prism of the time you first hear it. Or even rational really. Your favorite winter album might have been written by the pool at Caesar’s Palace. But that’s how we hear music, and into this autumn of discontent comes Linden Hollow with their new release “Light the Lanterns.”
The album is darkly lush, with brooding piano intros building to soaring choruses. Singer-Songwriter’s Rebecca McCusker’s keening lead vocals, often augmented by tight layers of harmony from Paige Vandiver and Emily Ng, run from childish curiosity to outright witchcraft. Ng’s violin adds haunting texture. But don’t write this off as folk music – when Vandiver’s drums kick in Linden is fully capable of rocking out.
If you missed the fun October 10 from 7-8:30pm on Zoom, there is a video you can view of the event.
The Columbus Free Press celebrated our 50th anniversary with a slideshow of images of people and Free Press covers throughout our 50-year history.
Monday, October 12, 2020, 12:00 - 12:30 PM
Join Ohio State experts for a conversation about Indigenous Peoples' Day. Panelists: Melissa Beard Jacob, Ph.D., Intercultural Specialist for Native American and Indigenous Students; Daniel Rivers, Associate Professor, Department of History. Unable to join the event live? No worries register anyway. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar and additional resources following the event. OSU College of Arts and Sciences. Register here.
Monday, October 12, 2020, 12:00 - 12:30 PM
Join Ohio State experts for a conversation about Indigenous Peoples' Day. Panelists: Melissa Beard Jacob, Ph.D., Intercultural Specialist for Native American and Indigenous Students; Daniel Rivers, Associate Professor, Department of History. Unable to join the event live? No worries register anyway. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar and additional resources following the event. OSU College of Arts and Sciences. Register here.
Sunday, October 11
Whether you're lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, be proud of who you are and your support for LGBTQ equality this Coming Out Day!
Every year on National Coming Out Day, we celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ.) This year, we will mark the 32nd anniversary of National Coming Out Day!
Thirty-two years ago, on the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, we first observed National Coming Out Day as a reminder that one of our most basic tools is the power of coming out. One out of every two Americans has someone close to them who is gay or lesbian. For transgender people, that number is only one in 10.
Coming out — whether it is as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer — STILL MATTERS. When people know someone who is LGBTQ, they are far more likely to support equality under the law. Beyond that, our stories can be powerful to each other.
You have power! You can change history, seat candidates and govern policy, all with one simple act: voting. When enough people vote, they pick the winners … and losers … and seat individuals in the halls of government to enact their world view. In fact, with some exceptions, the ballot box begat marijuana legalization, from no fine no time local initiatives to ground breaking full legal constitutional amendments.
Cannabis consumers – aka voters – carry political clout. They are passionate about their cause and oftentimes vote single issue. They push progressive agendas that radiate outward from marijuana alone.
Marijuana vote, by the numbers.