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Lunch & Learn: Examining the Refugee Crisis with Art

Lots of children laying around on the floor together

Wednesday, January 8, 2010, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Please join us for lunch and conversation about using art to shine a light on the current refugee crisis around the world. Artist Rosy Avoscan, Laurie Van Balen of Columbus Crossing Borders, and DSOP Justice Promoter Barbara Kane, OP will discuss their current efforts and ways to help. You can also view Rosy's current art exhibit "Am I Us or Them" during the program. Lunch and program are free, but please register. Link in tickets (on the Facebook event page). Location: Martin de Porres Center, 2330 Airport Dr., Columbus 43219.  Facebook.

Congressional District 3 Democratic Delegate Caucus

Info about the event

Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Join us as we select district delegates for Bernie. Based on the percentage of votes he gets in Ohio a number of elected delegates will go to the DNC Convention. Let's make sure to get as many Bernie supporters to the caucus to vote for true Bernie supporters.  Doors open at 6 pm, the caucus begins at 7 pm.  Location:  Columbus State Community College, 550 E. Spring St., Delaware Hall, Columbus 43215. Facebook. 

Attacks on Iran, Past and Present

A man with a gun pointing at a girl holding flowers

The assassination of General Qasem Soleimani

On Friday, 3 January, 2020, progressives in the United States and all peace-loving people throughout the world were horrified to learn that Donald Tromp had added to his long list of crimes and imbecilities by ordering the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, who is a hero in his own country, Iran. The murder, which was carried out by means of a drone strike on Friday, immediately and drastically increased the probability of a new large-scale war in the Middle East and elsewhere. Against this background, I would like to review the history of oil-motivated attacks on Iran.

The desire to control Iran's oil

No War on Iran! U.S. Out of Iraq! Rally on Saturday

No war on Iran and a world

Saturday, January 4, 2010, Noon – 2:00 PM
Since withdrawing from the nuclear deal, the Trump administration has been engaging in a devastating economic war on the Iranian people through harsh sanctions.  Now that economic war threatens to turn into a full-blown military conflict with Iran following the assassination of Iranian military leaders by US drone strikes in Baghdad.  Join us at the corner of Broadway and High at noon on January 4 to oppose the endless wars and occupations.  No War with Iran!  End the Sanctions!  US Out of Iraq!  Location:  North High St. and East North Broadway, Columbus 43214.  More information:  Facebook.  

 

Ohio and the Saudi Nuclear Bomb

Daniel Poneman

As readers of The Free Press may know, the Portsmouth Nuclear Site at Piketon, Ohio, is heavily contaminated with radioactivity from 50 years of operations that enriched uranium to make nuclear bombs, and later to fuel nuclear power.

This process used as much electricity as New York City and includes some of the largest buildings in the world. Less than 1% of natural uranium is the type of isotope (uranium-235) that will fission, or explode. Enrichment is the name of the process that removes much of the uranium-238 that cannot be fissioned.

New no-bid enrichment contract at Piketon: In November, 2019, the uranium enrichment company Centrus announced the finalizing of a three-year contract to demonstrate what is being called High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) production at Piketon. The $115-million no-bid contract with the Department of Energy (DOE) is for centrifuge technology that would enrich uranium up to 19.75% of its U-235. The contract calls for a pilot plant of 16 centrifuges.

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