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Call Your Congressperson - Support Medicare for All

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Medicare for All, HR 1384 in the Congressional House would pay for 100% of all necessary health care all in the United States. This will only happen if we all call, visit, and mail their congressional representatives constantly. Call your member of Congress and tell them why we need HR 1384. Learn more about Medicare for All at spanohio.org. SPAN-Ohio is an organization of volunteers promoting health care for all either through HR 1384 or the Ohio Health Security Act in the Ohio legislature. 

The Anti-Democratic Nature of the Columbus Way

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At the February 27th gathering of the Columbus Metropolitan Club, Columbus Partnership President and CEO Alex Fischer proclaimed: "The world of professional sports will be writing [sic] and studying what the Save The Crew movement did in Columbus for decades." If you have the stomach for self-aggrandizement, you can listen to the clip here. 

If the multi-billion dollar world of big-time professional sports (ie/the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB) actually does stop to take notice of the legitimate Save the Crew success story in the future, they might be very interested in the revelation in Friday's Dispatch ("Multi-million dollar redo of current Crew stadium to sports park questioned," March 8, 2019) that the Ohio Expositions Commission board (who control the land under and around Crew stadium) was not consulted or even contacted before the media blitz in December announcing plans for the future development of the area. 

Jewish Voice for Peace Stands with Ilhan Omar

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When blatant antisemitic conspiracy theories were spread against George Soros, President Trump retweeted them. When antisemites carried tiki torches in Charlottesville, Donald Trump called them “very fine people.” Under Trump, well-known antisemites and white supremacists have unprecedented access to positions of power.

Yet when Congresswoman Ilhan Omar criticized AIPAC for behaving like any other powerful lobby, Trump has the audacity to feign concern over antisemitism?

We don’t buy it. Ilhan Omar supports our Constitutional right to boycott, and she criticizes Israel’s violations of Palestinian human rights. The sustained attacks on her are in large part fueled by racism and Islamophobia. Even though she’s apologized for the impact of her statements, Ilhan Omar continues to be attacked by a bad-faith smear campaign.

Jewish Voice for Peace is proud to defend Ilhan Omar. We reject attempts to silence her criticism of Israeli policy and her support for Palestinian rights and freedom, just as we reject anti-Semitism and bigotry in all its forms.

Jewish Voice for Peace stands with Ilhan.

Oakland Psych R&b Band Bells Atlas @ Union Pool on 3/9

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Oakland psych r&b/electronic band Bells Atlas will be releasing their new LP, 'the mystic' on 4/19 on Tender Loving Empire. Their new LP is a sci-fi fantasy of two first-generation Nigerian American women coming to terms with a mental health diagnosis, and at the same time, a very universal exploration of how we make sense of reality. They will be playing @ Union Pool on 3/9.    "Belly": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz6RGSaplX4

The Panopticon Perplex - Big Other, 5G and the Telecom 'Coup from Above'

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[ An earlier version of this article was posted on Reader Supported News ]

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
Every single day
Every word you say
I'll be watching
 ~The Police

Digital Domination

Back in the 1780’s British social theorist Jeremy Bentham and his entrepreneur brother came up with a design for what they thought would be the perfect prison. 

Second Saturday’s “Ask-A-Vegan” dine in

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Sat, March 9, 2-4pm
Ye’s Asian Vegan Kitchen, 2469 Hilliard-Rome Rd.
Are you new to veganism or trying to move from a vegetarian or animal-based diet to a vegan one? Or, have you been vegan forever and just became aware to our Columbus Meetup? We will meet at a restaurant every second Sat throughout the slow months of the Winter and to help spread the word about this great restaurant that recently opened on the west side. meetup.com/ColumbusVeganMeetup.

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