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Earth Strike is a grass-roots environmental activist movement which aims to pressure governments and corporations around the world to take immediate action to avoid irreversible climate change before it is too late.
Read our full Mission Statement here.
Climate change
The world-wide climatological community has shown beyond any reasonable doubt that the planet’s climate is changing, and human industry is a strong driver of that change. These trends are clearly visible in several global metrics of the climate. Numerous studies and analyses have been published by prestigious scientific organizations which show, without a doubt, that if we do not take action now we will not only commit to those effects we see in our climate today, but we commit ourselves – every human and animal on the planet – to perpetually worsening climate catastrophe.
Please help us generate a large number of quality public comments to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in opposition to a 40,000 metric ton highly radioactive, irradiated nuclear fuel, centralized interim storage facility (CISF), proposed by Interim Storage Partners (ISP), at Waste Control Specialists (WCS) in Andrews County, West Texas. NRC's deadline for public comments on environmental scoping has been extended to November 19th. (Please be sure to submit your comments by 11:59pm Eastern time, Monday, Nov. 19, in order to make sure they make it onto the official record!)
It'd be great to set a new record for number of public comments on this subject matter -- to submit more than the 30,000+ public comments submitted last spring and summer, in opposition to a similar CISF, targeted just 40 miles away, at Holtec International/Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance, in southeastern New Mexico. And we're already well on our way to doing that!
On Thursday, November 15, extremist anti-abortion legislators in the Ohio House passed the six-week abortion ban, furthering their goal to outlaw abortion in the State of Ohio.
The Ohio General Assembly passed the six-week ban once before, and Governor-Elect Mike DeWine has promised to sign the bill if it passes the legislature. Despite Kasich’s veto last year, state politicians continue to push this unconstitutional ban, which could mean abortion access in Ohio will become inaccessible for the majority of women.
Statement from Iris E. Harvey, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio:
“The Ohio Legislature is continuing their ideological crusade to ban abortion in Ohio – starting with the unconstitutional six-week abortion ban. Many women do not even know they are pregnant before six weeks.
“This bill takes away a woman’s ability to make a decision before she knows she has a decision to make. This legislation criminalizes physicians from providing critical care to tens of thousands of patients who need it. Women should be trusted and respected to make their own health care decisions, period.
The Power of Plants: Promoting Health Justice & Humanitarian Aid Through Herbalism.
Most of us know gay conversion therapy is a hoax that preys on the fears of gay people and their families, especially those whose religion rejects non-traditional sexual orientations. What most of us don’t know—unless we’ve been unlucky enough to go through it—is just how this therapy attempts to bring about its unlikely transformation.
One person who does know is Gerrard Conley, whose parents pushed him into conversion therapy and who subsequently wrote Boy Erased, a memoir about his experience. The book has been brought to the big screen in a tale that is both harrowing and illuminating.
Directed by Joel Edgerton, who also wrote the screenplay and portrays a key supporting character, the flick begins by spelling out the dilemma faced by its teenage protagonist.
Friday, November 16, 2:3-4pm
Ohio Dept of Rehabilitation, 770 West Broad St.
Stand up to ODRC retaliation against the prisoner protest movement in Ohio!
During the massive #August21 2018 prison strike, the Ohio Department of Retribution and Corruption (ODRC) engaged in a number of repressive and retaliatory actions against prisoners. These practices continue to this day.
On Friday supporters from across Ohio and the wider region will gather outside the ODRC central office to demand an end to retaliation against prisoner protests.
Out of town people will park near and gather at the corner of State and Dakota (behind the Franklinton library) starting at 2, then march together up to the DRC Central Office at 770 W Broad at around 2:30.
Speakers:
Ishaq Alkhair - a friend of Imam Hasan who was incarcerated at Lucasville during the 1993 uprising.
Pittsburg Anarchist Black Cross
Central Ohio IWOC
Organizations calling this demo:
Central Ohio IWOC
Anarchist Black Cross Pittsburg
Thursday, November 15, 1:30-3:30pm
1 Dave Thomas Blvd, Wendy's HQ, Dublin, Ohio
Join the United Methodist Women, The National Farm Worker Ministry and Women Leaders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers as we collectively call on Wendy's to join onto the Fair Food Program.
For the months of September and October, the United Methodist Women have been collecting postcards to petition Wendy's to sign the Fair Food Agreement. Proclaim "Time's Up" on low wages, poor working conditions and sexual violence in the fields!
To learn more go to: https://unitedmethodistwomen.org
The Young Americans for Freedom student group at Ohio State University hosted a speech by Ben Shapiro, "New York Times best-selling author, conservative commentator, and lawyer," on November 13. Their promotion stated: "With little regard for feelings, Ben will be hitting key points your professors don't tell you when he speaks about political correctness, American youth, and identity politics!"
News media reports described Shapiro as "conservative," a former Breitbart editor, producer of The Daily Wire, a "popular commentator," and a media personality. His visit was met with protestors, as captured in this photo by Elizabeth Adromeda.
More information about his visit can be found here.