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Help our hero Malcolm J

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The Free Press is proud of our friend Malcom J who stepped in to help a bartender deal with an unrule customer, and got whacked in the eye with a broken beer bottle for his trouble. As of this printing, Malcolm is in the hospital and the condition of his eye is yet to be determined. Malcolm is a familiar face at our Free Press Second Saturday Salons and our facility is filled with his artwork. We wish Malcolm a speedy and full recovery. Here’s how you can help. There’s a GoFundMe site set up for Malcolm’s medical expenses. 

Anti-racists gather to let Nazis know: You are not wanted in Clintonville

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The neo-Nazi Patriot Front, was busy flyering down Indianola Avenue in Clintonville Monday, February 26 in broad daylight. Whenever local residents removed them, the flyers would soon reappear. The neo-Nazis have now flyered Clintonville four times in the last few months in addition to Hilliard, Worthington, Westerville, and Dublin.

Clintonville activists and their allies made their values known with a large anti-racist demonstration Saturday, March 3, that drew about 60 people at the corner of North Broadway and High.

Here is a Patriot Front quote from Brakton Bragg, a Front leader: “This nation is the property of the founding stock and no one else.” I don’t suppose he’s referring to the Wyandot or the Ottawa founding stock of this land. On the flyer, they wrote: “Our goals do not end with a candidate in an office or a bill signed into law. Out horizon is set on absolute victory.” Hmmm. And even more violent language: “Resurrection through insurrection.

No One Is Illegal Study Group

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Sunday, March 4, 1-2:15pm
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff
Want to learn about the current state of the immigration struggle?

Join us in this 3-part reading and discussing "No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border" by Justin Akers-Chacon and Mike Davis. The book is available for purchase on Haymarket Books and other book providers, and we have copies you can get at our weekly meetings on Thursdays at 7pm, same location. We will also be sharing additional material like podcasts and short videos to each session. 

We will also have PDFs of some of the sections available:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=14W08Yh4OP12kgz5_g1yzX3suznFfHa2u

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Run the Nazis out of Clintonville

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Saturday, March 3, 2pm
Corner of North Broadway and High Street, Clintonville
The neo-Nazi group Patriot Front posted flyers up and down Indianola recently in broad daylight. Local residents removed the flyers and they were replaced by 10pm that evening. Nazis are living and organizing in Clintonville in order to build a base. According to their rhetoric, these guys want to kill people and they're not kidding around. This is the third or fourth flyering in Clintonville in addition to those in Westerville, Worthington, Hilliard, and Dublin in the last few months. It's time to stand up and fight! 

Arab Night 2018

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Friday, March 2, 7:30-10:30pm, Ohio Union [Performance Hall], 1739 N. High St.

The Arab Student Union [ASU] is extremely excited to present Arab Night 2018!

Come out and see what makes the Arab world so unique and beautiful with a night full of live performances that will include dabke, live poetry, classic music, a fashion show, an art show, and much, much more.

Admission to Arab Night is free; however, if you want to get the best seat in the house, along with some ASU goodies, you can purchase VIP tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/arab-night-2018-tickets-42888628041. The proceeds will be donated to Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS).

This event will begin at 7:30pm sharp in the Performance Hall on the first floor of the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St.

We would like to thank the following student organizations:

• Lebanese Student Organization

• Organization of Arab Students at The Ohio State University

• Syrian Student Union at The Ohio State University

Join us in making Arab Night an event to remember!

Hosted by Arab Student Union at The Ohio State University.

TAKE ACTION: Save Ohio's abortion clinics

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During the Kasich administration, Ohio has gone from 16 abortion providers to 8, and one of them needs your help immediately.   Toledo's only abortion clinic has complied with John Kasich's demands, but Capital Care Network needs one more thing: the Ohio Department of Health must restore their license.   In 2014, in a politically-motivated effort to obstruct abortion access, John Kasich's Department of Health used medically unnecessary regulations to revoke the license for Capital Care Network. A legal battle ensued. Last week, ProMedica signed a transfer agreement with Capital Care. The signed transfer agreement satisfies Kasich's medically unnecessary demands.

14 days in … a blind fucking rage

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The week of February 12th, 2018 will forever be remembered as the week when 17 people were gunned down in a Florida high school.

Let that sink in.

17 students and teachers were murdered, along with many more injured, at their school.

As they all went about their peaceful day, a 19-year-old pile of human filth opened fire with an AR-15 assault rifle, a firearm originally designed to slaughter commies in Vietnam. He bought the gun easily and completely legally despite making it exceedingly clear he should not be anywhere near a weapon of any kind. His online activity included bragging about killing animals, making far-right political comments, and saying he wanted to become famous for a mass shooting. The local sheriff’s office and the FBI were aware of the vile maggot’s mental instability and threat to others. The entire tragedy, along with every one before it, was avoidable. However, with the lack of political action and the biased ramblings of numerous public figures, more will not be.

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