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Join the march and rally, from Goodale Park (Short North Columbus, Ohio) to Ohio Statehouse (Broad and High Streets).
https://www.facebook.com/cbusunited/photos/gm.1260468017329418/1815427648730786/?type=3&theater
On Monday, December 5, the Free Press and DSCO will honor local community activists at our 2016 Awards event from 7-9pm at The Hub, 1336 E. Main St. One of the awards is a commemorative award in memory of Bill Moss, longtime independent School Board member, activist, radio DJ and music producer. The awardees of the Bill Moss Award for Outstanding African American Activists are Sherri and Lawrence "Butch" Hamilton III.
When Butch and Sherri are passionate about an issue, they take action. In 2009, they built a website dedicated to highlighting injustice in Haiti, caused by foreign nations. In 2012 they launched goblackcentral.com to counteract the mainstream media narrative on issues affecting people of African descent. In addition to the website, BLACK CENTRAL™ hosted several independent film screening events and panel discussions that focused on mass incarceration, health & wellness, and economic empowerment.
Joan Brunwasser: Welcome to OpEdNews, Bob. The 2016 election has come and gone. What, if anything, is there to talk about now?
Bob Fitrakis: The big news is that Jill Stein’s Green Party presidential campaign is asking for a recount of the votes in three states, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. All of these states are significantly outside the margin of error from the unadjusted exit poll numbers contrasted to the reported vote count. I am acting as an of-counsel attorney, pro bono, for the Stein campaign. I believe this is a historically important effort due to the lack of transparency in our elections, that allow private, for-profit, partisan companies to program our computerized voting machines and central tabulators.
JB: Agreed. How did Stein decide to do this action? It’s unusual, to say the least. Can you give us some background, please?
On Monday, December 5, the Free Press and DSCO will honor local community activists at our 2016 Awards event from 7-9pm at The Hub, 1336 E. Main St. One of the two "Libby" awardees is Carolyn Harding. Join the Facebook event here.
Carolyn Harding is a grassroots activist committed to protecting our water, air, and soil for the sake of all life on this planet. Locally, she is an organizer with RadioactiveWasteAlert.org and the Columbus Community Bill of Rights (ColumbusBillofRights.org). Statewide, she works in alliance with other committed activists and organizations focused on clean water, air, soil, and community rights. She is familiar with the intransigent, corporate culture at Columbus City Council, the Ohio State House, the Governor’s administration, and national political parties, and is now certain that it is up to us to make the shift to sustainable energy and agriculture. She is committed to social, racial, economic and environmental justice, as they are all linked and must be given top priority as we work for Pure Water, Clean Air & Safe Soil.
PLEASE CALL THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES NOW:
Tell then to stop using water cannons and other weaposn against people of Standing Rock.
ND Office of the Governor: 701-328-2200.
Morton County Sheriff's Department:
701-328-8118 & 701-667-3330.
ND National Guard: 701-333-2000
202 224.2043 call the senator of North Dakota
202-456-1111
Saturday, November 26, 12-4pm
The Hub, 1336 E. Main St, $10
614-568-7800
The Staged Zika Epidemic, Educate before you Vaccinate
Dr. Scott Whitaker will share extensive information on wholistic, natural, traditional and supportive techniques to support life while waiting for ambulatory services and medical attention, in the case of a natural disaster or emergency crisis situation and there no means of communication.
As the Holiday Season approaches this year, the family of Tyre King is anticipating a very rough time in their lives. “Tyre was one of the best parts of the holidays,” according to Dearrea King, Tyre’s maternal grandmother. “His birthday is December 7 so he was born right around the holidays. He was always such a joy to be around. He made it fun to prepare for the season because he was always excited about spending time with family and eating all that good food.”
Stein/Baraka Campaign Launches Recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania to Restore Confidence in our Voting System
Today, the Stein/Baraka campaign announced their intent to file for a recount of votes in the battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, leading a multi-partisan effort to check the accuracy of the machine-counted vote tallies in these states in order to ensure the integrity of our elections.
Jill Stein observed, “After a divisive and painful presidential race, reported hacks into voter and party databases and individual email accounts are causing many American to wonder if our election results are reliable. These concerns need to be investigated before the 2016 presidential election is certified. We deserve elections we can trust."
We live in a racist patriarchy. If you followed the 2016 Election and possess any sense of social justice, that is obvious. Those of us who are white and heterosexual have a distinct advantage over those who are not; those of us who are cis male are even more privileged.
Many of us who possess such privilege are deeply troubled that our friends without privilege are discriminated against. Many people like me have expressed interest in moving to Canada to escape the current political climate of hate. However, moving to Canada is the pinnacle of privilege. If the we move to Canada, we are abandoning our friends to avoid witnessing their suffering.
Trump’s appeal is based on privilege.
Trump’s hate machine is focused on people who do not possess privilege. If you would actually be able to move to Canada, you are privileged. You will be fine. The non-privileged need you here. (With that said, there are certainly exceptions to this, especially within the LGBT community.)
If this year's U.S. presidential election was held in a foreign nation, the U.S. State Department would not certify it as a "free and fair election." If this occurred anywhere else in the world the report by our government would conclude that there is a "suspicion of fraud or error."
On Monday, November 7, 2016 the U.S. government denounced elections in Nicaragua, stating that they were “deeply concerned by the flawed presidential and legislative electoral process” and that they were concerned there was no “possibility of a free and fair election” in that country on November 6. The statement explained that: “In advance of the elections, the Nicaraguan government sidelined opposition candidates for president, limited domestic observation at the polls and access to voting credentials, and took other actions to deny democratic space in the process. The decision by the Nicaraguan government not to invite independent international electoral observers further degraded the legitimacy of the election.