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Watch the video of Friday's Ohio Statehouse protest by 50501 for No Kings Day, June 13, 2025
Video by Scot Lacy, Milo Pictures
This article first appeared on Ohio Capitol Journal
In August 2023, Ohio voters sent a clear message when they overwhelmingly rejected the legislature’s blatant attempt to undermine our citizen-initiative process. But instead of listening, politicians in Columbus doubled down. Their new targets? Everyday Ohioans who dare to collect signatures, knock on doors, and exercise their constitutional right to direct democracy.
Ohio Senate Bill 153 and Ohio House Bill 233 are the latest attempts to dismantle the people’s power. While headlines may focus on disingenuous provisions about voter registration and drop boxes, buried deep in these 204-page monstrosities are provisions specifically designed to intimidate, harass, and shut down grassroots campaigns before they ever reach the ballot.
Let’s be clear: these bills are an attack on the People’s Process — on your voice, your rights, your power.
This article first appeared on the Buckeye Flame.
The Ohio Senate has passed their version of the state’s two-year budget and left intact all of the anti-LGBTQ+ provisions passed by the House.
The version that the Senate passed on Wednesday included:
Public media faces its most urgent threat yet.
Despite overwhelming public opposition, the House has passed a rescissions package that would eliminate $1.1 billion in already-approved funding for public media. If enacted, it would strip essential services from communities and could force rural stations off the air. The Senate will take up the bill next. Contact your Senators now and urge them to vote NO.
The House has passed a rescissions package that would claw back $1.1 billion in public media funding already approved by law. If enacted, the impact on local stations would be swift and severe.
The Senate will take up the bill next. Send a message now urging your Senators to vote against rescinding public media funding.
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan celebrate trains, especially older songs about trains when they really meant something! Listen to Trains Kept-a Rollin, Love Train, Downtown Train, Hobo Lullaby, Freight Train, Choo Choo Ch-Boogie and more!
Listen live at 11pm Friday, June 13 and 20 streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
and
Monday at 2pm streaming June 16 and 23 at wcrsfm.org or on the radio at 92.7 or 98.3FM
10:30 AM 5:00 PM
East Broad Street & North High Street
Saturday, 6/14/2025 is not only the “No Kings, National Day of Defiance” all across America – it is also PRIDE here in Columbus. We’re protesting and celebrating at the same time.
On the day that Trump is throwing himself a military parade for his birthday, we need you to join us to take a stand! We’re protesting Trump’s harmful and anti-democratic actions, but also showing support for our LGBTQ+ members, friends, family and neighbors.
Navigation – in these uncertain times, A Book of Poetry by Michael Eckhardt Sr., just released by the Free Press/CICJ Books, is a compilation of free verse and haiku that will move and inspire the Free Press reader. Many of Michael’s poems frankly express Michael’s avowed radical political views on war and society’s numerous flaws including police brutality, injustice, apathy and much more.
The sentiments in this poem detail horrors that could describe any war, but are particularly relevant to the Gaza conflict today, titled “odds are.”
odd, the bombs which fall
are ordered, built and dropped
by those, once children
they have lived lives to date
with complete absence of contrition
the same odds and laws of probabilities
apply to those children about to hit
but their choices cut short
no chance to decide
how to live or which course to take
who can figure such odds.
Thursday, June 12, 2025, 5:30 PM
Bob Crane Community Center, 3200 Tremont Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
Join Upper Arlington Progressive Action for a FREE talk by Brian Rothenberg and David Pepper covering Project 2025 actions taken by our maladministration already and what further horrors we may expect and what we may want to do about it.
Let's not put our heads in the sand and be prepared to take action to protect ourselves and the vulnerable among us. And that seems to include almost everyone!
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 8:00 – 10:00 PM
The Go Go, 987 N. Fourth Street, Columbus 43201
Go Go and Not Ur Grandmas Bingo is hosting a benefit event to raise money for RESULTS Ohio and also helping a fellow entertainer, Ty Blaq Fenix Diggs raise money for Physical Therapy.
We will have performances, raffles, and we are splitting all proceeds. We have raffle items of Designer Handbags, Autographed Merchandise from Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips and much more!
RESULTS is a movement of passionate, committed people who advocate that our legislators move to build a more just and equitable world. We envision a world beyond poverty and the oppression that causes it.
Bingo is always free to play!
(P.S.: This is for adults, and it is really fun!)
What can a community do when the democratic process itself has been outlawed?
That’s the question facing residents of Ohio. In 2019, the State legislature prohibited communities from enacting “rights of nature” laws after Toledo residents overwhelmingly voted for a law, the Lake Erie Bill of Rights. The budget bill passed on July 17th of that year established that “nature… does not have standing to participate in or bring an action in any court.”