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Win the Peace – Not the War!

Declaration by the German Initiative Lay Down Your Arms, on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, February 16, 2023

With the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops on 24 February 2022, the seven-year war of low-intensity…

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2023 ballot not 2024: Ohio pro-choice groups join forces to put citizen-led amendment on statewide ballot

The ballot for this coming November 7 may offer another monumental chance for progressive voters in Columbus to take needed action – and this in case, to ensure legal and safe access to abortion. This week the Ohio Physicians for Reproductive…

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Harvey J Graff

Busting Myths - Unsafe at any speed: The Unsafe City—from Mayor to City Council to CPD

The mayor’s, city council’s, and Columbus Police Department’s chiefs’ uninformed, misleading commentaries and mismanagement of public safety would be comic if they were not often deadly.

Much is captured in two current events: the legally…

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Train detailment map and a mess made from it

Nothing stinks worse than a (vinyl chloride) cover-up exposed

Nothing stinks worse than a cover-up that’s been exposed, but then again, Norfolk Southern is donating to each resident of East Palestine a $5 bill for their troubles.

“They’ve offered the town $25,000, or $5/person. The railroad is worth…

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Thu Jul2 4:00 pm
Sunbury Good Trouble Thursdays
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Fri Jul3 6:00 pm
Springfield Stands With Immigrants Rally
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Sat Jul4 9:30 am
Hilliard Pop-Up Protest