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No New Bonds coalition makes case that OH Treasurer is laundering taxpayer funds through Israel bonds

David Hill

Organizers from across the state held a press conference marking two years of war on the people of Gaza and renewing calls for No New Bonds - divestment of taxpayer money from the state of Israel and its genocidal project against the Palestinian…

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The Traps of "If You Build it They Will Come"-Have Event Maps Displaced Organizing?

Paul Loeb

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Will the Oct 18 No Kings protests equal or surpass the 5 million who marched last June? Trump’s poll numbers keep dropping with his escalating attacks on democracy. People are…

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Jesse Vogel with four volunteers

Jesse Vogel: Building A Progressive Coalition Around The Things That Matter

Justin Michael

This year’s Columbus City Council race is a battle between grassroots progressives and well-heeled incumbents. Challenging the status-quo, Jesse Vogel is a Democrat running for Columbus City Council - District 7 against establishment darling…

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Tom Hayes

Tom Hayes, Associate Professor at Ohio University’s School of Film, Kidnapped by Israel Military in Illegal Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

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According to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, “All the Freedom Flotilla and Thousand Madleen boats were pirated in the early hours of October 8, 2025.” 

Among the crew on the flotilla…

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