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Black Lives Shattered

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Black Lives Matter activists are under surveillance and attack here in Columbus.
   A Columbus Police report obtained by the Columbus Free Press indicates that the police would have been justified in shooting Torri Sablan, a prominent local civil rights activist, as she rode along with friend Ashley Henderson when they transported Alexander Paraskos to the hospital on August 1st this year.
    The police report included the chilling abbreviation Just. Hom. Circ. This means “justifiable homicide circumstance” – indicating the police would have been justified in killing Sablan.
   Police records describe LEOKA circumstances, indicating a “Law Enforcement Officer Killed or Assaulted.”
   How a going-away party thrown by activists and an innocent asthma attack turned into a potential police homicide situation is hotly disputed. Sablan and Henderson are black females and Paraskos is a transgender male -- all well-known political activists.

Ohio workers to Americans for Prosperity: The American Dream is not for sale

People holding banner
"We're here today because we want all Americans to have the opportunity to succeed, to take care of their families, to improve their communities," said Ohio AFL-CIO secretary/treasurer Petee Talley on August 21. Talley was speaking to a crowd gathered at McFerson Commons in the Arena District to protest the Defending the American Dream summit at the Columbus Convention Center. The summit was held by Americans for Prosperity, a group sponsored by the Koch brothers.    "Americans for Prosperity don't speak for working people. The American Dream is not for sale," Talley said. "We here to let folks know that we are the defenders of our American Dream. That is a dream for economic and social justice for all people."   At 3,200 strong, it was the largest such rally since the Ohio Senate Bill 5 protests of 2011. The Ohio Education Association, UAW, SEIU, AFSCME, and other unions and pro-labor groups from across Ohio were represented. , 

Fascism From West Point

Fascism From West Point

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This headline in the Guardian is completely accurate: West Point professor calls on US military to target legal critics of war on terror.

Rally Opposing Bailouts for FirstEnergy’s Nuclear and Coal Plants

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Mon, August 31, 10am, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio [PUCO], 180 E. Broad St.

The PUCO has postponed the hearings for the third time, to August 31, for which date we will reschedule our rally. Postponing is likely a good sign. PUCO has gotten a lot of push-back from the public, showing statistics that contradict the propaganda being fed to them by FirstEnergy. They will have a harder time rubberstamping the request and any complicity with industry would stand out.

Rally with the Sierra Club and others at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Tell them, “Don’t charge electric ratepayers $3 billion to bail out FirstEnergy’s unprofitable coal plants and the aging, accident-plagued Davis-Besse nuclear reactor!”

FirstEnergy led the fight that overturned Ohio’s renewable and efficiency standards. Boo! Now the PUCO is going to decide whether to hand them an enormous monetary gift, at the expense of the public health and purse.

No bailouts! No kidding!

Seven Ways Racism Is Built In

1. WEALTH GAP: The playing field is not level. The median wealth of a white household in the United States is over 13 times that of a black household, and the gap is widening. Most black households have less than $350 in savings. It takes money not just to make money but to get a start, to live near good schools, to live free of lead paint poisoning, or to address the special needs that every person has.

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