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“In the midst of our grief and pain, let’s remind each other who we are.” .

These are the words of Stefanie Fox, executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace. She goes on: “We are people committed to tikkun olam, the repairing of the world. The Israeli government and U.S. government are justifying massive atrocities, tearing this world further apart, and doing so in the names of us and our beloved families. When we say never again, it includes Palestinians, and it means right now.”

Israel had the perfect plan for Gaza - in fact, for all Palestinians, when it decided to redeploy its forces around the Occupied Gaza Strip in 2005.

 Despite statements made, back then, by Israeli officials that the 'disengagement' plan aimed at severing Israel's legal and other responsibilities from its role as an Occupier, the actual story was different.

City Hall

Protestors filled the Columbus City Council chambers at their October 16 meeting to denounce their silence on the genocide of Palestinian people and support for the government of Israel. There were so many protestors most were turned away at the door since the building was “at capacity,” although that turned out not to be true.

Kenny Schweickart and marijuana images

After decades of advocating for fully legal recreational marijuana, there is lament amongst some older stoners and hippies now that Ohio is on the cusp with Issue 2.

The Columbus Free Press, for instance, has been advocating for fully legal marijuana for half a century. Columbus was a place in the 1970s where the Columbus Police Department (CPD) would rough you up for having a joint in your cig pack. In the 80s and 90s, a pot arrest could destroy careers. Yet when the Free Press tried to get some medical growers and local medical dispensaries onboard as advertisers at the beginning of the 2020s, many scoffed.

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Tuesday, October 17, 1012, 7:00 PM
On November 7, Ohioans will head to the polls to vote on Issue 1, an amendment that would restore abortion rights in Ohio and put an end to an extreme abortion ban. Join the ACLU for a special virtual event to learn about what’s at stake and how you can help in these crucial last few weeks.  

This amendment is about making sure Ohioans — not the government — have the power to make personal decisions during pregnancy, including abortion.

Voting Yes on Issue 1 puts Ohioans back in charge of their personal medical decisions and stops Ohio’s extreme abortion ban.  

Register for the webinar here

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