Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of D-Day. While rightly praising the few surviving soldiers of that decisive day of battle, bravery and sacrifice in 1944, President Biden went on to conflate the hallowed D-Day counter-offensive against the Nazis, with the current U.S.-backed proxy war with Russia.

This is a total mischaracterization of the current conflict.

The Ukraine war is a wholly unnecessary conflict ignited by NATO expansionism and a $5.2 billion, US-led coup against a democratically elected government a decade ago. The conflict is now fueled by hundreds of billions of dollars of weapons and cash from NATO countries, spurred by the U.S.

The slaughter continues because the American people are being lied to, daily.

Central Ohio Starbucks workers at Neverland Drive and East Broad filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today, joining 18 other Starbucks stores across the country that also filed this week. The massive wave of union filings comes just days after Starbucks Workers United members wrapped a second round of national bargaining with Starbucks where the two parties continued to make significant progress toward a foundational framework for store contracts.

“If I go to my manager for help, nothing happens. If we all go together, Starbucks has no choice but to listen – that’s why we’re unionizing,” said Ash Wearly (he/him), a barista at the East Broad store (88 East Broad St.).

“This pride month we are showing up in solidarity with our partners who have paved the way for us. We are filing because we deserve a living wage, a safe and dignified work environment, and to be respected by Starbucks. We love our partners and want to make our store and this company a better place for all of us,” said Katherine Butler (she/her), a shift supervisor of eight years working at the Neverland Drive store (21 Neverland Dr. in Lewis Center).

If one were to argue that a top Spanish government official would someday declare that
“from the river to the sea, Palestine would be free”, the suggestion itself would have
seemed ludicrous.
 
But this is precisely how Yolanda Diaz, Spain's Deputy Prime Minister, concluded a
statement on May 23, a few days before Spain officially recognized Palestine as a state.
 
The Spanish recognition of Palestine, along with the Norwegian and Irish recognition, is
most important.
 
Western Europe is finally catching up with the rest of the world regarding the
significance of a strong international position in support of the Palestinian people and in
rejection of Israel’s genocidal practices in occupied Palestine.
 
But equally important is the changing political discourse regarding both Palestine and
Israel in Europe and all over the world.
 
Almost immediately after the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, some European countries
imposed restrictions on pro-Palestinian protests, some even banning the Palestinian flag,