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Scott Ritter was pulled off a NY-to-Istanbul flight yesterday by US officials and his passport confiscated in a startling new development in the government’s open drive to censor and silence critics of the Administration’s foreign policies at a time when the United States is supplying billions of dollars in arms to foment wider war in Russia, accelerate the attacks on Gazans and set the stage for war with China over Taiwan.

A Marine veteran and true American patriot, Mr. Ritter is also a noted former Chief UN weapons inspector, author and journalist.  He was enroute to Russia to attend an international conference in St. Petersburg.  

Mr. Ritter first came to my attention when he testified at a Capitol hearing I sponsored to inquire into the Bush Administration’s plans to attack Iraq. Ritter warned in August of 2002 that a case had not been made for attacking Iraq.  

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Tuesday, June 4, 6pm
Columbus Main Library, 96 S. Grant St.

An evening of solidarity with Gaza. Film screening and panel discussion. 

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Monday, June 3 – June 10, 2024

SOS is an empowering story of successful community action to shut down leaking reactors. But then they discover horrific amounts of high-level radioactive waste lethal for millions of years are being placed in thin canisters only 108 ft. from the rising sea. Criminal mismanagement of radioactive waste is a syndrome at all 93 reactors in the U.S. and beyond. Will safer alternatives be taken in time?  

The film will be available at no charge for video on demand viewing anytime from June 3 through June 10 thanks to an educational grant from the Grassroots Network of the Sierra Club to the Nuclear Free Team at this website.  

In politics, context is crucial. 

 To truly appreciate the recent decision by Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognize the state of Palestine, the subject has to be placed in proper context. 

 On November 15, 1988, Yasser Arafat, then Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, declared Palestine as an independent state.

 The proclamation took place within important and unique contexts: 

    "in the end we will not remember the words of our enemies but we will
remember the silence of our friends"

The genocide, ecocude, and scholasticide in Palestine continues. The
Israeli regime ignores calls from the UN, governments around the world, the
International court of justice, the International criminal court, and
hundreds of millions around the world. More Israeli soldiers are killed or
captured by the resistance so Israel continues to kill civilians as that is
all it can do hoping to end indigenous people. But the world is changing
and truth telling is not being silenced by intimidation and threats from
bullies and racists.  I see this even in my last few days talking in New
Zealand/Aotearoa. Sold-out events, amazing energy....we are grateful to
people who act around the world. Below are bits of information I share this
week. We must all redouble our efforts (get knowledge and act on knowledge
to end this genocide and in so doing save the planet from catastrophic
global war). And as I explained to politicalleaders both in Australia and
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FrackStock, a celebration of science journalist Justin Nobel's new book
exposing health risks gas and oil workers are exposed to from working with
radioactive toxic waste will be held Sunday, June 2 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Road in Columbus.

The alcohol-free event features free food, folk, Celtic and blues music, and
presentations by Ohio organizations dedicated to preserving Ohio's
environment and phasing out fossil fuels.

To register for a free ticket, visit https://bit.ly/4byaDSY.

"Woodstock came about because of the Viet Nam War and young people's desire
to express love and peace with music," said Carolyn Harding of Grassroot
Ohio, an event organizer. "FrackStock operates on the same premise-love,
Justin and music."

Nobel spent seven years traveling eastern and southeastern Ohio, West

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A grassroots coalition of queer and trans people of color, anti-Zionist Jews, and community organizers demands an end to the Israeli pink-washing of the genocide against Palestinians. The Free Palestine Coalition calls for a boycott of queer organizations that accept funding from weapons manufacturers and fossil fuel companies.

Pink-washing”, or the strategy of using LGBTQ+ rights to distract from human rights abuses, is a propaganda technique used to detract attention from the oppression faced by Palestinians. Numerous corporations and governments are cynically employing LGBTQ+ rhetoric to garner progressive credentials while perpetuating violence and environmental destruction.

"We stand firm in our commitment to queer liberation, climate justice, and Palestinian liberation," said Komencanto Eterna, a local organizer for the Free Palestine Coalition. 

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