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Central Ohio Poor Peoples Campaign Meet and Greet

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 5:00 – 6:00 PM
The Poor Peoples Campaign is a revival of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 Poor Peoples Campaign.  Sandwiches, light refreshments, and children’s activities.  Plans for 2024 include a rally at the Ohio Statehouse on March 2 and June 15 march on Washington.  All are welcome.  
Location:  Bethany Presbyterian Church, 206 N. Garfield Ave., Columbus 43203

Sympathy For The Devil

Backing Biden for 2024, Conformist Democrats Have Been in Denial

Over the weekend, Politico published the latest in a tidal wave of stories about President Biden’s dwindling prospects for re-election. Under the headline “The Polls Keep Getting Worse for Biden,” the article pointed out that Biden is trailing the presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump in a large majority of the latest polling.

The trend is dire, Politico reports. “The president’s standing in head-to-head matchups with Trump is falling: Among the latest surveys this month from 13 separate pollsters, Biden’s position is worse than their previous polls in all but two of them.” He continues to slip in key swing states.

Sara's Song: Chapter 13

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End of a Dream 

Shelia watched her girls as they ate their breakfast before school. She was leaning against the kitchen sink, smoking a cigarette. Sara was dressed in her usual pair of blue jeans with bell bottoms and a blouse that was two sizes too big for her, still trying to hide her breasts from the world. Shelia gave up years ago with trying to get her to dress more ‘ladylike’ and was just thankful that she had Jean to pamper with cute dresses and blouses, show her how to wear her make-up properly and just talk girl talk because Sara was always asking questions that Shelia really didn’t have the answers too or cared to answer, like,

 "How come they always following us in the store downtown?" with "they" being the White store clerks, or

 "When we gonna move out of this project? Who's that man you talking to? Why don’t you like Mr. Jimmy?’

 Shelia knew the answers to all of the questions but didn’t want to get into the facts of life or hurt Sara’s feelings since she seemed to have a soft spot for the bowl of jelly. 

“Anything going on after school today?” Shelia asked.

Stones and Hostages

More lies, unprecedented destruction, "humanitarian truce" broken

More details emerge about the level of deception about what happened on
October 7 to justify the genocide. Israeli October 7 poster child was
killed by Israeli tank, eyewitnesses reveal:
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-october-7-posterchild-was-killed-by-israeli-tank-eyewitnesses-reveal/
But the lies continueto justify the genocide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5edJmnbe0h0

One Small, Red Triangle: Palestine, We Are Finally Looking

Did you know that there was an international conference held in France on November 9 under the title ‘International Humanitarian Conference for Gaza’s Civilian Population’?

Black Friday Protest at Easton Mall Victoria's Secret

Sign saying VIctoria's Secret is funding genocide

On Black Friday, protestors entered the Victoria’s Secret store at the Easton Mall chanting “Free Palestine!” The group of protestors say they have launched a campaign targeting the store because of its strong business relationship with the Israeli company Delta Galil. Protestors say they want Victoria’s Secret to cut its contracts with Delta Galil and all Israeli companies who, they say, are funding the IDF. 

The group were removed from the Easton Center Mall property as police arrived and told they could not return to the mall. 

One protestor said, “With the ongoing war crimes committed by the state of Israel we need companies like Victoria’s Secret to stand against genocide and ethnic cleansing and make more ethical business choices. We are calling on the company to cut its ties with the state of Israel.” 

The City of Columbus continues to prove itself incapable of learning: The contradiction and corruption of ever-expanding public subsidies for private development “tax abatements”

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Mayoral challenger Joe Motil and his supporters—more than 1/3 of voters in a typically low turnout mayor and council election—made careful control of tax abatements central to his campaign. Let us remember that Motil was outspent by the incumbent about 100 to 1 but defeated by less than 2 to 1 in perhaps the most corrupt and dishonest re-election campaign in Columbus history.

Just as Andy refused to debate or appear publicly in a purportedly democratic contest—exemplifying the Columbus Way, and their fear of a public democracy on which it is based—neither City Council nor its Department of Uncoordinated, Highly Selective Development—learned a single thing.

Just as Department Director Michael Stevens cannot tell the difference between Ns and percentages when he lies to the media, not one of them understands either urban or economic development. Together, they defy all odds. They seem willfully ignorant of the social, economic, and physical conditions of the city that they are paid to oversee.

Coalition of Immokalee Workers Thanksgiving Action:  Demand Kroger join the Fair Food Program

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Greetings Fair Food Allies — Please join us in taking a few minutes to join in this key nationwide action for the farmworkers this Thanksgiving week by writing, calling or emailing Kroger. 

Fast actions: Email Kroger.  Click-to-email using this link or write an email to customerservice@kroger.com with the suggested title: “It’s time for Kroger to join the Fair Food Program” and include your message for the body of the email. You may copy/paste our suggested script below and personalize it as you see fit. 

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