I decided to send President Trump this picture below and the story of 16 y/o U.S. citizen Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim from Florida who has been unlawfully detained, tortured, and starved at an Israeli prison and pleaded with him to call for the immediate and unconditional release of this American teenage hostage held in Israel since last February.

President Trump spent the last two years tweeting and lobbying for the release of Israeli POWs. He even threatened with "hell to pay" if Hamas doesn't release "all" of the Israeli hostages. 

Mohammed is an American child who has reportedly lost over 25 pounds (approximately 11.3 kg) during his detention in Israeli prisons. His family has reported that he has lost nearly a quarter of his body weight and he has also developed scabies as they were told by the U.S embassy in Israel and the US State Department. Plus, this teenager has celebrated his 16th birthday in prison per Middle East Eye report.

Mohammed's family have met with US lawmakers in Washington and pleaded for help for the release of their son. All what they get from Democratic and Republican officials was:

Cows

The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) is a community of sustainable and organic farmers, handlers, producers, and consumers across the U.S. The challenges faced by those in our network are unique to diversified and usually small- or mid-scale farms that provide healthy food to their communities. 

The government shutdown, tariff negotiations, staffing changes at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and other recent events have specific implications for these farms and the local communities that benefit from their products. We have been actively connecting with individuals who want to share their stories to uplift some of the experiences of those in our community.

Book

I sawTariq Ali while watching Democracy Now. Tariq is a British Pakistani intellectual who was discussing Palestine. Tariq Ali shouldn’t be confused with Al Tariq of the Beatnuts.

Are You Ready?

The Rolling Stones wrote Street Fighting Man about Tariq Ali in the late 60’s. Street Fighting Man’s lyrics discuss social revolution against authoritarianism during economic, social oppression and the Vietnam War.

One of my ideas around my ANONROCKNROLL radio show is an idea that Rock N Roll was the soundtrack for Black Panthers, Weathermen, and 70’s leftist social revolution. I applied our reverence for the term Hip Hop determining Rock N Roll is proto-Hip Hop if you respect Panthers and reject COINTELPRO.

Images from BEN activities

Buckeye Environmental Network (BEN), represented by Earthjustice, has filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and its Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management for unlawfully approving two new Class II oil and gas waste injection wells proposed by DeepRock Disposal Solutions, LLC near Marietta.

The suit, filed in the Tenth District Court of Appeals, challenges ODNR’s approval of the Stephan #1 and American Growers #4 wells. The lawsuit argues that ODNR issued these permits using outdated, less protective rules that no longer meet current legal or scientific standards. Both wells would inject millions of gallons of toxic and radioactive oil and gas waste into underground formations less than two miles from Marietta’s public drinking water source.

Hemp products

Congress is on the verge of passing legislation that will devastate access to life-saving hemp products for over 40 million Americans - including veterans, seniors, children with epilepsy and autism, and countless others who rely on hemp-derived cannabinoids for their health and well-being.

Buried deep in the federal spending bill is language that would ban nearly all hemp-derived THC products, including non-intoxicating CBD items that contain even trace amounts of THC.

The bill redefines hemp so narrowly that even full-spectrum CBD products will become illegal, banning any product with more than 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container, a threshold so low it would eliminate nearly every hemp-derived product currently on the market.

This reckless move would:

  • Wipe out 95% of the hemp industry
  • Shutter thousands of small businesses
  • Criminalize the very products that millions depend on to survive and thrive

This is a public health crisis in the making.

We must act NOW.

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, has been unaccounted for some time. Now, his lawyer and testimony from his family and fellow prisoners is revealing a picture of brutal Israeli torture. Dr. Safiya was abducted by Israel’s forces along with other medical staff and has been held without charge or trial. He’s also been denied access to legal representation until now.

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been detained without charge in Ofer Prison. His prolonged detention without charges amid documented accounts of torture and inhumane conditions has raised concerns about his status as a hostage in the ongoing conflict. The Al-Mezan legal rights center has expressed deep concern over his situation, warning that Israel may be using his detention as political leverage in ceasefire negotiations. Despite international calls for his release, Abu Safiya remains in custody, facing a detention hearing that could prolong his arbitrary detention by another six months, according to a recent article by Palestine Chronicle.

Person taking survey

Surveys. You see them online from the City of Columbus Department of Development and the Columbus City Schools (CCS). They take a few minutes to finish and afterwards you might have a nice warm feeling of accomplishment. You took the time to share your opinion and those in power will listen to you and act upon it… Right? Not a chance.

Those surveys are not for you.

Those surveys are for the people who write them so that they can tell their supervisors that they asked for public input; and therefore have permission to do whatever they want afterwards.

Phase One of Zone In (AKA the corporate takeover of Columbus) collected surveys from citizens worried about the future of the city. Those surveys were ignored, and in the end, the wealthy developers got EVERYTHING THEY DEMANDED. Again, the survey allowed city government to pretend that they care about the people who pay taxes.

Not to be left behind, CCS published a survey for the public and in true form ignored any of the real problems that the district faces in the future. Their ONE AND ONLY SOLUTION to the budget problem is to cut school busing and maybe sell a few unused schools.

Five people posing

The Columbus Free Press celebrated our 55th anniversary last Saturday, November 8 and honored five community activists, plus one outstanding community organization.

Watch video here

The event was the November Salon and Annual Awards ceremony at the First Unitarian Universalist Church. Dan Dougan served as master of ceremonies.

Pages

Subscribe to Freepress.org RSS