Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage

By David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War; Kathy Kelly, President of World BEYOND War; John Reuwer, Board Member of World BEYOND War; Brad Wolf, Director of Peace Action, Lancaster, PA

Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna, Austria, was to begin, the venue host abruptly cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed, especially peace in Ukraine.

This news is a disturbing step in a growing trend.

Owners of the venue which was to host the Summit for Peace in Ukraine, announced on Wednesday, 7 June, 2023, their decision to cancel the agreement holding the summit on their premises. Fortunately, a new location was secured in Vienna (and anyone on Earth can sign up to take part online), but not before a smear campaign against the summit had been launched.

The venue owners reportedly explained: “We have decided to comply with the wishes of Ukraine and its embassy operating in Austria and have cancelled the rental of all rooms in the ÖGB catamaran for the event ‘International Summit for Peace in Ukraine’ next weekend.”

Free Press June Second Saturday Cyber-Salon

Details about event

Saturday, June 10, 7-8pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

Theme: “Peace, Love and Revolution”

• Mark Stansbery and Yoshie Furuhasi will report back from their trip to Japan at the G7 Summit.

• M.J. Borden will discuss response to HJR 1.

• Pride Month

• And more!

A question-and-answer period will be included.

If you have any announcements for the progressive community, contact us at <colsfreepress@gmail.com>.

Please use this Zoom link to join this event.

Hosted by The Columbus Free Press.

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In Memoriam of 2020: What Have We Learned?

Black man being handcuffed by cops

To paraphrase from Mr. Donte Woods-Spikes, Columbus documentarian and speaker extraordinaire: to anyone who’s been triggered by their memories on their newsfeed in the last fortnight, I empathize with you.

Three years ago last week on Thursday, May 28th, 2020, this city joined in a national reckoning that we have yet to reconcile.

Three days before in Minneapolis, MN, a Black man named George Floyd was recorded while then-officer Derek Chauvin pressed his left knee on George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds as Floyd pled for his life and took his last breath to call for his mother as he expired.

I watched the last three minutes of the video that had by now gone viral on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 27th. That evening – about 7 PM – I walked from my house to the Dollar General on E. Main Street, bought a big bottle of cheap white wine, took it home and drank half of it.

Movie Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spiderman flying through buildings

“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is the new animated film that follows "Into the Spider-Verse." It will be succeeded by "Beyond the Spider-Verse." The movie is directed by a talented team, including Kemp Powers, known for his exceptional work on "Soul." The writing credits feature Phil Lord and Chris Miller, celebrated for "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and "The Lego Movie," along with Dave Callaham of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." Though this film ends with a "to be continued," leading into a part two next year, it still stands firmly on its own despite being a part of a larger narrative.

Attempting a brief plot synopsis for a multiversal film like this is challenging. Like A24's "Everything Everywhere All At Once," its complex, intertwined narratives defy simple summaries. But I'll avoid spoilers and attempt to capture the essence of the story without divulging too much.

Knock Down, Drag Out gallery show

Details about event

Friday, June 9. 6-9pm, Wild Goose Creative, 188 McDowell St.

An art show rejecting the anti-trans bills and laws that are being put in place all over the U.S and instead celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ artists and performers.

Dress code [optional]: “Punk Rock Queer.”

Hosted by Wild Goose Creative.

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Knock Down, Drag Out gallery show

Details about event

Friday, June 9. 6-9pm, Wild Goose Creative, 188 McDowell St.

An art show rejecting the anti-trans bills and laws that are being put in place all over the U.S and instead celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ artists and performers.

Dress code [optional]: “Punk Rock Queer.”

Hosted by Wild Goose Creative.

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Jack Smith in a box

Pat Robertson Obituary

THE GREAT & MOVING GOV. DON SIEGELMAN

We are joined in GREE-GREE session #139 by the great former Gov. of Alabama DON SIEGELMAN.

Gov. Siegelman was the very popular Alabama Chief Executive until Nixon/Bush dirty trickster Karl Rove had him thrown in prison.

Siegelman’s extreme integrity and reputation for competence made him a threat to Rove’s future manipulations

So Rove had a crooked legal system take Don out.

Gov. Siegelman is now an extremely powerful and articulate opponent of the death penalty.  Do not miss his explanation of how and why.

In this hour HEDY TRIPP shows us critical voting statistics, and Arizona’s great JOHN BRAKEY updates us on key voting rights fights that he has immensely impacted.

 

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