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Nukes, War and Moral Sanity

What does surrender look like in the world of geopolitics? To my mind, this gets pretty close:

“President Biden’s national security adviser said on Sunday that the United States had warned Russia that there would be ‘catastrophic consequences’ for the country if Moscow used nuclear weapons in its increasing desperation to hold on to territory in Ukraine.”

Emergency Dialogue for Peace

Peace sign

Thursday, September 29 at 7:30 pm ET

Peace activists from across the country will discuss strategies for educating the public and for building the Peace Movement at this critical time.

Featuring:

Don Bryant -- Cleveland Peace Action

Kelly Maracle -- Water Protector & Land Defender

Arrested for Civil Disobedience at Line 3

Sarah Campbell - Vets for Peace - Kansas City

Haig Hovaness -- Green Party Peace Action Committee

Rich Whitney -- Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois

United National Antiwar Coalition

Susan Mirsky -- Massachusetts Peace Action

Nuclear Disarmament

David Pack   -- Kansas City PeaceWorks

Andre Sheldon -- Global Strategy of Nonviolence

Host Madelyn Hoffman -- Green Party of New Jersey

From Ukraine to Somalia, from Syria to Ethiopia, over a dozen wars are raging across the globe. The planet needs a global ceasefire. 

Bus Stile Activities - Empath, Earth and Iceage

Empath

Empath from Philadelphia who releases music from Mississippi’s Fat Possum records played Cafe Bourbon Street Friday. I walked to Hudson and High. I planned on catching the 31. There was an abundance of litter around my stop. I decided I would walk.

I arrived while one of the opening acts was playing.

The band’s singer yelled “Whoop, Whoop” somewhere.

While I purchased a beer a friend told me Shaggy2Dope of the Insane Clown Posse was performing at the Summit next door.

I’ve watched Pains of Being Pure of Heart, and Blank Dogs at The Summit.

I thought either ICP isn’t as popular as they used to be or we were in for a real treat.

I speculated Shaggy2Dope was performing because the Insane Clown Posse’s Ohio festival was this week. While the Gathering was August 3-6, this didn’t stop me from pontificating about Juggalos. 

A band consisting of two blonde women and two men took the stage. The women singer sung over up-beat tempos which sounded like if the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Unicorns, and Mates of State had heard Columbus’ All Dog’s “That Kind of Girl.”

Anti-DeWine PAC Launches New “Cheating Pat DeWine” Ad, Goes After Ohio Supreme Court Justice DeWine’s Multiple Infidelities

Guy with hand on Bible saying I solemnly swear to cheat on all my wives

Homebound Entrepreneurs Against DeWines takes on Justice Pat DeWine for his alleged adultery and two messy divorces

 

To spice up the general election season, the anti-DeWine PAC Homebound Entrepreneurs Against DeWines has finally released a more straightforward political ad called “Cheating Pat DeWine,” which takes aim at Governor Mike DeWine’s son, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine, who is running for re-election this year.

“Couldn’t Be Queer Without you! Queer Speed Dating,” hosted by Columbus Community Pride

Details about event

Wednesday, September 28, 6pm, The Olde Oak, 62 Parsons Ave.

Columbus Community Pride has resumed its fall lineup and we are so excited to be back!

The first event in our fall programming will be “Couldn’t Be Queer Without you! Queer Speed Dating.” LGBTQIA+ folks who are seeking platonic and/or romantic connections are welcome. Come get boo’d up.

ASL Interpreters will be provided. Please contact BQIC at blackqueercolumbus@gmail.com if you plan to use ASL interpreters, to ensure that there will be enough for accessibility for all!

Hosted by Columbus Community Pride.

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What Would We Do Without Police, Prisons, Surveillance, Borders, Wars, Nukes, and Capitalism? Watch and See!

What would we do in a world lacking police, prisons, surveillance, borders, wars, nuclear weapons, and capitalism? Well, we might survive. We might sustain life on this little blue dot a little longer. That — in contrast to the status quo — ought to be sufficient. We might, in addition, do a lot more than sustain life. We might transform the lives of billions of people including each person reading these words. We might have lives with less fear and worry, more joy and accomplishment, more control and cooperation.

But, of course, the question I began with might be asked in the sense of “Wouldn’t the criminals get us, and the forces of law and order be imperiled, and evildoers take away our freedoms, and sloth and laziness deprive us of updated phone models every few months?”

I recommend, as a way to begin answering that concern, reading a new book by Ray Acheson called Abolishing State Violence: A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages.

Kroger workers say UFCW 1059 leadership needs to reignite its “fight and fire” as negotiations resume

White guy shaking hands

Kroger members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) 1059 have rejected three contracts and the 1059’s negotiating team is returning to the bargaining table with Kroger corporate today (Tuesday, September 27).

UFCW 1059 members also voted to strike if the union leadership would authorize it, but so far 1059 President Randy Quickel – who’s salary is over $222,000 – has sent mixed signals to the 12,500-plus Kroger members of 1059.

For example, word was spreading through local stores that if a strike were to be authorized, 1059 would pay $250 for 20 hours of picketing but only for the first week. But because 1059 leadership does not take questions from the media, and just offers statements, the Free Press could not confirm this. 

Nonetheless, Kroger corporate is also preparing for a strike.

Growing up was always hard to do. It’s getting harder, and universities are doing little to help

Harvey J Graff

Experts on children, youth, and college students never tire of spouting superficial generalizations about the relative ease or difficulty of growing up over time. They seldom define their terms, specify age ranges, present systematic data, or pay attention to either socio-historical context or patterns of difference.

This issue is central to our understanding of higher education and its current challenges. In his Higher Ed Gamma Blog, Inside Higher Education, July 26, 2022, Steven Mintz asks, “Has Childhood Changed?” Mintz counters Larry Cuban’s confused response to the ill-formed question “Are today’s children different than children in the 1890s?”—No. (Cuban, “Are Today’s Children Different than Children in the 1890s” (https:larrycuban.wordpress.com/2022/07/25/are-todays-children-different-...)) Mintz outlines some of the changes to which Cuban alludes that contradict his overall assertion. Both historian Mintz and educationist Cuban confuse basics.

What is Columbus doing to address climate change?

Details about event

Tuesday, September 27, 6-8:30pm, Antiques on High, 714 S. High St.

Columbus is feeling the impacts of climate change — extreme weather, power outages, rising temperatures, and more. So what can we do about it?

Join the Ohio Environmental Council’s Emerging Leaders Council to learn more about the Columbus Climate Action Plan and how you can get involved in local climate work on Tuesday, September 27, 6-8:30pm., at Antiques on High at 714 S. High St.

The evening will include a brief overview of the Columbus Climate Action Plan from Sustainable Columbus followed by an informal discussion and a question-and-answer with community members. You’ll learn concrete ways that you can act on climate right now in Columbus!

Dinner will be provided. The first 30 people who arrive at the event will receive a free drink from the bar!

RSVP for this event by using this link.

From Exodus to Marvel: A Brief History of Hollywood’s Justification of Israeli War Crimes

September 16 marks the 40th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, the killing of around 3,000 Palestinians at the hands of Lebanon’s Phalangist militias operating under the command of the Israeli army. 

 Four decades have passed, yet no measure of justice has been received by the survivors of the massacre. Many of them have died, and others are aging while they carry the scars of physical and psychological wounds, in the hope that, perhaps, within their lifetime they will see their executioners behind bars. 

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