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Demonstration for Affordable Housing Set-asides in Columbus

Monday, April 4, 2022, 6:30 PM
Location:  Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St., Columbus 43215. 
Do we have to beg for this?  Bring cardboard and paper cups.  This is the second of three actions coordinated by the B.R.E.A.D. organization to raise awareness of the shortage of affordable housing for people with low income.  The current required set-asides for housing developers do not serve people with income at or below 80% of the Area Median Income.  People with lower income are just left out of the equation, and most often can't afford rent without assistance. 

Busting Myths – A big question for the month before our (supposed) primary elections: Is Mike DeWine actually a governor?

Older white man with glasses

To your surprise, perhaps, my answer is an emphatic, unqualified NO. In this Busting Myths column, I will be schematic, but I am prepared to expand my understanding of both city and state in response to readers’ questions. For background, I refer you to my essays on DeWine, the state, and Ohio Republicans published in Columbus Free Press since September 2021, available on the website.

Is Mike DeWine actually a governor?

Film Review: Paris, 13th District

Scene from film

Paris, 13th District today. Émilie Wong (Lucie Zhang) meets Camille Germain (Makita Samba) who's attracted to Nora Ligier (Noémie Merlant), who crosses the path of Amber Sweet (Jehnny Beth). Three girls and a boy redefine what modern love is.

"Paris, 13th District" is foremost a film about youth, but they're no longer teenagers. The four main characters are young adults who already have some life experience, and who are going to meet each other and love one another. They all have a social existence; they aren’t hermits. Three of them are in their thirties and have already dealt with difficulties in finding housing and/or a job, are going through professional crises and are unable to settle down in their sexuality let alone a relationship.

Earth Month

People planting trees

Earth Month is here.

Over the last 15 years, tens of thousands of people have come together to volunteer in and around Columbus and together we planted over 200,000 trees and cleaned and beautified many neighborhoods and parks

There are over 125 ways you can join Earth Month by volunteering at a site near you. Just click here and find the one that is closest to you or that suits you best: https://www.earthdaycolumbus.org/volunteer

Get together with others and make an impact. So come on out and join us!

Save the date for April 23rd at Genoa Park to celebrate Earth Day with us from noon to 7 pm with food trucks, local partners, beer, and free music.

Have a wonderful Earth Month,

Your Green Columbus Team

Time is Ticking: Israel’s Balancing Act in Ukraine is Likely to Backfire

Israel’s balancing act in the Russia-Ukraine war is likely to falter soon, simply because the resulting NATO-Russia conflict is expected to last for years, not weeks or months. Eventually, Israel would have to make a choice. Alas, whatever that choice may be, Israel will stand to lose.

Study Group: Combat Liberalism

Details about event

Saturday, April 2, 1-3pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library [Parsons Branch], 1113 Parsons Ave.

Join us for a critical reading and discussion group based on Mao Zedong’s famous essay, “Combat Liberalism!”

We will be discussing the essay “Combat Liberalism” and exploring questions such as:

• What is liberalism?

• What is neoliberalism?

• Why are all American politicians liberal?

• How do Mao’s ideas about liberalism apply to our own political situation?

• Is there any alternative to liberalism?

This class is free and open to all! We do recommend that attendees read or familiarize themselves with the text, but we will also review it together as part of the class.

Click here for a free PDF of “Combat Liberalism.”

Click here for a free audio of “Combat Liberalism.”

Hosted by PSL [Party for Socialism and Liberation] Columbus.

Date: 

Saturday, April 2, 2022 - 1:00pm

And What About Those Biolabs?

The semi-official United States government plus media lie machine knows that constructing a plausible reason to bomb the crap out of someone all depends on where you begin your narrative. If you keep starting your accusations at a point where the target has done something bad, all you have to do is repeat yourself over and over again to drown out any alternative backstory that surfaces. And if you really want to demolish all contrary views, all you have to do is liken the targeted foreign leader to Adolph Hitler and keep repeating. That tactic was used with Saddam Hussein of Iraq and is now being employed against Vladimir Putin of Russia and it always works.

Day of Empathy seeks peace in the community, compassion for victims, offenders, and law enforcement

Collage of photos of speakers at the event

Ohio’s first-ever “Day of Empathy” – part of a nationwide effort first initiated by CNN’s Van Jones – took place Thursday, March 31 in the Ohio Statehouse atrium. The event attracted a who’s who of Columbus activists who challenged the community to seek criminal justice transformation for the betterment of all. Participants demanded more empathy from police, and at the same time, towards those suffering from trauma, like heroin addicts.

“Our game plan is to create positive change and a new vision for the great state of Ohio. To be the nation’s leader in reducing violence, crime, poverty, hungry, addiction, and trauma, and broken families by creating equity in Ohio, as well as strengthen relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve,” said De-Escalate Ohio’s Cynthia Brown, who created and hosted the event.

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