The Columbus immigrant who is a key witness in a federal civil rights suit alleging excessive force by corrections officers at the notorious Butler County jail was indeed deported back to his native Africa even though a federal judge had ruled U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)to keep him in America.

Mory Keita, a 34-year-old long-time Columbus resident and father to a three-year-old daughter, had been detained at the ICE-contracted jail just north of Cincinnati and set to testify against corrections officers accused of beating and verbally abusing African and Muslim detainees. One allegation says a detainee in September was thrown down a stairs by a corrections officer who said, “I hope you die bitch.”

“Mory is a first-hand witness to two brutal assaults against other African men detained for ICE in the Butler County jail. It’s no wonder ICE wants to disappear and silence him,” says Ohio Immigrant Alliance director Lynn Tramonte who has an uncanny ability of getting information out of Ohio’s ICE-contracted jails.

Monday, December 21 - Winter Solstice - 5:45-6:45pm
Kossuth Street Community Garden, 641 E Kossuth St.

The Winter Solstice is the largest event on the Inuit calendar as they celebrate "The Return of the Sun".  We will light 200 candles with holders and luminaries so we can honor those we've lost this year and to appreciate the front liners and all of those who heeded "the better angels of our nature" this year and are intrinsically helpful heroes of our community.

The candles will be on the ground for easy pick up but we do ask folks to bring their own lighters for safety. Masks and social distancing are required. Hand sanitizers will be plentiful.   

If weather is inclement, our rain date is the same time on 12/22/2020. 

Sunday, December 20, 1-2:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Facebook Event

Join us for a discussion about The Principles of Communism, by Frederick Engels [1847].

Register for this event; we will send the reading material, discussion questions, and Zoom link.

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Use this link to view the reading.

Hosted by Columbus Socialist Alternative.

We thought the House would vote on HB798 (the fake HB6 repeal bill) yesterday. But it looks like they didn't have the votes, so leadership didn't bring it to the floor. Our pressure is working. There is still a lot of uncertainty, and the GOP is considering shenanigans--such as attaching the bill as an amendment to a separate bill. 

WE NEED A FULL REPEAL OF HB6. SAY NO TO FAKE REPEALS LIKE HB798.

The Ohio House will reconvene for session Tuesday, Dec 22. 

Please call and write your Senator and your Representative.

Talking points are here.  We also encourage you to tag legislators on social media as you ask them to fully repeal HB6. 

Ben and Jerry's were "inspired by Colin Kaepernick’s bold activism for racial justice" and made a new flavor: “Colin Kaepernick’s Change The Whirled Non-Dairy frozen dessert.” It’s made with sunflower butter, fudge chips, graham cracker swirls and chocolate cookies – and is 100% certified vegan, in honor of Colin Kaepernick’s committed veganism.

All his proceeds from the flavor will go directly to Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp (KYRC), an organization he founded “to empower Black and Brown youth and elevate the voices of the next generation of racial justice leaders.” The “Know Your Rights Camp hosts free camps across America and internationally, engaging Black and Brown youth around social justice issues through education and self-empowerment.” According to the Ben & Jerry’s website, “The idea for Know Your Rights Camp came five years ago after Kaepernick saw footage of the murder of Mario Woods by San Francisco police officers, yet another young Black man lynched by the police. He wanted to help young Black and Brown people not only survive encounters with police but thrive, grow, and find their power.