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Israel Destroyed Gaza ‘for Generations to Come’ and the World Stayed Silent

The first official reference to Gaza becoming increasingly uninhabitable was made by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2012, when the population of the Gaza Strip was estimated at 1.8 million inhabitants.

 The intention of the report, "The Gaza Strip: The Economic Situation and the Prospects for Development," was not merely to prophesize, but to warn that if the world continued to stand idle in the face of the ongoing blockade on Gaza, a humanitarian catastrophe was imminent.

 Yet, little was done, though the UN continued with its countdown, increasing the frequency and urgency of its warnings, especially following major wars.

What happened at the January 2025 Free Press Second Saturday Salon

Mark Stansbery

Mark Stansbery, Free Press Board member, again did a fabulous job facilitating the first Free Press Second Saturday Cyber Salon in 2025 on January 11.

See Video here.

The theme was “Organizing for the challenges of 2025, from despair to active resistance! - Housing First!”
The first speaker was Kate-Curry-DaSouza, a former longtime Near East Area Commissioner and Columbus City Council District #7 candidate. Kate spoke about Housing First!, that means that everyone deserves housing, and how we must work with public officials to understand this with dialogue moving to action. She talked about the criminalization of the houseless and how they are blamed for their problem. She explained that she’s on the short list for an appointment to Columbus City Council and the problems with the current “ward” system that forces candidates to still run at-large. Check out Kate’s website here.

Help close Guantánamo before Biden leaves office

The World is watching - will Biden do the right thing and him walking up a path outside

The military detention facility at Guantánamo Bay is a horrific symbol of torture, indefinite detention, and injustice under the leadership of the United States.

It holds 15 Muslim men, many who have never faced charges or a trial. Hundreds of men and boys have been detained, tortured, and denied their rights at Guantánamo over the last 22+ years. All of these actions are human rights violations under international law.

Time and time again, President Biden said he was committed to protecting and upholding human rights — and these next two weeks are his final opportunity to make good on those promises.

Now By Fire, Next by Quake, then by Apocalyptic Radiation: Will Gavin Newsom's Atomic Folly Kill Us All?

Los Angeles is now being destroyed by fire.
 
Next will be the “Big One” earthquake everyone knows is coming.
 
And then---unless we take immediate action---Diablo Canyon’s radioactive cloud will make this region a radioactive dead zone. 
 
My family is now besieged by four fires raging less than four miles away.  We don’t know how long our luck will hold.
 
We are eternally grateful to the brave fire-fighters and public servants who are doing their selfless best to save us all.
 
We are NOT grateful that Gavin Newsom has recklessly endangered us by forcing continued operation at two unsafe, decrepit nuclear power plants perched on active earthquake faults, set to pour radioactive clouds on us from just four hours north of here.

JFK Week in Review

Welcome to JFKFacts’ new (hopefully) weekly newsletter which will bring you a roundup of recent posts on the site and news from JFK-related publications and events, as well as what’s interesting to us (and you, we hope) in Freedom of Information, secrecy and national security.

From the Rubble Rises 22 Powerful Voices

Last week, I, as an Executive Producer of FROM GROUND ZERO: STORIES FROM GAZA, was quoted across the country as stating the following: “No filmmaker, writer or artist should ever have to tell the story of their own extermination.”

And yet…

As I write this, in a scattered group of cinemas across the country, movie-goers are watching this anthology of stories captured on camera by Palestinian filmmakers in Gaza amidst Netanyahu’s reign of terror over the past year. This collection of 22 short films of his shameless extermination attempt — the unending barrage of bombs and bullets, the forced starvation — is what the people of Gaza are facing every single day.

And during this hour and fifty-two minutes on the screen, you will feel the pulse of the Palestinian people. Their resilience. And you are right there with them.  They are not Hamas. They are not rapists. They are not lying in wait to murder Israelis. They are not a threat to any human or to Democracy as certain propagandists are hoping you’ll be brainwashed into believing.

Brown Bear, Black Bear, White Bear, Trumpy Bear

Free Press January Second Saturday Salon

Details about event

Saturday, January 11 from 7-8pm
On Zoom to discuss:
Organizing for the challenges of 2025
From despair to active resistance! - Housing First!

Speakers on local social justice issues including housing.
Kate Curry-Da-Souza, former longtime Near East Area Commissioner and Columbus City Council District #7 candidate
and
Ben Colburn, working with Maryhaven and active with encampments
More TBA.

Co-sponsored by Simply Living

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88981714025?pwd=ON50ZHvqYpQ1WckVxFbgSmQELOWqau.1

Meeting ID: 889 8171 4025
Passcode: 006908

For info: colsfreepress@gmail.com

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