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In Dubious Battle - More militant than and written before The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck depicted a bitter Red-led strike in California’s orchards in his 1936 novel. James Franco stars in and directed this neglected 2016 gem with Selena Gomez, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, Bryan Cranston (who previously portrayed blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo), Vincent D’Onofrio.

 

WHAT: Screening of In Dubious Battle; 113 minutess. Film historian/critic Ed Rampell intros the film, followed by Q&A.

 

WHEN: Doors open 7:00 p.m., program starts by 7:30 p.m., on Thursday, Oct. 25.

 

Where: The L.A. Workers Center, 1251 S. St. Andrews Place, L.A., CA 90019. Refreshments served. Donations requested.

 

Two green leafy marijuana plants in pots

Saturday, October 13, 6:30-11pm
1021 E. Broad St., east side door
Parking in rear lot, side driveway or in front
Socialize and network with progressive friends, music, art, and a presentation on CBD and medical marijuana. 
Free, no RSVP required. 
614-253-2571, colsfreepress@gmail.com

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Sat,  Oct 13, 7-10pm
Dirty Dungarees Laundromat and Bar, 2586 N High St
WCRS LP Presents Witches BrewHAHA: A fundraiser showcase of local female musicians! Come support community radio and listen to local ladies!

Featuring:
She's So-
https://shesso.bandcamp.com/releases

Megan Taylorhttps://megantaylormusic.bandcamp.com/

Black man with gray hair and sunglasses and the words Is Said

Saturday, October 13, 7-9pm, Ohio History Center, 800 E. 17th Ave.

Author, mentor, community-based activist, and educator, Is Said provides sage leadership on a national level as well as in the greater Columbus arts community. He conceives, stages, writes, and performs unique multimedia arts events, combining visionary, historical-based poetry or prose synergistically with high-energy African music and dance. Founding the Columbus-based “Advance Party” in 1973, he brings to life a powerful, spiritual vision to inspire, inform, and empower diverse audiences. With an inclusive multicultural approach, Is Said serves formally and informally as consultant to many arts agencies and individuals, seeking his wisdom born of a lifetime of community experience. He shares his expertise with school-age or homeless youth, growing artists, and senior citizens, conducting educational workshops that foster literacy, creativity, performance skills, and, most importantly, self-awareness. Is Said received the King Arts Complex 24th Annual Legends and Legacies Award in 2011.

Black man with gray hair and sunglasses and the words Is Said

Saturday, October 13, 7-9pm, Ohio History Center, 800 E. 17th Ave.

Author, mentor, community-based activist, and educator, Is Said provides sage leadership on a national level as well as in the greater Columbus arts community. He conceives, stages, writes, and performs unique multimedia arts events, combining visionary, historical-based poetry or prose synergistically with high-energy African music and dance. Founding the Columbus-based “Advance Party” in 1973, he brings to life a powerful, spiritual vision to inspire, inform, and empower diverse audiences. With an inclusive multicultural approach, Is Said serves formally and informally as consultant to many arts agencies and individuals, seeking his wisdom born of a lifetime of community experience. He shares his expertise with school-age or homeless youth, growing artists, and senior citizens, conducting educational workshops that foster literacy, creativity, performance skills, and, most importantly, self-awareness. Is Said received the King Arts Complex 24th Annual Legends and Legacies Award in 2011.

In the wake of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation, as white male privilege reclaims its desperate grip on our future, the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report comes out, informing us that we haven’t got much future left in which to avoid . . . I mean implement . . . serious change

Meanwhile, the midterm elections percolate.

Our quasi-democracy —rife as it is with voter suppression and mainstream media determination to trivialize the issues at stake —remains, nonetheless, the country’s primary means of manifesting public values. Inconvenient as it is to the powerful, this thing called voting is how collective humanity expresses its will —and I believe this will, to paraphrase Martin Luther King, bends toward sanity.

I hope so.

Are you ready to be a poll worker?

To stop Trump’s dictatorial rise, a real opposition party would be mobilizing Americans to vote AND to protect the right to cast verifiable ballots while making sure they’re actually counted.

That means becoming poll workers, registration protectors, vote count monitors and much more.

A real opposition party would now be organizing massive nationwide grassroots trainings for a reliable election. Are the Dems doing that?

Trump’s Republicans enter 2018 with a 5-10% structural advantage. They’ve stripped voter registration rolls and flipped electronic vote counts since at least 2000.

This year just voting will again not be enough.

Progressives MUST become poll workers, bring voters to the polls, monitor vote counts after the balloting, and refuse to concede close elections.

Cartoon of elephant performing at a circus

Many people erroneously self-identify as being “a vegan” when really, they are eating a plant-based diet, and not living in vegan consciousness on any other level, and sometimes, not even within the diet itself.

Someone who self-identifies as a vegan while eating a plant-based diet, is not embracing the vegan consciousness if they take their family to the zoo, the rodeo, the marine entertainment parks, animal acts or circuses. The same goes for buying animal-based fur, leather, wool, silk, feathered goods, and either breeding or buying companion animals from breeders instead of supporting sanctuaries and rescues.

A plant-based dietdoes not mean 100% plants, unless it specifically says 100% plant-based. It means predominantly plants, still consuming animal products, however, in “moderation” like 3 oz servings 2-3 times a week. Some like to say “like a condiment” which is particularly galling to vegans because these “condiments” were at the ultimate price of the lives of other innocent individuals who wanted to live and did not consent to their lives being taken.

Young black woman with a scarf on her head and sunglasses looking left in front of a tree

Wed, Oct. 10, 6-7:30pm
replenish: the spa co-op, 124 Washington Ave, 43215
R A D I C A L S E L F C A R E 
We are honored to have Nicole Steward (love_ethic_yoga) sharing space with our community on Wednesday 10/10. Nicole is an amazing human who stands fearlessly for creating space in this world for all of us. Her experiences as a foster parent, social worker and educator + her work surrounding Radical self care resonates deep with our mission. 
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In Nicole’s words- 
“We live in challenging times and it can feel like we're just surviving day to day. Staying in "survival mode" long-term can deplete us. Thankfully, yoga and mindfulness give us tools to move beyond surviving toward thriving. Join us as we explore resilience practices (self-care, mindful movement, breath work, etc.) to keep us sustained and thriving in this challenging world”
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Secure your space for this one time experience. No other classes will be held at the carriage house this evening. Share space with us and move deeper into your own care. Special class fee is $20. Registration is limited- register on the Replenish app or call 614 429-3165

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