Local

The federal government is escalating its outrages, snatching people off the street, sending people to a prison in El Salvador, claiming the power to act outside all laws including the U.S. Constitution.

You can add your name to a petition from a big coalition pushing back here.

The U.S. Congress is advancing legislation to strip sanctuary cities and states of rights and protections, as well as legislation to specifically do that to the city of Washington, D.C. 

Saturday, April 5, 12noon
Ohio Statehouse and many cities around the country and Ohio 

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. Columbus is fighting back!

They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and daring the world to stop them. This is a crisis, and the time to act is now.

On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the streets to fight back with a clear message: Hands off! 

Columbus, OH: Ohio Statehouse  When: 12-2 pm, REGISTER

Westerville, OH: 21 S State St. When: 12-1:30 pm, REGISTER

Grove City, OH: 4035 Broadway  When: 4-5 pm, REGISTER

President Donald Trump has said “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” He claims tariffs will restore American trade supremacy, bring lost jobs back to the United States, and most bizarrely, replace income taxes.

Tariffs can be a useful tool to regulate global trade in the interest of jobs, wages, labor rights, the environment, and consumers — if applied correctly.

Amid growing international chaos, it should come as no surprise that nuclear dangers are increasing.

The latest indication is a rising interest among U.S. allies in enhancing their nuclear weapons capability. For many decades, remarkably few of them had been willing to build nuclear weapons―a result of popular opposition to nuclear weapons and nuclear war, progress on nuclear arms control and disarmament, and a belief that they remained secure under the U.S. nuclear umbrella. But, as revealed by a recent article in London’s Financial Times, Donald Trump’s public scorn for NATO allies and embrace of Vladimir Putin have raised fears of U.S. unreliability, thereby tipping the balance toward developing an expanded nuclear weapons capability.

Earlier this week on April 2, members of the Columbus branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) woke up expecting to participate in a long-delayed election. By 9am they were supposed to receive an email link. A link that would allow them to cast votes, decide leadership, and carry forward an institution with more than a century of movement memory.

But the link never came.

For hours, there was silence. Confusion circulated through inboxes, group chats, and whispered phone calls. Had the election been delayed again? Was there a glitch? Had someone forgotten to hit “send?”

It wasn’t until nearly noon – three full hours after voting was scheduled to begin – when members received an email from the NAACP’s national office. The message, sent twice, contained a memo from Ericka Cain, Vice President of Governance, Compliance and Training. It explained that a court had issued a temporary restraining order, halting the election.

A new documentary film, Far Out: Life On & After the Commune, directed by Charles Light, tells the story of a group of leftwing journalists who splintered off from what was known as Liberation News Service (LNS). With candid then-and-now footage, Light’s eighty-five-minute film reveals the communards as young hippies and senior citizens, and shows how their paths intertwined with folk/rock superstars to fight the good fight. 

Listen to show here

This week, Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan talk about climate change, the increase in wind in Ohio, how Trump is trying to stop windmills, and play lots of songs about wind.

Listen live at 11pm Friday, April 4 and 11 streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
and
Monday at 2pm streaming April 7 and 14 at wcrsfm.org or on the radio at 92.7 or 98.3FM

Thursday, April 3, 6pm
Enarson Classroom Building, Room 306 on OSU campus, or online at corsrev.org/meeting
Join us at 6pm to discuss the existential threat of climate devastation and how we can fight back against the rich and powerful who benefit from climate destruction! 

A handful of peace and anti-nuke activists held signs and passed out literature outside the Columbus Metropolitan Club Wednesday, April 2 to voice their opposition to Anduril’s proposed Arsenal-1 plant in the Rickenbacker area in Pickaway County near Columbus. Connor Brogan, Arsenal-1 Project Leader was scheduled as a featured speaker at the Metropolitan Club event, titled "Central Ohio Builds BIG!"