Columbus skyline with tall buildings and the river in the background and red letters saying Seek the Peace of the City

Tuesday, August 22, 11am-12pm
Columbus City Hall, 90 W Broad St
Six black men and one black boy have been shot and killed by Columbus Police since last summer:

- Henry Green
- Kwame Patrick
- Tyre King
- Jacquarius Robinson
- Chris Wade
- Jaron Thomas
- Kareem Ali Nadir Jones

Mayor Ginther must act. Columbus clergy and people of faith are gathering on the steps of City Hall to urge implementation of simple policies that are proven effective to de-escalate situations and will keep everyone in Columbus safer. Please join us and bring members of your faith community with you!
 

Los Angeles, Aug. 19, 2017 – The Los Angeles Workers Center and Hollywood Progressive co-present the Ukrainian revolutionary classic Earth (Zemlya).

 

Aleksandr Dovzhenko’s revolutionary masterpiece Earth is about class struggle in a rural Ukrainian village, pitting poor peasants against “kulaks” (rich landowners). Class conflict erupts after the Bolsheviks make a tractor available to the underdeveloped farmers as a harbinger of the socialist future.

 

Under Dovzhenko’s lyrical direction, Danylo Demutsky’s stunning cinematography captures on celluloid indelible images and scenes. The poetic pictures pairing peasants with sunflowers are simply   unforgettable, expressing the oneness of the farmer with the land which the Revolution is giving those who till ownership of. Earth’s sequence where the tractor needs water and how the menfolk solve the problem is amusing and - well - earthy.

 

Big red sign against White Supremacy and words telling about rally

Saturday, August 19, 2-3pm
Columbus City Hall, 90 West Broad St. 

The people of Durham , N.C., have the right idea. Not only have they taken down a Confederate war statue themselves, but they’ve lined up en masse to turn themselves in for that crime, overwhelming the so-called justice system.

The people of Wunsiedel, German, have the right idea. They’ve responded to Nazi marches by funding anti-Nazi groups for every Nazi marcher, and cheering on and thanking the marchers.

The people of Richardson, Texas, have the right idea. Members of a mosque intervened between anti-Muslim demonstrators and violent would-be defenders, and left the rally with the anti-Muslims to discuss their differences at a restaurant.

Every situation is different, and the same approach won’t work everywhere, or even necessarily work more than once in the same place. The bigger and less accountable the target — for example state or federal government instead of local — the tougher the challenge. But local actions and global communications can create momentum.

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