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Ohioans Mobilize to Testify Today to Oppose SB 297: A Repressive Bill Silencing Palestine Advocacy

From left to right, protest signs read: "From the river to the sea Palestine will be free", "End the occupation", "End apartheid."

A diverse coalition of Ohioans from across the state, including a caravan from Cleveland, is headed to Columbus today to testify against Senate Bill 297 (SB 297), a controversial piece of legislation being rushed through during the lame-duck session. The bill, endorsed by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, seeks to encode the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism into state law, attaching this definition to heightened criminal penalties.

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Ohio SB 297 is an anti-free speech law that should be rejected

I strongly oppose SB 297 and ask our lawmakers to reject it. The bill is a repressive measure as it restricts our free speech. 
 
SB 297 trumps the First Amendment right of the US Constitution.
SB 297 falsely conflates legitimate criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
SB 297 would criminalize individuals for daring to criticize Israeli crimes.
SB 297 is being introduced at a time when the Israeli army is committing genocide, ethnic cleansing, and using starvation as a weapon against Palestinians, which are all recognized as war crimes and crimes against humanity. 
 
While Israel is telling Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank to leave, surrender, or die,
SB 297 is telling Palestinian advocates in the US, "Stay out of it.

The Best of Substack -Today.

The Best of Substack -Today.

Today is a great example of why everyone who is interested in current affairs should be using substack to gather information. I could write this everyday, but for today:

Ken Klippenstein has published Luigi Mangione's manifesto. The mainstream media in the American Empire is funded via advertising revenue by the health care industry, so it should be no surprise that they are burying Luigi's manifesto. Ken asked the MSM for comment. “I queried the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and NBC to at least give them a chance to make their case for withholding the Luigi Mangione manifesto. They didn't even respond! “

Ken also published the UHC talking points to it's employees. And for your entertainment, the comments on his this are fun reading. No MSM hand wringing about how terrible we should feel when a psychopath is murdered. Instead, what does Luigi have to say?

The manifesto is partially reprinted below.

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Public reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The declaration of human rights

Tuesday, December 10, 4pm, Old First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bryden Rd.

Join us for a public reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1944, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled.

Hosted by Old First Presbyterian Church.

Insurgents Killing Chinese Upgrading A Hammerhead-Shaped Port

BANGKOK, Thailand -- China's joint, three-week, anti-terrorism exercise in Pakistan on November 20-December 11 was to help defend Beijing's $70 billion Belt and Road Initiative projects against deadly anti-Chinese insurgents in Baluchistan province.

Under threat is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which includes upgrading Pakistan's north-south roads and Karakoram Highway, to link Kashgar in China's landlocked Xinjiang province directly to Pakistan's hammerhead-shaped peninsula and port of Gwadar in Baluchistan on the Arabian Sea, close to the Persian Gulf.

The CPEC is also expanding Gwadar's deep-water port, so large Chinese vessels will have a much shorter route for shipping petroleum from the Persian Gulf to oil-hungry China.

Currently, oil-laden ships bound for China depart the Middle East through the Persian Gulf into the Arabian Sea and then route south around India toward Singapore.

To reach China's east coast ports, those ships must pass through the congested Malacca Strait, where U.S.-backed Singapore monitors its narrow waters.

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