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The Boycott-Divest-Sanction (BDS) Movement: Ending Complicity with Genocide

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Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 6:30 PM
All are invited to our Jewish Voice for Peace Central Ohio monthly meeting. There will be a short business meeting.

We will be showing a video with Omar Barghouti, "BDS: Ending Complicity in Genocide and Apartheid," followed by an open discussion. 

Location:  Northwood High Building, room 100, 2231 N High St, Columbus, 43201. Northwood High Room 100 parking is permitted free of charge at spaces marked "R - Reserved/Rardin Clinic/Patient Parking. Unauthorized cars parked at "A" and "B" permit spaces will result in a $60.00 citation. Free parking is also available on adjacent Norwich and Northwood Avenues after 6:00pm on weekdays and anytime on the weekend.  

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Summer of Heat Week of Action Comes to Columbus

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Teach-ins, climate ribbons highlight events across the state July 8-10

This summer, activists from across the country have held mass protests in New York City calling on Citibank to stop loaning to and underwriting fossil fuel projects that are driving the climate crisis responsible for 100+° heat domes in June, Category 5 hurricanes in July, and other ongoing disasters.

Now the action is coming to Columbus. On July 9, Third Act Ohio and allied organizations will hold a Teach-in and Rally against Plastics Incineration from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the public sidewalk in front of Huntington Bank Center, 41 S. High St., in Columbus.

The event is part of a series of Summer of Heat events in Cleveland, Columbus, Athens and Cincinnati that include teach-ins on the false promise of chemical recycling, bank protests, and climate ribbon trees.

US Companies Who Benefit From the Israeli Genocide Must Be Sued

US weapon companies with business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and who benefit from the Israeli genocide should be sued for its complicity in the crimes against Palestinian people.

Since 1952, the German government has paid over $80 billion (€71 billion) in compensations and social welfare payments to Jews who suffered under the Nazi regime. Why should Palestinian not be entitled for same right to address their grievances? We all know the saying,"what is good for the goose is good for the gander.”

In that spirit, I am here seeking the names of United States citizens who lost loved ones in the latest genocide in Gaza and Palestine and/or have members of their families injured as a result of the Israeli use of US manufactured weapons. For example, Lockheed Martin and Google are two top US companies that currently provide weapon technology to the state of Israel. Those companies should be held accountable under US laws.

Deference to Joe Biden from Bernie Sanders Has Become Nonsensical

I love Bernie Sanders. By most measures, he’s the greatest senator in the last 50 years. I was very glad to be a Sanders delegate to the 2016 and 2020 Democratic National Conventions. But when Bernie screws up, his progressive base should say so.

 That happened during the first months of Israel’s war on Gaza that began last October. Initially, Bernie sounded equivocal as Israeli forces engaged in mass murder. After several weeks of carnage, antiwar activists occupied his D.C. office to demand support for a ceasefire. Some were arrested for their civil disobedience.

Teach-in & Rally outside Huntington Bank

All about chemical recycling

Join us in COLUMBUS on Tuesday, July 9!

Where:  Huntington Bank, 17 High Street

Why:  Although not one of the "big 4" dirtiest fossil-fuel-funding banks, Huntington has a particular climate problem here in Ohio: they are funding the toxic, polluting, and unnecessary plastics 'recycling' (ie, incineration) industry - making all of Ohio a climate Sacrifice Zone!

Please come join what promises to be a fun & lively event, meet other Ohio Third Actors, and help get the message to Huntington Bank that Ohioans say: 

  • NO! to their greenwashing
  • NO! to Ohio becoming a climate sacrifice zone to further line corporate pockets, and 
  • YES! to a total pivot to funding for (true!) renewables

This event is a part of Elders Week, a national effort from Climate Defenders, and co-sponsored by Third Act and other organizations.  

Now is the time!! Pressure Huntington to stop funding this Merry-Go-Round

Project Destroy Democracy

Judicial rulings boost fascism

Rulings by the conservative majority on the Supreme Court favor Trump and right-wing, anti-democratic interests and values, threatening to upend an already weakened American democracy. The right-wing bias of the court goes back to Trump’s successful nominations of three reactionary justices to the court while he was president. As it stands now, there are six right-wing justices on the court and 3 “liberals.” 

In one of its most disturbing recent rulings on June 2022 the court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 law that gave women the right to an abortion. The story of this ruling is told in masterful detail by Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer in their book, “The Fall of Roe, The Rise of a New America” (publ. 2024). 

In this post, the contention about the court’s right-wing bias is exemplified by three recent Supreme Court rulings dealing with expanding gun ownership rights, deregulation, and presidential immunity.

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Ahmir Questlove Thompson’s Hip Hop is History Review

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Ahmir Questlove Thompson wrote a book detailing the first 50 Years of Hip Hop. Questlove’s book: Hip Hop Is History.

Ahmir Questlove’s Thompson is the drummer for the Roots. Do you have a favorite Roots song? I’m biased towards the Roots song, The Next Movement. I find some of the lyrics empowering.

The Roots are headlining the Essence Festival at the superdome in New Orleans as I type this review….

Questlove is the bandleader during the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Excuse me, Questlove is the music director for everyone’s dream late night show. Every time I look at this……I’m still impressed.

Questlove directed the Summer of Soul. Summer of Soul won an Academy Award in 2022 for Best Documentary, won a Grammy for Best Music Film and won Sundances Top Jury Prize in 2021.

Ahmir Thompson is a best-selling author for Mo Meta Blues, Music is History, Creative Quest, and The Rhythm of Time. He was nominated for A James Beard Award for somethingaboutfood.

How the Israeli Army Benefits from US Tax Law

The United States tax code allows exemptions from federal taxes for certain categories of nonprofit organizations or groups that frequently serve either an educational or charitable purpose. Such organizations are categorized as 501(c)(3) and exempt from Federal income taxes while the donors who contribute to their support can deduct the total donations up to the limits imposed by their own overall tax liability. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recognizes more than 30 types of nonprofit organizations but only those that qualify for 501(c)(3) status can say that donations made to them are tax deductible.

More Than Ever, Trump’s Most Effective Campaign Ally Is Joe Biden

When Joe Biden’s ABC News interview aired on Friday night, it made clear that he should not be running for re-election. Rather than reduce the concerns sparked by his abysmal debate performance eight days earlier, the interview underscored that the president is in denial about his current political standing and unable to offer reassurance that his mental capacities are unimpaired.

 Notably, Biden kept dodging and refusing to reply in the affirmative when journalist George Stephanopoulos asked whether he has had “a full neurological and cognitive evaluation” and if he would “be willing to have the independent medical evaluation.”

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