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Autumn bounty—now at local farmers’ markets!

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Central Ohio hosts a number of outdoor farmers’ markets providing freshly-harvested produce. Leading a group of these markets is Abbe Turner, a farmer herself. Abbe is the new Executive Director of Common Greens which runs five local farmers’ markets every week. Be it a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday, Common Greens has one or more markets in action that day. Operating times for downtown’s Pearl Alley, Clintonville, Bexley, Upper Arlington and the innovative OhioHealth’s Riverside farmers’ markets can be found at the Common Greens website. You have until the end of October to catch the action, except for Clintonville’s market where they will tough-it-out through November.

For the 2025 season, Abbe was excited to recruit 30 new vendors. Common Greens now hosts 170 unique vendors including both home- and farm-based specialty food producers. Market volunteers help to count attendance. “This season we are on track to record 140,000 shoppers,” Abbe said in excitement.

UFCW 1059 lets down local Kroger members (again!)

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Progressives and lefties fully embrace joining and supporting unions, but how do we deal with a union that continuously encourages members to approve contracts they don’t want?

There are roughly 12,500 Kroger United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) 1059 members. Most are in Central Ohio, and during the pandemic they risked their lives to meet the community’s needs. They were never furloughed, didn’t receive a dime of unemployment, and were paid an insulting extra $2-an-hour or given a one-time modest bonus.  

Keep in mind Kroger UFCW 1059 members are the adults who work fulltime. They toil day-in-day out stocking fridges and shelves, working the cash register, or unloading trucks in the backend. And every three or four years their contract with Kroger comes up for a vote.

Weekly Worthington Rush Hour Rally

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Tuesdays, 4:30 – 5:30pm EDT
Ohio 161 & North High Street, Worthington, OH 43085

Concerned about proposed cuts to Social Security services? Appalled by the abduction and renditioning of legal immigrants? Outraged by the theft of our private information? Generally dumbfounded by the chaotic combination of evil and incompetence coming from the White House? Make up a sign and let people know!

Thousands of cars pass through this intersection during rush hour every weekday. And the intersection is surrounded by the public Village Green Park on all four sides, giving us lots of room to hold signs protesting the ongoing destruction of our democracy by the Trump/DOGE administration.

Organized by the Worthington Area Democratic Club and Westerville Progressive Alliance.

Why didn't the U.S. Navy intercept the Venezuelan vessel instead of bombing it?

Angela Milanese @AngelaMilanese who holds a law degree from the University of Brazil responded to the media bias about US Navy bombing of the Venezuelan vessel this week by posting this tweet on Sep. 5 in response to Reuters News' coverage about the attack.
 
"You wouldn't know by this whitewashing headline that the US is the one that bombed a vessel off the coast of Venezuela, killing 11 people. The US is the one doing 'provocative moves' against Venezuela and committing a war crime."
 
When Brian Krassenstein, an online critic of the Trump administration, responded by calling the killing of civilians without due process “a war crime,” Vice President Vance replied, “I don’t give a shit what you call it.”
I still remember when the USS Vincennes, a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, shot down an Iranian airliner in 1988, killing all 298 civilians on board.  And you know what’s more baffling?

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Youth Lead the Charge: Columbus Candidate Debate Pushes Back Against Status Quo

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Columbus’ political establishment is being forced to reckon with a new generation. On Sunday afternoon, the nonprofit Columbus Stand Up! hosted its second annual youth-led candidate debate at Fort Hayes Education Center, where students as young as 15 grilled candidates for Columbus City Council District 7 and the Columbus City School Board.

In a city where partisan politics often feel scripted, the event broke the mold: teens and twenty-somethings set the agenda, filled the auditorium, and put candidates on notice that the next generation is watching.

A Race Defined by Nepotism and Party Politics

This year’s contests are already thick with insider maneuvering. District 7’s council race — representing Downtown and surrounding neighborhoods — has been shaped less by policy and more by partisan endorsements.

Community Serve with J.U.S.T.

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J.U.S.T builds consciousness in part by supplying essential resources that our local community needs to survive, such as hot meals, clean clothes, and hygiene products. We deeply believe in materially and ideologically meeting people where they are at. 

The community serve is held twice a month at 2627 Sullivant Ave. The service provides many essential needs, such as food, clothing, books, hygiene items, and much more. The best part is that it's
free and the perfect starting place for newcomers to join us in helping the community.

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