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Christmas greetings from Bethlehem

We have been writing annual Christmas messages of peace, for human rights,
and relating sometimes what happened in the passing year for decades. Since
I returned to Bethlehem in 2008 these messages have been special. Since
founding the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS)
in 2014, we also added greetings from PIBS.  This year writing seems
tougher than ever considering the ongoing and unprecedented
genocide/holocaust occurring in Palestine. In the ten weeks before
Christmas, more than 20,000 civilians (>8000 of them children) were killed.
2.3 million people were denied food, water and medicines while all means of
life around them were systematically targeted. Palestinians (Muslims and
Christians) are literally starving to death and dying from lack of medical
care. 65% of Gaza residential buildings were destroyed or heavily damaged.
Israel also targeted schools, hospitals, clinics, churches, mosques,
bakeries, sewage and water facilities, electrical, communication and other
infrastructure.

 We local Christians cannot “celebrate” or do decorations while injustice

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“Transgender people will die”: Ohio lawmakers ban healthcare for transgender youth, ban transgender girls from playing sports

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This article first appeared in the Buckeye Flame

After more than three years and hearing hundreds of witnesses at the Ohio Statehouse, lawmakers have passed legislation that bans healthcare for transgender youth and prevents transgender girls from competing in sports from kindergarten through college.

After receiving a favorable report from the Senate Government Oversight Committee during its fourth hearing, an amended version of Ohio House Bill (HB) 68 passed 24 to 8 during a full Senate vote Wednesday afternoon. 

Wednesday evening, the Ohio House voted 61 to 27 to concur, endorsing the Senate’s amended bill and sending it to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine for his signature.

Intifada, Revolution, and the Path to a Free Palestine

Symbols of the conflict

Join us on Thursday, December 7th at 7PM EST for a public meeting discussing the key debates within the Palestine solidarity movement from a revolutionary and internationalist perspective.

This meeting will feature presentations from a leading comrade in the local Palestine solidarity movement, Yezen Abusharkh, and a leader of CORS, Coco Smyth. The presentations will be followed by an open discussion on the issues facing the movement as Israel’s genocidal war continues.

This meeting will take place online at tinyurl.com/CORSmeeting and in-person at Enarson Classrooms Building Room 314, OSU campus

‘Let It Be a Tale’: On Refaat Alareer and the Martyrdom of the Gaza Intellectual

What is taking place in Gaza is meant for the history books: an epic tale of a small nation under a long, brutal siege for many years, facing one of the greatest military powers in the world. And yet, it refuses to be defeated.  

 Not even the legendary tenacity of Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ characters can be compared to the heroism of Gazans, living over a tiny stretch of land while subsisting on the precipice of calamity, even long before the Israeli genocide.

 But if Gaza has already been declared uninhabitable by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) as early as 2020, how is it able to cope with everything that took place since then, particularly the grueling and unprecedented Israeli war, starting on October 7? 

Takes One to Know One

There are a number of blatant ways for terrorist organizations – by which I mean national governments – to justify committing mass murder.

Once you start killing, it’s hard to stop. But you have to justify what you’re doing – a process humanity has been engaged in since the dawn of civilization. We call it “war,” which turns mass murder into a necessary abstraction and gives us a far simpler way of dealing with conflict than . . . oh my God, understanding counter points of view and creating solutions rather than enemies.

Impeach Hunter

Out-of-control venture capitalists throw more millions at disgraced Columbus CEO

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Columbus’s shamed CEO Sean Lane – who failed spectacularly with his shadowy and shady AI software which promised to cut administrative costs for healthcare providers – has somehow once again convinced venture capitalists his AI hocus-pocus can save companies millions in labor costs.

Strange indeed, is how Lane incorporated his new company “GhostDog Inc.” on the same day his previous AI company announced it was going belly-up and didn’t want to be sentient after all, this according to the local BizJournal.

Lane was the much-hyped leader behind Olive AI which closed for good after it bamboozled hospitals and venture capitalists it could automate routine administrative tasks, such as uncovering whether a patient’s insurance had lapsed. But as former Olive AI employees so stunningly exposed on Reddit, Lane’s AI may not have even been true AI.

“Holiday Happy Hour,” hosted by Central Ohio Worker Center / Centro de Trabajadores de Central Ohio

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Wednesday, December 13, 5:30pm
East Market, 212 Kelton Ave.

Join us for food and solidarity at the annual Central Ohio Worker Center Happy Hour. Meet our staff and board members and celebrate an eventful 2023!

Hosted by Central Ohio Worker Center / Centro de Trabajadores de Central Ohio.

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