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Sunday, October 19, 2025 - 2:30–5:30 pm
The Columbus home of a long time Simply Living Member (address provided to ticketholders)

Celebrate autumn with Simply Living at a warm, community-centered gathering filled with connection, good food, and inspiration for sustainable living. 

Enjoy:

There's nothing more inflaming to the souls of Arab and Muslim Americans than seeing US officials treating them as they are less American. 

Case in point:

Mohammed Ibrahim, a 115 y/o American citizen from Palm Bay, Florida, has been illegally locked in Israel’s military prison system since February 17, 2025. Israeli occupation soldiers kidnapped him from his family’s home in al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya near Ramallah in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, three weeks after he arrived to visit relatives. Israel claims he threw stones at settlers, yet no trial has taken place and the allegations remain unproven, according to FB post by his supporter Sandra Ibraham.

"When he was taken, Mohammed weighed 108 pounds. Since that time, he has lost 22 pounds, bringing him down to 86 pounds. Troops blindfolded him at arrest, held him in harsh conditions, and confined him for months in 'quarantine' for a scabies infection he contracted in prison as a result of medical neglect by Israelis. His parents have seen him only three times via a courtroom camera and every visitation request has been denied."

It is particularly difficult to pick out the most idiotic comments made by President Donald Trump over the past week as there is so much to choose from. There were the memorable doodle-headed speeches before the Israeli Knesset and the so-called Peace gathering in Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt and the threats against Hamas over the failure to come up with the bodies of Israeli hostages that were killed by American government provided bombs dropped by Israel and are now buried beneath piles of rubble. And then there is the Insurrection Act, cited nearly every day by Trump or one of his cabinet, which, if it is successfully called for and passes through judicial review, will truly turn the United States into a police state ruled by a leader that clearly is mentally incompetent as well as providing all the signs that he is a narcissistic psychopath whose goal in holding the presidency is to be surrounded by folks who tell him constantly how great he is! And let’s not forget the bloviation regarding the “Triumphal” Arch being planned for the Arlington National Cemetery end of Memorial Bridge leading to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

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October 18
Various locations during the day culminating at 4pm at the Ohio Statehouse

Billionaires are converting the government into their private slush fund and just passed the largest wealth giveaway in the history of the US. The money they take from our families, they put in their overstuffed pockets.

Just like any bad boss, the way we stop the takeover is with collective action. We are working people rising up to stop the billionaire takeover–not just through the ballot box or the courts, but through building a bigger and stronger movement. We are fighting for a country that is more fair, just, equitable, and free for all of us — not just a chosen few.

Thousands of communities across the country are taking a stand to demand #NoKings and #NoBillionaires this October 18th. We will be in the streets, outside the offices of the corporate criminals who are behind the attacks on our freedoms, and at congressional offices. Together we will demand a country that puts workers over billionaires.

OUR DEMANDS TO BUILD THE SOCIETY WE ALL DESERVE:

Stop the billionaire takeover corrupting our government.

Bill Cohen

Friday, October 17, 2025, 7:30 PM
King Avenue Methodist Church, 299 W. King at Neil in Columbus 43201

Bill Cohen and friends will lead a candlelit, musical, year-by-year journey through the era, with live and familiar 1960’s folksongs, “news reports” of sixties happenings, displays of anti-war buttons and posters, and far-out sixties fashions.  Plus, Bill will also challenge the audience with sixties trivia questions.  

Special guest performers – LaJoyce Daniel-Cain, Joanne Blum, and Joe Lambert -- will be on hand to add beautiful vocal melodies, harmonies, and extra energy.  And Ann Fisher will add elegant touches on her flute.  Proceeds from the suggested $15 donations (at the door) will go to the Mid-Ohio Food Collective. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. in the church basement but get there early for a good seat. The program is suitable for ADULTS and MATURE TEENS.  

Free parking mis also available in the lots just South and West of the church.

For more information, call Bill at (614) 263-3851 or BillCohen@columbus.rr.com



 

A single, candid statement by US President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on October 9 may illuminate the true calculus behind Israel’s decision for a ceasefire in Gaza, following a relentless, two-year genocidal campaign that has tragically killed and wounded nearly a quarter of a million Palestinians.

 “Israel cannot fight the world, Bibi,” Trump declared during the interview, a direct warning he said to have previously delivered to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

Under the term of the ceasefire deal, Hamas released all 20 Israeli captives it held in Gaza while Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinian hostages. The Israeli captives were the last remaining life prisoners among the nearly 250 who were captured on October 7, 2023 whereas the freed Palestinians were among 12,000 held in Israel for years without charges or trial including 85 woman and 450 children. In other words, Israel continued to hold over 1,000 hostages without trial or charges.
 
The question is, how did the resistance in Gaza managed to keep the location of the captives secret for two years and two days without being detected by the Israeli military intelligence, spying satellites, and "unarmed" surveillance aircrafts from the US, UK, Germany, and France that flew spy missions from Cyprus over Gaza for two years in order to locate the location of the hostages as well as pinpoint Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders.
 
Israel's aerial bombardment of Gaza and subsequent ground offensive has killed more than 61,000 including 20,000 children and injured 40,000 more.
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October 16, 8pm

The movement against nuclear weapons is at least as old as the weapons themselves. The movement had huge impacts during the Cold War, with massive popular demonstrations and a high degree of public awareness of the issue. Today, there is a persistent, increasingly vibrant movement – using a range of approaches – to reduce the dangers posed by nuclear weapons. This teach-in invites experts and advocates with a diverse range of experiences, strategies, and analyses of the current political environment to talk about their work, their commitment to working on arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament issues, and their view of the future of the movement.

Speakers will include Norman Solomon, National Director of RootsAction and Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy; Jessica Sleight, Research and Strategy Consultant; and Seth Shelden, General Counsel and UN Liaison for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

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This article first appeared on Reel Time with Richard Ades.

Two of the bravest movies I’ve seen in the past couple of years have taken aim at Iranian authoritarianism. In 2024, there was The Seed of the Sacred Fig, followed this year by the judo-centric Tatami.

Now, add a third flick that raises a middle finger to Iran’s Islamic dictatorship: It Was Just an Accident, a ballsy effort written and directed by Jafar Panahi. The low-budget thriller deftly creates tension leavened with flashes of humor, all the while wading through moral quagmires and asking questions that defy easy answers.

The tale begins on a dark highway, where we meet a family man (Ebrahim Azizi) who’s driving home with his wife and young daughter when his car breaks down in front of a garage that’s closed for the night.

Luckily for him, the mechanic agrees to take a look at his vehicle anyway. Unluckily for him, the mechanic’s assistant thinks he recognizes this stranded motorist.

Chuck Lynd

Catch up with Simply Living’s founding member Chuck Lynd — a lifelong advocate for local economies, sustainability, and the power of community to shape a just future.

The Early Years

Few people embody Simply Living’s mission as fully as Chuck Lynd — longtime board member, community organizer, and local economy advocate. Chuck’s journey from small-town Ohio to the frontlines of social and environmental change offers a model of what it means to “live simply so that others may simply live.”

“I was very lucky to grow up in a loving family in Ironton, a small town on the Ohio River. My parents grew up during the depression and my brother and sister and I were all born during WWII, while my dad worked double shifts at Armco Steel. Later my dad owned the Ironton Book Store, which also sold office supplies, typewriters, gifts and dishware. From age 11 though high school I worked at the store and learned everything about running a retail store, and even kept the books. This experience gave me a good work ethic and influenced my love of local economics and my involvement in helping start the Clintonville Community Market.”

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