The assassination of General Qasem Soleimani

On Friday, 3 January, 2020, progressives in the United States and all peace-loving people throughout the world were horrified to learn that Donald Tromp had added to his long list of crimes and imbecilities by ordering the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, who is a hero in his own country, Iran. The murder, which was carried out by means of a drone strike on Friday, immediately and drastically increased the probability of a new large-scale war in the Middle East and elsewhere. Against this background, I would like to review the history of oil-motivated attacks on Iran.

The desire to control Iran's oil

Saturday, January 4, 2010, Noon – 2:00 PM
Since withdrawing from the nuclear deal, the Trump administration has been engaging in a devastating economic war on the Iranian people through harsh sanctions.  Now that economic war threatens to turn into a full-blown military conflict with Iran following the assassination of Iranian military leaders by US drone strikes in Baghdad.  Join us at the corner of Broadway and High at noon on January 4 to oppose the endless wars and occupations.  No War with Iran!  End the Sanctions!  US Out of Iraq!  Location:  North High St. and East North Broadway, Columbus 43214.  More information:  Facebook.  

The King-Lincoln Bronzeville Neighborhood was best known in its glory years for its jazz clubs that catered to African-American artists between the 1920s and 1960s. As the new decade begins, one historic theatre is launching a brand new venture that will be a new experience to experience the sound that the Near East Side neighborhood was known for decades ago, Jazz. Welcome to Club Lincoln.

In 2020, the second-floor ballroom of the Historic Lincoln Theatre, at 769 E. Long St. in the King-Lincoln District, will re-open as Club Lincoln. There will be an Open House complete with an Open Mic at Club Lincoln on Friday January 31 at 8:00 P.M. 

The Lincoln Theatre Association, which operates Club Lincoln, will also launch the Club Lincoln Concert Series, which will be a platform for burgeoning local artists that have participated in the Lincoln’s artist incubation programs, such as the Jazz Arts Group’s Jazz Academy, which is located on the third floor of the Lincoln.

Kelly Escobar, Columbus homemaker, was in the throes of United States’ Independence Day on July 4, 2019, yet feeling helpless because of the news that U.S. detention camps were turning people away who  were trying to donate necessities to children separated and jailed by Trump’s Zero Tolerance immigration policy. 

She was baffled by the cruelty of our government as it justified family separation and locking kids up on concrete floors without beds or proper blankets, other than an aluminum “space blanket” to keep them warm. 

That was the day Ms. Escobar also found out about makeshift camps full of people on the Mexican side of the border and reports that the growing number there were stuck in limbo for months awaiting their chance to make application for asylum. 

She saw this as an opportunity to help...not stateside, but on the Mexican side.

She emptied her bank account, packed her bags and possessions in her car and drove to a camp in Matamoros, Mexico, located just south of the Brownsville, Texas border. 

President Donald Trump will hold his first 2020 presidential campaign rally in Ohio on January 9 at a “Keep America Great” event in Toledo. On December 16, 2019, Trump filed to be on the ballot in Ohio, unopposed by any other Republican candidates.

Pundits mid-year were skeptical that Ohio would be a battleground state in 2020, but a CNN article recently proclaimed that: “To win reelection, Trump needs Ohio.”

Ohio voted for Trump in 2016, winning by eight points. Believing his populist rhetoric slamming “the swamp” in D.C. and declarations that he’d fight for the working guy, scores of voters rejected Hilary Clinton and so-called “liberalism.” In 2016, Trump won 80 out of 88 Ohio counties, including nine that voted for Obama in 2012.

Now these voters have the opportunity to re-elect their leader – but will they buy the hype again?

Some voters reported that they liked Trump in 2016 because “Finally, somebody thinks like me,” according to the Washington Post.