Impeachment Time

It is astonishing to observe some Americans twisting themselves into pretzels so they can continue to make excuses to explain the bizarre behavior of President Donald Trump on the world stage. The line most commonly heard is that he has “kept us out of new wars.” The reality is somewhat different. He has kept us in old wars in Afghanistan and Syria that he could have ended while also needlessly ratcheting up tension with countries like Russia, Venezuela, Iran and China that could easily escalate into armed conflict. The situation with Moscow is particularly dangerous as President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly warned that his country’s defense doctrine includes going nuclear if there is an attack on Russia by a superior force.

2nd ANNUAL SOLARTOPIA CONGRESS @ LEFT COAST FORUM OCTOBER 11-13

HI!   GREAT NEWS!!!

We'll convene the 2d Annual Solartopia Congress at the Left Coast Forum at Occidental College October 11-13.  KPFK is again the media sponsor.  

Check out the whole fantastic program at https://leftcoastforum.org .  

We again welcome all activists working on any environmental issue in LA, CA or worldwide.  It'll again be a double session with time to network, compare strategies, etc.  Last year's session was terrific (you all are welcome back) & this will be even better.  Write me at solartopia@gmail.com to get on the docket.  Send a photo.

Name & Gender Change Legal Clinic

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Beware the 5G

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We love our cell phones. So, what I am about to tell you might be upsetting. Just because you cannot see it, does not mean that exposure to electromagnetic frequencies come without risk. Children love them so much they sleep with them on, under their pillows at night, a practice parents might want to end, as a growing body of evidence suggests doing so poses an immediate danger to the small growing brains of our children whose skulls are thinner. The smaller the human, the greater the risk. 

Weekly Columbus DSA Happy Hour

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Tuesday, August 20, 7pm
Rehab Tavern, 456 W. Town St.
Come have a beer and relax with your fellow socialists! Or if you're curious about Columbus DSA, it's a great low-key way to come check us out. Unless it's raining, we're usually out on the patio.
Non-alcoholic drink options and food are both available.

Sign the Petition/Public Meeting

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Monday, August 19, 2019, 6:00 – 7:30 PM
The Columbus Community Bill of Rights is a citizen-initiated charter amendment for the city of Columbus. It will give you and I the right to protect our Water from toxic, radioactive Frack Waste dumping in our Water supply.  Location:  Columbus Public Library, South High Branch, 3540 S. High St., Columbus.  Facebook. 

Rally for Gun Reform

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Sunday, August 18, 2019, 12:00 PM
OH-SDA & MDA-Columbus Recess Rally for Gun Reform 
Join gun reform advocates for Everytown for Gun Safety's national call to action during the Congressional recess, as we pressure Gov. DeWine, Senator Portman, and Senator McConnell to support and pass livesaving gun reform legislation! Dayton and El Paso are the newest communities to join the list of communities who are devastated by gun violence for all forms. Join us to make your passion seen and your voice heard!  Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Location: North Bank Park, 311 W. Long St., Columbus. Sign up here. 

Punishing the World With Sanctions

Sanctions are economic warfare, pure and simple. As an alternative to a direct military attack on a country that is deemed to be misbehaving they are certainly preferable, but no one should be under any illusions regarding what they actually represent. They are war by other means and they are also illegal unless authorized by a supra-national authority like the United Nations Security Council, which was set up after World War II to create a framework that inter alia would enable putting pressure on a rogue regime without going to war. At least that was the idea, but the sanctions regimes recently put in place unilaterally and without any international authority by the United States have had a remarkable tendency to escalate several conflicts rather than providing the type of pressure that would lead to some kind of agreement.

TWELFTH NIGHT Theater Review

Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum is a Shakespearean repository of culture, and with their delectable production of the Bard’s comedy Twelfth Night this Topanga troupe has outdone itself in letting its collective hair down. If WGTB’s version of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth borrows from burlesque’s conventions, Twelfth draws heavily from slapstick to produce a crowd-pleasing spectacle.

 

For some reason, hidden and mistaken identities are a long standing plot and character theatrical device dating back to the Greeks. Here, following a shipwreck the youthful Viola (Willow Geer) contrives to disguise herself as a eunuch, calling herself “Cesario.” Camouflaged as a male, she becomes an envoy for Duke Orsino (Max Lawrence, who was so great as Boxer in WGTB’s staging of Orwell’s Animal Farm a while back) in his campaign to woo Olivia (Christine Breihan), a countess.

 

Why Bernie Sanders Is Correct About the Washington Post -- and Corporate Media Overall

Many decades ago, the great media critic George Seldes observed: “The most sacred cow of the press is the press itself.” That remains true today.

 

Bernie Sanders set off the latest round of outraged denial from elite media this week when he talked to a crowd in New Hampshire about the tax avoidance of Amazon (which did not pay any federal income taxlast year). Sanders went on to say: “I wonder why the Washington Post -- which is owned by Jeff Bezos, who owns Amazon -- doesn’t write particularly good articles about me. I don’t know why. But I guess maybe there’s a connection."

 

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