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Where To Invade Next - Michael Moore Film

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Sunday April 14, 2:00-4:00 PM

ONE ACT FESTIVAL: NO EXIT; KRAPP’S LAST TAPE, Theatre Review

 

 

The Actors’ Gang’s One Act Festival includes a show featuring two one-act plays by 20th century maestros of the avant-garde stage. Irish bard Samuel Beckett was a pioneer of the Theatre of the Absurd and best known for his late 1940s masterpiece Waiting for Godot. Written and performed about a decade later, Krapp’s Last Tape is a one-hander starring the ineffable Steven M. Porter, a 30-year stalwart of The Gang.

 

Mairead Maguire Requests Permission to Visit Assange

Civil Liberties, Europe  

By Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate, Co-Founder, Peace People Northern Ireland, Member of World BEYOND War Advisory Board

Mairead Maguire has requested UK Home Office for permission to visit her friend Julian Assange whom this year she has nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

“I want to visit Julian to see he is receiving medical care and to let him know that there are many people around the world who admire him and are grateful for his courage in trying to stop the wars and end the suffering of others,” Maguire said.

“Thursday 11th April, will go down in history as a dark day for the Rights of humanity, when Julian Assange, a brave and good man, was arrested, by British Metropolitan Police, forcibly removed without prior warning, in a style befitting of a war criminal, from the Ecuadorian Embassy, and bundled into a Police Van,” said Maguire.

Exporting Dictators

The U.S. government gets little credit for it, doesn’t even like to brag about it, but as of 2017 provided military “aid” to 73% of the world’s dictatorships. Ocassionally, the U.S. turns against one of its dictators and chooses that moment to tell everyone about him: Hussein, Noriega, Gadaffi, Assad. Sometimes it loses a dictator for other reasons: the Shah of Iran, Hosni Mubarak.

Sometimes the U.S. imposes a U.S. dictator on a foreign colony: as historically in the Philippines, or Haiti, Chile, or post-“liberation” Iraq. More often it selects and trains, imposes and props up a dictator from within the population of “natives” or “savages.” And sometimes such a dictator spends many years in the United States preparing and awaiting opportunity.

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has received death threats in the wake of right-wing media lies

Last month, Fox News host Jeanine Pirro suggested that Omar's hijab may well mean that she opposed the U.S. Constitution. A few days later, New York resident Patrick Carlineo allegedly phoned Omar’s office and threatened to “put a bullet in her f------ skull.”

Carlineo has been arrested. According to the criminal complaint, he told the FBI that "he was a patriot, that he loves the President, and that he hates radical Muslims in our government."

Please click here to support Rep. Omar’s outspoken courage.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made the connection between the outlandish media comments and the death threats, tweeting:

10 Reasons Assange Should Walk Free

Civil Liberties

By David Swanson, Director, World BEYOND War

Free Press Network Backyard Fundraiser and Second Saturday Salon

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Saturday, April 13
Come to the first Free Press Network Backyard Fundraiser
12noon-5pm
1021 E. Broad St., backyard
Free, donations requested
Live performances by local artists, painting by local artists, speakers. Hosted by Bob Fitrakis and Haydyn Beer. Refreshments.
Raising funds for the Free Press, WGRN and WCRS community radio and all of our alternative media projects. 
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Free Press Secone Saturday Salon
6:30-11pm
1021 E. Broad St., in the house, east side door
Free, no RSVP required
Parking in side driveway, back parking lot or street
Join progressive friends for food by Lavash, drink, and great music. Presentation by Cathy Cowan Becker on climate change, renewable energy, and the Green New Deal.
colsfreepress@gmail.com or 614-253-2571.

 

How Construction Is Becoming More Environmentally Sustainable

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Green building design is needed as we combat the impacts of climate change. The overuse of once-abundant natural resources has resulted in the scarcity of products and the increased price of supplies. The need implement repurposed items in the construction of new buildings is more urgent than ever.

The new approaches to green building design have resulted in a reduction of fossil fuel energy use and resource waste, as well as the use of virgin materials. The high-tech designs that were once reserved for expensive, futuristic buildings are now being implemented into the average home. The use of alternative energy systems in the family home is becoming more common, such as solar panels and small wind turbines. As green technology continues to evolve, it makes green building design more available to the everyday consumer.

Four events Honoring the life of Rubén Castilla Herrera

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Friday, April 12, 2019, 6:00 PM. 
Holding space with Miriam Vargas to honor Rubén Castilla Herrera and provide support. First English Lutheran Church, 1015 E. Main St., Columbus, Ohio 43205.

Earth Day at Kossuth Street Garden-Tribute to Ruben Herrera and Amber Evans
Sat, April 13, 11am
641 E. Kossuth St.
Free and open to all. This is our 11th year and we will honor all social justice advocates, including Ruben Herrera and Amber Evans. An Easter Egg hunt will be at 10:30 at E Kossuth and Wager Street in Kobacker Park, sponsored by Southern Orchards Civic Association "Blessed be the peacemakers."

Saturday, April 13, 2019, 3:00 PM.  Honoring the Life of Ruben Herrera.  
Funeral service is open to all who want to join us in celebrating Rubén.  For those who are able, we will meet on the steps of the Statehouse at 1:30 PM and march to the church.  
Location: Broad St. United Methodist Church, 501 E. Broad St. 

 

Columbus International Film & Animation Festival

April 11- 13, 2019
Three days of festivities designed to celebrate independent film.  Take part in honoring makers and creatives around the globe. Come one, come all.  Location:  Central Grip & Lighting, Grandview Theatre, and Studio 35.  For a full schedule and tickets visit:  www.Columbusfilm.org.

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