You are invited to the Free Press Second Saturday Salon May 8, 2010 6:30-midnight Join us for socializing, sustenance, social justice and song. Sponsored by the Free Press and the Central Ohio Green Education Fund. 1021 E. Broad St., side door, parking in rear 253-2571 truth@freepress.org
Tuesday, April 27 7:30pm “Song of the Soul: Stories of Hospice in South Africa” Janet Parrott – Director/Producer/Editor from Columbus, Ohio Sponsored by the Film Council of Greater Columbus, the Free Press, the Drexel and the Central Ohio Greed Education Fund Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St., Bexley truth@freepress.org, 253-2571
11/06/1996 by Bob Fitrakis How many hours are in a month? Don’t ask the police chief’s son, Officer Jason Jackson. Law-enforcement sources say that Jason’s figures just don’t add up for the “special duty” police security he coordinated for the South of Main project. You remember the South of Main project? Chief Jackson’s good buddy […]
The Free Press Annual AWARDS DINNER You are invited to join us Saturday, May 1, 2010 5:30-9:30pm Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio 67 Innis (south of German Village off High Street) $15 individual, $25 couple, low-income negotiable (pay at the door only) Dinner will begin at 6:00pm – the awards ceremony at 7:00pm […]
Saturday, April 10, 2010 Free Press Second Saturday Salon 6:30-midnight. Join us for food, drink, music, art, progressive networking, and a visit by filmmaker John Ennis, director and star of “Free For All” — shot in Columbus about the stolen 2004 election. Location: 1021 E. Broad St., side door, parking in lot in rear. Phone:614-253-2571
10/23/1996 NEWS BITES Campaign questions by Bob Fitrakis What really happened in the 1992 sheriff’s election in Franklin County? This question is currently being probed by the Ohio Elections Commission. On Monday, the Commission found insufficient evidence to investigate money-laundering allegations against Sheriff Jim Karnes, former Franklin County Democratic Party Chair Fran Ryan, and the […]
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus 93 West Weisheimer Road Columbus, OH 43214-2544 On Friday, April 2, 7:30 PM, Dr. Robert Fitrakis, Editor, The Columbus Free Press, and Professor, Columbus State Community College, will lead a discussion of the film, “Capitalism: A Love Story.” The film will be shown, starting at 7:30PM, with the discussion […]
Bob Fitrakis March 26, 2010 Editor’s Note: I received this letter from Da’rryl Miguel Durr who is awaiting execution on Ohio’s death row. The state of Ohio plans to murder him on April 20, 2010. There are questions as to Mr. Durr’s actual guilt. This is nothing new in Ohio. I received an award for […]
10/30/1996 The odor of Oddi by Bob Fitrakis What do Gary Hart, Bob Packwood, Thomas Ferguson and Franklin County Clerk of Courts Jesse Oddi have in common? Shouldn’t be too hard to figure out. Next Tuesday, without giving it much thought, Franklin County voters are likely to go to the polls and “Retain Jesse Oddi” […]
10/23/1996 FEATURED ARTICLE by Bob Fitrakis Every 30 years or so, the American Left recreates itself: the Communists and Socialists of the 1930s’ “Red Decade” later became the decentralized, radical Students for a Democratic Society and New Left of the 1960s. And it looks like it’s the multiculturalism and direct action of Anti-Racist Action (ARA) […]