11.17.09 By Bob Fitrakis Is election reform brewing in the Buckeye State? In an extensive and well-argued editorial the Dispatch made the case for the integration of key state government databases into a statewide electronic voter registration system under the control of the Secretary of State’s office, as proposed in pending legislation. Ohio’s voter registration […]
FREE PRESS SECOND SATURDAY SALON November 14 6:30pm-midnight Join local progressives to meet, network, and socialize, with music, art, food. Art display by Malcolm J and Paul Wilbur, folk singer, and poets. Hear about Bob Fitrakis’ trip with Cynthia McKinney to Tripoli. Showing “Re-Think Afghanistan.” Co-sponsored by the Central Ohio Green Edudation Fund. 1021 E. […]
Sunday, November 1, 2009Re-Thinking Afghanistan7:30 PM. Columbus Screening of Rethink Afghanistan. View Brave New Foundation’s recently released documentary directed by Robert Greenwald, director of Outfoxed, Wal-Mart: The High cost of Low Price, and Iraq for Sale. Sponsored by Community Organizing Center, Columbus Campaign for Arms Control, Middle East Peace Committee, Alternatives to Militarism Project. CONTACT: […]
Written and Produced by Kevin Stocklin, directed by Gary Gasgarth Tuesday, October 27, 20097:30pm – 10:00pmDrexel East2254 E Main StBexley, OH Filmed over a twelve-month period, from Rochester, NY and Cleveland, to Seattle, Los Angeles and San Diego, WE ALL FALL DOWN also shows how an out-of-control "mortgage machine" has today led to home foreclosures […]
Columbus International Film + Video Festival, Early Bird Festival Screening “STRONG COFFEE” October 20 – 7:00 – 8:00 PM. Movie tells the story of Café Femenino-—a revolutionary idea that is helping people in need all over the world. Café Femenino beans are the first coffee beans grown entirely by women farmers. This film screening – […]
10/01/1996 by Bob Fitrakis There’s a peculiar lawsuit pending in Franklin County: Fox Investigation, Inc. vs. Linda Leisure. Linda Leisure first met death row inmates during her volunteer work as a prison minister in Ohio. Inspired by President Bush’s call for “volunteerism” she worked up the nerve to visit men she feared, yet wanted to […]
The level of the current right wing frenzy against the Association of Communities Organizing for Reform Now (ACORN) can only be understood within the dynamics of President Barack Obama’s 2008 election and John Kerry’s “official” loss in 2004. ACORN, more than any other political organization, was responsible for Obama’s victory. ACORN in Ohio, and in […]
Cartoon by M.e. Cohen / HumorInk.com.Your electronic vote in the 2010 election has just been bought The ES&S purchase of Diebold’s voting machine operation is merely the tip of a toxic iceberg… By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / September 24, 2009 Unless U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder intervenes, your electronic […]