August 7, 2009 As the axiom states: “As Ohio goes, so goes the nation.” Strange and interesting things are happening in the legendary swing state. First, it was Fox commentator, former Congressman, and originally freshly-scrubbed Nixon youth John Kasich emerging as the likely Republican nominee for governor of the Buckeye State. Then, former U.S. Senator […]
By Bob Fitrakis The death of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino on August 1, 2009 should be remembered for many reasons: not just because she led the People Power revolution in the Philippines that stood for peace and human rights, and not just because she did it after the brutal Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos had […]
When pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, the backlash from her critics thrust her into the center of a political maelstrom.
By Bob Fitrakis July 11, 2009 The United States has produced several mythic historical figures – Paul Bunyan, John Henry and the like – but our actual prophetic peace activists are actually far more interesting. People like Eugene Victor Debs, Emma Goldman, and in our present day, Cindy Sheehan. Myth America: 10 Greatest Myths of […]
Mark your calendars for the 4th Anniversary of the Free Press Second Saturday Salon For four years the Free Press and other community groups like the Central Ohio Green Education Fund and Ohio Honest Elections have brought together progressive activists on the second Saturday for socializing, music, progressive films, activist presentations, art, refreshments and organizing. […]
You Are Invited to A Parlor with Clint Curtis Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 7:30 PM at the Hanna House 1021 E. Broad Street Columbus, OH 43205 Free to the public A personal, one on one, opportunity to speak with Clint Curtis: brought to you by the Central Ohio Green Education Fund and the Columbus […]
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman June 23, 2009 Iran’s Ayatollahs have just admitted that in some 50 cities there were as many as 3 million more votes cast than there were voters in the recent presidential election. But, they say, that’s not enough to change the outcome. So, like Florida in 2000 and Ohio […]
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman June 15, 2009 The parallels between the stolen Iranian election of 2009 and the American of 2000 and 2004 are tempting. The histories—and futures—of the two nations are inseparable. Bound up in their tortured half-century of crime and manipulation are the few glimmers of hope for lasting peace in […]
By Dr. Robert Fitrakis June 1, 2009 Former Chair of the House Budget Committee John Kasich of Ohio formally declared his candidacy for governor of Ohio June 1, 2009. His timing could not have been worse. As a Congressman, Kasich championed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and worldwide free trade. Now he announces […]
By Bob Fitrakis May 25, 2009 Article below. [display_podcast] The Republican National Committee recently dropped its resolution to brand the moderate pro-corporate Democratic Party “Socialists.” As the late, great Democratic Socialist leader Michael Harrington liked to tell it when he testified before a dying Senator Hubert Humphrey on the Humphrey-Hawkins Work Bill, that would theoretically […]