“How Ohio Pulled It Off” – a FREE film showing at the Drexel Gateway This locally produced film chronicles the theft of the 2004 election in Ohio by Kenneth Blackwell and the voting rights activists that dogged him throughout his run for governor in 2006. After the 2004 election, Blackwell wrote an article in the […]
Revisited: Columbus Alive Dr. Fitrakis 2/16/1996 by Bob Fitrakis It’s two days before the New Hampshire primary, and Bob Dole looks politically dead. Despite a poll or two that still shows him ahead of Pat Buchanan by a few percentage points, even the staunchest necrophile can’t repress the urge to hold old Bob down and drive […]
2/14/1996 by Bob Fitrakis Recently, a white suburban woman who refused a lawful request to sign a traffic ticket became a cause celebre when she threw a fit about being groped by the police. Obviously she’s never exercised her First Amendment rights at a Klan rally where groping is the order of the day. Her […]
Dr. Fitrakis has authorized me to release here, on a gradual basis, the Columbus Alive writings starting from 1996. It IS history, it IS YOUR local revolution. It will give you perspective as to where we came from and how far we have gone. It’s a bumpy ride but it is truth and nothing but the […]
Saturday, October 13 from 6:30pm-midnight Free Press office, 1000 E. Main St., parking in rear, overflow at Salvation Army next door Every month we have music, art, refreshments, and networking with the progressive community. This month, the salon is sponsored by the Ohio Patient Network (working to legalize medical marijuana). Plus, we’ll have a visit […]
October 10, 2007 As the Free Press goes to press, the Antioch College Alumni Association has raised $12 million in donations and pledges in an effort to keep the socially-conscious college from closing next year. Mysteries still surround Antioch’s rapid and poorly explained closing. The Board has bizarrely turned to the “marketing, branding and […]
Hello! There will be no First Friday Flicks in October. Instead the Free Press will have the Third Thursday Theater night at 7pm at the Drexel Gateway with “How Ohio Pulled it Off,” about Blackwell’s failed election attempt, and it’s free! On the First Friday in October, please join us at Victorian’s Midnight Cafe: Friday, […]
You are invited to the first: THIRD THURSDAY THEATER NIGHT! Admission is FREE Documentary films brought to you by the Free Press and the Drexel Gateway Every third Thursday at 7:00PM Thursday, October 18 showing: “How Ohio Pulled It Off” How Ohio Pulled It Off chronicles the theft of the presidency, the public outcry that […]
The notoriously pro-Republican Columbus Dispatch is on another of its bizarre crusades. They’re out to make Ohio safe for easily hacked and illegally manipulated computer voting machines. Using the disgusting tactics pioneered by the tobacco, nuclear and Big Oil companies, the Dispatch has endorsed a position where compromised vendors who work for the secretive voting […]
Monday, Sept. 10 “When the Levees Broke” – An American Tragedy You are invited to join us in the screening of: Central Ohio Greens video and discussion. “When the Levees Broke” Part Two, Spike Lee’s expose of the Katrina disaster, at 7pm. Location: Northside Library, 1423 N. High St. Email: dgibson6@columbus.rr.com Phone:253-2571 Website: http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/whentheleveesbroke/