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As "Ohio Marriage Amendment" Takes Effect,
Gay Equality Protest Set for Dec. 2
(CLEVELAND) -- Thursday, December 2 is the day the Ohio Marriage Amendment - the result of the recently passed State Issue 1 -- is scheduled to take effect. Members of the Greater Cleveland lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community will join with heterosexual allies and are gathering to speak out against this institutionalized homophobia and discrimination at a rally/protest on this day from 4-5:30 pm at Market Square Park (corner of West 25th and Lorain, across from the West Side Market).
Read The Full Announcement
Boycott Cedar Lee Cinema
(This is the Flyer being handed out at the Cedar Lee Cinema)
This Holiday Season, Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is...
In this time of charity and good will towards all, 1/3 of the members belonging to IATSE Local 160 are out of work, because Cleveland Cinemas CEO Jon Forman doesn't want to pay them a living wage or ensure their benefits. IN FACT, HE'S LOCKED THEM OUT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!
Cleveland Jobs with Justice and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 160 ask you to please respect and defend the rights of workers and NOT PATRONIZE the Cedar Lee or any other Cleveland Cinemas locations this holiday season.
Please Sign a Christmas Postcard to be delivered to Jon Forman - admonishing him for being a scrooge and urging him to have a change of heart! The Cedar Lee is a beloved community hot-spot, but NOT when it turns members of working Cleveland into the working poor!
Support good paying and secure jobs this holiday season!
Don't give this local Scrooge your hard-earned money!
For more info, Please contact Jobs with Justice at 440-333-7007
 16,000 Gather to Protest the Infamous "School of the Americas" at Fort Benning, Georgia
Friday, November 26th
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 Tim Wise speaks on racism, anti-oppression group formingTim Wise, a writer for Zmag and director of the Association for White Anti-Racist Education (AWARE), will be in Cleveland to speak about racism and white supremacy at two events on November 17th and 18th.
Wise will be on the campus of John Carroll University Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at 7 p.m. (more info) and
Case Western Reserve University on Thursday, November 18 at noon (more info).
Also, a new group concerned with anti-oppression work is forming in Cleveland. Monthly meetings to confront sexism, racism, homophobia, classism, and any other form of oppression through honest discussion of our experiences and feelings. read more
 Ohio reacts November 3
* N3 Speak Out - Cleveland
Public Square
About 75 people turned up in downtown Cleveland to protest the election and give passerby’s a forum to voice their frustration with a right wing biased two party system, and a wait for up to 6hrs for people who did want to vote. After being presented with a “choice” of president Bush, (a fascist dictator) or John Kerry, (a less aggressive fascist dictator) there were plenty of angry words to go around. Read photos and report back from Adam
* N3 Columbus Ohio Columbus Indymedia Report Back: Video I Photos and article from the nov 3rd protest at the Ohio state house.
Also read posted article:
Outrage in Ohio
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Israel Continues Slaughter in Gaza; EU Condemns
Seven days after the Israeli military campaign in the northern Gaza region began on September 28, 100 Palestinians — one third of them under the age of 15 — have been killed, while more than 300 civilians, including more than 80 children, have been wounded, 168 houses have been demolished, along with kindergartens, dozens of grocery stores, schools and olive groves. Electricity has been cut off and tens of thousands of people have been left without drinking water. This is the dealiest single offensive in Gaza since the 2000 Intifida began, and has recently been condemned by the EU. Read More
Related: EU Demands Israel End Aggression Immediately
Related: Children Shot as Israel Continues Offensive
Hundreds Rally in Support of Oberlin Union as Contract Negotiations Continue
Friday, October 8th, between 100-200 Oberlin students, faculty, and union workers gathered in front of Cox administration building. This was one of many rallies that have taken place over the past 3 weeks while OCOPE (Oberlin's administrative worker union) have been negotiating new contracts with the College. OCOPE workers have been without a contract since August 1st and recently gave the college their final offer regarding the new contract. [ Full Article | Update | Photos]
 Military Recruiters Invade Bowling Green High School ClassesI'm a high school student in Bowling Green, and the other day a guy from the ROTC came in & took over my gym class. We were forced to go through military drills (attention, saluting, laps, jumping jacks, push ups, etc). Hmm, what does this have to do with physical education? Anyone showing any interest in the military was pressed to join...The recruiter said that having tables in the cafeteria hadn't been getting enough people enlisting, so this was their way to get more recruits. Full Article
 Woe is Cleveland, City Named Poorest in U$As many were focused on the major RNC protests in NYC, the u$ census bureau released new statistics on poverty. Cleveland was on the top of the heap in many categories leading it to be named the new "Poorest Big City" in the country. 31.3 percent of Cleveland's households live below the poverty line according to the survey, and almost half of the city's children are "poor". But, according to a report from Cleveland-based research institute Policy Matters Ohio, the entire state is in an equally depressed condition. Full Article
Community Radio Stations Targeted by Feds
from Pittsburgh IMC feature
10/01/2004
 Justice For Palestine! Stop the Wall!** BULLETIN! **
International Court of Justice Orders Wall Stopped,Torn Down!
Download Full Text of Decision
John Kerry Attacks ICJ Ruling
The Problem with Neutrality Between Palestinians and Israel, by Kathleen Christison
While the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague (NL) prepares to give its advisory opinion on the Apartheid Wall on July 9th, the Wall in Palestine continues to destroy lives and lands at an ever-increasing pace. Despite the fact that four months of court deliberations have prompted nothing but international political immobility, Palestinian resistance is also growing, and remains steadfast in its determination to stop the Apartheid Wall and the devastating repression of the Israeli Occupation. In light of the upcoming opinion from the ICJ, Israeli Occupation Forces are trying to manipulate the truth and disguise the colonial foundation of its racist apartheid policy. The Occupation Forces have depicted a decision by their own High Court to move 30km of the Apartheid Wall as a Palestinian "victory", but Palestinians see how, on the contrary, this decision validates Israel’s claim to a "security argument" and states that the Wall can be built on Palestinian land.
It is up to the people of the world to resist Israeli propaganda and support the Palestinian struggle against the Occupation and Bantustanization of Palestine, land annexation, destruction and expulsion of Palestinian communities. The world has defeated apartheid in South Africa — it cannot tolerate it in Palestine.
As the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign coordinates central mobilizations during the days of the release of the ICJ decision, it calls on all people to remain critical of the ICJ opinion, whatever the outcome. Take action to highlight its true political implications and hold Israel accountable for its crimes of Occupation and Apartheid. Help bring the Palestinian grassroots struggle against the Apartheid Wall to the forefront of global action and amplify the claims of those resisting on the ground:
Tear Down the Apartheid Wall! Stop the Occupation!
Sanctions and Boycott on Apartheid Israel!
Latest News on: StopTheWall.org
Background info on the ICJ: http://stopthewall.org/news/thehague.shtml
Contact for Indymedia Activists for video, audio, photo and info on The Hague and the Palestinian struggle against the Apartheid Wall:europe@stopthewall.org
Appeal to Action: Take action: |
Inform the Campaign about your initiatives
Action in The Hague: NPK (Netherlands Palestine Committee) |
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