Free Press continues to publish timely important articles that cover topics avoided by mainstream media. We trust that you will enjoy these articles, published in February 2023. Find us at Freepress.org.

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City Council Housing Initiative Co-opts Motil’s Affordable Housing Proposal: City of Columbus mayoral candidate Joe Motil states, “Today’s Columbus City Council press conference previewed their Housing Initiatives. In almost all their points, they all but copied and pasted the proposals that I have been advocating for over a year.” This is the Columbus Way.

Crime victims gather at state capitol to applaud public safety wins, call for expanded victim support: Hundreds of crime survivors and families of murdered loved ones from 35 cities across Ohio gathered at the statehouse atrium today, urging lawmakers to expand support for crime victims and make communities safer.

Ohio solar panel farms are booming, but construction workers are being exploited to make it happen: Ohio’s non-residential solar industry – also known as utility-scale solar energy – is entering into a boomtime. Across the state’s vast farmlands massive solar panel farms are coming online, under construction or in a planning phase, with several of these projects a few miles west and southwest of I-270.

Listen to this recent Saturday Night Salon here: Free Press Salon discussion on East Palestine disaster

At the international level (Freepress.org):

Our own Harvey Wasserman writes Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, In Ohio!!! WI Supremes…BIZ 4 Democracy….Green Amendments: We celebrate a big hit of justice in Ohio as the infamous House Speaker Larry Householder is found guilty of taking a $61 million bribe to give the nuclear industry a $1 billion bailout.

Ramzy Baroud writes on Palestinian issues On False Hopes and Broken Promises: Behind the Scenes of the UN Statement on Palestine and Mass Protests and False Hope: Israel’s Supreme Court is No Friend of the Palestinian People

Richard S. Ehrlich writes China & America Woo Thailand's Hearts & Minds: More than 3,800 U.S. troops led 30 countries' forces and observers through Cobra Gold, the Pentagon's biggest Asian military exercise, trying to keep Thailand's coup-empowered army allied with Washington while Beijing increases its political, economic, and cultural influence.

John Scales Avery contributes Failure of SVB Confirms Surprising Extent of Corporate Fraud: The high-profile and sudden failure of Silicon Valley Bank, which hid huge losses from its depositors, investors, and regulators, highlights the dangers of corporate fraud for our financial system.
 

Robert Koehler writes about the term “woke” Staying Woke: Revering Life: This is from one of the people I’m least likely to bother quoting: Marjorie Taylor Greene. “We need a national divorce. . .

Politically relevant cartoons by Clay Jones and Steve Greenberg can be seen.
 

From Clay Jones Conjunction Misfunction; Walgreen's Abortion Ban; Viagra excluded; Director DeSantis
 

From Steve Greenberg Republican version of History; Liar Liar: Tucker Carlson & Fox; Diversity and the GOP

Antiwar article contributed by Norman Soloman The Urbanity of Evil: 20 Years After the Invasion of Iraq and William Boardman writes about the threat of a President named Ron DeSantis for President? Among His Qualifications, War Crimes?

Under the heading of Arts and Culture, Ed Rampell continues to write excellent reviews from the West coast theater scene, including SOLOMON: Opera Review

For the serious activists, our own Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman conducts Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, In Ohio!!! WI Supremes…BIZ 4 Democracy….Green Amendments sessions covering activist issues with an emphasis on voting.