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In a win for the growing carceral and police state, Canton City Council has passed

a new anti-homeless ban, which makes it illegal to protect oneself from the

elements by using a tent on public property. So, if you ﬁnd yourself houseless, as a

growing number of Cantonites do, remember that you must not try to provide for

yourself within your means to ﬁnd a place to sleep or you will be appreh

ended and

charged as a criminal. You are however, free to stand in the rain and snow night

and day, restless.

This decision was passed without any collaboration with the unhoused

community, or providing any other legitimate means to support them; but Canton

City Council has assured us that this measure is for our own good, since now the

Council can tell you how to live and the local police can enfo

rce it.

We have a serious societal problem if the only way our local government thinks it

can help us is by creating and weaponizing laws to justify their force and coercion.

Without a doubt, empowering the Canton Police

Department to further victimize marginalized community

members will have shameful repercussions, to which

these council members will look in any direction but

down when the communit

y lays the consequences of

their actions at their feet. Make no mistake, this ban will

cause further violence to our already disadvantaged

houseless community members. The CPD has already

proven itself incapable of not only properly handling a

rabid dog in its ranks, but also the K9 that they allowed

to maul an innocent man. Who, other than unaﬀected

local oﬃcials, trust them with this blatantly e

litist task?

The hall, in which the meeting and vote took place, was

packed with housed and unhoused Cantonites opposing

the ban, many of whom spoke against the ban in the

Public Speaks section. Some of whom were removed

from the meeting. Nevertheless, this is another decision

for the Have-Nots made by The Haves and should

seriously concern anyone of conscience, houseless or not.

canton city council passes

anti-homeless ban

by a Concerned Citizen

Dissent

J. Nate Cooks

Lou Giavasis

Chris Smith

In Favor

James Babcock

Robert Fisher

Brenda Kimborough

John Mariol II

Darren Mayle

Frank Morris

Richard Sacco

Crystal Smith

Absent

Jason Scaglione

vote (8:3)

“To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed

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On June 16, 2025 Mayor Slutz of Massillon oﬀered William Ullom, of

PolyKinetix, Inc., an economic development grant to provide funds to assist

with equipment and relocation expenses

. PolyKinetix is a startup claiming

it wants to ﬁght plastic pollution by “creating value from waste”

. Yet,

uncertainty surrounds PolyKinetix’s operations due to inconsistencies

between the company’s public messa

ging and the information shared by

state and local oﬃcials. While the company’s website promotes a “chemical

recycling alternative” to landﬁlling and burning, recent communications

suggest the facility will only be pulverizing plastic waste and shipping it

oﬀsite — with no clear explanation of where the material goes or how it is

handled. This lack of clarity raises serious concerns about transpar

ency and

accountability. It is confounding that the Mayor and City Council of

Massillon would consider awarding a public grant to a company whose

actual operations appear to diverge from its marketed claims.

PolyKinetix plans to operate around the clock at a leased warehouse at 240

Sixth St. NW, employing approximately only 12 people. While its messaging

invokes bold promises (reducing microplastic

s and improving human

health) the actual operation is a mechanical shredding plant. A plastic

granulator would chop plastic waste into smaller pieces and presumably

ship it oﬀsite for further processing. PolyKinetix has not disclosed where the

shredded plastic will go or whether it will be burned, landﬁlled, or turned

into fuels.

The facility is cited near the banks of the Tuscarawas River, near co

mmunity

housing, restaurants, and a public park. Locating a plastic shredding

operation in such a mixed-use area raises legitimate concerns about

microplastic dust, airborne pollutants, and stormwater runoﬀ that could

aﬀect both public health and the surrounding environment. According to

massillon’s grant to polykinetix

may fuel pollution, not solutions

by Elissa Yoder, Buckeye Environmental Network

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the Ohio River Valley Institute, mechanical handling and chopping of

plastics

“often generate microplastics and nanoplastics that escape into

air,

water,

and soil — particularly in fenceline communities”

. Without

full

transparency, robust emissions controls, meaningful community input

or at least an advanced ﬁltration and containment systems, the PolyKinetix

facility could become a localized

source of microplastic pollution, directly

contradicting its environmental claims.

Where Will the Waste Go?

Will it be trucked to a pyrolysis plant for conversion into fuel?

Incinerated for energy? Landﬁlled? Each of these options comes with

serious environmental and health risks. Many so-called “advanced/

chemical recycling” operations convert plastic into synthetic oil or fuel —

which is then burned, releasing greenhouse gases and toxic emissions.

continued >

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sources:

Massillon City Council,https://massillonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/June-16-2025-

Amended-1.pdf

PolyKinetix website (Accessed June 2025),https://www.polykinetix.com/.

Ohio River Valley Institute (2024), “Chemical Recycling: A False Promise for the Ohio

River Valley”. https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/

Chemical-Recycling_-A-False-Promise-for-the-Ohio-River-Valley-FINAL-2.pdf

Natural Resources Defense Council (2025), “More Recycling Lies”.https://www.nrdc.org/

sites/default/ﬁles/2025-03/More_Recycling_Lies_IB_25-02-A_07_locked.pdf

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), over 80%

of facilities marketed as “chemical recycling” are actually just fuel-

making operations that fail to recycle plastics at all

. Even if PolyKinetix

is not con

ducting chemical processing in Massillon, shipping shredded

plastic oﬀ site increases the likelihood of spills, contamination, and

downstream burning.

If PolyKinetix is serious about protecting health it should disclose full

lifecycle plans for its plastic waste — and invest in local reuse and reduction

strategies, not more waste-to-fuel pipelines. What PolyKinetix is doing —

processing non-recycla

ble plastic and tires into petrochemical products — is

not clean, not circular, and not transparent. It’s a false solution that delays

the systemic changes we need to reduce plastic pollution. Instead of

addressing the root of the problem — this model prolongs the life cycle of

harmful materials and poses serious risks to people and the planet.

At best, this facility will shred plastics and ship th

e problem elsewhere. At

worst, it could become a local source of microplastic pollution and fossil-

fuel-derived emissions — all underwritten by public funds. Massillon has a

choice: invest in real solutions like reuse systems, compostables, and

producer accountability — or fall for a familiar false promise wrapped in

green marketing.

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I was here when the sky didn’t have a name.

Before people made maps

and told the wind where to go.

I walked through the valleys when

they were still alive,

when mountains whispered names of

stars not born yet.

I drank from rivers with no end,

and slept under trees that

didn’t cast shadows.

Then I saw you.

You came with bare feet,

not to rule,

but to listen.

You learned the land by feeling it,

like a child learns a mother’s heartbeat.

You sang to the corn,

you prayed with smoke,

and your children ran with the wind.

I saw you build homes from

wood and dreams.

Then I saw them burn —

taken by ﬁre, steel, and silence.

I saw you taken.

Your language buried.

Your names forgotten.

But I also saw your eyes —

and they still had ﬁre.

I’m not your god.

I’m not a weapon.

I’m the earth that remembers you.

I carry your pain in my bones,

your songs in my heart,

your strength in my breath.

When the world forgets you —

I won’t.

I am the bear that watches.

Not from the sky,

but beside you.

I remember you,

even when you forget your own name.

And when the wind changes,

and the drums return,

I will be there —

not to roar,

but to welcome you home.

a poem

Submitted by Koda, Author Unknown

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2:47PM

The Red Crescent contacts

Layan Hamadeh

(Hind Rajab's 15 year old cousin)

LH: Hello?

Red Crescent Agent 1: Hello.

LH: They are shooting at us.

RC1: Hello?

LH: They are shooting at us. The

tank is next to me.

RC1: Are you hiding?

LH: Yes, in the car, we're next to the

tank.

RC1: Are you inside the car?

LH: (Amidst numerous rapid-ﬁre

machine gun shots, she screams and

is murdered)

RC1: Hello? Hello? *Ha

ngs up*

RC1 (Calling back): Hello?

Hind Rajab (A few moments later,

after picking up the phone from the

hand of her cousin's body to return

the call-back): *Inaudible*

RC1: The girl that was speaking with

me, where is she?

HR: She's dead.

RC1: Who am I speaking with now?

HR: Hind.

RC1: Hind, hide, hide. Where are you

exactly, the car?

HR: Huh?

RC1: Are you in the car?

HR: Yes.

RC1: Hide under the seats. So y

can't be seen at all.

HR: Okay. I'm afraid. They are all

dead. Come and get me.

RC2: Are they dead?

HR: Yes.

RC2: And are they now with you in

the car?

HR: Yes.

RC2: Where are you hiding right

now? Where are you currently seeking

protection?

HR: In the car.

RC2: You are inside the car, right? Not

outside it?

HR: Yes.

RC2: You need to remain in the car,

my dear, and I will continue being on

the line with

you, speaking to you and

I will not hang up the phone. Alright?

HR: Okay. The tank is now beside

me.

RC2: Where is the tank?

HR: Beside me.

the murder of hind rajab

Submitted by Pierce

Date of Murders by IOF: 29th January 2024

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RC2: The tank is beside you?

HR: Yes.

RC2: Is it moving or has it stopped?

Has anyone gotten out of it?

HR: Yes, it is moving.

RC2: Is it moving? Is it moving beside

the car, or is it coming from behind

the car, or from in front of the car?

HR: From in front of the car.

RC2: The tank is coming towards you

from in front of the car?

HR: Yes.

RC2: Is it very close?

HR: Yes, very, very close.

RC2: And is i

t moving?

HR:Yes.

RC2: Alright, we don't want to be

afraid.

HR: Stay with me.

RC2: I am with you, my dear. I will

stay with you until someone comes to

take you. I will not leave you alone.

HR: When someone comes, you can

hang up the phone, okay?

RC2: What?

HR: When someone comes, you can

hang up the phone.

RC2: No, I will stay with you until I'm

assured that it's someone from the

Red Crescent or someone t

o take you.

I won't hang up the line, even if the

army comes, God forbid, don't hang

up. Keep the line open; we don't want

to lose the connection. I am with you

my dear.

HR: Please come take me, please.

RC2: What, my dear?

HR: Stay with me, please.

RC2: My darling, my dear, I swear, I

am here with you, I will not leave

you, I'm talking to you and I don't

want to leave you anyways.

HR: Come get me. Ask

anyone to

come get me.

RC3: My love, believe me, God

willing, the coordination will happen.

HR: Come get me. I am so scared,

please come.

RC3 (Using Hind's mother's nickname

for her): Hanood, honey, just take a

breath and close your eyes for a little.

Let your eyes rest a little. And we'll be

there.

HR: Please call someone to come and

take me.

5:40PM

Through intermediary negotiators the

Israeli military

has forwarded their

agreement to the Red Crescent

dispatchers that they have permission

to rescue Hind via a speciﬁc route

HR: What time is it?

RC2: What?

HR: What time is it? It's almost

night.

RC2: What?

HR: The night is approaching, I am

scared. Please come take me.

RC2: My darling, if it were in my

power, I would come to you. Shall we

pray to God?

HR: Ya Allah.

RC2: God, please protect us.

HR: God, pl

ease protect us.

RC2: Shall we read together a verse

from the Quran?

HR: What?

continued >

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RC2: Shall we read from the Quran

and do some prayers?

HR: Yes.

RC2: Okay. Shall we say, "In the Name

of God, the most Beneﬁcent, the most

Merciful."

HR: "In the Name of God, the most

Beneﬁcent, the most Merciful."

RC2: "All praises be to God, the Lord

of the worlds."

HR: "All praises be to God, the Lord

of the worlds."

RC2: "The most Beneﬁcent, the most

Merciful."

HR: "The most Beneﬁcent, the most

Merci

ful."

RC2: "The owner of the day of

judgement."

HR: "The owner of the day of

judgement."

RC2: "You alone we worship, and you

alone we ask for help."

HR: "You alone we worship, and you

alone we ask for help."

RC2: "Guide us to the straight path."

HR: "Guide us to the straight path."

RC2: "The path of those you have

favoured."

HR: "The path of those you have

favoured."

RC2: "Not the path of those who have

rned your anger,"

HR: "Not the path of those who have

earned your anger,"

RC2: "nor of those who have gone

astray."

HR: "nor of those who have gone

astray."

RC2: "Amen."

HR: "Amen."

RC2: "God Almighty has spoken the

truth."

HR: "God Almighty has spoken the

truth."

RC2: Well done. You've memorized it.

HR: *Inaudible*

RC2: What did you say, my dear?

HR: *Inaudible*

Wissam Hamada (Hind's mother, who

was eventual

ly connected into the

three-way phone call to assist with

calming her): I love you and daddy

loves you. We all love you,

sweetheart. Stay safe. Hind, are you

injured?

HR: Yes. I've been shot in my upper

arm, my back and my foot.

WH: So your foot is bleeding?

HR: My foot, arm, and back are

bleeding.

WH: They're on the way to you, my

dear.

RC: (While maintaining contact with

Hind alongside her mother on

the

line, the dispatch agents arrange for

an ambulance carrying two paramedics

to be sent to her location for a rescue

operation under indirect coordination

with the Israeli military for the sake of

clearance and in an attempt to prevent

them from further targeting of civilians)

6:00PM

The ambulance arrives on site near

the gas station at which Hind is

trapped within her dead family's car

WH: Hanood,

can you hear me?

Hello Hind, can you hear me?

RC3: Hind's mom, take a breath. Take

a breath. Minutes and they will be

with her.

WH: *Inaudible* She isn't responding

to me. Hanood?

HR: Yes.

RC3: Oh, there is the beautiful girl.

WH: Bravo!

RC1: Have they arrived?

RC4: Yes. One minute and they will

arrive.

RC3: Oh, the best news in the world.

HR: What?

RC1: Hind! Hanood! In one minute

the car will reach you. It's just moving

slowly.

RC4: Yes, the Fares gas station.

Where are you now?

RC5 (The ambulance driver):

I'm coming

up to the gas

station.

RC4: Can you see the car?

RC5: I can't see a thing here.

RC4: Do you have your siren and

ﬂashing lights on?

RC5: Just the lights, not the siren.

Oh, there it is! (An explosion is heard

and the connection is dropped - which

indicates the impact of an Israeli tank

shell destroying the ambulance, its

telecommunications equipment, and

murdering both of the paramedics)

WH: Hello, Hanood! Hanood! A

you okay?

HR: Yes.

WH: Thank God, thank God. She's

okay.

RC2: Did they go down to her?

RC3: Did you hear a bomb just now?

Did you hear anything around you?

HR: Yes, yes. I heard it.

RC3: Hanood, why aren't you speaking?

HR: I'm not speaking because my

mouth is bleeding.

RC3: Wipe it with your hand and then

tell me if you're still bleeding.

HR: I don't want to get my shirt dirty,

so I don't trouble my mo

WH: It's okay, wipe your mouth and

I'll wash it, my sweetheart.

HR: (The call falls deeply silent, and

Hind becomes completely unresponsive,

passing away presumably from the

blood loss of her bullet wounds

inﬂicted by the initial salvo of Israeli

tank machine gun bullets after nearly

5 hours of holding onto hope)

7:00PM

Hind has passed away

sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECFpW5zoFXA

https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQCe6pJuqlk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-HyIiyNQ9E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zknke1P2tus

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/birds-eye-view/2024/2/22/the-killing-of-6-year-old-hind-rajab

https://archive.org/details/okyrzdkbmrbipfkgr2gt5ltxhdjgvzvxuxtrk4fr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv9WtMDhfFg

https://mothersofhind.org/story-of-hind/

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2

/16/gaza_hind_rajab_palestine_red_crescent

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always carry a bandage

by Medik

What is a Triangular Bandage?

Triangular bandages, also known as cravat bandages, are one of the cheapest

and most versatile tools you can include in a ﬁrst aid kit. Here we will go

over what they are, how to use them and how to DIY yourself some

triangular bandages for your ﬁrst aid/protest kit.

The triangular bandage is a triangular piece of cloth that has two e

qual

sides (an isosceles triangle). Store-bought ones are typically made of muslin

cloth or cotton but any thin cloth should work ﬁne.

Triangular bandages have a variety of uses including including immobilizing

injured limbs. Creating slings, controlling bleeding and securing dressings.

We will expand on creating a sling and cover other uses in future issues.

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How to Use a Triangular Bandage to Create a Sling

1. Bend the arm at elbow so that little ﬁnger is about a hand breadth above

level of elbow.

2. Place one end of triangle over shoulder on injured side and let bandage

hang down over chest with base toward hand and apex toward elbow at

the level of the elbow.

3. Slip bandage between body and arm.

4. Carry lower end up over shoulder on uninjured side.

. Tie the two ends, by square knot, at the neck. Knot should be on either

side of neck, not in the middle where it could cause discomfort when

patient is lying on back.

6. Draw apex of bandage toward elbow until snug, bring it around to front,

and fasten with safety pin or adhesive tape.

continued >

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How to Make (DIY) a Triangular Bandage

It’s easy to ﬁnd packages of multiple bandages so that you can buy cheaply

in bulk, but you may want to create your own, especially if you have an old

bed sheet lying around.

See ﬁgures A and B on page 12 for reference.

1. Get some fabric. A cotton sheet or maybe a table cloth is your best

bet. Clothing will be too small. This table will show you how many

bandages you can make from each size bed sheet. Sheet sizes vary based

on the sheet manufacturer, so these are approximate. We recommend the

40″ size cravat.

2. Cut it down.Next, you’ll want to cut the fabric down into squares not

less than 1 yard (1 meter) in size, but we suggest 40 inches

square.

Tip:Cut oﬀ the seams. They will end up being pressure points and

will make the bandage more diﬃcult

to store.

3. Cut into triangles.Cut each square in half from two opposite corners.

You should end up with two identical triangles that each have two sides

the same length.

4. Sterilize.If you intent to use these for bandaging or dressing, be sure

to sterilize them. You can place them in a pot of boiling water for several

minutes or you can soak them in a sanitizing agent.

5. Dry. Sterilize the inside

of your dryer and dry on the highest setting.

They should come out without wrinkles, so no need to iron. If you don’t

have a clothes dryer, iron on a clean surface and on the highest

temperature for that cloth type.

6. Store. Fold and store in a sterile bag. Zip top bags work or vacuum

sealing is great too.

we keep us safe

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inside:

- Canton City Council Passes Anti-Homeless Ban

- Massillon’s Grant to PolyKinetix May Fuel Pollution, Not Solutions

- A Poem

- The Murder of Hind Rajab

- Always Carry A Bandage

Cover art by Moss