Current Events

Wednesday May 27 – 6:00 pm – Crisis Brewing 210 Nelson Hackett Blvd, Fayetteville If you’ve ever been curious about who Citizens First Congress is (I hope you have been), and what they’re doing for the state of Arkansas (it’s a pretty amazing story), tonight is your chance. CFC Executive Director Bill Kopsky will be here to give an overview on the two ballot measures (for Education and Ballot Measure Rights) the Arkansas legislature is trying to strip away from citizens. You may have already signed a petition about these, but still have questions about just why they’re so important […]

What have we done to ourselves? City Council embraces war drones. What will they lure here next? Only time will tell what the full outcome of this drone-sized rent torn in the fabric of our community life may mean for Fayetteville. The economic development coordinator threatens that if we don’t allow Swarm Aero, no companies will feel safe applying for “defense” grants in Fayetteville. Isn’t that too bad? If only it were true. But instead we’ve voted to welcome in “defense” grants. Thank you so much to the three city counselors who bravely stood up to all the economic badgering […]

At the town hall May 13, Swarm, Aero CEO Peter Kalogiannis reluctantly admitted that the reason Swarm Aero chose Fayetteville was because Steve Womack encouraged them.Thanks No Thanks, Steve.If you’d like to mention your opinions to Steve, here’s his contact:Rep. Steve Womack, 3rd District (That’s all of Northwest Arkansas) Republican 1119 Longworth Office Building, New Jersey and Independence Avenues SE, Washington 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4301Arkansas offices: Rogers: (479) 464-0446 Harrison: (870) 741-7741 Fort Smith: (479) 424-1146 Website: www.womack.house.gov

Tuesday’s City Council meeting will decide the fate of Fayetteville! Can Swarm Aero be stopped? Will we continue to be the caring community who’s the beacon on the hill we’ve always seen ourselves as? Or will we be dragged into the dystopian future of industrial warfare by fulfilling the wet dream s of Steve Womack and Ron Maloney? They seem to have started this whole steamroll. This is one of those moments when your voice totally matters. Please call your city council persons. You have two, listed below, and they both need to hear that you do NOT want a […]

Wednesday May13, 6pm, Fayetteville Public Library

May 2026 Schedule

Do you care if you pay for recycling that nds up in the landfill?  From July 2015 to May 2017 Fort Smith residents were charged for their curbside (single stream, mixed, all-in-on, roll-out) recycling, that went to the landfill. Citizens won their lawsuit in lower court. Read the judge’s remarks, https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/class-action-plaintiffs-awarded-745k-in-recycling-suit-against-fort-smith/ But AR Supreme court overturned the case. Therefore it is legal in Arkansas to charge for recycling that goes to the landfill if recycling and garbage are on the same line on the bill. Case: AR Supreme Court ruling, City of Fort Smith vs. Merriott 2023 AR 51 660 S.W. […]

Scot Nakagawa Apr 14, 2026 Answers about why other democracies were overtaken by authoritarian white supremists before, and how we can escape that trap forever. Quick Somebody! Start a Worker Owned Co-op! *When we win, when the authoritarian project fails, when pro-democracy forces break through and begin consolidating democracy, what kind of economy are we consolidating into?” Most of the time, we don’t ask the question. We’re too focused on the immediate work: the organizing, the resistance, the protection of what remains of democratic institutions. The economic question feels like it belongs to some future we haven’t earned yet. That […]