by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage UTICA – While some activists in the city are kicking themselves for missing the recent Utica Common Council meeting where the sale of land for a proposed housing complex was decided, local activist and researcher, Lana Nitti, took to the local radio waves […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage NEW HARTFORD – They’re striking from Massachusetts to Virginia. The Verizon Wireless worker’s strike kicked off on April 13 and today, members of the workers’ union, CWA (Communications Workers of America) Local 1126, marched in conjunction with IBEW along with several other unions and dozens […]
Photos by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage NEW HARTFORD – Striking workers from Verizon Wireless march in in front of the Verizon store on Seneca Turnpike on Thursday, April 28. Led by unions CWA (Communications Workers of America) and IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electronic Workers), they were joined by community […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage For the last three weeks, nearly 40,000 Verizon Wireless workers from Massachusetts to Virginia have been on strike due to unresolved disputes in their contracts. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Verizon strike, led by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) […]
by Love and Rage Team/Upcoming Events May Day is celebrated around the world as International Workers’ Day – a day of labor solidarity, protest and celebration. In 2012 people in Utica started to celebrate May Day again to bring awareness to worker and immigrant rights. This year, community […]
by Marina Sitrin/ROAR “To celebrate and imagine together.” “To look at each other and smile.” “No parties, no barriers, no labels.” “Take squares and rediscover hope.” — Quotes taken from interviews by the Nuit Debout TV group Thousands gather every evening in the Place de la République, and […]
by Gabriel Cavagionni/Guest Love and Rage is publishing this as part of our series chronicling the rise of the far right, proto-fascist groups and fascism in general around the world. From the beginning of fascism in Italy to Nazism in Germany, fascism has affected Europe and changed the […]
by Black Lives Matter, Upstate NY/Guest Today (April 11), organizers from the Black Lives Matter chapter of Upstate NY had a private meeting with Presidential hopeful, Bernie Sanders. The meeting occurred shortly before the Senator addressed an over-capacity crowd at The Washington Avenue Armory in Albany. We were […]
by Ikemba Kuti/First of May Anarchist Alliance Jamar Clark On November 15th, 2015, police executed Jamar Clark in North Minneapolis, MN. Several witnesses claim that Mr. Clark was handcuffed and on the ground when he was shot in the head. Following the execution, an occupation of the 4th […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School In preparation for May Day, otherwise known as International Workers’ Day, on May first, the Mohawk Valley Freedom School will host a series of classes focused on workers’ rights, unions, labor history and activism. The first class is this Thursday, April 7 from […]
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