by Industrial Workers of the World/Press Release Workers at the Honest Weight Food Co-operative in Albany have been engaged in an effort to unionize the store for almost two years. Yet many concerns have been ignored by the management of the Co-op, which, ironically, prides itself on its […]
By Justin A. Thompson/Guest For almost 11 years, I have worked for a retail environment. In these 11 years, I have come to understand the culture of corporate America. Everyday I wake up with the grueling uncertainty of how I am going to pay my bills; how much […]
by Black Rose Anarchist Federation/Press Release Members of the Utica chapter of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation, in conjunction with other local activists and community action groups affiliated with the Utica Activist Coalition, urge community members to attend the Utica Common Council meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 18th. […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage Several months ago, I was part of a discussion with a group of local activists that ended in the collective agreement to launch the Utica Social Forum which will be held June 3-5 at Utica’s Cornerstone Community Church at 500 Plant Street. The […]
by Lana M. Nitti/Love and Rage Recently there has been much excitement about the future of the city of Utica’s urban redevelopment. Downtown has been updated with fresh paint and new facades, accompanied by intense and targeted marketing and branding strategies. The city is set to welcome its […]
by Love and Rage Team/Upcoming Events The Upper Mohawk Valley Chapter of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UMVUNAUSA) is hosting talk in their ‘Great Decisions’ series entitled ‘Establishment of Cuban-American Relations’. This talk will be held on May 19th at 7:30 p.m. at […]
by Oneida County Historical Society/Upcoming Events Join us for a screening of the film Selma (2014), directed by Ava DuVernay, which chronicles “Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965” (IMDb). Patricia MacLean, Holland Patent resident, […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Heading into its fourth week, the Verizon Wireless worker strike has become a pivotal point in the legacy of labor movements in the United States. On Friday, Verizon offered its “best and last offer” to union negotiators with the Communications Workers of America […]
by Joris Leverink/ROAR Magazine Illustrations, Mirko Rastić The idea of the commune has animated the radical imagination of rebels and revolutionaries for centuries. Examples of pre-capitalist societies characterized by communal ways of living were studied by radical theorists like Marx and Kropotkin, who did not necessarily consider these societies […]
