by Love and Rage Team The Christopher Columbus statue at the intersection of the Memorial Parkway and Mohawk Street in Utica, NY was vandalized last night with the word “killer” painted in red. The statue has stood at the intersection since 1952 but a growing number of residents […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation This interview was conducted by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn in February 2020 and was originally published on the Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation . He sat down with Irish anarchist, organizer and writer Andrew Flood […]
by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We are posting this on Love and Rage because it served as a powerful message, and a much needed intervention, in the Black Freedom Struggle of the 1960s. King’s biting critiques, his urging to do away with the politics of […]
“This was one of the more violent things I’ve seen in my years in journalism,” said one reporter. by Lisa Newcomb – Common Dreams Police in Rochester, New York fired pepper bullets and pushed back demonstrators with riot shields Thursday night amid protests demanding justice for Daniel Prude, […]
by Free the People Roc / Press Release On March 23rd, 2020 the Rochester Police Department (RPD) executed a Black man named Daniel Prude. Mr. Prude was naked, unarmed, and experiencing a mental health crisis. Daniel’s brother Joe had called 911 for help. No one trained to respond […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / The Indypendent While New York is a largely blue state, there are pockets of red. Upstate, the Republican party’s election-year “law and order” messaging has stoked violence at rallies billed as positive and patriotic. Local Black Lives Matter supporters who say they are […]