by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Many commemorate the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. without paying much tribute at all to the intellect and ideas of the man. We settle for a whitewashed history that erases much of the man himself and his radical, even revolutionary, […]
by Tess Riley/The Guardian Capitalism took a bashing in 2015: Corbynomics, the rise of anti-austerity partiesPodemos and Syriza, Hillary Clinton slamming our culture of short-termism, COP21 protests and more. Capitalism – and more specifically its failings – is likely to be as brashly and uncompromisingly in the headlines […]
by Days Massolo Staff/Press Release Spring 2016 Calendar – January Monday January 18 Dr. MLK, Jr. Celebration and Dinner 5:00 PM – Tolles Pavilion A&B (COOP and Dean of Students collaboration) Annual MLK Dinner with lecture and special guest Jennicet Gutierrez, trans-liberator activist who interrupted President Obama’s LGBTQ […]
Press Release Assemblyman Brindisi and Mayor Palmieri Featured Speakers Utica, NY – The New York State Working Families Party will host its third annual fundraiser on Thursday, January 28 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at The Stief, 618 Varick Street, Utica. Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi and Mayor Robert Palmieri […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Gone are the days when the Brooklyn-tinged voice of philosopher Murray Bookchin could be heard entertainingly berating the likes of right-libertarians and trumpeting the causes of social ecology and egalitarian municipalism. His analyses, though, are not lost to us. Best-known for Post-Scarcity Anarchism, […]
Photos by Stephanie Inserra and Harold Cribb Pictures taken of the Rally for Refugees in Utica’s Oneida Square. The rally, sponsored by local groups such as The Herkimer-Oneida Green Party, Central New York Citizens in Action, Love and Rage, Mohawk Valley Freedom School and members of local chapters […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage UTICA – Wednesday night’s Common Council meeting carried a little extra weight going in. On the table for the evening would be Councilman Frank Vescera’s proposed moratorium to halt the relocation of Syrian refugees in Utica for two years; a hastily put-together piece […]
by Love and Rage/Press Releases In response to recent votes and moratoriums by our elected officials, Congressman Richard Hanna and Utica Councilman Frank Vescera, as well as the support of initiatives to ban the flow of Syrian refugees by New York State Senator Joe Griffo: The people are […]
by Mara Ahmed/City Newspaper “Once again we’ve seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians. This is an attack not just on Paris, it’s an attack not just on the people of France, but this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we […]
by Utica Municipal Housing Authority/Press Releases UTICA – In partnership with New York State as well as the Utica Municipal Housing Authority (UMHA) and its resident associations, the Red Cross will be offering free emergency preparedness training sessions at the housing authority’s developments. The training workshop, entitled “Prepare, […]