by It’s Going Down Here at IGD we talk a lot about strategy, about building our capacity, and also about growing as a material force within our communities. One thing we haven’t talked a lot about however is the need for more people to step up to the plate and […]
by Love and Rage Team Since late 2014, the collective media project called Love and Rage has devoted much of its time to providing alternative approaches to not only how to engage in journalism locally, but also putting an analysis to that coverage which was sorely missing. It […]
Originally published by It’s Going Down On Wednesday, December 7th at Texas A & M University, as FBI agents monitored hundreds of protesters from the tops of roofs, heavily armed riot police clashed with demonstrators bent on disrupting and shutting down an event organized by Preston Wiginton, a 51 […]
by Love and Rage Team/Press Releases Utica, NY – On Saturday December 3, a fundraiser will be held at The DEV bar in Downtown Utica to benefit ongoing protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near Cannonball, ND. The protests, which started in April, are aimed […]
by Shannon Kiss/Guest You will hear of the sea turning black, and many living things dying because of it. You will see many youth, who wear their hair long like my people, come and join the tribal nations, to learn their ways and wisdom. These are the 8th […]
by Beth Brotherton/Guest As a U.S. citizen and a wife of a peaceful and compassionate documented Muslim immigrant, I fear for my husband’s safety and our future in the wake of a Trump presidency. During his campaign, President-elect Trump promised to immediately deport 2-3 million immigrants and indicated […]
by Enrique Guerrero-Lopez/Black Rose Anarchist Federation/Rosa Negra Federacion Anarquista We have an unfortunate tendency to view countries through the prism of their rulers, often obscuring the varied contributions of those “from below.” In Miami, people are dancing in the streets, celebrating Fidel’s death, while many segments of the […]
This fundraiser is to help a #NODAPL Water Protector from Central New York named Aaron Dorn. Aaron was assaulted and arrested by up to one dozen ND police officers. You can see the video at Unicorn Riot or on YouTube. He is the guy on the ground. He […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Cannon Ball, ND – As tensions on the Great Plains rise, the US Army Corps of Engineers has issued a statement of intent to close the Oceti Sakowin camp set up by protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline. In the statement, the rising confrontations […]
by Love and Rage Team Over the summer, officers of the Utica Police Department began unprecedented questioning tactics with local residents and using tactics of intimidation to pressure local activists associated with the Black Lives Matter movement and other activist organizations. The purpose of these encounters and tactics is […]
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