by Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees/Press Release “Refugees are people like anyone else, like you and me. They led ordinary lives before becoming displaced, and their biggest dream is to be able to live normally again.” -Ban Ki-Moon PRESS RELEASE UTICA – The Mohawk Valley Resource Center for […]
by Joe Pasqualetti/Guest Most currently offered Internet services in Oneida County do not positively distinguish our region and fail to support economic growth. Digital networking is paramount to commerce and communications in this century just as telegrams and telephones were in the last two. We can change our infrastructure and […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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