The 2020 United States Presidential election is days away. Since 2015, we have witnessed the growth and eventual electoral victory of a far-right populist experiment. The flaws inherent in the United States as a country are manifest and date back to well before its founding, but there can […]
by Love and Rage Team The Utica Abolitionists and other activists marched with the family and friends of Jessie Lee Rose on October 10, 2020 to honor the teenager who was killed by the Utica police in 2013 and to also celebrate Indigenous People’s Day. For a more […]
by Love and Rage Team Addison Miller Park in Utica’s west side was shrouded in silence on October 10, a sunny autumn day, as a crowd gathered near the park’s playground. This was the same location where 19 year old Jessie Lee Rose was tragically killed by the […]
by Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés / EZLN Part Six: A Mountain on the High Seas Communique from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine CommitteeGeneral Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation MEXICO October 5, 2020 To the National Indigenous Congress—Indigenous Governing Council:To the Sixth in Mexico and abroad:To the Networks […]
by Howard Zinn This is the first chapter of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present. Of everything that Howard Zinn ever wrote, this first chapter of his masterpiece on US and American history was considered the most controversial and the most widely discussed. As the […]
“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 Noelle Kakimoto, Leilani Maxera, and Laurel Mei-Singh – Views Black Lives Matter protesters have taken to the streets across the world to demand justice for lives stolen by police violence, with the rallying cry to defund the police. Many, including us, call to defund the police as […]
“The Palestinian struggle today is not just about fighting annexation, which we must continue to do. It is about dismantling the entire system of apartheid.” by Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams – Global Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip—backed by allies across the globe—organized protests […]
Aludaini was not a typical journalist chasing after a story at the fence, as she was both the story and the storyteller. by Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo – TeleSUR Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza’s recent tragedies and also never-ending resistance. She experienced the […]
by Brendon Spencer / BlerdUp Two years ago, I hypothesized that a new wave of rap was coming. I used social, economic, and political changes in the U.S. to chart waves within the music. I reasoned that the coming recession and the rise of Trump would push rap into a […]
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