CNY Citizens in Action/Press Releases Groups to Release Report Showing Positive Impact on Upstate NY Economy Utica, NY – A coalition of community, labor, and public interest groups, along with concerned Central New Yorkers and local workers, will be releasing a report at a news conference showing the […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage Nearly 200 nurses and their supporters walked on a picket line in front of St.Elizabeth’s Hospital on Friday, March 18. The nurses, who are members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), held a two hour informational picket to educate the […]
by New York Immigration Coalition/Press Releases Coalition Calls on New York State Senate to Vote against Divisive and Dangerous Bill New York, NY – The New York Immigration Coalition has learned that New York State Senator Terrence Murphy introduced a bill that would require residents of New York […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School St. Patrick’s Day Film Screening: “The Wind that Shakes the Barley” Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and to honor the long struggle for Irish independence and freedom, the Freedom School will screen this […]
by Wayne Price/Anarcho-Syndicalist Review In recent decades, there have been efforts to “rehabilitate” the U.S. Communist Party (CP) as an historical model for the Left. Anti-authoritarian socialists and anarchists find this troubling. While the CP did some good things it also did some very bad things. A brief […]
by Opal Tometi/ROAR Magazine In 1992, the world witnessed African American Rodney King being brutally beaten by Los Angeles policemen. In 1999, Amadou Diallo, an unarmed Black immigrant from Guinea, was shot 19 times by five New York City policemen outside his apartment. Sean Bell was shot to […]
by Hamilton College Media Relations/Upcoming Events Sunday, March 6: Film Scholar Jacqueline Stewart will explore the career of pioneer filmmaker Spencer Williams. Jacqueline Stewart is a graduate of the University of Chicago where she now teaches film history in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies. She also […]
by CNY Citizens in Action/Press Release The Central NY Citizens in Action, Inc. is asking local progressives to come to this important event this Saturday. Sorry for the late notice. WHAT: The Fight for $15 Comes to Utica WHERE: The Meditation Room at the Masonic Care Community of […]
by Aaron Williams/AlterNet Noam Chomsky, 87, is without a doubt the most significant academic figure to cast a highly critical eye on U.S. foreign policies. The 2016 U.S. presidential primaries are in motion and with democratic socialist Bernie Sanders challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, it […]
by MVCC Student Social Justice Club Former political prisoner, Black Panther and member of the George Jackson Brigade Mark Cook is stopping in Utica to give a lecture as part of statewide speaking tour. The newly formed Student Social Justice Club, an organization at Mohawk Valley Community College, […]
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