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, […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage (Note: Due to the similarity of the posts, most of the sources used for this article have been used in the recently published article ‘Congressman Hanna Joins Cowards, Calls for Immigration Halt for Syrian Refugees’, to avoid recycling them the link for the […]
by David Graeber/The Guardian In the wake of the murderous attacks in Paris, we can expect western heads of state to do what they always do in such circumstances: declare total and unremitting war on those who brought it about. They don’t actually mean it. They’ve had the […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School/Press Release Many people are understandably confused and angered by the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut and trying to figure out why groups like ISIS even exist. Come to an exciting Freedom School class tonight to discuss the roots of groups like […]
Photos by Stand Up and Speak Out Earlier this afternoon, organizers involved with The Movement, a social justice campaign with intent to confront and expose racism on college campuses, staged a walk-out at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. Utica-based activist group Stand Up and Speak Out was there to […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage In the wake of 30 states refusing or opposing to take in Syrian refugees, Congressman Richard Hanna (R) of New York’s 22nd Congressional District issued a statement urging the Obama administration to immediately cease plans to accept refugees in the aftermath of the terrorist […]
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