by Mohawk Valley Freedom School The Mohawk Valley Freedom School is back in session! Topics discussed this month will include urban spaces, Murray Bookchin, the Zapatistas, art and murals, education, anarchism, Black Lives Matter and Ban the Box. There will also be excursions to Hamilton College and Rochester. […]
by Russ Walsh/Russ on Reading In case you missed it, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, erstwhile presidential candidate, declared on CNN Sunday that teachers unions need a “punch in the face.” Faced with declining numbers in the polls and with being out-bullied by Donald Trump, Christie has […]
by Opt Out CNY REASON 1. Over 200,000 just refused the 2015 ELA tests. 2015 refusals were the first step. The time for continued action is now. Let’s be sure that Superintendents, Boards of Education, Regents, Chancellor Tisch, NYS legislators (especially those heavy hearted ones), and Governor Cuomo know that we refused with […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School The originally scheduled lecture on drone warfare by Syracuse activist Ed Kinane for this evening’s class has been canceled. Instead, we will watch the film “A Place Called Chiapas.” The film will be screened at 7:00pm on Wednesday, May 6 at the Mohawk […]
Peace and Palestine: A Lecture by Shaw Dallal ACC 116 at Mohawk Valley Community College May 4, 2015 12:00pm – 1:00pm Shaw Dallal will give a lecture at Mohawk Valley Community College on Monday, May 4 from 12pm – 1pm in ACC 116. The event is free and […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School In celebration of May Day, the Mohawk Valley Freedom School will screen the classic film “Matewan” (1987) at 500 Plant Street directly following the May Day rally. The film will start at 7pm. The film was written and directed by John Sayles and […]
by MV Freedom School MVCC Professor of English and guitarist for local band CP Jim Roberts will teach a class at the Mohawk Valley Freedom School on Wednesday, April 22 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm titled “Social Justice and Music.” He will look at the impact music has had […]
by MV Freedom School During the last Freedom School class there was a lively discussion about the indigenous Mayan Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico. The originally scheduled event for class this Wednesday is rescheduled until May. Instead, we will watch the film “A Place Called Chiapas.” The film […]
by MV Freedom School 4/1 – COINTELPRO: The War on Civil Rights, taught by Alicia McWilliams and Derek Scarlino This is the final class on the Civil Rights Movement unit (rescheduled from 3/25). Alicia and Derek will talk about COINTELPRO, the FBI’s ‘counterintelligence program’ headed by J. […]
by Derek Scarlino ALBANY – On Thursday March 19th, a delegation of litigants in the Maisto, et al. v. New York case (commonly referred to as the “Small Cities” case)for public school funding traveled to the state’s capital to address their lawsuit which will likely end up in the appeals process. […]
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