by Shane Burley/ROAR Magazine It takes a few minutes for guards to notice that the chow line has stopped. The line of prisoner workers who cook and serve the food have stepped back and are working at half speed. Some never left their cells at all. Others […]
by Love and Rage Staff/Upcoming Events Local activists with the Mohawk Valley Freedom School, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and Black Rose Anarchist Federation are planning a rally this Saturday in support of a national prisoner strike that will commence on September 9. The strike is against […]
by Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee/Press Release Prisoners from across the United States have just released this call to action for a nationally coordinated prisoner work stoppage against prison slavery to take place on September 9th, 2016. This is a Call to Action Against Slavery in America In one […]
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, […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School/Press Releases On Thursday, September 24th, the Mohawk Valley Freedom School located at Cornerstone Community Church in Utica will be hosting a presentation and discussion on the Ban the Box campaign which is seeking to expand further locally. Ban the Box is a national […]
by Nay Briggs/Guest The Ban The Box campaign definitely hits home for me and is catching fire in Utica. I had the great opportunity in April at Mohawk Valley Community College to join forces with other supporters of this fast-growing campaign and discuss the ways that it negatively effects our communities now, but […]
by Jalil Muntaqim/FreeJalil.com To lose a child under any circumstances is heart-wrenching for any parent. This is especially true when it is done by a representative of government. When the police kill, particularly a child, more specifically a man-child of color, it raises many questions about justification. As […]
A short documentary by Stephanie Inserra Steven Barnes, from Marcy, NY, was sentenced 25-to-life for the rape and murder of Kimberly Simons in 1989. Almost twenty years later, through the help of the Innocence Project and DNA testing, Barnes was found innocent, and set free. Stephanie Inserra is […]
by Jalil Muntaqim/FreeJalil.com In seven years, by 2023, the U.S. will be 40 percent minority, and 50 percent of the entire population will be under 40 years old. These are the demographics that cannot be ignored as progressives move forward building opposition to institutional racism and plutocratic governing. […]
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