by Doug George-Kanentiio/Guest Any Native person who knows their history can see the similarities between the massive influx of refugees into Europe from Africa and Syria. They know that the European powers met after WWI to carve up the Middle East into areas of self-interest based upon the exploitation […]
by Michelle Ortuoste-Rollenas/Guest Today, on September 4th, protests will be held outside of the Philippine embassy and various Philippine consulates in the U.S to demand justice over the murder of three activists in the Philippines earlier this week. Activists will demand justice over the recent extra-judicial killing of Dionel […]
by Ed Vulliamy/The Guardian From student-poster staples to unsung heroes, here are our favourite boat-rockers, agitators and subverters of the status quo. Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara Not for nothing has the image of Che Guevara stayed a hallmark of revolution and every expression of democratic, radical dissent, in to […]
by Marilee Jolin/South Seattle Emerald 34th and Union. I’ve been to this corner 100 times. A quaint little spot with clean streets, big hanging flower baskets, wine bars and pricey brunch locales. I’ve been here as an employee, a diner, a cyclist, a coffee-shop writer and a shopper. Today […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage From the perspective of an activist, neither black, nor Democrat, nor capitalist, it is not ambiguous at all what’s going on between #BlackLivesMatter, Bernie Sanders and white liberals. It’s a love triangle caught in the myopic assuage of white liberals who feel that […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage CINCINNATI, OH – The University of Cincinnati Police Officer who shot and killed 43-year-old Samuel Dubose has been indicted for murder. In a press release, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters spoke of Officer Ray Tensing’s conduct, “I’ve been doing this for over 30 […]
by Suzanne Richardson/Contributor [This is a transcript of a presentation by Suzanne at TEDx Utica in November 2014. It has been edited for context. Any additional emphasis is on part of the author.] As a professor at Utica College one of the things I always worry about is […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage There’s a lot being said, ad populum, in defense of how American society views what it popularly refers to as the “Confederate flag”. An outstanding characteristic of these arguments is how removed from recorded history they are, as if it never occurred to […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage It is both valid and poignant to ask if conservative-types in the US hear the contradiction in their reactions to police brutality when held against their small government credo; right wing commentary on police shootings, after all, often betrays strong government sympathies as […]
by Sean Robertson/Love and Rage The attempted murder of the two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri last night is truly sad, but not at all surprising. The recent Department of Justice report regarding Ferguson PD proved that what the protesters were shouting over the past six months was […]
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