by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage UTICA, N.Y. – New Forest Cemetery in South Utica got a surprise today when a small group of community members and activists marched on its office to hand deliver a message from the Bosnian community, Muslim community and several community action organizations urging the […]
Photos by Javian Dawson/Contributor UTICA – In advance of World Refugee Day on June 20th, the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees hosted their World Refugee Day event on Saturday June 18th at Hanna Park located outside of Utica City Hall. Love and Rage is an experiment in crowd-sourced […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage ALBANY – The New York State Senate recently passed a bill that, should it pass in the Assembly and be approved by Governor Cuomo, would become the nation’s first terrorist registry. While news of the bill passing the Senate vote in the wake of […]
Photos by Derek Scarlino and Stephanie Inserra/Love and Rage UTICA – Just days after the tragic attack against LGBTQIA club-goers in Orlando, community members in Utica planned a candle-light vigil for victims of the attack. Several speakers also shared words with a crowd of over a hundred who showed […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Heading into its fourth week, the Verizon Wireless worker strike has become a pivotal point in the legacy of labor movements in the United States. On Friday, Verizon offered its “best and last offer” to union negotiators with the Communications Workers of America […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage UTICA – While some activists in the city are kicking themselves for missing the recent Utica Common Council meeting where the sale of land for a proposed housing complex was decided, local activist and researcher, Lana Nitti, took to the local radio waves […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage NEW HARTFORD – They’re striking from Massachusetts to Virginia. The Verizon Wireless worker’s strike kicked off on April 13 and today, members of the workers’ union, CWA (Communications Workers of America) Local 1126, marched in conjunction with IBEW along with several other unions and dozens […]
Photos by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage NEW HARTFORD – Striking workers from Verizon Wireless march in in front of the Verizon store on Seneca Turnpike on Thursday, April 28. Led by unions CWA (Communications Workers of America) and IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electronic Workers), they were joined by community […]
by Love and Rage Team/Local News ROME – As local Trump supporters, led by former Utica Councilman Jim Zecca, announced a planned rally in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, multiple counter-demonstrations have been planned by area activists in both cities of Rome and Utica on Saturday, […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage It doesn’t take much. A Black person expresses support for some attribute of Blackness or solidarity with the unique struggles of Blacks in the US and white people come from all directions with accusations of racism. The arguments are lazy, reactionary and represent […]