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 Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage I had a great teacher when it came to studying nonviolence, sitting in a classroom at SUNY Brockport nearly a decade ago discussing its history, its nuances, its concerted approach to negating power by challenging it, almost tauntingly, to lash out violently among […]
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. […]
by Derek Scarlino What’s with the reverse logic that’s been increasingly rising among whites, right wingers, libertarian-types and even Blacks like Allen West? In specific, why is it when someone observes and comments on racism, they are themselves called “racist”? Take the following video for example, currently trending […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Note on this re-publishing: I originally published this on the Utica Phoenix website in September of 2012, before the 2012 Presidential Elections (it is currently up on Daily Kos). It still contains a lot of relevant criticisms of Barack Obama as well as […]
by Derek Scarlino NEW HARTFORD – A setting sun behind them, falling January temperatures around them, approximately 250 to 300 NYSUT members and public education advocates rallied at the entrance to Oneida-Herkimer-Madison B.O.C.E.S. on Thursday evening. Huddled close, bundled up in hats, gloves and scarves amid the crush of winter, […]
by Derek Scarlino It’s time for the United States to get serious about education. Like most other areas of this society, the apathetic retreat of the public has opened opportunities for non-person persons (read: corporations) to increase their influence on decision-making and policy. This is also, increasingly, happening […]
by Derek Scarlino Almost inevitably, there has to be something said about the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris by the likes of Love and Rage. As a media initiative rooted in part by deep convictions on freedom of speech, and on a personal level, a rigid opposition to censorship, […]
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