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 Joris Leverink/ROAR Magazine Illustrations, Mirko Rastić The idea of the commune has animated the radical imagination of rebels and revolutionaries for centuries. Examples of pre-capitalist societies characterized by communal ways of living were studied by radical theorists like Marx and Kropotkin, who did not necessarily consider these societies […]
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 Marina Sitrin/ROAR “To celebrate and imagine together.” “To look at each other and smile.” “No parties, no barriers, no labels.” “Take squares and rediscover hope.” — Quotes taken from interviews by the Nuit Debout TV group Thousands gather every evening in the Place de la République, and […]
by Gabriel Cavagionni/Guest Love and Rage is publishing this as part of our series chronicling the rise of the far right, proto-fascist groups and fascism in general around the world. From the beginning of fascism in Italy to Nazism in Germany, fascism has affected Europe and changed the […]
by Ikemba Kuti/First of May Anarchist Alliance Jamar Clark On November 15th, 2015, police executed Jamar Clark in North Minneapolis, MN. Several witnesses claim that Mr. Clark was handcuffed and on the ground when he was shot in the head. Following the execution, an occupation of the 4th […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Love and Rage Supporters of Donald Trump from across New York State held a rally and march at Fort Stanwix in Rome on Saturday, April 2 where they were confronted by two counter-rallies of Bernie Sanders supporters and anti-Trump protesters. Those that organized […]
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, […]