by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage The largest ever labor demonstration in history, a day-long strike throughout India, sent over 150 million public sector workers into the streets last Friday according to reports from up to ten trade unions within the country. State-run banks, government offices and factories, collectively […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage UTICA, N.Y. – The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), the union for nurses at the St. Elizabeth Medical Center, has been made aware that continuing with a one-day strike planned for September 1 will result in a four-day lockout of participating employees thereafter […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage The sun has been shining; the weather, hot. Summer is summer and men in power are doing what men in power do. Things are making sense these days in the City of Utica. As it happens, an introductory local law in the Common Council’s […]
by Janet Biehl/ROAR Second Wave feminism, once it erupted in the late 1960s, called out misogyny where it came into view. Breathtakingly, it insisted on recognizing human rights for all women everywhere. But today many Western feminists hesitate to speak in such bold terms. Wrestling with the legacy […]
by Mohawk valley Freedom School/Press Release What, When & Where? On Thursday, August 18th at 6:30 PM, the Mohawk Valley Freedom School will team up with the National Lawyers Guild to host a Know Your Rights Workshop at the Cornerstone Community Church of 500 Plant Street. Why? In […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage Another world is possible. This is the simple yet piercing slogan of the World Social Forum (WSF) which is currently underway in Montreal. The WSF is the nexus of social movements, activists and resistance the world over. It has been called “the […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage UTICA, N.Y. – A demonstration of Donald Trump supporters planning to express grievances with Rep. Richard Hanna (R, NY-22) after his decision to endorse Hillary Clinton for the presidency met this afternoon on the corner of Genesee and Court Streets in Downtown Utica. Amid […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage UTICA, N.Y. – Former Utica Councilman Jim Zecca, who has come out in vocal support of the presidential ambitions of Donald Trump over the past year, is planning a rally on Friday August 5 in front of the Utica office of Congressman Richard […]
via Democracy Now! Imprisoned Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning faces new charges after she tried to commit suicide last month. The Army reportedly told Manning she is being investigated on administrative charges that include having prohibited property in her cell and resisting being moved out of the cell. If […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage NEW YORK, N.Y.– An occupation of City Hall Park in New York, which began Monday as part of a strategy to urge several changes in the structure of the New York Police Department, resulted in an early victory as Commissioner Bill Bratton resigned […]
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