by Mohawk Valley Freedom School/Press Releases On Thursday October 15th, the Mohawk Valley Freedom school will forego meeting at its home at 500 Plant Street and instead encourage everyone to head to The Other Side Gallery in South Utica for a screening of the documentary, Merchants of Doubt, based […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Italians have a colorful place in the history of Utica and the United States as a whole. I know. I am one. Whites in the US have long gushed over model minorities from Asia, but only one minority was ever extended the privilege […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School /Press Releases Members of the Love and Rage Media Collective will give a presentation and facilitate an interactive discussion about corporate media, independent media, citizen and grassroots journalism and the Love and Rage media initiative. A short history of Love and Rage as well […]
by Kevin Nugent/Love and Rage On a warm July night in 2013, a locomotive carrying Bakken formation crude oil sat idle on a slight grade in Farnham, Quebec, after having arrived from its point of origin of New Town, North Dakota. A fire broke out on the unmanned […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School/Press Releases Based on Canadian author Naomi Klein’s 2007 book of the same name, The Shock Doctrine argues that libertarian free-market policies (as advocated by the economist Milton Friedman) have risen to prominence in some developed countries because of a deliberate strategy by some […]
by Kevin Nugent/Love and Rage In the February of 1926, a Russian-born writer arrived in New York City after fleeing oppression and persecution in the Soviet Union. Under the freshly minted name Ayn Rand, this playwright, thinker and novelist would go on to become a celebrated best-selling author, […]
by Sarah Abbas/Guest An interview between a father and daughter about the former’s journey from Iraq to the US. In March 2002, my mom and I left Iraq and traveled to Syria where we stayed for three months with my grandpa (my mom’s father). In April 2002, my […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School/Press Releases On Thursday, September 24th, the Mohawk Valley Freedom School located at Cornerstone Community Church in Utica will be hosting a presentation and discussion on the Ban the Box campaign which is seeking to expand further locally. Ban the Box is a national […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage Mexican Independence Day was celebrated at the Mohawk Valley Freedom School on September 16th by a small but spirited group. Those who attended the gathering came to learn about the Zapatistas, murals, art, and to remember the legacy of a teacher named […]
by Kevin Nugent/Love and Rage In a recent interview with Chuck Todd of MSNBC, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson was asked if he felt a Muslim should serve as president of the United States. He answered that Islam is inconsistent with American ideals, and that he therefore […]