By Noelle Kakimoto, Leilani Maxera, and Laurel Mei-Singh – Views Black Lives Matter protesters have taken to the streets across the world to demand justice for lives stolen by police violence, with the rallying cry to defund the police. Many, including us, call to defund the police as […]
by Love and Rage Team Activists with the Utica Abolitionists launched a fundraiser for the family of Jessie Lee Rose who was tragically killed by police in Utica, NY. The full text of the fundraiser is posted below. More will be written about his case over the summer […]
“The Palestinian struggle today is not just about fighting annexation, which we must continue to do. It is about dismantling the entire system of apartheid.” by Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams – Global Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip—backed by allies across the globe—organized protests […]
by Resilient Indigenous Action Collective / Press Release Call to Action from the Resilient Indigenous Action Collective: Resilient Indigenous Action Collective (RIAC) held a rally on Saturday, June 27, 2020 in which we asked Syracuse city Mayor Ben Walsh to commit to removing the Columbus Monument within 48 […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Industrial Worker It seemed like any normal workday for Kimberly Jones at the ALDI grocery store in Utica, New York– as normal as it can be for a frontline worker during a pandemic. Jones had worked at ALDI for nearly three years but […]
by Resilient Indigenous Action Collective Indigenous activists in Syracuse are holding a rally this Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 5:00 PM in the city’s historic Columbus Circle. Activists join the recent wave of activists to tear down statues that to many represent white supremacy, colonialism, slavery, and genocide. […]
by Assata Shakur I believe in living. I believe in the spectrum of Beta days and Gamma people. I believe in sunshine in windmills and waterfalls, tricycles and rocking chairs. And I believe that seeds grow into sprouts, And sprouts grow into trees. I believe in the magic […]
by Jo Freeman “The Tyranny of Structurelessness” was first published in 1970 to address the need for organisation in the US women’s liberation movement. Freeman’s classic essay has over years reached many different social and political movements in addition to the women’s liberation movement. As the Black Lives […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn Propelled by the rebellion that has swept the nation following the police killing of George Floyd, on June 7th demonstrators in Richmond, VA – the Confederacy’s former capitol – tore down the statue of the Confederacy’s former president Jefferson Davis. It was just one […]
Aludaini was not a typical journalist chasing after a story at the fence, as she was both the story and the storyteller. by Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo – TeleSUR Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza’s recent tragedies and also never-ending resistance. She experienced the […]