Activism

Iroquois Faithkeeper Oren Lyons to Speak at ArtRage in Syracuse on Saturday, November 12

November 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

by ArtRage/Press Release Iroquois Faithkeeper, human rights advocate, and environmental activist Oren Lyons will speak at ArtRage in Syracuse this Saturday, November 12 from [...]

Update: Black Lives Matter and the UPD, Views from the Bottom-Up

July 28, 2016 // 1 Comment

by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Since publishing the article on the activities of the Utica Police Department over the last week, there has been much for Utica activists to [...]

Deadly Police Encounters Beg the Question: What Do We Do?

July 7, 2016 // 2 Comments

by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage July 6th began with the tragic news of the deadly police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It ended with another bloody [...]

Activists, Intellectuals Descend on Buffalo for CommonBound 2016

July 5, 2016 // 2 Comments

by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage BUFFALO, N.Y. – “It’s becoming increasingly clear that the current economy is not working for the vast majority of people, and for [...]

Storefront Socialism: A Road Map for the Green Party and the Left

February 15, 2016 // 8 Comments

by Christopher Casey/Guest In a recent article for Truthdig, Chris Hedges reiterated what many of us on the Left have been saying for some time. The Bernie Sanders campaign [...]

No Borders, No Fences! Building a Movement for Refugee and Immigrant Justice in Utica

January 11, 2016 // 2 Comments

by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Love and Rage Urged on by local activist John Furman in the middle of his speech, the gathered protesters started chanting, “No borders! No [...]

Mohawk Valley Freedom School Classes Announced for January 2016

January 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Mohawk Valley Freedom School Militias, Militants and Rebels: Anti-Government Movements on the Left and Right Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm [...]

“Everything for Everyone, Nothing for Ourselves” – A New Year’s Message from the Zapatistas

January 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés and Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano/Enlace Zapatista From the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, on the 22nd anniversary of the War Against [...]

“What Do You Hope to Change?” – Travels Through Mexico and Cuba – Part V – The Silence of Palenque

November 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage “It is the word which is the bridge to cross to the other. Silence is what the powerful offer our pain in order to make us [...]

What Became of Occupy Wall Street?

November 10, 2015 // 1 Comment

by Arun Gupta/Telesur Far from fizzling, the movement has a contested legacy that continues to shape the political landscape. One of the more puzzling aspects about Occupy [...]