by Mohawk Valley Freedom School / Press Release Join the Mohawk Valley Freedom School in our second event celebrating Black History Month and the legacy of Black revolutionary socialist, longshoreman, and IWW union activist Ben Fletcher. Historian and author Peter Cole will give a talk about his book […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School / Press Release The Utica, NY based Mohawk Valley Freedom School is hosting a series of online events honoring Black History Month. The first event will be held Wednesday, February 10, 2021 from 7:00pm – 8:30pm called Uncovering the History of African American […]
by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We are posting this on Love and Rage because it served as a powerful message, and a much needed intervention, in the Black Freedom Struggle of the 1960s. King’s biting critiques, his urging to do away with the politics of […]
by Love and Rage In the age of pandemics, everything is off-kilter. For college students who had hopes of walking across stage and receiving their diplomas during graduation ceremonies, those plans were dashed. While college administrations across the US have looked for alternative celebrations, student activists with the […]
by Joel Olsen/Black Rose Anarchist Federation The following commentary is from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation. This now classic essay by the late Joel Olson (1967-2012) reflects on the state of US anarchist milieu from the 1990’s through the 2000’s. Olson was a long time anarchist writer, organizer, political […]
With the passing of each holiday in his remembrance, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. becomes further absorbed into a liberal narrative of American progress but King’s actual politics and organizing speak to a far more radical legacy. by Frank Ascaso / Black Rose Anarchist Federation A […]
by Martin Luther King, Jr. In honor of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Love and Rage is republishing a recently uncovered 1964 speech by Dr. King on Civil Rights, Segregation and Apartheid South Africa. This speech was aired in its entirety on Democracy Now and is […]
by MV Freedom School The Mohawk Valley Freedom School will have three classes on the Black Freedom (Civil Rights) Movement during the month of March. Local activist and Freedom School educator Alicia McWilliams will be teaching the classes. The dates and subject matter are as follows: March 11th […]