by Mohawk Valley Freedom School After a short time of inactivity the Mohawk Valley Freedom School in Utica, NY is back in session. The school has since moved locations and is now at The Other Side at 2011 Genesee Street in Utica. The Freedom School will host monthly […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage A small group of people waited outside Utica’s Cornerstone Community Church the evening of Wednesday, November 16 for a scheduled activist meeting leading up to the Expect Resistance – Post Election Rally. The rally was planned weeks earlier to protest disastrous ongoing […]
by MVCC Student Social Justice Club Former political prisoner, Black Panther and member of the George Jackson Brigade Mark Cook is stopping in Utica to give a lecture as part of statewide speaking tour. The newly formed Student Social Justice Club, an organization at Mohawk Valley Community College, […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage It doesn’t take much. A Black person expresses support for some attribute of Blackness or solidarity with the unique struggles of Blacks in the US and white people come from all directions with accusations of racism. The arguments are lazy, reactionary and represent […]
by Hamilton College Media Relations/Press Release Clinton, N.Y. – Author, scholar and civil rights activist Angela Davis will present a lecture, “Leadership in Race Politics,” on Friday, Feb. 26, at 5 p.m., in the Hamilton College Chapel. The lecture is sponsored by the C. Christine Johnson Voices of […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School/Upcoming Events Utica Social Forum, World Social Forum and May Day Organizational Meeting Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Interested in organizing the Utica Social Forum, a conference for networking, education, organization and action that will be held this April? […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School/Press Releases The acclaimed 2012 documentary “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners” will be screened at the Mohawk Valley Freedom School on Thursday, November 5 at 7:00pm. The film chronicles young Black revolutionary Angela Davis’s trial in connection with the Marin County attempted jailbreak […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School/Press Releases In remembrance of the founding of the Black Panther Party in October of 1966, the last Freedom School class of this month will look at the politics of the Black Panther Party as well as other groups of the New Left of […]
by Marilee Jolin/South Seattle Emerald 34th and Union. I’ve been to this corner 100 times. A quaint little spot with clean streets, big hanging flower baskets, wine bars and pricey brunch locales. I’ve been here as an employee, a diner, a cyclist, a coffee-shop writer and a shopper. Today […]
by Jalil Muntaqim/FreeJalil.com Contrary to the refrain from the tragic Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown, we know that keeping your hands up does not mean you will not be shot. Assata Shakur had her hands up when she was shot on the New Jersey turnpike by a […]
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