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 Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / The Indypendent As the pandemic spread and New York City became the global epicenter of the coronavirus, the restaurant industry was jolted with shutdowns, closures, furloughs and mass layoffs. Ellen’s Stardust Diner, a destination for tourists who want to experience the musical allure […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Organizing Work For anyone who has been to an IWW 101 Workplace Organizer Training, you may recall the sage advice of your trainer, who warned you to watch out for “hot shops.” To avoid them at all costs, even. This is my hot shop […]
by Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation Black Rose Editorial Note: This piece builds upon and updates the strategy and analysis document “Below and Beyond Trump” we released in late 2017 and aims to capture a snapshot of our internal discussions and conclusions over the past year. […]
by Blaise Lotier International Transgender Awareness Week, which includes Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), was founded to raise visibility of transgender and gender expansive people, address issues this community faces, and memorialize those who died due to transphobia and violence over the last year. In Our Own Voices – […]
by Luigi Rinaldi/Organizing Work This is the first in a series of articles Love and Rage is republishing from the exciting new IWW blog Organizing Work. Luigi Rinaldi reflects on an organizing campaign at a grocery store in Rhode Island. This continues the “Pushing Through” series on Organizing […]
by Submission – Views and Analysis Those of us in the progressive community throughout Albany and the Capital District are alarmed by the news of the existence of a violent Alt-right gang in the area. We thank the team at Love and Rage for having the courage to publish this […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage NEAR RED WARRIOR CAMP, N.D. – Shocking scenes developed over the weekend when Native American protesters of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, who have been protesting the planned Dakota Access Pipeline through their land for months, were set upon by security dogs on […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage NEW YORK, N.Y.– An occupation of City Hall Park in New York, which began Monday as part of a strategy to urge several changes in the structure of the New York Police Department, resulted in an early victory as Commissioner Bill Bratton resigned […]
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 video of Philando Castile, of Falcon Heights, Minnesota, dying in a car as his girlfriend recorded his final moments […]