by Michael Cooney/Guest A century ago Democrats and Republicans were as united in their hostility to socialism as they are today. Unlike today, however, socialism was not simply a mythical bogeyman in 1912. In the same year as the Little Falls strike, the party was growing and it […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Over the summer, there was a palpable atmosphere of excitement in Utica as if a parade could spontaneously come into existence. No our Utica Comets hadn’t won the Calder Cup. Turns out that our governor, Andrew Cuomo, had announced big news about the […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage “We are out for Ireland for the Irish. But who are the Irish? Not the rack-renting, slum-owning landlord; not the sweating, profit-grinding capitalist; not the sleek and oily lawyer; not the prostitute pressman – the hired liars of the enemy. Not these […]