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 Freedom News The influential French historian and translator, best known for his research on revolutionary Ukraine in the early 20th century, died on Wednesday December 23, 2020. Alongside his extensive series of works on Russian radicalism the Makhnovtchina and Krondstadt, Skirda published Facing the Enemy: A History […]
by Howard Zinn This is the first chapter of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present. Of everything that Howard Zinn ever wrote, this first chapter of his masterpiece on US and American history was considered the most controversial and the most widely discussed. As the […]
by Bartolomeo Vanzetti We at Love and Rage decided to post this excellent writing by Bartolomeo Vanzetti which serves as a mini autobiography, a cry for justice and dignity, and a powerful statement against the violence and abuses of the capitalist system. Vanzetti, along with his comrade Nicola […]
by YIVO Institute for Jewish Research / Press Release On Sunday, January 20, 2019 there will be a day long conference in New York City dubbed Yiddish Anarchism: New Scholarship on a Forgotten Tradition. The conference will be held from 10:00am to 8:00pm at the YIVO Institute for […]
by Erik Forman/In These Times Dr. James Peter Warbasse opined in the journal Co-operation, “Once the people of New York City lived in their own houses, but those days have gone. … The houses are owned by landlords who conduct them, not for the purpose of domiciling the people in […]
by The Big Conversation The Big Conversation Series is starting up again this fall in Utica with a lecture dubbed A People’s History of Utica. The event will take place on Wednesday, September 26 at 7:30pm at The Other Side (2011 Genesee Street, next to Cafe Domenico). This […]
With remarks by Malatesta and Tolstoy by CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective / CrimethInc. On this day, July 29, in the year 1900, the anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto of Italy. But there is a lot more to his story than this single deed. Here, we remember an Italian […]
by Frederick Douglass “What to the Slave is the Fourth July?” by Frederick Douglass is still as powerful a speech as it was in 1852. As many across the US celebrate the independence of the nation, let us take the time to read Douglass’s words carefully, to reflect […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage The Observer-Dispatch’s editorial today breathed some needed life into an idea among local activists and organizers that has been tossed around for nearly a year. The OD’s article, ‘5 downtown spots that need some TLC’ included the Franklin Square alley, a notable, but […]