by Love and Rage Staff/Upcoming Events Local activists with the Mohawk Valley Freedom School, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and Black Rose Anarchist Federation are planning a rally this Saturday in support of a national prisoner strike that will commence on September 9. The strike is against […]
by Mohawk valley Freedom School/Press Release What, When & Where? On Thursday, August 18th at 6:30 PM, the Mohawk Valley Freedom School will team up with the National Lawyers Guild to host a Know Your Rights Workshop at the Cornerstone Community Church of 500 Plant Street. Why? In […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage Several months ago, I was part of a discussion with a group of local activists that ended in the collective agreement to launch the Utica Social Forum which will be held June 3-5 at Utica’s Cornerstone Community Church at 500 Plant Street. The […]
by Love and Rage Team/Upcoming Events May Day is celebrated around the world as International Workers’ Day – a day of labor solidarity, protest and celebration. In 2012 people in Utica started to celebrate May Day again to bring awareness to worker and immigrant rights. This year, community […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School In preparation for May Day, otherwise known as International Workers’ Day, on May first, the Mohawk Valley Freedom School will host a series of classes focused on workers’ rights, unions, labor history and activism. The first class is this Thursday, April 7 from […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School St. Patrick’s Day Film Screening: “The Wind that Shakes the Barley” Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and to honor the long struggle for Irish independence and freedom, the Freedom School will screen this […]
by Christopher Casey/Guest In a recent article for Truthdig, Chris Hedges reiterated what many of us on the Left have been saying for some time. The Bernie Sanders campaign will NOT bring about any fundamental change, and represents a tragic diversion of social justice energies into the Democratic […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Love and Rage Urged on by local activist John Furman in the middle of his speech, the gathered protesters started chanting, “No borders! No fences! No borders! No fences!” The words echoed throughout Utica’s historic Oneida Square on an unseasonably warm evening on […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School Militias, Militants and Rebels: Anti-Government Movements on the Left and Right Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Derek Scarlino will lead a conversation about the similarities and differences within anti-government efforts of both the left and right. While […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School/Press Release Many people are understandably confused and angered by the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut and trying to figure out why groups like ISIS even exist. Come to an exciting Freedom School class tonight to discuss the roots of groups like […]
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