by Love and Rage Team The Utica Abolitionists and other activists marched with the family and friends of Jessie Lee Rose on October 10, 2020 to honor the teenager who was killed by the Utica police in 2013 and to also celebrate Indigenous People’s Day. For a more […]
by Love and Rage Team The Christopher Columbus statue at the intersection of the Memorial Parkway and Mohawk Street in Utica, NY was vandalized last night with the word “killer” painted in red. The statue has stood at the intersection since 1952 but a growing number of residents […]
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 Free the People Roc / Press Release On March 23rd, 2020 the Rochester Police Department (RPD) executed a Black man named Daniel Prude. Mr. Prude was naked, unarmed, and experiencing a mental health crisis. Daniel’s brother Joe had called 911 for help. No one trained to respond […]
by Black Rose/Rosa Negra NYC Local The explosive revolt following the murders of George Floyd, Raynard Brooks, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Loreal Tsingine and Chantel Moore laid bare the collective anger that’s been simmering just below the surface in a U.S. society founded on white supremacy and a […]
by Mohammed Elnaiem / Jstor Daily This interview is accompanied by an article about “The Detroit Rebellion” that contextualizes the tumultuous period in Detroit history that it discusses. Darryl “Waistline” Mitchell and Donald Abdul Roberts (Waistline and Abdul, respectively) grew up in times that resonate with our […]
by Hawzhin Azeez In the last week, we have seen another horrific case of police brutality emerge in the United States with the senseless murder of George Floyd. Following inadequate police response public outrage ensued as the four police officers responsible were only ‘fired’ without further consequence. Mass […]
by Rochester Black Lives Matter / Press Release We are inspired by the incredible show of solidarity at the Black Lives Matter rally, and the care people took in wearing masks and looking out for those most vulnerable. The events that took place after the rally, in different […]
by National Lawyers Guild / Press Release NOTE: As this press release was being published, we learned about James Scurlock, a 22-year-old Black man, shot and killed during a protest last night in Omaha, NE by an alleged white supremacist yelling racial slurs. Support the Scurlock family at […]
by Willem Van Spronsen (A note from Love and Rage) We decided to post the final words of the anarchist, anti-fascist and member of the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club Willem Van Spronsen who was killed on July 13, 2019 in an attempt to attack the vehicles […]
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