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 Mohawk Valley Freedom School / Press Release The Utica, NY based Mohawk Valley Freedom School is hosting a series of online events honoring Black History Month. The first event will be held Wednesday, February 10, 2021 from 7:00pm – 8:30pm called Uncovering the History of African American […]
by Love and Rage Team Prisoner justice and abolitionist activists are staging rallies across New York State on December 12 and 13 to demand county governments and the state government take drastic action to address mass incarceration and the rapid spread of Covid-19 in the prison system. Activists […]
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 Addison Miller Park in Utica’s west side was shrouded in silence on October 10, a sunny autumn day, as a crowd gathered near the park’s playground. This was the same location where 19 year old Jessie Lee Rose was tragically killed by the […]
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 Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Love and Rage Residents in Utica, NY gathered at the Oneida County Office Building on the morning of August 19 for a Black Lives Matter rally in response to incidents of discrimination targeting local Black people. Kimberly Jones, who was recently fired from […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn This article was first published in November of 2005 by the Utica Tangerine – the only local publication willing to publish this story, and later by multiple Indymedia websites across the US. Love and Rage is republishing this to shed light on the Utica […]
by Love and Rage Team Activists with the Utica Abolitionists launched a fundraiser for the family of Jessie Lee Rose who was tragically killed by police in Utica, NY. The full text of the fundraiser is posted below. More will be written about his case over the summer […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Industrial Worker It seemed like any normal workday for Kimberly Jones at the ALDI grocery store in Utica, New York– as normal as it can be for a frontline worker during a pandemic. Jones had worked at ALDI for nearly three years but […]
