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Manhattan Holding on in East Harlem and Points West, North and South Black Agenda Report | “Neoliberalism is the root cause of rampaging gentrification and displacement, from New York to New Orleans to Atenco, Mexico.” Keen observers of political-economy would agree with this assessment from Zapatista-inspired community activists in Spanish Harlem, who recently organized an “encuentro” with similar minded Black and Asian activists. All concluded that the issue is bigger than Harlem: “This displacement is created by the greed, ambition and violence of a global empire of money that seeks to take total control of all the land, labor and life on earth.” more... 0 Comments NYers Call for Mother’s Day Boycott of Leviev Diamonds over Israeli settlements Adalah-NY | On the day before Mother’s Day, 40 New York human rights advocates gathered at the Leviev jewelry store on Madison Avenue and called on throngs of weekend Madison Avenue shoppers to boycott Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev over his companies’ construction of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land in West Bank villages including Bil’in and Jayyous. Mother’s Day is one of the biggest jewelry shopping periods in the US annually. The New York protest came as controversy is growing in Norway over Norwegian government investments in Leviev’s company Africa-Israel. The New York protesters also commemorated Bassem Abu Rahma from Bil’in who was shot to death by Israeli soldiers last month during a peaceful protest against the construction on Bil’in’s land of Israel’s wall and of the Mattityahu East settlement by a Leviev company. more... 1 Comments Street Vendors Rally at City Hall Karen Yi | New York City's street vendors demand more jobs on the steps of City Hall. more... 3 Comments Second New School Occupation Ends with Arrests and Violent NYPD Tactics NYC IMC | 60 students entered into a New School University building early in the morning April 10 and occupied it for over five hours before a violent NYPD raid broke the demonstration up, resulting in the arrests of 19 people. more... 1 Comments A Response to Bob Kerrey’s “Note to the Community” The New School Reoccupied | Taking back our building, our school, our education, our city. more... 21 Comments Alex Kane | Channeling widespread populist anger at seemingly never ending bank bailouts and excessive executive compensation, hundreds of demonstrators converged on Wall St. this afternoon for a rally and march through the financial district, even as a steady rain continued throughout the day. more... 17 Comments 40,000 Union Members March Against Proposed Budget Cuts NYC Local of the SP-USA | More than 40,000 members of New York's trade unions massed on the streets outside of City Hall yesterday to protest against the budget cuts proposed by Democratic Governor David Paterson and Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg. more... 2 Comments Greenwich Village Rally Denounces Targeting Of Middle-Aged Gay Men in Porn Shops Dana Farrington | A procession of speakers at a Feb. 21 rally in Greenwich Village demanded an end to undercover police stings that target middle-aged gay men who frequent porn shops. About 150 people attended the rally, which was held in Christopher Park across from the Stonewall Inn, site of a 1969 police raid and subsequent riots that marked the birth of the modern gay rights movement. more... 6 Comments Twenty-Four Hour Protest Outside Zionist Organizations’ Office Draws Hundreds
Alex Kane | About 900 New York City Jews participated in a twenty-four hour protest outside the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency offices on 3rd Ave. between 40 and 41st St. in Manhattan, calling for justice for the Palestinian people and an end to the occupation of Palestine. Karen Yi | Atop the North Tower of the World Trade Center, employees from every nationality graced the tables of the Windows on the World restaurant serving exquisite wines and delicacies while speaking in their native tongues for the benefit of tourists that came to dine at one of the city’s must-see attractions. But after the 9/11 attacks, the plethora of languages was snuffed out. The fall of the towers took the lives of 73 Windows on the World employees, displacing hundreds more. In the years that followed, Windows on the World survivors found themselves still struggling to recover from the loss of their jobs and their co-workers while watching in dismay as anti-immigrant sentiments gained strength in the larger society. more... 0 Comments Notes From the New School Occupation Counterhegemonic | Overall, the occupation was a victory. It was a victory for a particular method of direct action politics which is sorely needed in the US. There will be no Greece in the US anytime soon but the energy and romantic leaps made by university students still hold the possibility for reviving the near-moribund political imagination of the left. Occupy-Refuse-Resist! more... 2 Comments We Won't Back Down: Starbucks Manager Threatens Lawsuit and t Against IWW
Worker Freedom | Statement of the IWW Starbucks Workers Union followed by threat letter received yesterday New School occupation press conference, 10:30am, Thursday 12/18! kilroy | A press release from CUNY students at The New School in Exile announces a rally and press conference at 10:30am, Thursday, December 18th. more... 6 Comments Reflections from a New School Student Occupier kilroy | At approximately 7 pm tonight I joined with my fellow students in initiating a student occupation of the 65 5th avenue building of the New School. I am here today to show my opposition to business as usual at the university, and to stand in solidarity with other students who feel the same. We come from diverse backgrounds, and different politics, but we all agree that the university needs to change. more... 0 Comments Photos from New School occupation kilroy | Photos from the cafeteria at the New School University as a student occupation enters its first night. more... 0 Comments New School demands from the Radical Student Union kilroy | Wednesday, December 10th, the Radical Student Union issued several demands at a demonstration and sit-in at the Board of Trustees meeting for the New School University. With a student occupation underway in the New School cafeteria, the same demands are being brought to the fore with greater force. more... 4 Comments New School University has been occupied! kilroy | Students occupying the cafeteria of the New School University released their first statement this evening, linking their struggle with student uprisings around the world and other struggles across the United States. more... 19 Comments Statement from the Bronx Anarcho-Communist Alliance BACA | These are volatile times. As we all know, on December 6th one of our comrades was shot and killed in Greece. Our brothers and sisters in Athens, Thessaloníki, Dimitrios and all around the country that claims to be "the birthplace of democracy" have shown the Greek government and the governments of the world what they will get if they continue to ignore the needs of the worker and continue to show us where their true allegiances lie by bailing out their friends: the banks and the corporations. The entire world is covered in gasoline, Greece is only where the first match was struck. more... 7 Comments NYC SOLIDARITY PROTEST GREECE SATURDAY DEC 20
ATHENZ | NYC SOLIDARITY PROTEST New Yorkers Reject Paterson’s “Doomsday” Budget Counterhegemonic | We must encourage democratically organized political expressions which reflect the growing anger and disillusionment of poor and working class communities. All available forms of non-violent protest – from sit-ins to occupations, from education to mass direct action – must be employed in this struggle. more... 0 Comments FREEDOMIC: PRE-KWANZAA CELEBRATION AND FUNDRAISER FOR STOLEN LIVES PROJECT
October 22 Coalition-NY | December 21, 2008 A HOLIDAY CARD-WRITING PARTY FOR PRISONERS Campaign to End the Death Penalty | Join us to write holiday greetings to prisoners, to celebrate the movement against the criminal INjustice system, and to remember the legacy of Stan Tookie Williams more... 0 Comments 47 East Third St. Tenants Concede, Take Buyout Steven Wishnia | Fearing that they would lose in court after evidence crucial to their case was barred, the remaining tenants of 47 East Third Street have agreed to take a buyout and move out of their building. more... 0 Comments ACT NOW! - SBUX Responds to Union Action by Denying Anna; Need Further Action Daniel Gross & the Starbucks Workers Union | Anna Hurst is trying to get 2 weeks pay from Starbucks more... 0 Comments Anarchist Forum: Peter Lamborn Wilson's 2008 Chaos Day 12/16, 7pm
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