News :: Labor
VERMONT AFL-CIO CALLS ON WORKERS TO SUPPORT WEST COAST STRIKE AGAINST WAR
21 Apr 2008
by Vermont AFL-CIO
Montpelier, VT –The Executive Board of the Vermont AFL-CIO, representing thousands of workers in countless sectors across Vermont, have unanimously passed an historic resolution expressing their “unequivocal” support for the first US labor strike against the war in Iraq.
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Announcement :: Media
Art ≠ Terrorism Documentary at Troy Night Out
Hudson-Mohawk Indymedia has produced a definitive account of the whirlwind of events surrounding Wafaa Bilal's controversial art exhibit, "Virtual Jihadi".
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Announcement :: Media
Sanctuary Decries Assault On Civil Liberties
17 Mar 2008
by Media Alliance
STATEMENT FROM STEVE PIERCE, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SANCTUARY FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA, TROY, NEW YORK, March 14, 2008
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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : Media
Free Expression Protest Called For Troy
16 Mar 2008
by Jon Flanders
A demonstration has been called for this Tuesday, March 18th, at 5:30 in front of Troy City Hall, One Monument Square, Troy, in support of The Sanctuary for Independent Media and against the abuse of public power to suppress art and dissent. The protest, which is being organized by a new ad hoc group calling itself the Capital Region Committee for Free Expression, will demand:
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Wafaa Bilal: Speech in a Democracy
08 Mar 2008
by Brian Holmes
Wafaa Bilal spent two weeks as an artist-in-residence at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the city of Troy, New York. The day after it opened on March 5, his exhibition in the gallery of the Arts department was closed to the public by order of the university's president.
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News :: Elections & Legislation
CLINTON, OBAMA, AND THE DECEPTIVE POLITICS OF CHANGE
06 Feb 2008
by Jack A. Smith
Q. What real social change can progressives expect from Clinton and Obama, who keep promising abundant change? A. About as much as the center of the political spectrum ever provides — trace to nothing.
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LESSER EVIL OR GREATER GOOD?
28 Jan 2008
by Jack A. Smith
Clinton, Obama and Edwards may be better than the Republican candidates, but none of them is capable of truly meeting the needs of the American people.
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Year End Message
29 Dec 2007
by Yassin Aref
From the Albany imam charged with money laundering and conspiracy to aid terrorists, sentenced to jail for fifteen years:
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Announcement :: Protest Activity
Upstate NY Anarchist / Anti-Authoritarian Meeting, 1/20, Binghamton, NY
18 Dec 2007
by Syracuse Solidarity Network
Upstate New York Anarchist & Anti-Authoritarian Meeting & Networking Session, Jan 20, Binghamton, New York - Sub-regional gathering of the North East Anarchist Network during the Northeast Unconventional Action Convergence
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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights
Family Empowerment Day 3/Albany
09 Nov 2007
by Prison Action Network
Keynote speakers, DA David Soares and Father Peter Young, speak about the impact on families, congregations, and communities of NYS's high rate of incarceration
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THE LATEST BATTLE IN THE WAR AGAINST THE POOR
31 Oct 2007
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
For a growing number of people all across the country, homes are becoming an endangered species.
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