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Occupy Wall Street: ‘A new generation is fighting back’

The occupation on Friday morning (Pic: Socialist Worker)

Occupations in protest against corporate greed are spreading across the US. The first protest—Occupy Wall Street—began in New York’s financial district.

Now there are similar occupations in dozens of other US cities, including in Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle, Denver, Olympia and Boston. And activists in other countries, including Britain are planning their own occupations.

Laura Paskell-Brown, a lecturer and graduate student based in New York, spoke to Socialist Worker about the Wall Street occupation. CONTINUE LEYENDO (Continue reading) Occupy Wall Street: ‘A new generation is fighting back’

Yo! NYPD!

BK/NY – Tuesday, July 5th – Come Support Anti-Police Violence Prisoner Christopher Monfort

Via http://nycabc.wordpress.com

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What: Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Dinner
When: 7pm (sharp), Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Where: 885 Park Avenue, Brooklyn, New York (see below for directions)
Cost: Free

Well, we’re not too surprised if you aren’t out eating barbecue and celebrating the supposed independence of the country we’re living in. It shouldn’t be long before there’s a holiday a month that can be reduced down to waving the flag and shedding a single tear for the sentimental myth of how great this nation is. The state and capital still keep the yoke tightly around our necks, making sure we nurse from the teat of misinformation that is corporate media. CONTINUE LEYENDO (Continue reading) BK/NY – Tuesday, July 5th – Come Support Anti-Police Violence Prisoner Christopher Monfort

# CINEMAROSA Spring 2011 Season Premiere Screening: Sunday, Feb. 20, 3 PM‏

Spring 2011 Season Premiere

Queens’ first and only independent film/video series premieres its Spring 2011 monthly film program (February to May) with the screening presentation of the award winning feature film “Role / Play” directed by independent filmmaker Rob Williams on Sunday, February 20th, 3:00 PM at the Queens Museum of Art. Williams’ [...]

English Defence League members attend New York mosque protest

At least seven EDL supporters take part in demonstration after far-right group’s leader is reportedly turned away at airport

Robert Booth
guardian.co.uk

EDL mosque protest at Ground Zero in New York EDL members at Ground Zero in New York. Photograph: Diaper/Flickr

Members of the far-right English Defence League protested in New York this weekend against plans for an Islamic cultural centre and mosque near Ground Zero. CONTINUE LEYENDO (Continue reading) English Defence League members attend New York mosque protest

Manifestantes exigen a Trader Joe’s que adopte condiciones de trabajo humanas para recolectores de tomates

En Nueva York, docenas de personas se congregaron el jueves frente a la nueva ubicación de la cadena de tiendas de comestibles Trader Joe’s en Manhattan para exigir condiciones de trabajo humanas para los trabajadores agrícolas que recolectan tomates comercializados en las tiendas Trader Joe’s. La Coalición de Trabajadores de Immokalee dice que los salarios de los obreros agrícolas no han aumentado desde 1978 y los recolectores de tomates deben trabajar diez horas al día para llegar al salario mínimo. Luis Gómez, de la Alianza Comunitaria de Trabajadores Agrícolas, dijo que Trader Joe’s compra tomates directamente de campos que usan esclavos de la era moderna. CONTINUE LEYENDO (Continue reading) Manifestantes exigen a Trader Joe’s que adopte condiciones de trabajo humanas para recolectores de tomates

August 20-22 in NYC: 1st Annual Black August Art Exhibit

Join us for the opening of the first annual Black August Arts Show, co-sponsored by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM). This year’s art show and auction will benefit political prisoners and prisoners of war in the United States. We will be fundraising featuring live music, live painting, and artists with work available via silent auction. CONTINUE LEYENDO (Continue reading) August 20-22 in NYC: 1st Annual Black August Art Exhibit

Islamophobic propaganda: coming to a bus near you

by Bill Weimberg

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Aug. 9 approved a bus advertisement protesting the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” (which, as we have pointed out, is neither at Ground Zero nor a mosque). AP writes that the ads depict “a plane flying toward the World Trade Center’s towers as they burn along with a rendering of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero.” But we question whether the ad’s depiction of the “proposed mosque” (sic) is accurate. An image of the ad at MSNBC shows a tall building inlaid with a giant star-and-crescent, whereas a rendering of the proposed Cordoba House (actually an ecumenical community center, now dubbed Park51 for its address on Park Place) on the progressive Jewish website Tikkun Olam shows it without the star and crescent. Poking around on the site of the Cordoba Initiative, the group behind the project, we were unable to find a depiction. The ad’s caption reads “WTC Mega Mosque—Why There?” The ad was produced by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, whose website banner (in vivid contrast to pacifistic imagery at the Cordoba Initiative site) features an image of a charging soldier with an assault rifle below an American flag. CONTINUE LEYENDO (Continue reading) Islamophobic propaganda: coming to a bus near you