‘We Are Made of Hope:’ Former Hunger Strikers Reflect on Their Experiences
Grinding hunger, spiritual epiphanies and, often, victory.
The Indypendent
Amba Guerguerian
Amazon Organizing Drive Stalls in Staten Island, Worker-Run Union Keeps Up the Fight
Derrick Palmer was at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island when he heard that the petition to form a…
Vox Pop: Taxi Drivers Celebrate Major Debt Relief, End Hunger Strike
We hear from six New York Taxi Workers Alliance drivers who part took in months-long action to lessen their medallion debts.
Incarcerated people and staffers describe how the penal colony became a site of unimaginable horrors in the past year.
Cancel Rent Demonstrators Arrested After Supreme Court Strikes Down NY Eviction Moratorium
Two newly elected New York City Councilmembers and a pair of socialist state legislators were among 17 people arrested…
At ICE’s Whim: Detained Immigrants Speak Out on Brutal Transfers
Jersey detainees were recently scattered across the country, as far away as Louisiana and Nevada.
Immigration Justice Activists Disrupt ICE’s “Black Site” in New Jersey for Five Hours
They blockaded ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations office in Newark, NJ, bringing to a halt that office’s work, which includes processing all deportations and transfers of people in ICE detention in the state.
Excluded Workers Fight for Easier Access to Excluded Workers Fund
More than 200,000 NYC workers are eligible for benefits of as much as $15,600. But burdensome paperwork requirements could hinder access to first-of-its-kind fund.
Inside ICE’s Immigrant Transfer Roulette
ICE detainees held in Jersey jails are being scattered around the country and rarely know in advance where they are going.
20 on Hunger Strike and 14 Arrested: The Struggle to End ICE Detention in North Jersey Continues
Amidst mounting public pressure for North Jersey Counties to end their contractual relationships with ICE, the agency has been moving detainees at its whim.