What The New School Adjunct Faculty Strike Means for One MFA Student
I’ve always wanted to be a writer, but my faculty is on strike. Little did I know that just…
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Protest Movements
Part-time faculty’s demands for a raise to address inflation are being ignored, even though management salaries increased by 45% between 2014 and 2019.
New Yorkers Protest China’s COVID Lockdown And Government Repression
Chinese protesters in New York call for an end to China’s zero-COVID lockdowns and fear retaliation from the Chinese government even from thousands of miles away.
Sunset Park-Based Group Runs Outdoor Market and Political Education
Mexicanos Unidos operates a weekly unpermitted open-air market in Sunset Park. It also runs a radical political education program for its working-class immigrant members.
More Than 100 Starbucks Shops Stage One-day Strike as Company Refuses to Bargain
“We need to show them that they are not allowed to get away with making all this money and not giving us a proper wage.”
NYPD Arrests 9 Trans-Rights Protestors Outside Anti-Trans Event
Around 100 demonstrators gathered to protest British trans-exclusionary radical feminist activist Kellie-Jay Keen on Monday.
Kingston Tenants Win Historic 15% Rent Reduction
A grassroots tenant-organizing victory comes after Orlando and several cities across CA adopted rent control on Tuesday.
South Brooklyn, Staten Island Activists Take Aim at NYC’s MAGA Congresswoman
Nicole Malliotakis’s embrace of the far right during her first term in Congress spurs disenchanted constituents to band together to work for her defeat.
Tenant Associations Are Forming Rapidly in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eviction Defense has helped start more than 20 militant tenant associations since March.
Sri Lankan People’s Movement Makes a Splash, But Now What?
In July, Sri Lankan protesters savored the luxuries of the presidential palace after ousting their nation’s leader. Now the hardest part begins.
