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Event–Teach-In: Hands Off Assata Shakur
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 AT 6:30PM On May 2, the FBI increased its bounty for the capture of Assata Shakur from $1 million to $2 million Read More ...
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Action–Rally for a Fair Contract
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 FROM 4–6PM Save the date! Join thousands of union workers from around the city in demanding a fair contract for all city Read More ...
SATURDAY, JUNE 1 AT NOON – 8PM FIGHT BACK! Families & Communities Against Police Terror From Coast to Coast Join a panel of police brutality victims along with family members from coast to coast who have lost loved ones to police violence. Hear their stories of struggles for justice and strategize on taking action within our communities, to confront police terror and hold them accountable Read More ...
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 AT 6:30PM On May 2, the FBI increased its bounty for the capture of Assata Shakur from $1 million to $2 million and included her on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list, the first time that a woman has ever appeared on the list. A Black Panther Party and member of the Black Liberation Army, Assata was arrested in 1973 after an Read More ...
FRIDAY, MAY 24 AT 7:00PM The idea of “the commons” is increasingly used within a wide range of social movements, especially the environmental movement, as an attempt to understand the process where capitalism takes things that were once held in common by society and turns them into commodities to be bought and sold for a profit. If it aids in understanding how capitalism can steal Read More ...
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 AT 6:30PM Every year the International Socialist Organization raises funds for people who would like to go to the Socialism Conference but need financial assistance. We do this because we think the Socialism Conference is a place where the people from the Radical Left can meet to discuss their work in movements, debate theories, discuss history, ask questions and contribute to a Read More ...
TUESDAY, MAY 14 AT 7:00PM The Davis and Gray families–along with many others–have been forced to mourn the tragic deaths of their loved ones taken by the hands of police in East Flatbush. The question must be asked: what kind of society do we live in where the police can kill with impunity? How is it that New York City has the lowest crime rate Read More ...
SATURDAY, MAY 4 AT 6:30PM Radicals have always been at the heart of the best elements of the American labor movement. From the eight hour day movement in the 1880s to the Chicago teachers strike of last year and every major step forward in between, socialists and anarchists playing key roles. That’s because the union movement has always been strongest when it sees that sexism, Read More ...
SATURDAY, APRIL 20 AT 7:00PM We invite you to participate in a People’s Forum to advance May Day and the struggle of men and women workers and oppressed peoples at this time when all workers are under attack, unionize and non unionized, documented and undocumented, the need to build and strengthen the fight back for our basic human rights. Groups below are uniting together to Read More ...
THURSDAY, APRIL 18 AT 6:30PM The U.S. “War on Drugs” and “War on Terror” have produced a parallel system of state violence and social control, manifested through unjust prosecutions and the mass incarceration of people of color. Join us on April 18th from 6:30-8:30pm for a town hall discussion as we hear first-hand stories from former prisoners, family members, lawyers, intellectuals, historians and activists about Read More ...
Dear supporters of public education, Jesse Hagopian has been nominated by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences for the national “Secondary Teacher of the Year” Bammy Award. If you believe in the work Jesse is doing to improve public education—and want to give visibility to the MAP test boycott or the Social Equality Educators—Please visit the Bammy Award website to vote for Jesse. People Read More ...