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Biden and Pelosi Speak at NAN’s MLK Day Breakfast

A photo essay

January 19, 2023 • by Jo Freeman

President Biden and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi were the featured speakers at the annual MLK day breakfast sponsored by the National Action Network....

Biden and Pelosi Speak at NAN’s MLK Day Breakfast

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January 6 Voting Rally in DC

A photo essay

January 9, 2023 • by Jo Freeman

Last September, right-wing rallies demanded “Justice for J6.” Last week, left-wing rallies were held on January 6 in support of democracy....

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Interference Archive Traces the History of Racist Policing in America

Defend/Defund, a welcome new exhibit at Interference Archive, through January 29

January 4, 2023 • by Lindsey Scharold

The exhibition is in part a response to George Floyd’s murder, and of Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, and Philando Castile before him. But its scope is much broader. Hung on just about every wall are posters, newspapers, pamphlets, zines, and even buttons that catalog the long history of negative police ...

Interference Archive Traces the History of Racist Policing in America

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Statewide Democratic Candidates Rally in Brooklyn

A photo essay

November 8, 2022 • by Jo Freeman

The Democratic candidates for all five of New York’s statewide offices on the 2022 ballot rallied the troops in downtown Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon before election day. They were all incumbents seeking re-election. ...

Statewide Democratic Candidates Rally in Brooklyn

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Historic Women’s Rally in NYC Five Days Before the Election

A photo essay

November 7, 2022 • by Jo Freeman

Seven top Democratic women and one man spoke at a Women’s Vote rally at Barnard College on November 3. All but one were New York elected officials. Many were “firsts” in their jobs. The sheer number of women officials was historic by itself. This rally illustrated that having many women ...

Historic Women’s Rally in NYC Five Days Before the Election

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The Art of Contemplating Justice

An excerpt from Studies into Darkness: The Perils and Promise of Free Speech

November 1, 2022 • by Amar Kanwar

When you look at any crime, it is investigated by an agency, the police, or the criminal justice system of any society. The process of justice is based on an investigation that is in turn based on the collection of evidence. Only evidence defined as permissible by law is presented ...

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Protests at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings

A photo essay

October 18, 2022 • by Jo Freeman

It was noisy in downtown DC as several groups protested at the annual meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....

Protests at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings

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The “Women’s Wave” Flowed in DC on October 8

A photo essay

October 11, 2022 • by Jo Freeman

The theme in 2022 was water. Marchers want to see a feminist blue wave elect more pro-choice Democrats. That was purely implicit as no one mentioned Democrats or the Democratic Party, though several signs castigated Republicans. The Supreme Court’s decision that laws regulating abortion shall be left to the states ...

The “Women’s Wave” Flowed in DC on October 8

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Turning Art into a Political Weapon

Scholars Terri Gordon-Zolov and Eric Zolov discuss the aesthetics and significance of the Chilean estallido

September 21, 2022 • by Terri Gordon-Zolov, Eric Zolov and Jordi Mariné Jubany

Wearing protest iconography was also a way to support the movement. And it was potentially risky. You could wear a handkerchief to cover your eyes from tear gas or to make yourself more anonymous or you could wear a green scarf to support reproductive rights. ...

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The Walls of Santiago

How the Joker and Pikachu become symbols of the Chilean social uprising, in an excerpt from Terri Gordon-Zolov and Eric Zolov’s new book

September 21, 2022 • by Terri Gordon-Zolov and Eric Zolov

Humor provided a powerful weapon in the ﬁght to topple the civic-military dictatorship. The radical deprivation of human rights during the Pinochet regime had secondary costs, among which were the loss of a sense of freedom, spontaneity, and overall well-being. ...

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Labor (Day) Parade in New York City

A photo essay

September 13, 2022 • by Jo Freeman

The AFL-CIO held its first Labor Parade since 2019. It’s always held on the Saturday after Labor Day. (Even union members want three-day weekends). This year’s theme was Workers Leading, Workers Rising. The Grand Marshall was US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh. He was joined in the front line by New ...

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The Grassroots Fight for Legal Abortion Has Always Been Bipartisan

The cross-party effort in Kansas has a long precedent begun in the 1960s by New York Republican Constance E. Cook

August 29, 2022 • by Bonnie Eissner

New York became the second state to legalize abortion (the first was Hawai’i), and the only state that lacked a residency requirement. Within two years over 200,000 women poured into the state for safe, legal abortions. And by setting a standard of 24 weeks, New York’s law influenced the ruling ...