a compilation CD & online release from Brooklyn For Peace & Charity Case featuring the new single we don’t want…
Hundreds of people gathered in Union Square on Sunday, May 18th, in support of and solidarity with Cecily McMilan, the Occupy Wall…
Free University in Madison Square Park. Five or six classes going on at the same time in various locations on various benches…
Events, book releases and other items of interest to progressives, compiled for Z by Joel Chaffee
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When Kurt Cobain died I was 13. I wore his suicide on my sleeve for several years. I identified with him and…
Self-immolation is a very profound and meaningful act. By definition, the word "immolation" is bound to the concept of sacrifice. When Tibetan…
Events LABOR DAY – The 29th annual Bread and Roses Festival, a celebration of the ethnic diversity and labor history of…
Protesters of the controversial and unconstitutional NYPD practice of Stop and Frisk are currently on trial in Queens. Four people arrested protesting…
We were at the Red Cube by 7:15am, joining hundreds of other Occupiers and supporters for the one-year anniversary of the Occupy…
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