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Zoom Demonstration of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) before the speech of Secretary-General Dimitris Koutsoumpas; in Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo Credit: Georgios Zachos.

Demonstration of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) before the speech of Secretary-General Dimitris Koutsoumpas; in Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo Credit: Georgios Zachos.

05.18.13 ♥ 7
Zoom kicker-of-elves: preparations for the May Day Parade, Moscow 1934, Burton Holmes

kicker-of-elves:

preparations for the May Day Parade, Moscow

1934, Burton Holmes

05.17.13 ♥ 124
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Zoom Albany, New York

Albany, New York

05.17.13 ♥ 6
Anti-Drone Protest at Niagara Falls Military Base

A demonstration was held to protest bringing drones to the Niagara Falls military base, as they are at the Syracuse, NY base. I’m holding the sign reading “Queer Feminists of Color Against Capitalism Imperialism” :)

Thanks for the submission, anon!

05.17.13 ♥ 12
Zoom Brooklyn, NY: “No contract, no work, no peace!” Legal Service workers’ strike, May 17, 2013. Here’s the wonderful Legal Service Staff Association (LSSA) crew I picketed with this morning. They were outside Legal Services NYC at 1360 Fulton Street in Brooklyn. It’s a small shop of a dozen people working in the heart of the communities they serve. If you’d like to support them, they are picketing this afternoon from 4:30 to 6 pm and Monday from 8:30 to 10 am. Photo and report by redguard

Brooklyn, NY: “No contract, no work, no peace!” Legal Service workers’ strike, May 17, 2013.

Here’s the wonderful Legal Service Staff Association (LSSA) crew I picketed with this morning. They were outside Legal Services NYC at 1360 Fulton Street in Brooklyn. It’s a small shop of a dozen people working in the heart of the communities they serve. If you’d like to support them, they are picketing this afternoon from 4:30 to 6 pm and Monday from 8:30 to 10 am.

Photo and report by redguard

05.17.13 ♥ 12
Zoom Chicago, Illinois: Stop School Closings! Three Day March for Education Justice, May 18-20 The mayor and Board of Education want to destroy 54 school communities. This will be the largest destruction of schools in U.S. history. We need our neighborhood schools and we should all fight together to save them. Join parents, teachers, students, public school workers, clergy, activists and others in the three day citywide march across the city. They want to divide us. But this is our city, our schools, and together, we’ll use our voice to tell the mayor and the world that we intend to fight back. Download flyers and route info

Chicago, Illinois: Stop School Closings!

Three Day March for Education Justice, May 18-20

The mayor and Board of Education want to destroy 54 school communities. This will be the largest destruction of schools in U.S. history. We need our neighborhood schools and we should all fight together to save them. Join parents, teachers, students, public school workers, clergy, activists and others in the three day citywide march across the city. They want to divide us. But this is our city, our schools, and together, we’ll use our voice to tell the mayor and the world that we intend to fight back.

Download flyers and route info

05.16.13 ♥ 13

New York City: More than 200 striking members of the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA) and supporters picket outside the main office of Legal Services NYC, May 16, 2013.

 Members of the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA), the union representing over 200 attorneys, paralegals, secretaries, process servers, and other professionals employed with Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), today rejected management’s contract proposal which demanded unprecedented cuts to health care and retirement benefits. Employees at LSNYC, the nation’s largest provider of low-income civil legal services, are on strike for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Read more here about the issues behind the strike.

Photos by redguard

05.16.13 ♥ 12

New York City: More than 200 striking members of the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA) and supporters picket outside the main office of Legal Services NYC, May 16, 2013.

 Members of the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA), the union representing over 200 attorneys, paralegals, secretaries, process servers, and other professionals employed with Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), today rejected management’s contract proposal which demanded unprecedented cuts to health care and retirement benefits. Employees at LSNYC, the nation’s largest provider of low-income civil legal services, are on strike for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Read more here about the issues behind the strike.

Photos by redguard

05.16.13 ♥ 13
Zoom NYC: QUEERS TAKE BACK THE NIGHT — A Rally and March in Response to Recent Hate-Crimes Thursday, May 16 - 7pm to 9:30pm Madison Square Garden, southwest corner of 7th Ave & W. 33rd St., Manhattan QUEER RISING — a grassroots organization created to demand full equality for all queer people through nonviolent direct action — invites ALL members of the LGBTQ community and our allies to STAND TOGETHER in a RALLIED RESPONSE to the DUAL HATE-CRIMES that occurred in Midtown NYC on May 5 (outside Madison Square Garden) and May 10 (outside the W.34th St PATH Station).JOIN THE RALLY: On Thursday May 16, beginning at 7:00pm, Queer Rising and members of the public will rally outside Madison Square Garden (specifically the SW-corner of 7th Avenue and W.33rd Street), demanding attention be paid to the protection of all New Yorkers on MSG vicinity during games, and to denounce any violence against the LGBTQ community. At 8:15pm, a short-list of participating community leaders will speak.JOIN THE MARCH: After the Rally, we will march through Chelsea, going south along 8th Avenue, ending at Horatio Street/Jackson Square Park.WHAT TO BRING: Posters declaring your position on anti-violence, safety on the streets, or the Knicks and MSG’s responsibility to denounce anti-gay violence.ATTENTION: At Madison Square Garden, we will be face-to-face with individuals who may share the same mind-set as the May 5th attackers. Therefore, it is IMPERATIVE that we DO NOT provoke anyone. We will simply be providing information (via flyers and posters) to Knicks fans, informing them of the incident and our demands for safety.FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:Queer Rising’s Open Facebook GroupCONTACT: QueerRising@gmail.comENDORSED BY:New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP)www.avp.org
NYC: QUEERS TAKE BACK THE NIGHT — A Rally and March in Response to Recent Hate-Crimes

Thursday, May 16 - 7pm to 9:30pm

Madison Square Garden, southwest corner of 7th Ave & W. 33rd St., Manhattan

QUEER RISING — a grassroots organization created to demand full equality for all queer people through nonviolent direct action — invites ALL members of the LGBTQ community and our allies to STAND TOGETHER in a RALLIED RESPONSE to the DUAL HATE-CRIMES that occurred in Midtown NYC on May 5 (outside Madison Square Garden) and May 10 (outside the W.34th St PATH Station).

JOIN THE RALLY: On Thursday May 16, beginning at 7:00pm, Queer Rising and members of the public will rally outside Madison Square Garden (specifically the SW-corner of 7th Avenue and W.33rd Street), demanding attention be paid to the protection of all New Yorkers on MSG vicinity during games, and to denounce any violence against the LGBTQ community. At 8:15pm, a short-list of participating community leaders will speak.

JOIN THE MARCH: After the Rally, we will march through Chelsea, going south along 8th Avenue, ending at Horatio Street/Jackson Square Park.

WHAT TO BRING: Posters declaring your position on anti-violence, safety on the streets, or the Knicks and MSG’s responsibility to denounce anti-gay violence.

ATTENTION: At Madison Square Garden, we will be face-to-face with individuals who may share the same mind-set as the May 5th attackers. Therefore, it is IMPERATIVE that we DO NOT provoke anyone. We will simply be providing information (via flyers and posters) to Knicks fans, informing them of the incident and our demands for safety.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:
Queer Rising’s Open Facebook Group

CONTACT: QueerRising@gmail.com

ENDORSED BY:
New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP)
www.avp.org

05.16.13 ♥ 138
Zoom Palestinian protesters are attacked by Israeli occupation soldiers following a rally marking Nakba Day in Beit Omar village, north the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 15, 2013.

Palestinian protesters are attacked by Israeli occupation soldiers following a rally marking Nakba Day in Beit Omar village, north the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 15, 2013.

05.15.13 ♥ 38