Our beautiful planet with limited resources that need replenishing and care to be maintained is up against the addiction and lust for never ending fake money and power, things like compassion, caring, nurturing and peace don’t stand a chance.
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Solidarity With Minneapolis & Chicago #4thprecinctshutdown
NYC ShutItDown and Millions March NYC called for an emergency demonstration for New York City to stand in solidarity with Minneapolis and Chicago after the horrific killings of two unarmed black youth.
GALLERY: Vigil For Tamir Rice, One Year and Still No Justice
Organizers read a statement from the family of Tamir Rice, “My family is still grieving from the murder of my 12 year old cousin Tamir Rice. Tamir was shot and killed by Cleveland police officers while playing with a toy gun in a neighborhood park a year ago.”
Protests Bash the 6th Annual Brooklyn Real Estate Summit
Many neighborhoods are being torn apart by skyrocketing rents and terrorized by police brutality. Low-to-middle income New Yorkers are being priced out or displaced by gentrification while the city is being made over into a playground for the super “rich”.
GALLERY: Protest Against Trump on Saturday Night Live!
Across the street from NBC’s 30 Rock, a few hundred people showed up to voice their disapproval at NBC for having Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live last night despite what many feel are blatant racist comments about immigrants.
No Separate Justice – Free the Holy Land Five
Irene Siegel, PhD., moderated the vigil of No Separate Justice which happens every first Monday of the month outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center at 150 Park Row, New York City for the Holy Land Five.
Neighbor to Neighbor – a Post 9/11 World
What have we experienced since September 11, 2001? Is our world better, more just, and more unified? Do we have more freedom and equality? Do impoverished people around the planet have greater access to basic necessities?
NYC and the Coming Supreme Court Redistricting Case
Supreme Court that has upended voting rules nationwide to hear redistricting case in December
Protesting de Blasio and Big Real Estate
On Thursday evening in front of the Sheraton Hotel on 7th Avenue, Josemar Trujillo spoke out about De Blasio answering only to the Big Real Estate executives who were with the Mayor at a re-election fundraiser.
NYPD Union President Calls Quentin Tarantino Films Boycott
PHOTO GALLERY: Director Quentin Tarantino was called to have his films boycotted by New York Police Department Union President Pat Lynch for his support and participation in #RiseUpOctober protests