NYC

A Lacanian Ink Event – Miguel Abreu Gallery – NYC, 10/13/2010 – video by Katherine Pickard with a transcription by Richard James Jermain

Congress Vacations While Sandy Victims Freeze

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People in New York and New Jersey are huddled in the cold and dark and apparently the US Congress cannot manage to vote for Superstorm Sandy relief before they go on their vacations. Nothing I am about to say should in anyway suggest that I take what happened in New Orleans less seriously, but there [...]

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Jeremy Hammond Jail Support Press Conference and DN Piece

Jeremy Hammond Jail Support Press Conference (11/29/2012, Foley Square, NYC) from Sparrow Media on Vimeo. On November 29th, 2012, activists, journalists and attorneys gathered for a press conference outside of New York’s Federal Courthouse in support of jailed activist Jeremy Hammond. In a November 20th, 2012 hearing U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska denied bail to [...]

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NYC, 12/11: Hold Walmart CEO Accountable!

When: Tuesday, December 11 @ 4:30pm
Where: Harold Pratt House, 58 East 68th Street, New York, New York 10065
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Just weeks after the massive demonstration of the #WalmartStrikers Black Friday day of action, Walmart CEO Mike Duke…

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NYC: Foodies Get Wobbly

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Silvia Federici Talk NYC December 10 Reproduction and Women’s Struggles in an Era of "Primitive Accumulation"

Silvia Federici Talk Reproduction and Women’s Struggles in an Era of “Primitive Accumulation”
Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 @ 6PM
THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION, NYC
Silvia Federici, author of Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction and Feminist Struggl…

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Fast Food Strikes In NYC Hit Wendy’s, Burger King, McDonald’s As Workers Demand Better Pay

At 11:30 am on Thursday, the start of the lunch hour rush, 100-some raucous protesters swarmed a Burger King near New York City’s Penn Station, chanting and holding up signs decrying low wages at the restaurant and other New York fast food purveyors. Standing behind a metal barricade outside the store, the crowd included clergy, [...]

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NYC: Construction Supplies Expropriated from Luxury Developments, Given to Victims of Sandy

Over the past two weeks, a group of concerned New Yorkers has been expropriating thousands of dollars worth of tools and materials from luxury r…

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Chicago man denied bail before NYC hacking trial

A New York judge has refused to grant bail to a Chicago man charged in a conspiracy to hack into corporations and government agencies worldwide.

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the Surveillance Camera Players: completely distrustful of all government

Only someone completely distrustful of all government would be opposed to what we are doing with surveillance cameras. — NYC Police Commissioner Howard Safir, 27 July 1999. http://www.notbored.org/the-scp.html Q. Can I ask you what you’re doing here? Answer (generic). Q. Who’s in charge? Answer (ironic). Q. How long has this been going on? Answer (factual). [...]

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What’s the Yes Lab?

The Yes Lab is devoted to helping progressive organizations and individuals carry out media-getting creative actions around well-considered goals. On this website you can:• set up your own NYC Yes Lab for this fall• submit an idea to get collaborators• sign up as a potential project participant• learn techniques for causing trouble• read about Yes Lab projects• arrange to do a Yes Lab anywhereRelated PostsThe [...]

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On the Logic of Looting: Hurricane Sandy and Capitalism

From Kill Every King
A man emerged from the large pile of rubble. An entire 3-story building had collapsed on top of him. Surely, he was lucky to be alive, and walked away with hardly a scratch on him. His interaction with firefighters at the scene w…

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Occupy Wall Street Bikes Power NYC’s Lower East Side

NYNatives.com talked to residents of C- Squat on the Lower East Side Thursday and learned they’ve been biking their way to a dry environment using none other than the Occupy Wall Street bicycle generators. Water, water everywhere. New York City’s Lower East Side is bailing itself out after flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy engulfed the [...]

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How Victoria’s Secret Saved the National Guard During Hurricane Sandy

When the New York Army National Guard’s 69th Infantry Regiment found themselves without power, hot water, or communications, they made an emergency plea — to the producers of the Victoria’s Secret fashion show.

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Superstorm Sandy and New York City’s Dark Recovery, or, Things to be Seized during the Coming Insurrection

From Year 0
Superstorm Sandy and New York City’s Dark Recovery,
or,
Things to be Seized during the Coming Insurrection
1. NYU’s Power Plant
New York University, the city’s third largest landowner, is currently running on its own separate power grid. …

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Halloween on Wall Street – Bring Mask!

From Anon Source
Hey anons, goblins, ghouls, ghosts and hallowed party-goers,
Looks like on the eve of the election there’s going to one hell of a party on Wall Street, one on Capitol Hill and hundreds more in front of banks and other prime locatio…

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NYC: Action in Solidarity with Northwest Anarchists

To our comrades enduring repression in the Northwest, you are not alone. In the early morning hours of October 17th, we sabotaged the operation of three sets of train tracks leading in and out of New York City. This action was undertaken in solidarit…

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Call for an Open Meeting Say “NO” to the Neo-Nazi “Golden Dawn” in New York City

From Void Mirror
Void Network invites all friends and comrades to participate on this Open Meeting and organise collective power:
Call for an Open Meeting
Say “NO” to the Neo-Nazi “Golden Dawn” in New York City
Golden Dawn, G.D. (in Greek, Ch…

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