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Corona, Queens Says No! To ICE Round-Ups

August 12, 2026 Stephen Millies, Struggle - La Lucha. , , ,
Hundreds of people came to Corona Plaza in Queens, New York this afternoon to say no to Trump’s round-ups of immigrant workers and their families. The working-class neighborhood has been targeted by the ICE Gestapo for round-ups of immigrant workers and their families. People carried colorful signs declaring ICE = Gestapo and Hands Off New York. Overhead rumbled the No. 7 subway train. People chanted “¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!” —  “The people united will never be defeated!” Speakers emphasized the role of immigrants as essential workers, especially in health care.

Bronx Defenders Union Walks Off The Job

July 28, 2026 Max Parrot and Emily Swanson, Portside. , , ,
Yet another union representing public defenders representing clients who cannot afford attorneys in the city’s justice system has gone on strike. Around 300 staff with the Bronx Defenders Union walked off the job on Monday — the third such guild to strike this month over economic demands on behalf of its lowest-paid workers. The move adds further strain on the city’s court system. On Friday, 120 staff members of the Harlem-based Neighborhood Defender Services announced they were going on strike. The Brooklyn Defender Services, which covers both Brooklyn and Queens, ended a five-day strike with a tentative contract agreement last Wednesday.

The Community Organizer’s Community Development Credit Union

July 27, 2026 Oscar Perry Abello, Next City. , , ,
Although you can find $8 matcha lattes and $25 cocktails there today, Manhattan’s Lower East Side remains a neighborhood covered in both public housing and limited-equity housing cooperatives. Those buildings are home to thousands of low-income residents — largely Hispanic or Asian, often immigrants — who have been quietly investing in their own vision of the neighborhood for decades. On a warm, muggy Saturday earlier this month, outside the headquarters of the Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union on East 3rd Street, those residents gathered for a block party.

July 22: Protest To Demand ‘Free President Maduro And First Lady Flores!’

July 21, 2026 Fight Back! News. , , , ,
New York, New York — On July 22 at 8 a.m., protesters will rally to demand, “Free President Maduro and First Lady Flores!” outside the federal courthouse in Manhattan, New York. A growing coalition of groups and individuals, both in NYC and nationally, support freedom for the pair. Coalition members include Brooklyn Against War, the Anti-War Action Network, Workers World Party, International Action Center, Palaver Collective, Black Alliance for Peace, and the International League of People’s Struggle.

Movements Cannot Shy Away From Conflict

July 15, 2026 Yotam Maron, Waging Nonviolence. , , ,
The truth is, most of the groups and organizations that make up our movements do not have a strategy for winning. They might think they have a strategy. They might tell themselves they have one. They certainly tell their funders or dues-paying members they do, and on their websites there is plenty of stuff written under the header “Our Strategies.” They have mission statements, vision statements or other grandiose paragraphs in flowing prose that say what they think they’re doing. They have lists of programs — the things they do, hope to do or once did.

New York City’s Rent Freeze: Who Benefits? What’s Next?

July 8, 2026 Olivia Wood, Left Voice. , , ,
You may have seen the headlines: the rent in New York City is frozen! Mayor Zohran Mamdani has achieved one of his major campaign proposals. But the text underneath the headlines reveals the limits and complications, well known to those familiar with New York’s rent stabilization system, yet opaque to others.  The rent freeze will bring welcome relief to many tenants, and was only made possible through the organizing of thousands of New Yorkers who are fighting for a more affordable city for themselves and their neighbors. Yet the rent freeze alone will not fix New York’s crisis of affordable housing.

Developers Still Working To Take Over N.Y.C. Public Housing

July 3, 2026 Elroy Solondz, People's World. , , ,
New York City—The birthplace of Al Pacino, Patsy’s Pizzeria, and Thomas Jefferson Park, East Harlem—otherwise known as “El Barrio”—was once one of the largest Italian enclaves in the country. Today, the neighborhood is predominantly composed of Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Dominican immigrants. While the demographics of the community have changed, its historic working class-character remains. Recently, however, a new and very different type of neighbor has been knocking at the door. On June 17, proponents of PACT-RAD (Permanent Affordability Commitment Together—Rental Assistance Demonstration), a revised version of the now defunct federal program known as HOPE VI, visited the area.

Celebrating Pride Without Cops Or Corporate Sponsors

July 1, 2026 Luce Miyar-Mullan, The Indypendent. , , , ,
On June 28, the Reclaim Pride Coalition held their 8th annual Queer Liberation March (QLM): a two-mile march from Union Square to Foley Square. The march was established in 2019 in response to New York City’s increasingly corporatized Pride Parade.  While more than a million people attended the mainstream Heritage Pride Parade down Fifth Avenue Sunday afternoon, the thousands of marchers who gathered at Union Square presented a much different scene. There were no corporate floats, no police barricades, and little of the spectacle that defines Manhattan’s official Pride Parade.

Hind Rajab Foundation Asks US To Arrest Ben-Gvir During NY Visit

June 30, 2026 Shireen Akram-Boshar, Truthout. , , , ,
The Hind Rajab Foundation has called on the U.S. to investigate Israel’s far right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for war crimes ahead of his visit to New York City in early July. On Saturday, the Belgium-based foundation filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, stating that the U.S. has the jurisdiction and the legal obligation to investigate, arrest, and prosecute Ben-Gvir during his visit to New York City. Ben-Gvir is set to attend the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit on July 7 and 8 in the city. Ben-Gvir must be prosecuted for his involvement in war crimes, the foundation stated, including crimes against U.S. nationals.

Israeli Minister Ben Gvir To Attend UNCops Conference In NYC In July

June 21, 2026 Shireen Akram-Boshar, Truthout. , , , ,
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir — a far right extremist who is notorious for escalating settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank — is set to attend a United Nations policing conference in New York City in early July. The UN Chief of Police Summit will be held at the UN Headquarters in New York City on July 7 and 8. The conference, dubbed “Investing in Peace,” will feature security ministers and police chiefs. Discussions will focus on “strengthening international peace, security, and development for all,” a UN writeup claims.

The Knicks And New York’s Disappearing Black Communities

June 19, 2026 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. , , ,
Everyone loves a winning hometown team. The New York Knickerbockers basketball team, aka the Knicks, won the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship on June 13, 2026. They had not done so since 1973, when legends like Walt “Clyde” Frazier, Willis Reed, Earl Monroe, and Bill Bradley were playing. The end of five decades of disappointment created an infectious euphoria across all five boroughs that had not been seen in recent memory. Impromptu watch parties sprang up across the city as neighbors came together to see their team overcome past failure and prove naysayers wrong to win in a dramatic fashion.

New School Investigates Student Leaders Who Voted To Strip Hillel Of Funding Over Genocide Complicity

June 9, 2026 Biplob Kumar Das, Scheer Post. , , , , , , ,
When members of The New School’s Student Senate were faced with a report detailing how Hillel International was providing material and logistical support to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, they voted on May 1 to cut all ties with their campus chapter of the national Jewish college network and to strip its funding. The student leaders hoped the school’s administration would go on to investigate Hillel’s presence on its New York City campus. Instead, after an intense pressure campaign by pro-Israel groups, advocates, and elected representatives, the university’s administration is now investigating the student senators who voted to cut ties with Hillel.

NYU Strike Showed How To Reverse Downward Spiral In Higher Education

June 9, 2026 Peter Cole, In These Times. , , , ,
While teaching and conducting research can be wonderful experiences, working conditions in higher education have become increasingly horrible. In the United States, massive state disinvestment coinciding with 50 years of neoliberalism has resulted in both soaring tuition costs for students and large-scale budget cuts to universities. As a result, faculty teaching loads have increased while wages have stagnated. Meanwhile, university administrators across the country have replaced full-time and permanent faculty with insecure, part-time positions, and rarely replaced faculty who retired or moved.

New Yorkers Rally Against Billionaires At New York City Police Gala

June 8, 2026 Fight Back! News. , , ,
New York, NY – On June 4, New Yorkers protested outside of the annual New York City Police Foundation Gala at the Intrepid Museum in Manhattan, where billionaires representing some of the top financial, tech and political dynasties in New York City gathered to donate millions of dollars to the New York Police Department. The crowd of 75 protesters, led by the New York Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NYAARPR), shamed each gala attendee as they arrived, chanting “Blood on your hands!”

What’s Behind The LIRR Strike?

May 19, 2026 Marc Kagan, Left Voice. , , , ,
I’m sure you know that five unions of Long Island Rail Road workers are on strike for the first time since 1994. The workers on strike include locomotive engineers, electrical and mechanical maintenance (repair) workers, signal workers, train dispatchers, and some clerical workers. (Much of the information below comes from the linked March 16, 2026 Presidential Emergency Board report). Here’s a link to picketing sites. Unlike NYC transit workers, who are prohibited to strike under the NYS Taylor Law, LIRR workers are covered by the Railway Labor Act, which allows strikes after lengthy mandated mediation and “cooling off” periods.
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