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#BrooklynProtest IN EAST FLATBUSH
Candlelight Vigil For Kimani Gray This week, there have been vigils and marches in response to the NYPD shooting and killing Kimani Gray in Brooklyn. I was there on Wednesday, and although the vigil...
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A Message for Christine Quinn
So I’m walking on Steinway earlier and at the corner of Broadway, a man is handing out papers. Someone is always doing that. I generally try to take these off the leafleters’ hands and recycle them. A...
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Heading to East Flatbush for Kimani Gray
By Jerry Kann On Tuesday evening, March 19, I took the 3-train out to the Saratoga Avenue stop in Brooklyn. I was hoping to get to my destination — East 55th Street and Church Avenue in East Flatbush —...
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Rally to Save P.S. 122′s Gifted Program
By Bill Biniaris The auditorium at P.S. 122 was filled with over 600 people on March 6, 2013. Parents, teachers, students and neighbors showed up on a cold night, whose forecast called for snow, in...
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Trade Fair is Unfair: Meat department workers at 9 locations locked out!
Updated, May 18: The lockout is in its tenth week. For latest news see UFCW Local 342’s Facebook page. Sunday, March 17th, Occupy Astoria Long Island City was out in force supporting the locked out...
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OCCUPY ASTORIA LIC FILM SERIES – MAY & JUNE 2013
Documentaries for the 99% All Films: Tuesday evenings at the Church of the Redeemer in Astoria. Doors open 6:30. Film starts at 7:00. Lively discussions, usually hosted by the filmmakers or experts on...
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Occupy Astoria LIC Road Trip To North Carolina Protest
Just Another Moral Monday By Ted Alexandro Yesterday, I drove down to Raleigh, NC with two friends. What motivated us to hop in the car and drive nine hours was not just a fun road trip, though we did...
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VIDEO: “OCCUPY NEIGHBORHOOD” AT LEFT FORUM 2013 NYC
Which Way, G.A.? The 25-person “Occupy Neighborhood” meeting last Sunday (6/9) at Left Forum 2013 included people from New York neighborhood general assemblies in Kensington, Harlem, Astoria/LIC and...
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Caroling for the 99%
This holiday season, a group of us returned to Steinway Street in Astoria for our second annual Caroling for the 99%. With re-worked Christmas carols in hand, we went from one fast food restaurant to...
View ArticleThe NFL has managed to diminish my favorite pastime
Football has been my favorite sport for many years. Some of my fondest memories are of going with my Dad as an 8 year old to high school football games he officiated on weekends; and for close to a 20...
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