Speech given by Eugene Puryear at Two Saints Church in Rochester, NY, January 23, 2026. Puryear is a founding member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and a host on BreakThrough News. Puryear is the author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America. From the organizers Party for Socialism & Liberation (Finger
Workers at Lori’s Natural Foods wrote this announcement of their intentions to the owners: We, the workers of Lori’s Natural Foods Center ,write to you to inform you we are forming a union. We believe that doing so is the best way to make Lori’s the best place it can be for working and shopping,
From the Witness Palestine Film Festival Rochester organizers: We are thrilled to be working with Visual Studies Workshop for an evening of short films on Thursday November 20th, 2025 from 7 to 9pm. As part of the Fall VSW Salon, join us evening of contemporary film from Palestine, exploring the role of the moving image
Culminating in party at station Friday When WAYO 104.3 FM Radio station hit the air waves of Rochester nearly a decade ago, it filled a gaping hole in the alternative media scene. In all actuality they have become the real public radio station in Rochester. The following is a description by station manager Max Kelley:
Just a quick background setting question: How did you get into photography? I started taking photography more seriously after my paternal grandmother passed. When my sister and I were kids, she used to always visit and insist on taking photos of us. One day, when I was visiting her house, she asked me to follow
By Hank Stone The most effective work we can do for society is to describe the positive future we want. We need to imagine, and lead, where we want society to go. Society has become stuck. Yet many imagine that life will continue as it has, indefinitely. Population growth has not (so far) interfered with
Interview with creator Nic Sweet BIOGRAPHICAL INFO Boom Town Press: What inspired you to get into graphic novel making or cartoon making? Nic Sweet: I think the first comic book I remember was Spectacular Spider-Man. He was fighting the Tarantula, I think, like the first comic book I remember