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    • svgJanuary 11, 2024Essay

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      Poverty Pimp

      Jalil Muntaqim is a veteran Black Panther/Black Liberation Army member, co-founder of the National Jericho Movement, initiator and member of the Spirit of Mandela Coalition Coordination Committee and organizer of the Peoples’ Senate, author of “We Are Our Own Liberators” and “Escaping the Prism – Fade to Black.” Poverty Pimp: A pejorative term used in

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      NLG Conversation with Jalil & Jihad

      National Lawyers Guild conversation with Jalil Muntaqim and Jihad Abulmumit. On Friday September 8th, NLG was honored to be joined by two former political prisoners from the Black Panther Movement & organizers of the Spirit of Mandela campaign which is bringing international attention to U.S. human rights violations of Black, Brown, Indigenous People, and U.S.

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    • svgDecember 27, 2023Movement

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      Rochester students against apartheid and genocide in Gaza present statements to the press

      Because the corporate and quasi-corporate (WXXI) media continue to cover the story of genocide in Gaza with passive voice and superficiality, when they cover the plight of Palestinians at all, it was necessary for student protesters to put out their own statements directly to the press in December. None of the media stations that attended

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    • svgDecember 9, 2023Editorial

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      Western media reverts back to era of racist-colonial dime novel drivel

      In the aftermath of the latest Palestinian uprising (polling shows the militant resistance group, Hamas, is supported in Gaza by a majority of the population), the mainstream media in typical knee-jerk gringo/MAGA/fascist fashion, resurrected the ancient colonial practice of creating the “savage.” Dime novels arrived during the heyday of America’s Civil War and the final

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    • svgDecember 6, 2023News

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      ‘Like a smoothie but warm’

      Non-caffeinated hot beverages, flushed with super foods There is a new beverage in town and it doesn’t involve the usual suspects caffeine or alcohol. Just Juice, located at 710 University Ave. in Rochester, known until now for cold juice drinks, has ventured out into hot beverage territory, offering a variety of health infused experiments to

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    • svgNovember 28, 2023Reviews

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      Saby Reyes-Kulkarni of FeedbackDef reviews music and everything else…

      Saby’s sprawling metacognitive, metaphysical journalistic style syncs perfectly with his latest subject matter: the astral dimensions of Andre 3000’s New Blue Sun album By Rajesh Barnabas This is a sort of a review of a review. Saby Reyes-Kulkarni has been writing about music professionally for two decades. The descriptor for FeedbackDef (short for feedback deficiency),

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    • svgNovember 17, 2023Essay

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      My Literacy Love Letter

      Niema N. Atkins is an educator, crown worker, artist, mother, and coscientious objector My dearest Literacy, How can I even begin to express the depth of my affection for you? You are the very foundation of my being, the key to unlocking the boundless world of knowledge and imagination. Without you, I would be lost

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    • svgNovember 15, 2023Editorial

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      Unmasking Business Improvement Districts: Rochester’s Community Pushes Back Against RDDC’s Aggressive Agenda

      submitted by Concerned Citizens Against the BID In a rare move, the Rochester City Council has recently delivered a substantial blow to the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation (RDDC) and Mayor Malik Evans’ vision for a downtown shaped by developer interests. The contentious proposal for a downtown “ambassador” program, backed by wealthy developers and proponents of

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    • svgNovember 14, 2023Essay

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      ROCHESTER BOARD OF EDUCATION: MOVING BEYOND SUPER-HYPER-RHETORIC

      Howard Eagle is an educator-activist and organizer. On November 9, 2023, WXXI radio host, Evan Dawson featured the recently re-elected vice-president of the Rochester, NY Board of Education, Beatriz Lebron; re-elected Board member, Amy Maloy; and young Commissioner-elect, Isaiah Santiago. The full broadcast can be heard at a reference link below.  FEEDBACK: HIGHLIGHTS I see Amy

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    • svgNovember 9, 2023Events

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      Filmmaker Hawk Screens Excerpt from Pressure Gradient at RoCo

      On Friday night, Oct. 20, a sort of 2020 street protest reunion took place at Rochester Contemporary Arts Center (RoCo). Activists, artists and supporters of both converged for a standing room only screening of just a snippet of filmmaker Martin Hawk’s full-length documentary Pressure Gradient. ABOUT THE ARTIST (from Roco’s exhibition of Pressure Gradient (Oct.

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