On the Ground at Abolition Park: Demonstrators Vote To Stay after City Council Passes Disastrous Budget

After the NYC City Council failed to cut the NYPD by even $1 billion, activists at the City Hall Encampment voted to remain in the space. Police tried to evict them Wednesday morning, but the encampment held strong.

The NYC City Council Refuses to Defund the Police and Votes a Racist Anti-Worker Budget

Today the NYC City Council full of Democrats voted funding for the NYPD and attacks on the working class and oppressed.

Police Attack NYC City Hall Encampment

Last night, police in riot gear attacked the City Hall Encampment with batons, injuring a comrade so badly that they have been hospitalized.

If Black Lives Matter, Then Stop The Evictions

In 2013, the Black Lives Matter movement developed in response to police violence and murder of Black people. While this movement is largely associated with fighting police brutality and exposing the systemic racism of the criminal legal system, Black Lives Matter is also a housing justice issue.

Queer Liberation March Brings Tens of Thousands to the Streets — Police Attack Them with Pepper Spray

At yesterday’s Queer Liberation March for Black Lives & Against Police Brutality, the second annual march of the Reclaim Pride Coalition, cops engaged in the usual brutal oppression of protests with renewed vigor. In contrast to their behavior at the corporatized Heritage of Pride parade, in which cops march side by side with protesters, the police reminded the LGBTQ+ community that they have no place in our movements.

CUNY Union Calls to Kick Cops out of the AFL-CIO

On Thursday, the PSC CUNY joined the chorus of unions calling to kick cops out of the labor movement.

Hundreds of People #OccupyCityHall to Call for Defunding the NYPD

For the last 24 hours, hundreds of people have been occupying the park in front of City Hall in New York City. They are demanding cuts to the NYPD’s $6 billion budget. An activist reports from the ground.

Trump Demands Life in Prison for Three Black Lives Matter Protesters

Colinford Mattis, Urooj Rahman, and Samantha Shader are political prisoners. In late May, the three activists were arrested for alleged property destruction during the protests that broke out across the country. All three are still being held in jail without bail and are facing life in prison on federal charges.

Janitors for Black Lives: SEIU Local Organizes Car Caravan in Solidarity with Protests in NYC

SEIU Local 32BJ led a car caravan that spanned multiple blocks in New York City's busy Lower Manhattan streets to protest in solidarity with Juneteenth demonstrations against police terror.