Tag: protests
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The Fight for Humanity: Local Activist Margaret Human Uses Civil Disobedience to Incite Change
By Victoria Cymbal Packaged and Edited by Victoria Cymbal Global movements are happening left and right to compel government action to avoid the intense impacts of climate change. Many people are refusing to sit and wait for the government to take action and are doing so themselves. New Paltz consists of the many that are…
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Shout downs and an arrest interrupt Congressman Delgado appearance at SUNY New Paltz
Despite interruptions and arrests, Congressman addresses issues of race, rape culture, wealth gap and climate change at college event An event featuring Congressman Antonio Delgado on the campus of SUNY New Paltz, was cut short in the evening of Oct. 10 by numerous interruptions from the climate action group “Extinction Rebellion,” eventually leading to the…
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An Interview with Photographer and town supervisor Susan Zimet
By Katie Cusack Susan Zimet sits with eyes wide, almost vibrating with anticipation to answer my questions. The high energy New Paltz town supervisor does more than manage the New York village she calls home. An avid photographer since childhood, Zimet frequents social marches and political events to capture images of protesters and passers-by. Her…
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Occupy Wall Street and the Unions
If the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests have not annoyed you yet, you aren’t talking to the right people. The protests have attracted flannel-clad hipsters decrying the Tea Party as “fascists,” sociology majors decrying contemporary science as “informed by matrices of Western oppression,” iPhone owners attacking corporate greed while mourning Steve Jobs, and, of course,…
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WOTS: Epic Protests, Rahm da Bomb, Fail after Fail after Fail
Protests! Protests! Protests! Protests! Protests! Protests! Wow. And here’s Joe the Plumber, milking it. Speaking of Joe the Plumber, what WOTS would be complete without some Sarah Palin bashing from our favorite opining outlets? You know—eating young, torturing the bible—all that good stuff. Also from the Observer, we gain literary prowess! Donald Trump called it “garbage,”…