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Happy July 5th!

Kristen Hackett | Weeksville Heritage Center to celebrate emancipation anniversary with history lectures and Hip-Hop 0 Comments more...

Keep Public Parks Public!

Jamie Lehane | The privatization of Union Square 0 Comments more...

7 Groups Call on Susan Sarandon to Follow UNICEF & Cut Ties with Leviev

Adalah-NY | Sarandon is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. UNICEF publicly severed ties with Leviev two weeks ago. 1 Comments more...

Surveillance in South Crown Heights

no_absolutes | For nearly an hour so far, a police helicopter has been circling private homes in Brooklyn 1 Comments more...

Immigration Issues Debated at Alwan for the Arts

Inni Chowdhury | Amnesty, border security and the future of 'our civilization' discussed in free-wheeling focus group 1 Comments more...

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Raging Granny Mercy Van Vleck singing outside of United Health, against the GHI-HIP merger more...


The Indypendent Issue 122: Selling Off New York: Three Tales of a City for Sale

The Indypendent | “Cranes fall. Billion-dollar corporate giveaways are negotiated behind closed doors. Greedy politicians and executives seek to dismember a not-for-profit healthcare company utilized by millions of people. Each of these stories and a hundred others like them are presented randomly by the media. Yet, a single-minded logic flows through them all. As our city is auctioned off to the investor class, is there room for any other concern besides maximizing profit?”

The Indypendent has a three-part article series on the “Carving Up Of New York,” with analysis on news on the pending GHI-HIP merger, a “sweetheart deal” for Verizon from NYC, and the building boom that has led to construction accidents.

Also, Nicholas Powers writes on Senator Barack Obama, William Bell, and Father’s Day. In International News, the battle over Mexico and the privatization of oil is heating up, and G.I. resisters in Canada find themselves in legal limbo. And as the June Gay Pride activities near, what radical queer books are worth reading? Kenyon Farrow reviews a handful of radical queer books. See below for much, much more!

City Workers Face Costly HIP Replacement || No Crane, No Gain || Verizon’s Sweetheart Deal || Community Calendar: Late June-July 2008 || Brooklyn Human Rights Lawyers Head to Court || Obama’s Father’s Day Rap Overlooks Sean Bell || Happy July 5th! || Tenants Talk Back || Deck Stacked Against Tenants || American Nightmare: Exploited Indian Workers Demand Justice || Radio Shock: FSRN Battles Staggering Budget Cut || Confrontation Over Mexican Oil Privatization Plan Intensifies || GI Resisters Face Legal Limbo in Canada || A Partial Awakening: A Review of “Brick Lanke” || Reading Gay Pride: New Books for the Queer Left more...

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