Venezuela Quiere Libertad y Paz: Venezuela wants freedom and peace. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Venezuelan New Yorkers Protest Election Results in Homeland—Decry President Maduro’s “Fraud” & “Oppression” Hundreds of impassioned Venezuelan New Yorkers converged on Union Square Saturday Aug. 3 to protest the fiercely disputed... News 05 Aug 2024 | 11:39
Protestors in Union Square hold banner “It Is Right To Rebel - Hillel Go To Hell” ( @HistoryBoomer at X) Antisemitic Protests Draw Outrage from Union Square to Wall Street Call it the little protest that could. What began on Monday, June 10, as the latest “day of rage” of the radical pro-Palestinian... Home 17 Jun 2024 | 05:19
Columbia students and independent supporters marching in pro-Palestinian protest on May 6 on W 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam avenue in front of Columbia University’s main entrance for students who live on campus. The protests were the reason that Columbia’s president shut down the school previously on April 30, and has cancelled graduation on May 15. Photo Credit: Alessia Girardin. Many Students Upset After Columbia Cancels Its All-School Graduation After Weeks of Protests Columbia University canceled its all-school graduation ceremony for students, amid pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled... News 09 May 2024 | 04:24
Pro-Palestine NYU students and faculty on April 22 protest and demand NYU divest from holdings in Israel. ( (Photo: Tehsin Pala)) Claims and Counter Claims Fly as “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” Gets Crushed at NYU Tensions remain high at New York University.after hundreds of students who had set up a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” in Gould... News 24 Apr 2024 | 08:07
One Arrest after Pro Palestine Protestors Block Manhattan Bridge for 4 Hours About 1,000 pro-Palestine protestors from the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voices for Peace blocked the Manhattan side of the... News 27 Nov 2023 | 05:41
A photo depicting the October 27 ceasefire protest at Grand Central Terminal–which effectively shut down all Metro North commuter trains–posted by District 50 State Assembly Member Emily Gallagher (of Brooklyn). She was taken into custody at the demonstration. ( Photo via Emily Gallagher on X.com) Protestors Calling For Cease-Fire in Gaza Flood Grand Central & Brooklyn Bridge A protest calling for a cease-fire in Gaza–spearheaded by Jewish Voices for Peace, a left-wing & anti-Zionist activist organization–shut... News 31 Oct 2023 | 04:51
The UN General Assembly always attracts protestors and this year was no exception as thousands calling for the Biden Administration to do more to End Fossil Fuels marched near the UN. Photo: Steve Sands/New York Newswire Protests, Gridlock as UN General Assembly Gets Underway Protests and traffic gridlock marked the kickoff of the UN General Assembly on September 18 as Ukrainian president Volodymyr... News 19 Sep 2023 | 06:07
Protests were a daily NYC occurrence in the days after George Floyd was killed. This May 30, 2020 march had escalated into clashes between police and protestors as night fell. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) NYPD Agrees on New Tiered Approach to Policing Protests As Part of BLM Settlement If ultimately signed off on by a judge, a new settlement will codify a mandatory de-escalation system for the NYPD when it... News 06 Sep 2023 | 09:23
Protestors seeking justice for Jordan Neely took over the subway tracks at the 63rd-Lexington Ave. station on May 6th. At least 13 were arrested and charged with offenses ranging from trespassing to unlawful interference of a railroad train. Photo: Jeremiah Moss/Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr6xlZauGex/?img_index=1 ) Protestors angry about Jordan Neely’s killing arrested on subway tracks as charges for Daniel Penny remain uncertain Ever since Jordan Neely, a 30 year-old homeless man, was killed by ex-Marine Daniel Penny on an F train on May 1st, New York... News 08 May 2023 | 04:16
Hundreds marched in NYC in protests after the release of the video showing five Memphis police officer viciously beating Tyre Nichols who later died from his injuries but there were few clashes with NYPD and only three arrests over the weekend. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Protests in NY Stay Largely Peaceful in Wake of Release of Tyre Nichols Video Hundreds of protestors massed in Union Square then marched to Times Square, growing in numbers as they made their way up... News 30 Jan 2023 | 11:37
Two people were arrested for trespassing at Council Member Erik Bottcher’s apartment building on Monday, Dec. 19, according to an NYPD spokesperson. Photo via Erik Bottcher’s Twitter Hate At Erik Bottcher’s Doorstep Inside a Chelsea public library on Saturday, Dec. 17, children read “regular kids’ books,” sitting on the floor together,... News 22 Dec 2022 | 02:13
Serena Kerrigan at a recent protest. ( Photo: @serenakerrigan via Instagram) Allyship in the Age of Social Media As protesters have flooded the streets to demand an end to police brutality toward Black Americans, activism has simultaneously... News 17 Jun 2020 | 04:44
At the June 2 protests at One Police Plaza in downtown Manhattan. ( Photo: Kodakkotei) The New Activists For the city’s college students, it had already been an incredibly uncertain time. They spent the last two months stowed... News 08 Jun 2020 | 02:17
