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- Tim Wise on the Power of Privilege by Rochester Indymedia
Tim Wise, anti-racist activist and author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, spoke about white privilege on November 6th to a packed auditorium as part of the annual Four Freedoms week held at St. John Fisher College.
- SHAC 7 Sentencing Concluded by Rochester Indymedia correspondent T. Forsyth
Trenton, NJ—September 19th was the final day of sentencing for the SHAC 7. Darius Fulmer and Andy Stepanian were greeted by 30 supporters at the Trenton Federal Courthouse that morning. Both men were convicted of conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992 this past March.
- SHAC 7 Sentenced This Week by Rochester Indymedia correspondent T. Forsyth
Trenton, NJ—The SHAC 7, who were convicted in March of 2006 under the contentious Federal Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992, labeled “domestic terrorists”, and “allegedly operat[ed] a website that reported on protests against the investors, stockholders, and customers” of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), were in court on September 12th and 13th for sentencing.
- Grannies Question Voting--But Will Anthony Have It? by A.S. (photo by T.F.)
On Sunday August 20th the Rochester Raging Grannies sang in what may have been their most progressively radical performance yet. Their event was held at the Susan B. Anthony Park, off of Madison Street in downtown Rochester. The middle aged and elderly women performed to commemorate the anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment. Ratified in 1920, the 19th Amendment granted United States women the right to vote.
