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QUESTION: How to find New York City activist groups focused on strengthening U.S. workers' right to organize, and advocating increased taxes for the rich

Submitted by Anonymooose on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 11:42pm
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I'm looking for New York City area or New Jersey activist groups focused on strengthening U.S. workers' rights, and advocating increased taxes for the rich. I'm looking for groups I can actually participate in. So far I've found plenty of organizations looking for money donations that they can spend on lobbying, or urging you to call your congressman... but none that want anybody to actually gather and discuss issues or actually DO anything.

ANSWER: reference for history of music on the Lower East Side

Submitted by jim miller on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 3:57pm
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If you are close to New York Public Library, or a large academic library, it is well worth searching Project Muse, which gets 23 results in All Fields w/Text for "lower east side" AND music* AND co

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Book sources for Crown Heights Riot

Submitted by undastar on Sat, 01/24/2009 - 8:41pm
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Here are some sources I found on the subject...

Shapiro, Edward S. 2006. Crown Heights: Blacks, Jews, and the 1991 Brooklyn Riot. (You can check out the contents on Google book search)

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QUESTION: Crown Heights Riot

Submitted by lettersjournal on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 2:52pm
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Are there any radical texts about the Crown Heights Riot in 1991? I'm particularly interested in texts written in NYC around the time that they happened, but any radical text on the subject is welcome, particularly those dealing with anti-semitism and racism vis-a-vis the riot.

NYC Local Collective Meeting Notes October 2007

Submitted by jenna on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 12:48pm

Attendance: Alycia, Jenna, Melissa G, Melissa M (facilitator)

Agenda
Tenants Resources Skillshare
Grassroots Media Conference
Republican National Convention
October 27 anti-war demo

Library Activism & How to Effect Change

Submitted by jenna on Sun, 09/16/2007 - 7:01pm

Radical Reference NYC presents a salon discussion on effecting change in librarianship.

Sunday, September 23 at 5pm
ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St., 3rd Floor

How do you launch an alternative press collection, develop a radical films series, organize a union, start a group (like Radical Reference), etc? Come hear how others have achieved their pet projects and brainstorm new ideas and ways of implementing them.

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Submitted by jenna on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 12:37pm
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The questioner herself identified the American Cancer Society as a group that serves women under 40. She can get a free screening/cancer exam at Elmhurst Hospital.

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free conference on human rights archives and documentation

Submitted by jenna on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 1:02pm

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/humanrights//conferences/2007

Human Rights Archives and Documentation:
Meeting the Needs of Research, Teaching, Advocacy and Social Justice

Conference at Columbia University October 4-6, 2007

The conference is free; registration is required.

Scholarships to St. Johns

Submitted by jenna on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 1:55pm

In case any of y'all who aren't already librarians have been thinking about a career in librarianship, here's your chance to do so with a LAURA BUSH scholarship.

"St. John’s Division of Library & Information Science is funding 40 full scholarships for students interested in earning their MLS with an emphasis on engaging underserved children and their families in using public libraries, school media centers, and museums." http://dwarfurl.com/ef0f9

Copyright Salon Notes

Submitted by jenna on Mon, 05/28/2007 - 5:23pm

Copyright discussion notes, Radical Reference Salon 4/29/07

Laura Quilter conducted a discussion of copyright. We went around the table and people brought up copyright interests, concerns, and questions.

A few key issues were discussed, with elaboration below: Copyright paranoia; struggles to get permissions; concerns regarding electronic reserves; contract vs. copyright law; definitions of 'good faith belief'; works-for-hire; use fees.

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