Below is a selection of upcoming events in Vermont relevant to the left.
If we wish to be a town that fully embodies community care, we must treat our most vulnerable community members with respect and dignity. To do so, we must first recognize these people as neighbors, as members of our community — not as disposable or inherently criminal.
Thousands of Vermonters marched through downtown Burlington to the waterfront to participate in the Burlington Pride Festival and Parade last weekend. Dozens of local vendors,
For Queer, Palestinian, & Collective Liberation: Statement in Support of The Pride Center of Vermont
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Every individual and organization around the world is now faced with a decision: resist this crime against humanity, or
Below is a selection of upcoming events in Vermont relevant to the left.
On a warm July day, Greisy Mejia and her two young children entered the Department of Homeland Security’s St. Albans field office. She was told to expect a meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for a routine check-in to confirm custody of her children and possibly get her ankle monitor removed. Instead, she and her children were immediately detained and, the next day, deported to Honduras.
Amid School Funding & Flood Relief Crises, the State Wants a $70 Million New Women’s Prison in Essex
The Vermont Department of Corrections has announced that it will move ahead with plans to pursue two sites for a new women’s prison in Essex, estimated to cost the state $70 million to complete and take 10 years to build.
Below is a selection of upcoming events in Vermont relevant to the left.
On Monday, June 24th, the Burlington City Council unanimously voted to increase the Burlington Police Department’s budget by $2.47 million. They funded 10 additional armed
Below is a selection of upcoming events in Vermont relevant to the left.
Unlike most industrialized nations, the US does not have universal healthcare. This causes untold agony, suffering and extreme expense for consumers. Since 2008, the Vermont
More than one hundred people gathered around Burlington City Hall Sunday to highlight the humanitarian crisis unfolding as Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza nears its eighth month.
Below is a selection of upcoming events in Vermont relevant to the left.
Palestinian liberation groups picketed the Vermont Democratic Party Convention Saturday morning at the Lake Champlain Hilton in Burlington. As President Joe Biden seeks a second term while continuing to support and fund Israel’s occupation and genocide in Gaza, activists in Vermont are demanding that delegates withhold support for the president at the national convention in August.
As JVP members committed to collective liberation, we see these false claims of antisemitism for what they are: insidious efforts to discredit the struggle of the Palestinian people for their national liberation and distractions from the genocide itself – a genocide which would not be possible without the direct financial and political support of the US government.
Around 100 labor union members, organizers, and activists gathered at Burlington’s Battery Park to celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers Day, marking the occasion by highlighting labor victories in the state among its union workers in the past year and committing to continue the labor struggle at home and abroad.
Today, five unions representing many of the workers at the University of Vermont and the UVM Medical Center met to rally and support each other’s common struggles.
Below is a selection of upcoming events in Vermont relevant to the left.
More than one hundred University of Vermont students took to the university’s central campus on Sunday to form a Palestine solidarity encampment, joining many other campuses nationwide and across the world to force higher education institutions to divest from weapons manufacturers and Israeli investments directly involved in the occupation of historic Palestine and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Welcome to the fourth of our four-part series on the tenure of Miro Weinberger.