Action Highlight: HOPE Works Staff Strike
A few weeks ago, employees at HOPE Works, the rape crisis center in Burlington, expressed their frustration their leadership, specifically their Executive Director Cathleen Barkley. Following…
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No More “Deadly Exchanges”: Vermont State Police Cancel Israeli Anti-Terrorism Training in Israel
– Mark Hage, Vermonters for Justice in Palestine Since 2001, thousands of U.S. police and agents from the FBI, CIA, and ICE have attended special programs…
An Interview with Pierrevy Polyte: Coffee and community
-Alex Rose, Volunteer Coordinator and Assistant Store Manager Pierrevy Polyte is an artist, coffee farmer, and founder of a worker cooperative that now has more…
“Nobody is Above the Law” Speech
The following is one of many speeches given during the November 8th “Nobody is Above the Law” protest in response to Jeff Sessions leaving the…
The Problem with Vermont’s Whiteness
Photo: Hanging in a meeting room at the Hartford Town Offices, this image represents the “typical”, white Vermonter. -McKenzie Imhoff, PJC Racial Justice Intern…
A Tale of Two Cities: Jewish Settlers & Palestinians in Occupied Hebron
“Whatever a soldier believes when they begin their military service, there is no way to behave ethically in the occupied territories. It’s a system in…
CANCEL CLASS, CANCEL KAVANAUGH
WALK OUT ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4TH AT 12PM. DAVIS CENTER GREEN OUTSIDE 1ST FLOOR, UVM This week, Brett Kavanaugh could be confirmed as the next…
Fair Trade and Racism
Race has been used to justify exploitation since the beginning of colonization. From the Transatlantic Triangular Trade to Spanish conquistadors to the British East India…
Water Protector Statement and Poem for Pride Week
I am a poet. I am a water protector. I’m also a being with memory. An enormous watershed of memory. I’m also a white person…