By Irina Ivanova John Bartelstone is an architectural photographer and native New Yorker. He’s just published his first book, The Brooklyn Navy Yard, which is launching with a party at PowerHouse Books in Brooklyn on May 24. Read more about the exhibition in the latest issue of The Indypendent. IRINA IVANOVA: How did you get into architectural [...] read more »

PHOTO: Ellen Davidson The moving, silent protest March 9 outside the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan as Lt. General Gabi Ashkenazi gave the keynote speech at the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces gala was powerful and inspiring. I asked Dorothy Zellner, a founding member of Jews Say No!, whether the hundreds of people who showed up [...] read more »

PHOTO: Ellen Davidson While the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were holding a $1,000 a plate fundraiser at the ritzy Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan, hundreds of Palestine solidarity activists from a wide array of organizations took to the streets to protest Israeli war crimes, the blockade of Gaza, and the occupation of Palestine. Dressed [...] read more »

By Jon Gerberg   More than 500 parents and students in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, gathered for a town hall meeting March 4 at Intermediate School 171 in order to voice their concerns over the city and state’s pending budget cuts that threaten education and human services. [...] read more »

The endless “Palestine peace charade,” as we here at the Indypendent termed it in December 2007, has returned to the forefront of discussions about Israel/Palestine. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel yesterday, meeting with Israeli leaders as he said that ties between Israel and the United States were “unshakeable.” Biden’s visit coincides with the announcement of [...] read more »

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By Keane Bhatt For decades, Noam Chomsky has been an analyst and activist working in support of the Haitian people. In addition to his revolutionary linguistics career at MIT, he has written, lectured and protested against injustice for 40 years. He is co-author, along with Paul Farmer and Amy Goodman of Getting Haiti Right This Time: [...] read more »

FRI MAR 5 7pm • $5 Sugg PRESENTATION: PROMETHEUS RADIO, “PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY MEDIA.” Prometheus Radio Project and Palabra Radio team up to hold a workshop highlighting various community media projects throughout the Western hemisphere. Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St 212-777-6028 • http://bluestockings.com/events/     SAT MAR 6  8:30AM-5:30PM• Free SYMPOSIUM: Come Join [...] read more »

Over the last few years, dozens of attacks claimed by the Earth Liberation Front have burned a lot of cars, a few construction sites on the West Coast, and earned a 23-year prison sentence for Jeffrey “Free” Leurs, a young anarchist who never hurt a fly. read more »

 LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.—Four immigrant students walked into Gwinnett County Courthouse March 3 wearing shirts reading “undocumented” and demanded to speak with Sheriff R.L. “Butch” Conway about the need to reform the U.S. immigration system. The four students from Florida — Felipe Matos, Gaby Pacheco, Carlos Roa and Juan Rodriguez — [...] read more »