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We have been a leading force for progressive social change in Westchester County, New York, since 1974.  We have been educating, agitating and organizing for a more just and peaceful world, an end to militarism and racism and a more fair economy that works for all.

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Puppet making for the Social Forum Opening March!

The LHV Social Forum planning team is delighted to be working with the @boxcutter_collective to make large puppets for the social forum scheduled for Sunday, April 27th in White Plains!   Boxcutter Collective is a New York City based puppet troupe made up of 6...

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CFOW Newsletter!

From Frank Brodhead: Hello All - In less than a month, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have grabbed power and created chaos. We call this a “coup,” meaning an unconstitutional overturn of our government. They must be stopped. But how? Tens of thousands of people have lost...

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NOON Newsletter 2025

Welcome to the NOON e-newsletter for February 2025. Enjoy, and please share widely!   This poem was written for the candlelight vigil preceding the Onondaga Nation’s Land Rights hearing in Federal District Court, October 18, 2007.   For Onondaga By Robin Wall Kimmerer...

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Statement from the NYS Community Equity Agenda

The 50+ member organizations of the NYS Community Equity Agenda, representing hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers statewide, made the following statement responding to the Trump Administration’s assault on the Consumer and Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)—and...

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The Forgotten Occupation: Jim Crow goes to Haiti

Filmmaker Alain Martin frames the forgotten history of his country’s brutal occupation at the hands of the United States as an epistolary that finds him penning a letter to his deceased grandfather about the subject. He confesses to Brunel Martin, the grandfather in...

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Toolkit for the Movement

Toolkit for the Movement: Guides for community defense  Recent years have seen our community and movement partners on the frontlines wracked by COVID-19, ongoing systemic anti-Black racism, accelerating climate disasters, and growing authoritarian repression, which...

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Plastic Waste Trade Watch

  Plastic Waste Trade Watch January 2025     Plastic Waste Trade Watch is a monthly review of information on the international trade in plastic waste. It is produced by Basel Action Network's (BAN) Plastic Waste Transparency Project, which undertakes campaigns,...

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2025 Athena Film Festival!

Special Discount Tickets Available for the 2025 Athena Film Festival Our friends at Athena Film Festival just dropped their 2025 lineup, and we are PUMPED! Taking place during Women’s History Month from March 6 - 9, 2025 at NYC’s Barnard College, Athena challenges...

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A Land for All Presentation at WESPAC

We had a wonderful evening at WESPAC last night with Professor Oren Yiftachel who presented A Land for All.   A Land for All is a shared movement of Israelis and Palestinians who believe that the way towards peace, security and stability for all passes through two...

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Communities Not Cages Second Look Symposium | Center for Justice https://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/events/communities-not-cages-second-look-symposium

Chief Judge Rowan Wilson supports the Second Look Act in today’s State of the Judiciary. “Put simply, our criminal justice system isn’t working. Maybe it hasn’t really ever worked. Prolonged incarceration is very expensive, and it does not make us safer.”

Proud to partner with @AthenaFilmFest for their 15th year of celebrating women and leadership at @BarnardCollege, March 6-9. Tickets are now on sale: check out the amazing lineup!

A Land for All is based on international law and is a confederation of Palestine and Israel. Prof Oren Yiftachel was excellent yesterday in presenting this Palestinian and Israeli peace movement:

The public banking movement is sweeping New York State.

In this powerful op-ed, David Sprintzen of @EHSLI calls for a public bank to address Long Island’s affordability crisis.

@AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie: It’s time to bring public banking to New York!

🚨NEW: "Behind every slumlord harassing and neglecting tenants is a bank fueling these practices."

NYC needs a public bank that invests in communities—not speculation, writes Public Bank NYC coalition member @CooperSq’s Jodie Liedecker in @CityLimitsNews:

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