The event will invite speakers to discuss the intersections of different freedom movements, drawing connections between Palestinian, Indigenous, and Black liberation, through various mediums such as poetry and psychoanalysis. Aja Monet, an American poet, and Lara Sheehi, a professor and psychoanalyst, are both confirmed. Mexicanos Unidos, a grassroots organization based in New York, has agreed to send a representative.
An impromptu street market in a Brooklyn park was a lifeline for immigrants during the pandemic. But then came complaints and conflicts, and then the police.
Organizers of Plaza Tonatiuh in Sunset Park say they will continue to gather in the nabe’s namesake park without vendors after police and parks department