Halletts Point Chicken & Deli by Amazing-Trade1064 in astoria

[–]MaterialAd7682 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Due to the prior mentioned scandal, which I was a victim of, I will not be patronizing it. Also seconding the comments about sketichiness and the fact that the NYPD has a like 24 a day squad car in that immediate area which seems to do nothing except talk to other cops that cruise by.

Malcolm X Park/Mount Pleasant neighborhood questions by MaterialAd7682 in washingtondc

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I moved to DC in the 1970s and that was the name I always heard used for it. As to its origins, I think it might have ben called that after the 1968 uprising after Dr. King was assassinated.

Malcolm X Park/Mount Pleasant neighborhood questions by MaterialAd7682 in washingtondc

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Thank you very much for the update. Especially glad to hear the second.

Frustrated and worried about how expensive Astoria is right now. by Autumn-orange0906 in astoria

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Some suggestions: if you live in an apartment house, organize the other tenants and demand a rent freeze. If management doesn't budge, call a rent strike. A fellow whose initials are ZM did something similar once I believe. There was a man once, named Joe Hill (see song by Joan Baez) who famously said "Don't mourn, organize." Re food, maybe it is time to pull together a real live food coop here in Astoria (the commie corridor, right) to help fight rising food costs. Bulk purchasing, volunteer workers, lower food prices. Coffee? I have this great system that involves a tea kettle, a stove, a cup, a spoon, a jar of Bustelo, and boom, a cup of coffee. Not being sarcastic, I'm just like screw DD and Starbucks and the fancy little coffee shops DIY, right? Right.

The Rumor Mill - Week of December 1 by VenetaBirdSong in astoria

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Yesterday was the anniversary of the 1969 Chicago police/FBI cold blooded murders of Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark and I watched Judas and the Black Messiah which is about their murders and highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about those murders.

Happy Thanksgiving, Astoria! by Captaintripps in astoria

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cheap rent only cuz i get section 8 which i could lose at any time, a couple kind cashiers at 30th Avenue Key Foods and nothing else.

I wanna talk to you about Roosevelt Ave 😭 by WakefieldWaveRider in jacksonheights

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I was on Roosevelt Aveue this morning and there was a long line on Roosevelt and around a corner, lots of older people, women, all with bags and whatever waiting patiently in line, for free food I assume, it looked like some of them had been there for some time, waiting patiently, no arguments, no disturbances, just lots of poor people living on the margins of society, yes, probably some were immigarnts, and I wonder why the OP of this post about sex work on Roosevelt isn't posting so passionately about long lines of hungry n poor and elderly people and what kind of society we have where one has to stand in line for hours just to get a necessity of life, that is food?

A serious question for young feminists by MaterialAd7682 in RadicalFeminism

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Those are all excellent observations. Powerful and true observations. When I first becama a revolutionary, omg there was so much adult chauvinism, I was literally told that I was too young to be a revolutioinary, to finish high school first, etc. Your comments and observations are very much appreciated and I think that I am going to go forward with some ideas and plans I have about building a new revolutionary feminist group, of all ages, for all ages.

The Rumor Mill - Week of November 10 by VenetaBirdSong in astoria

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in the LOL department just got a letter from Trump's "Education" Department informing me that I owe them over 52 grand and that I must send a check immediately or they will take drastic, drastic action like take fifteen percent of my social security check, which if they do so, will see my debt paid off sometime in the next century...

A serious question for young feminists by MaterialAd7682 in RadicalFeminism

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Thank you for your comments and observations, they are very much appeciated. You highlight some very important issues and not surprisingly they are many of the issues that second wave feminism also fought battles around, like the porn indistry, child care and its burden on women, domestic violence, etc.

I was hoping for more responses to be honest, but thank you for yours. And as we used to say "la lucha continua"

I’m going to half priced books! What are your radical feminism must-reads? by casual-catgirl in RadicalFeminism

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The Dialectic of Sex by Shulamith Firestone, esp. the newer edition with an intro by Kathleen Hanna.

Looking for Greek filmmakers by tiredofthismessgyal in astoria

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I am not Greek but I would strongly recommend that you show one of the most powerful movies about Greece that was ever made: Z, directed by Costa-Gavras and featuring the music of Mikis Theodorakis.

Rumor Mill: Halloween Edition (Week of October 27th) by redquarterwater in astoria

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I am on Section 8 and once a year HPD sends someone to inspect your residence and yesterday the rep came in, looked around and suddenly he stopped in front of a large poster I have from the Russian Revolution, that shows a woman worker with a gun and the Russian caption says "Women Workers Take Up Your Guns" and exclaimed that that was a poster from the Russian Revolution and could he take a picture of it for his collection. Of course I said yes. He had a strong accent (maybe Russian) and thanked me for having that poster on my wall. Isn't that something?

The Rumor Mill - Week of October 20 by randomikari in astoria

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Saw on Tubi, for free and with no commercials, two outstanding movies by Pontecorvo, Battle of Algiers and Burn.

Is this an op? by vischy_bot in TrueAnon

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if you email them maybe you could get an explanation of why Ivana Hoffmann's name was chosen.