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In a recent Williamsport Sun-Gazette piece, Kevin June, one of the leading voices at Riverdale among the residents, is quoted as saying that “the cops were more than kind to us from day one,” and […]
It is genuinely difficult for me to capture the surreal almost slow-motion atmosphere of the police raid of Riverdale. Someone suggested to me that because there was no use of force, this wasn’t really a […]
To tell the story—or at least one story—of the raid and forced evacuation of the Riverdale Mobile Home community’s guest activists…to be able to explain what that raid was about, I need to begin with […]
Enclosed are two albums which chronicle the police raid at Riverdale Mobile Home community so that Aqua America/PVR can move in and construct a water withdrawal station for the frack industry. I am myself only […]
Garder54 calls Kevin June “a real scum.” LadyDawg4 calls him a “sleazeball.” Proud2bMom calls him a “liar and a thief.” Kevin June is the reluctant leader for the 37 families of the Riverdale Mobile Home […]
Editor’s Note: On May 20th, Debra Leigh Scott and Chris LaBree left Philadelphia for Pittsburgh, their first stop on their Homeless Adjunct Road Trip. They will be talking with contingent faculty in PA, OH, IN, […]
by Laura Clawson – Labor Editor, Daily Kos Editor’s Note: As readers of Raging Chicken know, I was in Providence, RI this past weekend for Netroots Nation 2012. The last session that I attended before we had […]
There are a hundred unique and compelling stories that make up the transformative magic that is Riverdale. Here’s just one: A young man who lived in the park with his wife and children, who works […]
Today begins my blog about the extraordinary events at Riverdale Mobile Home Community. We are at day 5 (though really day 6 if we are counting the vigil–and I would–on May 29th). I am, I […]
Well, it’s here folks: June 5th the Walker Recall Vote in Wisconsin. In February 2011, scores and scores of Wisconsinites stood up against Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union attacks, occupied the State Capitol building for two […]