ComeUnity Fridge
Lack of Fresh and Healthy Food has become the Focal Point of Building a Hub for Neighborhood Solidarity
The ComeUnity Fridge approaches its second year anniversary in tackling food insecurity as food prices continue to soar.
Sean Ghazala
Sean lives in Grant City. His background is in coalition-building, and education. He obtained an MPA, and M.A. in Labor Studies. His interests include history, cycling, and worker-owned coops.
Summer Concert
Mayer
Mayer, a hip-hop artist entrenched in Staten Island’s music scene, performed a set for Plea for the Fifth’s Online Concert Series.
Summer Concert
Lil Z
Lil Z, a young and upcoming Staten Island artist, spoke to Plea for the Fifth about the challenges and opportunities he faced while working on his EP Moving On during the pandemic.
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Council District 49
City Council D-49 Candidate's Forum [Video]
Tuesday June 22 is Primary Election Day. We are sharing our D-49 Candidate's Forum with full transcription for your convenience. Polls are open until 9 PM, find your poll site, and don't forget to vote.
Fighting For Power: The Movement to Independently Unionize Amazon (Subscriber Bonus)
In an extra for our paid subscribers, we provide the pamphlet Amazon Labor Union organizers distribute to workers they're organizing.
Amazon
Amazon Under Pressure: The Grassroots Movement to Unionize a Workforce
Amazon fired Christian Smalls during the pandemic, and now he’s leading a nonstop protest to unionize workers in Staten Island.
Council District 49
City Council D-49 Candidates Forum
Join us on Monday April 19, 2021 as we speak with the candidates vying to represent the North Shore in the city council now represented by the term-limited Councilwoman Debi Rose.
Fascism
Trump is Gone, Fascist Trends are Not (Subscriber Bonus)
In an extra for our paid subscribers, our producer speaks to Sean about fascist flyers on the Island.
COVID Relief
A Collective Demand for Pandemic Relief (Subscriber Bonus)
In an extra for our paid subscribers, our producer speaks to Sean about COVID relief.
Leticia Remauro
Local Power Broker for Borough President traveled to D.C. on Day of Capitol Insurrection
Leticia Remauro, a GOP candidate for Staten Island Borough President with a history of racist remarks, was among a busload of Islanders who traveled to Washington D.C. on January 6. In screenshots from a now-deleted Facebook Live video, Remauro – a 30-year power broker in the borough – broadcast herself from
Fighting Fascism
Commentary: Trump is Gone, Fascist Trends are Not
'Trumpism' is only the most recent name for far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist movements that first came to prominence a century ago, during economic hardships triggered by the Great Depression. Countering fascism, however, remains just as important now that Trump has left office.
Nicole Malliotakis
A Collective Demand for Pandemic Relief
In contrast to recent rallies against COVID-19 restrictions, Staten Island Coalition Organizes Campaign Demanding Immediate Pandemic Relief from Congress