Summer Concert
Queen Blizzy
Queen Blizzy discusses her work as a Hip Hop artist and her activism related to Eric Garner and police brutality.
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July in Review
Our online concert series is here! Queen Blizzy is the first performer of PFT5's online concert series featuring six amazing local artists. Produced by Valeriana Dema; Videographer: Kasson Colon-Mangin; Audio Engineer: Kenneth Paul Graham Watch Queen Blizzy's complete live performance followed by an intimate interview on
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Extended: Meet Plea for the Fifth founding member Sean Ghazala
Read Sean Ghazala's extended interview below. PFT5 is a grassroots news and media outlet based out of Staten Island, N.Y. The platform is a cooperative(co-op). At its inception, PFT5 founder Sean Ghazala envisioned it as a tool for making change possible in existing conditions – for its
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June in Review
PFT5 commemorates Juneteenth with an exploration of grassroots movements happening in Staten Island. Christian Smalls has an intimate discussion with PFT5 on his fight for workers' rights despite Amazon's retaliation and intimidation tactics. PFT5 member Zeta reflects on the June 2020 marches in Staten Island sparked by
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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.
Follow the Money
Follow the Money (D-49): Final Entry
Tomorrow is the final day to vote in the Democratic Primary for District 49, Let’s see how much money flowed into the race.
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.
Defund the Police
Justice or Pacification: One Year After Staten Island's Largest Protests for Racial Justice
A year ago, in response to George Floyd’s murder, Staten Islanders marched for Black lives in some of the largest demonstrations the Island has ever seen.
Graniteville Wetlands
What Started When Hundreds of Islanders Marched To Save The Graniteville Wetlands
Photographs from one of Staten Island’s most visible struggles for climate justice: The march to save the Graniteville wetlands. Photographs by Stephen Obisanya
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May in Review
PFT5 stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine as they endure the current oppressive occupation of their land at the hands of the state of Israel. Below are our May publications: Free Palestine Written by Editorial Committee We are an organization that supports indigenous sovereignty both domestically and abroad.
Free Palestine
Free Palestine
Plea for the Fifth stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine as they endure the current oppressive occupation of their land at the hands of the state of Israel. We are an organization that supports indigenous sovereignty both domestically and abroad. Since its creation in 1948, the state of