Cameron Orr
LATEST ARTICLES BY Cameron Orr
-
U.S.
New York’s public and private housing tenants join forces
October 24, 2019Cold rain and classic Manhattan sewer water puddles couldn't stop more than 300 tenants from attending a statewide coalition meeting last Wednesday.
Read more -
Culture
New York-born GI who defected to the East back in USA
May 22, 2019Grossman is speaking about his new book: A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee. The book tells about his life in the German Democratic Republic from 1949 – 1990 and reasons for the fall of socialism...
Read more -
Politics
Tenants give 30-day notice to landlord-tied lawmakers in Albany
May 17, 2019“I’ve lived my whole life — 25 years — without a single day of housing security. I grew up in one of the worst slumlord buildings in New York City. Eviction still hovers over us every...
Read more -
World
China becoming more of an open book to much of the world
March 27, 201922 communists from the United States, Canada, the UK, Finland, Norway, and Sweden returned home after their two-week visit to Zhejiang Province and Beijing in China.
Read more -
Environment
Militarization and interference in affairs of others impedes Green New Deal
February 15, 2019In order to overcome the stranglehold of fossil fuel interests over the political system, we need to understand how the military weapons and fossil fuel industries are intertwined.
Read more -
Politics
Change is coming to New York, but not without struggle
January 30, 2019"If you are a small business owner that is running your business the entire Election Day and you now have the opportunity to vote earlier, [then] in my mind, this bill is worth it.”
Read more -
U.S.
Following New York elections, tenants hit the ground running
November 19, 2018As the first wintry blast of precipitation arrived in New York, tenants organized on the southern tip of Manhattan’s financial district.
Read more -
Politics
New York mobilizes against Trump
November 2, 2018With the passage of these bills, New York can become a true sanctuary state, and a strong force in the fight against Trump.
Read more