FROM the LEFT: Independent Journalists and Photographers claim "Journalism is Under Attack"

 

"Journalism is Not a Crime" rally took place in Foley Square, New York City, on October 1, 2025.

Following the raid/arrest of a photojournalist + ICE assaults on press at 26 Federal Plaza (amid nationwide spike in assaults on press), a press conference/rally was organized by photojournalists (on the Left) in protest against attacks on the press in NYC & beyond.....to advocate for First Amendment protections following multiple incidents of alleged assault and intimidation by law enforcement (specifically ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza Immigration Court).

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....the last time the NYC press corp organized a public demo, it was a vigil for journalists killed in Gaza. At the time, the number was 36.

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This event was a "press-led rally" organized by a group of independent journalists and photographers (from the Left)

It is extremely rare for NYC press to organize demos, but in both instances it’s largely attended by street press, not desk jockeys...to advocate for enhanced press protections, dropping charges against press, and defending First Amendment-protected activity"

VIDEO PLAY LIST 5 short videos

Talia Jane was the MC making the intro statement. (with CC)

 

.Flickr slide show from Press Rally

The journalism is not a crime presser/rally was primarily organized by independent journalists and photographers from the Left, claiming their First Amendment rights are under attack.   

Opposition to Israel, Trump and ICE were pro forma

 

.The following is a list that included NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. I did not stay to hear all the speakers.

Key individuals involved in the rally or who spoke were:

• Talia Jane: An independent reporter and one of the primary organizers who addressed the crowd and explained the incidents that led to the rally.
• Jumaane Williams: The New York City Public Advocate, who spoke about the violence faced by journalists from law enforcement and called on the Manhattan District Attorney to drop charges against a photojournalist.
• Alexa Wilkinson: A New York-based photojournalist whose arrest and subsequent hate crime charges (which she pled not guilty to) were a central focus of the protest.
• Ian Bartlett: Another journalist mentioned by organizers as having been arrested by police.
• Neil Constantine and Josh Pacheco: Photographers/journalists who were thanked by organizers for their involvement.
• An amNewYork reporter and a Turkish journalist (Vural Elibol) who were reportedly assaulted by ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza Immigration Court shortly before the rally. 

• Michael Loeb: An individual who spoke during a press conference segment, raising concerns about journalistic practices regarding the privacy of children's faces. 

Also, Leigh Kunkel: A Chicago journalist who spoke via phone about being shot with a pepper ball by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

The raison d'etre for the rally remained Alexa Wilkinson:  

.Police arrested and charged photographer Alexa Wilkinson with aggravated harassment and hate crimes. The speakers urged people to contact the Manhattan District Attorney's office to demand the charges against Alexa Wilkinson be dropped.

 

The charges stemmed from a July 30th incident Wilkinson reported on in which protesters covered the NY Times headquarters in Manhattan with graffiti.

Protesters charged the New York Times with complicity in the Gaza genocide because of its pro-Zionist reporting and editorial policies.

Wilkinson allegedly shared screenshots of an X post that read--‘They hanged newspaper editors at Nuremberg’ (a reference to the Nazi journalist Julius Streicher.)

The complaint said Wilkinson captioned the screenshots with the phrase ‘Looking at you (Joseph Kahn),’ referring to the NYTimes’ executive editor.” 

 

"The New York Times has an endless list of ties to the "IOF" and “israel”, as well as a clear bias towards Zionist and imperialist propaganda which manufacturers consent for the horrors we are live-streaming from Gaza day-after-day."

While the New York Times and its executive editor Joe Kahn have been targeted by various groups for their war crimes, the building itself has remained relatively untouched ... until now. ...

 

 4 am on July 30th-"An anonymous people-of-conscience escalated an ongoing protest of the NYT for their complicity and manufactured consent in the genocide of Palestinians.

This legacy-media outlet proves daily how embedded it is with empire and colonial power-players. Shame on the NYT and everyone who’s remained not only silent, but complicit."

Free Palestine 🇵🇸  Photos by @framed.unrest

Protest photographer Alexa Wilkinson -they/them
[@framed.unrest] IG 

 

..The World Socialist Web Site

"....the last time the NYC press corp organized a public demo, it was a vigil for journalists killed in Gaza. At the time, the number was 36.

It is extremely rare for NYC press to organize demos, but in both instances it’s largely attended by street-press, not desk-jockeys."

In conclusion, "Alexa Wilkinson is facing felony hate-crime charges for documenting protesters' vandalism of the New York Times office in Manhattan and social media posts critiquing the publication's executive editor."

READ THE DOSSIER: "The New York Times has been a zionist rag for decades. One look at the paper’s present and past staff proves that the paper’s racist and islamophobic coverage isn’t a matter of simple Western ignorance or run-of-the-mill media bias, but intentional and ideologically driven journalistic malpractice.

In our new dossier, published at newyorkwarcrimes.com, we show how—across each section and rank of the warmongering Times—you will find explicit connections between the paper’s staff and the "IOF", Zionist lobby groups and Israeli think-tanks. These connections to violent entities and the israel lobby should be considered conflicts-of-interest...." [newyorkwarcrimes.com/dossier]

Across the country, press freedoms are under attack!

Do ICE and the NYPD assault journalists in New York City? 
That is the question.

....World Socialist Website answers the claims....

Reject imperial propaganda.
Boycott, divest, and unsubscribe from the New York Times!

“Here in the so-called land of the free-press, journalists who dare to fulfill their mandate to document reality and report the truth are facing escalating retaliation. They are surveilled, raided, harassed, assaulted and arrested for capturing the moments Empire would prefer to stay hidden."[Writers against the War on Gaza]

JOURNALISM IS UNDER ATTACK!

[Where indicated pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

 

 

 

Why Maduro NEEDED to be toppled and "then some"...

 

 

This Venezuelan man is going viral for explaining to everyone why Maduro NEEDED to be toppled. @RAFAELDLF

  

https://x.com/i/status/2007446126719336576

 

The Democrats are clueless 

 

AS Venezuelans gather to CELEBRATE outside of SDNY court after US Captured Maduro in Venezuela

   

https://x.com/i/status/2007582352483201495

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 OR perhaps, as suggested

Mr. Trump said it would be "very tough" for Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to take over because she "doesn't have the support within or the respect within the country."

The president said Secretary of State Marco Rubio also had a conversation with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who Mr. Trump said has been "sworn in" and is "essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again."

The U.S. under the Biden administration recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González as the president-elect. González fled into exile in Spain in September 2024 after a warrant was issued for his arrest. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-us-will-run-venezuela-for-now-what-do-we-know-about-the-plans/]

 

Edmundo González Urrutia, the former diplomat chosen by the coalition to replace the fiery leader María Corina Machado on the ballot, drew thousands of supporters to the streets of La Victoria, his hometown.[https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-elections-opposition-candidate-gonzalez-b374012f3f66bba1a05ed1a0c6b8e3f8]

Mr. Trump said the U.S. is "going to run the country" until there is a "safe, proper and judicious transition" in power in Venezuela. 

"Seemingly in a warning to Venezuelan officials who remain in place, Mr. Trump said the U.S. is "ready to stage a second and much larger attack" in Venezuela if needed, and that his administration is "not afraid of boots on the ground."

Oh Boy....

ICE OUT OF NY- 10/22/25- Foley Square

 

October 22, 2025 Foley Square
"ICE out of New York. Abolish ICE!
Full rights for immigrants!
End the detentions and deportations!
End the militarization!"

 

Hundreds gathered to protest ICE 's raid of street vendors in Chinatown the night before as part of the Trump administration's racist attacks and militarization of U.S. cities.

FLICKR slide show

 

ICE has no place in our city.
Let’s build the movement to stop them. 

 
🚨 EMERGENCY ACTION! ICE OUT OF NY! 🚨

   

We will NOT tolerate ICE’s terror against street vendors and immigrant communities.....demand freedom for those detained and an end to ICE raids.

🚫 NO to the criminalization of our communities.

  

https://x.com/i/status/1980746869836816743

ICE agents raided Chinatown’s Canal Street on Tuesday afternoon, detaining several street vendors in an operation that drew immediate and fierce backlash from bystanders and immigrant advocates.
https://amny.com/news/ice-agent

CANAL STREET UPDATE: The 9 “street vendors” arrested yesterday were illegals who had a criminal history of: (https://x.com/i/status/1981029302708645978) Savanah Hernandez

Counterfeit -
Drug trafficking -
Forgery -
Possession of drugs -
Robbery -
Assault (per acting ICE Director Todd Lyons)

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NEXT DAY: 

NYC Canal St is CLEAR.
There are no counterfeit scammers
or drug dealers on the streets today
They have been ICED!!

https://x.com/nickshirleyy
https://x.com/i/status/1981086986485043626)

[Where indicated pictures and video property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

At 803 days-remembering "500 days in Hell-Bring Them ALL Home" (2/23/25)

As I post, it is 803 days that one remaining hostage has STILL not been returned home to Israel. (7 min video) from Rachel Herman. She continues to make sure we do not forget! [https://www.instagram.com/rachelherman_magay/#] 

 

Flashback to Sept 23, 2025, 48 hostages remained in captivity for 695 days; about 20 were presumed to be alive nearly two years after the October 7, 2023 attack, when Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups abducted 251 people from Israel.

As I walked thru Central Park to the 500 Days in Hell Rally, I found an enormous crowd assembled at the band shell where you could feel the heartache and frustration. (Flickr Slide show)

At this point, more than 140 hostages had been freed or rescued since the start of the conflict. Short VIDEO with excerpts of a couple speakers as I walked through the crowd.

 

.And now, December 17, 2025. What confuses me is people I have known...not strangers ...are now so very hostile towards Israel.  Not Jews ...they say... but to Israel.

I am at a loss to understand how they can feel these opinions to be OKAY when TODAY we now add the murders at Bondi Beach and Brown University to the anti-Semitism that has grown around the world.

 

This is NOT okay

[Where indicated pictures and video property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

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WE MUST NEVER FORGET

Links:  [https://www.ajc.org/news/podcast/held-hostage-in-gaza-a-mothers-fight-for-freedom-and-justice]

Held Hostage in Gaza: A Mother’s Fight for Freedom and Justice

.[https://nypost.com/2025/02/23/world-news/israeli-forensics-chief-finds-no-evidence-that-hostage-shiri-bibas-died-in-explosion/]

Slain Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas had ‘no injuries consistent with a bombing’ despite Hamas’ ‘evil’ : “We were met with depths of evil ...  of examining the bodies."

Gaza Unbreakable: No Settlers on Stolen Land!

 "Am I the only person who thinks it improper for only Jews to be made to run a gauntlet on the left and right at a synagogue entrance?"

We should all expect that Jews not be molested at the entry point of their synagogue.. outside the Park East Synagogue  ... where anti-Israel protesters .. .shouted

“Death to the IDF,” “We don’t want no Zionists here,” “Resistance... take another settler out” and “From New York to Gaza, Globalize the Intifada.”

This would not be acceptable at a mosque entrance, nor at a church entrance.

Yet, according to the claims of MAYOR-Elect Zohran Mamdani, a democrat socialist, “Violations of International Law” were deployed INSIDE Park East  ....''

What VIOLATIONS? ALIYAH?

This was an event by Nefesh B’nefesh, a Zionist organization that helps Jews immigrate to Israel,.... NO VIOLATIONS here except those committed by the anti-Jewish MOB, 

“It is our duty to make them think twice before holding these events,” one protest leader told the crowd..... We need to make them scared. We need to make them scared. We need to make them scared!” [....] 

  

So, 24 yrs after 9/11   .... the largest Jewish population... outside Israel...voted to elect an anti-Israel/anti-Jewish Muslim, Zohran Mamdani, the next MAYOR of NYC.

Seems they FORGOT what was NEVER to be Forgotten ....

 This flashback to April 4, 2025 revisits the "Gaza Unbreakable: Week of Rage". (March 31 to April 4) ... primarily organized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and related student activist groups on university campuses demanding Institutional Divestment from Israel and to protest the ''War on Gaza.''

 

The NYPD, under Mayor Eric Adams, allowed both sides to co-mingle outside the main Public Library on Fifth Avenue and the pro-Gazans were not pleased (saw many grumbling). 

Flickr slide show of a healthy counter-protest with much truth and fact to challenge the Gazan lies…

The "Week of Rage"slogans "Gaza is Unbreakable" and "The Student Movement is Unbreakable" aimed to show solidarity with "Palestinians" in the face of the ongoing "humanitarian crisis" at the hands of Israel and the IDF aka IOF (Israel Occupying Force)  .... leaving the gullible snookered by claims of a GAZA GENOCIDE and looking to the future with Zohran Mamdani as NYC's next Mayor. 

Six short videos follow in a you tube playlist 

  

And the LIES continue as.Palawada warns of another LAND SALE coming up. Will No Fair Play under Mayor "Mamdoomie" become the norm?

 

 On December 1, the Palis used barricades that were shoved between the NYPD and Pro-Palestine Protesters outside of John Jay College on West 59th Street, as they protested the event inside featuring Stav Cohen, an Israeli IDF reservist listed as the evening’s speaker. 

 

  

 

 Video running the gauntlet by @claudiangohn @FreedomNTV

 

 

 

 .Bret Baier called it the “Occupied West Bank.” ... It isn’t “occupied,”
it belongs to Israel, and it isn’t the “West Bank,” it is Judea and Samaria.

 

 

.IMPORTANT: Whenever and wherever this crap appears, every decent person should rise up and strike it down: the territory known by the media as the West Bank is actually known by its historic and biblical names, Judea and Samaria. Am Yisrael Chai !

Do not cede ground.

 [Where indicated pictures  and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB] 

Childrens Health Defense THANKS RFK JR

Sept 27, 2025
NYC Rally for RFK Jr
Outside Pfizer NYC Headquarters, 

MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) 

Childrens' Rights are Never Wrong.

Discovered this was a short rally; came 30 minutes late.
Sorry to miss what the speakers who were there to promote:
To thank and to encourage RFK JR.

"At Pfizer's headquarters in Manhattan, New York City rallied to celebrate @robertfkennedyjr's work to help Make America Healthy Again.    This was part of a nationwide day of MAHA meet-ups."

Special thanks to @michaelkane.tfc and @childrens_health_defense_ny!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPImfgtjxTX/

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"Helene Schuck was INJURED by the PFIZER Vaccine and it is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who is restoring her faith in the medical industry. "@seckennedy

"Thank you RFK Jr. for raising awareness that vaccine injuries are real and that we must protect the livelihoods of our children and advocate for all those who have been injured / silenced."  [cafecitobreak.org]

A few shots as they marched to the front of Pfizer NYC headquarters.
[Flickr Slide Show] Hope to catch the next one on time.

 

In Conclusion: 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/rfk-jr-challenges-assertion-vaccines-have-saved-hundreds-of-millions-of-lives-5922351

The health secretary noted that deaths from contagious disease dropped before the introduction of vaccines.

Measles deaths, for example, numbered about 13,000 a year in 1900, but had declined to a few hundred by 1960, Kennedy said. The first measles vaccine was not released until 1963.

In the case of tuberculosis, he said, there was a sharp decline in deaths before the vaccine was introduced.

Kennedy said that vaccines “are a critical part of public health” that “can prevent infections like measles altogether” but that “blind faith in vaccination alone as our only recourse against death by infection has inclined our medical system to discount the role of therapeutic drugs and vitamins and diet exercise and other lifestyle changes that might fortify human immune systems against all kinds of sickness.”

MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN!

[Where indicated pictures property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

Charlie Kirk: May His Memory Be a Blessing

 Tragic. What has happened to our country!