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Two people hold a large banner stating "INS Tortures Wackenhut Hunger Strikes" outside of the Wackenhut Detention Center in Queens, NY. Prisoners began hunger strikes in protest of brutal prison conditions and to motivate the INS to review prisoner…

In protest of Mayor Giuliani's policies, police brutality, and other issues, coordinated protests across New York City took place, with two tunnels and two bridges being peacefully taken over. CAAAV helped organize the Manhattan Bridge action, which…

In a documentary-style video, the Chinese Staff and Workers' Association (CSWA) showcases striking Asian workers at the Silver Palace Restaurant in Chinatown. The workers organized into a union, but those who had joined were fired and it was not…

Built in 1900, the marble 118-122 Baxter Street facade has the name and number of the building written in large gold metal letters in both English and Chinese next to the door.

A green highway sign reading "Exit 3, 8 Ave, 7 Ave, 1/2 Mile" is bolted to the side of a pedestrian bridge over a highway. A large handmade sign is hung from the chain link fence protecting the bridge beside it which reads, "Rights for All Workers."

Four people stand behind a table laden with food and an uncut birthday cake. Behind them is a whiteboard upon which pieces of paper with planning sequences, such as "Karaoke (optional)...BBQ Fundraiser...In with the NEW, Strengthen UNITY among…

Seven performers, three women and two men, are onstage. Five, all wearing white, are lined up at the very back of the stage. Two are forward from the line, a man in white wearing a cloth bag, head bowed, and a woman barefoot wearing a blue patterned…

Three musicians, two women and a man, stand amidst a seated audience. They are wearing bright blue, yellow, green, red, black, and white costumes, with scarves tied crisscrossed across their chestst. Two are playing small metal drums with a mallet,…

A woman performer, barefoot in traditional dress, speaks into a microphone on a stand as she holds a small gong suspended on rope and a mallet in her left hand. She wears a white undershirt with three-quarter sleeves under a floor-length colorful…

The corner storefront of an old building in Chinatown is dilapidated and boarded up. Numerous movie posters are adhered to it. The photograph was taken from the diagonal corner.