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Apply to DRUM’s Summer Youth Organizing Institute

By drum | February 21, 2024

TPS & SSR for Pakistan

By drum | November 18, 2022

Baul Dada Returns Home

By drum | June 27, 2022

Sanwar Ahmed, better known to the Jackson Heights community as Baul Dada or Jhal Muri Dada has been bringing joy to people through his soulful singing and his jhal muri for over a decade.  Earlier this month, at the age of 92, Baul Dada was finally able to return home to Bangladesh after 42 years…

Prakash is Free!

By drum | June 7, 2022

Working Class Lives

By drum | May 27, 2022

Gov. Hochul Prioritizes Profits Over People

By drum | April 8, 2022

In the past month, Gov. Kathy Hochul has shown Black, Indigenous and working immigrant communities that her leadership of New York State will resemble the corrupt politics of her predecessor, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The reality is far from the “new era for New York” that the governor spoke about in January. Rather, Gov. Hochul…

Stop the Disappearances! Timeline of DRUM Post 9/11 Organizing

By drum | September 11, 2021

Building Power & Safety Through Solidarity Report

By drum | November 2, 2020

We are in the midst of a pandemic, social and economic crises, police killings and repression, and on the cusp of a major election. There is ample anxiety about where we are headed and where we may end up. There are an endless number of predictions, assessments, and variables to agonize over. But there is one constant that we can rely on to guide us through all circumstances: The power of our people. If we build it

This report offers for consideration the results, reflections, and lessons of our efforts through the campaign. We hope it offers our movements a path forward based on the necessity of building power, not on the shaky foundation of the uncertainties of the present.

Building Power & Safety through Solidarity

By drum | April 14, 2020

DRUM Membership Assembly!

By drum | November 25, 2019

This past Sunday, DRUM held our first full membership assembly in 10 years. It was also the first time we brought together members from all our bases since we started our formal expansion in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and South Queens. Last weekend, DRUM held our first full membership assembly in 10 years. It was also the first time…