Dylan Kelley: Documentarian: anticapitalism

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Pride 2014!

I know, I'm totally guilty of posting way later than I should. Nevertheless, here are a handful of the more entertaining or interesting images from the 2014 Burlington celebration of Pride.

Rather than photograph all the typical festivities, loyal followers of this blog will recognize that this is indeed the Queers Against Capitalism section of the march. In addition to taking a shot or two at capitalism, they also called for the release of US Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning and recognition of the Stonewall Riots in New York City.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Recovered Photographs of Hurricane Sandy Relief

Hello everyone,

As I was preparing my gear to cover a story this coming weekend, I randomly decided to run one of my cards through a data recovery program. Lo and Behold, I found a batch of photographs (slightly chewed upon) from some work I did while volunteering with Occupy Sandy back in November. I pulled the survivors and figured I'd post them here.

Special shout out to Jo and Alaena for taking the journey with me to New York.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Happy May Day 2013

Once again workers from across Vermont gathered in the Capital City of Montpelier to show solidarity and support for one another. Here's the photos!

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Spring Re-ignites Vermonters

Photographing around Vermont this Spring I found myself at several meetings here and there discussing community organizing with Pedagogy of the Poor as well as citizens of Vermont towns working to oppose and resist expansion of natural gas pipelines through working-class communities.

Special thanks to Rising Tide Vermont as well as Pedagogy of the Poor for their respective (and interconnected) of community/ecological rights as well as picking up the torch of MLK's Poor People's Campaign.

A resident of Monkton, VT traces the path of a proposed natural gas pipeline through her town

Residents of several towns in rural Vermont gather to discuss plans to oppose a proposed natural gas pipeline

An organizer with Rising Tide Vermont animatedly discusses the affects of pipelines on a community

Residents discuss a strategy to oppose the planned pipeline through several rural communities

Gathering in the local United Unitarian Church, residents of Burlington, VT discuss the Pedagogy of the Poor, an organization to re-ignite MLK's Poor People's Campaign

A "poverty scholar" leads a discussion while sharing her own understanding of poverty

Willie Baptist "preaches" to citizens and organizers about leadership, the poor, and shared struggle

Willie Baptist

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Looking Back on 2012

It's been a tremendous year for a lot of people around the world. Over the course of these past 12 months I've been lucky enough to be right in the middle of struggles with Occupy, Healthcare is a Human Right, PUT PEOPLE FIRST, Occupy Our Homes, and too many others to mention here.

In recognition of this, I gathered together a look back at my work for this year. These are the photographs that have had the greatest impact on me and others: some of them are singular images, some of them are sequences and stories, others are just to imprinted upon me to not give everyone a second look.

Great thanks to everyone who's been there for me this past year. See you in 2013.

-Dylan

Occupy Congress, Washington D.C.

Disenfranchised Republicans demonstrate outside the GOP debate. Concord, NH

As part of a "direct action," one Occupier attempted to enter the closed debate hall through a back door, hoping for a few moments in front of national media to proclaim his disapproval of the American political system. Never making it past the back door, he was thwarted by security and shortly arrested by Concord Police.

Somali-Bantu students go on strike against institutional racism. Burlington, VT

Along with Bread & Puppet theater, protesters gather in Brattleboro to demand the closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Brattleboro, VT

Citizens and community organizers of the Vermont Workers' Center march on the Vermont Capitol demanding universal healthcare, a human rights budget framework, and immigration reform. Montpelier, VT

Occupiers and other anti-capitalists stream in to Chicago by the thousands to protest the NATO conference in May. Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

An Occupier is caught in a tug of war between Chicago Police and the "Black Bloc" after cutting down a NATO banner.

Chicago, IL

As activists and community members attempt to reclaim a foreclosed home police respond by strangling and sexual assaulting individuals approaching the house. Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, MN

An officer of the MPD breaks down following the sexual assault of protesters by his fellow officers. Minneapolis, MN

"Chalk-ccupy" Oakland, CA

A brass band plays for the "dreamers" that occupied Obama's Oakland campaign headquarters to demand immigration reform for undocumented residents. Oakland, CA

Re-opening Lakeview Elementary, a school closed by austerity measures, the child of a community member rights "justis" on the board of his former classroom (click to enlarge). Oakland, CA

A parent and community member of Lakeview Elementary chastises two police officials for raiding the occupied Elementary school earlier that morning. Oakland, CA