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Honk! Festival Draws 25 Activist Street Bands to Somerville, MA |
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by Rand Wilson, rand (nospam) mindspring.com |
 This year's third annual HONK! Festival from Oct. 10-12 was an exuberant street party and gathering of 25 activist street bands in Somerville. On Friday, October 10, Tufts University hosted a HONK! symposium on "Politics and Festival," as well as several hands-on workshops focussing on the challenges faced by honk bands. |
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16 Oct 2008
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Filed under: News / Media : Politics |
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Sacco and Vanzetti Memorial Day |
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by Chuck U. Rosina, chuck (nospam) wmbr.org |
 Boston, MA--On Saturday, August 23rd, Boston remembered the 81st anniversary of the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants and committed anarchists whose trial is widely regarded as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American history. This is the third rally organized by the Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society in Boston.
VIDEO (from saccoandvanzetti.org):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1npVlofXh4
LISTEN TO AUDIO (from Chuck): |
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24 Aug 2008
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Filed under: News / International : Labor : Media : Organizing |
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Former Indymedia Journalist Among Ten Foreigners Detained in China |
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by Sofia Jarrin, sofiajt (nospam) yahoo.com |
 Former Boston Indymedia journalist and media activist, Bryan Conley, founder of grassroots media videoblog Alive in Baghdad, is one of six US citizens detained in China for covering actions of Students for Free Tibet during the Olympics. The other five pro-Tibet activists are Jeffrey Rae, Jeff Goldin, Michael Liss, Tom Grant, and James Powderly. On Thursday, the Chinese government handed them and four other European activists a 10-day detention sentence.
RELATED:
Statement by Eowyn Rieke, wife of Brian Conley:
http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/205488/index.php |
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22 Aug 2008
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : International : Media |
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BAAM Newsletter # 11 out! |
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by Jake, trenchesfullofpoets (nospam) riseup.net |
 BAAM's 11th Newsletter now out and available for free download (in PDF). This month's issue:
Eviction Blockades Stop Forclosures - pg 1
ICE Raids in Providence - pg 1
International Workers Take On Starbucks - pg 3
The Safe Homes Initiative - pg 3
Obama Swings Right - pg 4
(Text-only version will be available shortly) |
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30 Jul 2008
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Filed under: News / Media |
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Revolutionary Music Mini-Tour, Summer '08 |
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by Jake, trenchesfullofpoets (nospam) riseup.net |
 The Music of Revolution: New England mini-tour of the Network of Revolutionary Musicians (NORM): July-August.
The NORM is a new project of the Northeast Anarchist Network, striving to connect revolutionary community struggles with the songs of resistance. Below is the dates of the first ever NORM shows, representing the New England wing of the NORM tour 2008. All shows are sliding-scale donations, with half the money going to the tour costs and the other half to various local causes. Look for more shows in New England in August, as well as the rest of the Northeast. |
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10 Jul 2008
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Filed under: Announcement / Media |
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BAAM # 10 out! |
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by Jake, trenchesfullofpoets (nospam) riseup.net |
 We are proud to release BAAM # 10. PDF downloadable plus plain text, below. This month's articles: -Aramark Workers Strike at Boston’s Convention Centers; -Barack Obama, the lesser evil for undocumented migrant workers... or not; -IU 460 Fights for Fairness; -Chalking Against the BU Biolab Now A Crime: The Story of the Crayola Two.. . |
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30 Jun 2008
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Filed under: News / Media |
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Queer Liberation and Anarchist Communism |
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by Thomas Giovanni- NEFAC Boston Local Union, |
 As anarchist communists, it is only logical and consistent with our principles in the struggle for a free humanity that we support the personal, cultural, and institutional fight against patriarchy, hetero-sexism, the gender bi-nary system and all other struggles for queer liberation both in themselves and in their intersectionalities with capitalism, the state, white supremacy, and all other forms of human oppression. |
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The Mortgage Crisis in the USA |
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by Randy - Capital Terminus Collective- Atlanta (NEFAC Supporter Collective), capitalterminus (nospam) gmail.com |
 Commentators complain of "partisanship" in Washington. Society's problems are said to result from infighting between parties. We should celebrate, then, because Democrats and Republicans have agreed on a plan to end the mortgage crisis. What solution do they offer? Handouts to Big Business, and "fiscal discipline" for the rest. |
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