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Historical Marker to Sacco and Vanzetti Rededicated in the North End of Boston |
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by SVCS, |
 Nearly 40 people braved the Boston cold on Saturday, December 1st. 2007, to unveil and rededicate a historical marker for Sacco and Vanzetti in the North End. The plaque was reinstalled at 256 Hanover Street, the place where the Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Committee functioned from 1925 to 1927. |
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05 Dec 2007
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Filed under: News / Organizing : Politics |
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Telephone workers picket home of Verizon General Manager to support the FiOS Five |
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by Rand Wilson, rand (nospam) mindspring.com |
 On Sunday morning Nov. 18, more than 50 telephone workers picketed the home of Ellen Corcoran, General Manager of Verizon New England. Union members are upset that Verizon’s relentless push for unreasonable and unattainable production quotas is putting workers and the public at risk. |
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18 Nov 2007
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Labor : Organizing |
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Bolivian Anarchism and Indigenous Resistance: Interview with Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui |
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by By Andalusia, |
 The South American nation of Bolivia has filled the headlines of the global press with their fight against water privatization, struggle for nationalization of gas, non-compliance with free trade policies, and the election of South America’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales. These struggles are rooted in the long history of indigenous resistance to colonialism and imperialism in Bolivia. In an interview conducted during her recent stay in Pittsburgh, subaltern theorist, Aymara sociologist, and historian Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui discussed Bolivian Anarchism, the health benefits of the Coca plant, and the Cocaleros' (Coca Growers') fight for sovereignty.
For Audio Listening:
http://media.indypgh.org/uploads/2007/03/Silvia_Rivera_Cusicanqui.mp3 |
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13 Nov 2007
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Filed under: Interview / Education : Environment : Gender : GLBT/Queer : Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor : Media : Organizing : Politics : Race : Social Welfare : Technology : War and Militarism |
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Reclaiming the Streets One Honk at a Time |
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by Jeff Reinhardt, |
 Boston, Mass.--Let's face it, we spend less and less time in public and when we do, it is often to just get from one place to another. True, every city has its fair share of festivities each year that manage to bring the populous into the streets for "celebration", but the result of these activities is little more than dollars spent, food ingested, and the possibility of being entertained.
The Honk Festival, now in its second year, is intended to be the exact opposite. The flyers describe it simply as a "Festival of Activist Street Bands," but this is no average performance. Yes, there is music, lots of music, and there's theater too, but there are no stages, no DJ's, no cart-wielding vendors, and yeah, it's free. |
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31 Oct 2007
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Organizing : Social Welfare |
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Protestors Gather to Declare: Protest Is Not TERRORISM! |
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by Nancy Ryan, boscispes (nospam) speakeasy.net |
 On Saturday afternoon, October 6, 2007, under a brilliant sky, fifty activists converged on the plaza in Maverick Square in East Boston, Massachusetts to sound the alarm about events in El Salvador. Led by CISPES and joined by the Cambridge-El Salvador Sister City Project and Centro Presente, the rally was called to bring attention to the arrests of 13 people in Suchitoto for simply speaking out against the government’s water privatization policy. Speakers throughout the afternoon outlined the new anti-terror law under which the thirteen were charged with acts of terror and face up to 50 years in jail for being at or near a lawful protest. |
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11 Oct 2007
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor : Organizing : Politics : War and Militarism |
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Hundreds Testify for Reform to the Criminal Records System in Massachusetts |
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by Boston Workers Alliance, |
 On Tuesday, September 18th, over 600 people descended on the State House in support of the Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI)reform proposal, The Public Safety Act of 2007 (House Bill 1416).
AUDIO REPORT: Listen to an interview with Aaron and Maggie from the Boston Workers Alliance on "What's Left", WMBR 88.1 FM. Click on "Read the full article" for more. |
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26 Sep 2007
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Labor : Organizing : Race |
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Far from the Coalfields, Bank of America Can't Hide Dirty Investments |
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by erin, grapevine (nospam) riseup.net |
 As part of the Day of Action against Bank of America, part of an ongoing critique of B.o.A.'s funding of major players in the coal industry, a group of protesters held banners and passed out literature in front of the Bank in Amherst, MA on Friday. |
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04 Sep 2007
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Filed under: News / Environment : Organizing |
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Vicious Police Attack on IWW Solidarity March in Providence |
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by aa, |
 On Saturday, August 11, 2007, Alexandra Svoboda, a member of the labor union Industrial Workers of the World, was brutally assaulted by North Providence Police officers as she was peacefully demonstrating with a group of fellow union members and supporters in support of workers at HWH/Dragonland in New York City. She was attacked while she was complying with orders given by the NPPD to move towards the sidewalk. Alexandra was then tackled and brutalized by the officers, suffering a grotesquely broken and dislocated knee and a ruptured vascular artery. She is currently recovering from her first operation at the Rhode Island Hospital and is awaiting a second surgery scheduled for Wednesday. |
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13 Aug 2007
Modified: 14 Aug 2007 |
Filed under: News / Human Rights : Labor : Organizing |
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