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Low-Income Tenents Fight Harvard's Expansion |
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by h-fries, |
 Harvard is eyeing Lower Allston for campus expansion, threatening to relocate low-income tenents and allegedly build a biolab which would vivisect animals for medical research. A rally on December 14th confronted Harvard's plans.
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19 Dec 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment : Organizing : Politics : Social Welfare |
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Congress Votes 368-31 to Back Mumia’s Racist Frame-up |
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by Steven Argue, steveargue2 (nospam) yahoo.com |
 All of the Massachusetts Democrats in Congress joined in the racist lynch mob voting for the blood of an innocent black man. They were John Olver, Richard Neal, James McGovern, Barney Frank, Martin Meehan, John Tierney, Edward Markey, Michael Capuano, Stephen Lynch, and William Delahunt. |
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17 Dec 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Politics : War and Militarism |
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53 Protesters from Boston Defend Voluntary Integration |
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by Anita Wadhwa, aquamarinated (nospam) yahoo.com |
 On Monday, December 4, 53 people from Cambridge and Boston attended a national demonstration at the Supreme Court sponsored by BAMN (By Any Means Necessary) in order to defend equal schooling for all children. The trip, sponsored by the Student Coalition for Justice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), was initiated by students in Gary Orfield’s “Desegregation and the Possibility of Integration” class. |
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11 Dec 2006
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Filed under: News / Education : Human Rights : Organizing : Politics : Race |
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Jewish Voice for Peace Joins 90 Other Cities to Demand Human Rights for Palestine |
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by Sophie Yon-Gharbi, Sophie.Gharbi (nospam) gmail.com |
 Israel has been controlling the entrances and exits to Gaza for the past months, preventing the population from receiving the humanitarian aid they so desperately need and creating a disastrous human crisis.
On Saturday, December 2nd, the International Day of Action to Stop the Siege of Gaza, Jewish Voice for Peace/Boston held a demonstration in Harvard Square, one of many JVP-initiated demonstrations in the U.S. in which members and supporters stood in solidarity with peace and justice groups in Israel, Palestine, and in more than 90 cities around the world who want to see this terrible disaster end and to ask for what should be a given: the respect of every human’s rights. |
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04 Dec 2006
Modified: 05 Dec 2006 |
Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Media : Politics |
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AETA: Congress Strikes a New Blow to Freedom of Speech |
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by Drew, |
 On its first day back in session, the House of Representatives yesterday voted in support of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA). The AETA is a law that could be used criminalize some of the most important forms of nonviolent animal protection advocacy: civil disobedience, whistle-blowing, and undercover investigations. Over 160 groups registered their opposition to the new law, among them are The Humane Society of the United States, the American Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), New York City Bar Association, and The National Lawyer's Guild. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) also issued a statement strongly urging opposition to the bill, but later issued another statement pledging they would not oppose the legislation but urged congress to change much of the language of the bill. |
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14 Nov 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment : Human Rights : Organizing : Politics |
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Human Rights Violations in Oaxaca |
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by Amanda Aquino, |
 Oaxaca is living a brutal government represión of the social movement, where there are disappearances, torture, detentions, killings, and many injured. Given the situation, it is difficult to know exactly how many people have been affected, but there is no doubt that there are severe violations of human rights. According to one list, compiled by local activists, from June 14th through November 5th, there were 145 detained, 34 of who have been freed, 17 dead, and 33 seriously injured, including 5 journalists injured and one killed. Some sources speak of 65 disappeared. There are numerous people who have also received death threats.
Below is an interview with one of the members of a collective working to defend human rights and documenting cases of violations. |
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10 Nov 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Organizing : Politics |
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Lynne Stewart's Victory: Remains Free on Bail |
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by support lynne stewart, |
 After fearing an indictment that could have landed her in jail for life, Lynne Steward claimed victory today as the judge handed a veridict of 28 months in prison for "extraordinarily severe criminal conduct" for distributing press releases on behalf of her jailed client. She remains free on bail upon the appeal of her case.
Lynne Stewart is a radical human rights attorney known for her outspoken political views and representation of controversial clients. Last year, Lynne was convicted of providing material support to a terrorist organization for representing a client accused of terrorism. |
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17 Oct 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Organizing : Politics |
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Somerville residents take action |
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by Sophie Yon-Gharbi, Sophie.Gharbi (nospam) gmail.com |
 A CD blasting the reggae beats of the group “Spearhead” and holding a couple of symbolic rainbow-colored peace flags, a dozen residents of Somerville gathered at Davis Square this evening to urge their neighbors to take action. Mathew Hochman believes that now is the time, “During the Vietnam War, people didn’t start shouting bring the troops home before the fifth year!” |
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26 Sep 2006
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Filed under: News / Politics |
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