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Revive King’s Tradition of Solidarity and Struggle: March Against Racism on Dr. King's Birthday Holiday |
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by IAC, iacboston (nospam) iacboston.org |
 If the true legacy, the leadership and the courage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is to have any real meaning for today as we approach the 40th anniversary of his martyrdom next April 4, then the King birthday holiday on January 21, 2008 must be more than an exercise in platitudes and official declarations from the White House, the State House or City Hall.
There is a time for celebrations and there’s a time for fighting. Now is a time that we need to fight. And fight like hell. On this King Holiday we must organize and march against the forces of racism, reaction and war, not just the war abroad but the war raging here at home. To know what’s happening, is to know that nothing is more important than jump starting a multi-racial movement against racism.
LISTEN to King's speech against militarism:
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/21/dr_martin_luther_king_jr_1929 |
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21 Jan 2008
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Filed under: News / Education : Human Rights : Politics : Race : War and Militarism |
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MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN FACING JAIL TIME FOR ABORTION |
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by myview2you, myview2you (nospam) gmail.com |
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On January 6, 2007 18-year-old Amber Abreu went to the hospital in Lawrence, Massachusetts after trying to terminate a pregnancy by taking a drug, misoprostol, which is an ulcer medication as well as a key component of the abortion pill RU-486. Amber was between 23 and 25 weeks pregnant. The result was a miscarriage. The doctors rushed the 1-1/4 pound expelled fetus to the Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston, where it remained alive for four days. The police, meanwhile, went after Amber using an archaic law dating back to the 1840s to charge her with “procuring a miscarriage.” Cops dragged Abreu into court in shackles and then held her in the state’s maximum security prison at Framingham for three nights until friends and relatives could come up with $15,000 bail. The young woman, a recent immigrant from the Dominican Republic, faces up to seven years in jail on this outrageous charge. |
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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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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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Second Year Commemoration of Hurricane Katrina: Music and Politics |
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by Rosa Clemente, knowthyself (nospam) mac.com |
 The Hot 8 Brass Band continues their tour of the United States and abroad with their next stops to occur at Boston’s famous Wally’s Jazz Café and the 12th annual Cambridge Caribbean Festival. The Hot 8 are a part of the Finding Our Folk Tour, which was created after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. FOF seeks to raise the voices of Katrina's survivors and connects them with the voices of Katrina survivors and men and women in all corners of the country who remain on the margins of citizenship. The Hot 8 Brass Band; themselves, displaced after Hurricane Katrina through their music helps reconnect people throughout the country and world to the rich traditions, history and culture of New Orleans. |
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20 Aug 2007
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Filed under: Announcement / Labor : Politics : Race |
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Community Stunned by Verdict: Quincy 4 Slammed with Jail Time |
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by Lydia Lowe, Zenobia Lai, and Lisette Le, |
A six-person jury delivered its verdict yesterday evening in the case of the "Quincy 4," four Asian Americans charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in an incident involving the Quincy police.
Over 200 supporters rallied today in support of Chinese Progressive Association organizer, Karen Chen of Brighton; Quan Manh Thin and Tat M. Yuen of Quincy; and Howard Ng, who insist on April 30, 2006, were assaulted by the police coming home from a Chinese engagement party. |
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23 Jun 2007
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Race |
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Students Organize Against Military Recruitment, Deliver 1,300 Opt-Out Cards to Boston Public Schools |
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by Chuck U. Rosina, chuckbla3 (nospam) yahoo.com |
 Last Friday, about 50 people, mostly High School students from Roxbury and Dorchester, gathered outside Government Center for a unique anti-war rally. They had organized in their schools, and collected over 1,300 signed opt-out of military recruitment forms, and were delivering them to the Boston Public School Superindenent. Working under the name of “Greater Boston Students for Peace, this coalition of students and youth workers oppose the war in Iraq. |
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06 Jun 2007
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Filed under: News / Race : War and Militarism |
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Signatures for Petition to Stop the Raids on Immigrants Flow in from Other States |
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by Boston May Day Coalition, |
 Last May 1st. the Boston May Day Coalition launched two petition campaigns to provide an outlet for people to express their outrage about the way the United States government is dealing with undocumented migrant workers. The injustice, abuse and mistreatment of people who risk their lives to come in search of work to the United States is so clear that it is not even necessary to explain it. While the Senate debates a military fortification of the southern border and unfair and exploitative guest worker programs, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement police continue to raid work places and neighborhoods throughout the country. |
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30 May 2007
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Filed under: News / Race |
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