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Civil Rights: The Second Wave, Bostonians Call for a Humane Immigration Policy |
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by Andra Brosy and Micah Lee, |
 Imagine trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States in the blistering heat of the summer, a trip that many people don’t survive, and running into an enormous wall that stretches as far as you can see in both directions for miles upon miles. Imagine suddenly becoming a felon, not because you committed a felony, but because the government changed the laws. Imagine getting arrested and spending three years in a federal prison for giving food and clothing to an immigrant. Imagine getting deported. Imagine facing even more racial profiling and harassment from police than you already do because 11 million “criminals” are running loose with the same skin color as you. This will be a reality if Congress passes “The Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005,” also known as H.R. 4437. As Malena Mayorga, a community organizer for the local immigrant advocacy group Centro Presente, put it: “We’re not going to sit back and be obedient slaves.” |
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13 Apr 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Labor : Race |
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BU Palestine Culture Awareness March |
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by Free Free Falafel, |
 At least 20 BU students and supporters from the activist community joined in a march to raise awareness of Palestinian culture yesterday. We raised the flag of Palestine and strolled along commonwelth ave. thru crowds of students between classes. We will be out again today (thursday) for another march starting at shaws market at noon. Join us! |
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13 Apr 2006
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Filed under: News / Race |
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Jenin Anniversary Palestine Demo Gets Noticed at BU on Monday |
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by From the river to the sea., |
 Several Palestine solidarity activists protested a traveling recruitment fair for the Jewish state on Monday at BUs Marsh chapel. It was the fourth anniversary of the invasion and massacre in the Jenin refugee camp and the open presence of supporters of the apartheid occupation regime in Palestine was particularly offensive.
(http://www.voicesofpalestine.org/outrageous/Jenindozer.asp) |
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05 Apr 2006
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Filed under: News / Race |
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Balata Camp Solidarity Demo. - Newton |
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by Tamria, |
 A few of the usual suspects turned out for a small but colorful Palestine vigil at Newton city hall Wednesday night. We gathered in solidarity with the residents of the Balata refuge camp outside of Nablus which has been under siege by attacking Israeli forces for almost a week. Many children and camp residents have been shot, some killed, homes have been demolished and all deprived of food, medical care, and basic freedoms as the occupiers conducts ruthless military aggression against the camps 21,000 inhabitants.
http://www.balatacamp.net/website/balata.htm |
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27 Feb 2006
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Filed under: News / Race |
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Prospective BU Students Informed of Biolab During Campus Tours |
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by Operation: Over Media Team, operationover (nospam) hush.com |
 Seven Boston University (BU) campus tours were interrupted today by members of Operation: Over to inform the prospective students about BU’s proposed BioSafety Level 4 (BSL-4) lab in Roxbury. These interruptions were intended to promote the boycott of BU that Operation: Over has called.
The boycott is calling for high school students who are considering attending BU to reconsider, on the grounds that their tuition money will go towards funding the proposed BSL-4 lab, which will be built in a densely populated, low-income community of color against its wishes. |
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23 Feb 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment : Organizing : Race |
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Anti-Biolab Protesters Visit BU President Brown’s Home for a Second Time |
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by Operation: Over Media Team, operationover (nospam) hush.com |
 Roughly 30 concerned citizens chanted slogans and wielded signs and banners in front of BU President Robert Brown’s house late Monday night, for the second time in one week, to protest BU’s proposed Biolab in the Roxbury / South End area which could break ground as early as this month. Activism against the Biolab, which will likely be performing illegal research on deadly pathogens such as tularemia and Ebola, has been on the rise since it recently gained Federal approval to be built against the community’s wishes. |
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14 Feb 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment : Globalization : Human Rights : Politics : Race : Social Welfare |
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BU President Brown Confronted at His Home About Proposed Biolab |
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by Operation: Over Media Team, operationover (nospam) hush.com |
 A dozen Boston University (BU) students and other concerned citizens gathered outside of BU President Robert Brown's $4.5 million house in Brookline protesting the proposed BU Biolab in Roxbury / South End. The Biolab, which has recently gained federal approval for construction, could break ground as soon as this month, against the community's wishes. |
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09 Feb 2006
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Filed under: News / Education : Environment : Human Rights : Organizing : Race : Social Welfare |
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Saturdays Boston Common Anti Israeli Wall Demo Report Back |
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by Stop Killing Balata's Children, |
 About 15 Palestine solidarity activists gathered on the Boston common Saturday to protest the ongoing occupation and theft of land by Israeli forces throughout the west bank. We gathered to educate people about the hardship it causes the residents of Bethlehem and Jerusalem both Christian, Muslim and other. Due to media and Israeli military censorship people are generally unable to witness the construction of the wall first hand and to see the racism of the occupation and its structures. |
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03 Jan 2006
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