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Faith Leaders Demand a Moratorium on ICE Raids at City Hall Rally |
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by Jason Pramas, |
 BOSTON/Government Center - A coalition of over 30 religious and community organizations held a rally Tuesday calling for an end to raids, mass arrests and deportation of thousands of undocumented immigrants around the nation by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. About 250 people participated in the event - which was coordinated by members of the Arlington Street Church Unitarian Universalist.
[REPOSTED from Open Media Boston:
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/351] |
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03 Oct 2008
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor |
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Banks Get Bailed Out, People Get Thrown Out |
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by D (NEFAC-Boston), |
 The Esquivel family were evicted Thursday from their home in Roslindale. That same morning they had gone to the Boston Municipal Court in a last effort to stop the eviction. The judge did not rule in their favor. Raul and Anna Esquivel came back from court, tears streaming for their face, to find about 10 police officers on and around their property and another 40 people protesting the eviction. The picket was lively and emotional. Around forty people came out to support the Esquivels. The blockade was called by City Life/Urbana, and supported by many community groups, including Dorchester People for Peace, SEIU 615, the Boston No Eviction Network, the Boston Workers Alliance and others. At one point it appeared that the eviction was going to be called off. To this news, Anna Esquivel danced and people cheered. Yet about 30 minutes later, there was another call saying the eviction was in fact going to take place that same day at 2:30 pm. |
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27 Sep 2008
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : Organizing : Race : Social Welfare |
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PHILIPPINES: Suspend US Military Deployments to Mindanao |
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by Citizens’ Peace Watch, |
 A broad coalition of NGOs, social movements, and political parties from Mindanao and the rest of the country today called for all US military deployments in Mindanao suspended pending the conclusion of a fair and thorough probe by lawmakers.
The Citizens’ Peace Watch, a group formed to monitor what it fears as the growing and permanent US military presence in the South, reiterated its recommendations from a fact-finding mission it conducted in Zamboanga City and Sulu last February. Members of the mission claim to have seen with their own eyes — and to have pictures of — the US’ military structures inside Camp Navarro in Zamboanga City. |
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Tenants Tell Deutsche Bank to Stop Putting Around |
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by D and D (NEFAC-Boston), |
 Bankers, brokers and other elites came together on Saturday, August 30th for a posh and pompous romp at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts. The Deutsche Bank Championship featured world class golfers, thousands of spectators, and is sponsored by multinational Deutsche Bank. As it happens, Deutsche Bank is also the leader in home foreclosures in Massachusetts. Protestors from across Massachusetts and Rhode Island picketed outside the tournament, greeting each shuttle bus with their message to stop the evictions and stop the predatory lending that leads to foreclosure. |
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02 Sep 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Organizing : Race |
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Celebrating Black August: From the Streets to Prison Resistance |
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by Sofia Jarrin via WMBR, 88.1FM, |
 A Black Panther member and author of two books, Blood in My Eye and Soledad Brother, George Jackson was killed by prison guards while serving his term in San Quentin prison on August 21, 1971. A year earlier, his brother Jonathan Jackson was killed for taking hostage a courtroom to demand the freedom of his brother and five other San Quentin prisoners. Black August originated from these events to honor the fallen, and it spread into a practice of self-reflection and self-determination in the black resistance movement, particularly within prison.
Following is an interview with Kazi Toure, ex-political prisoner and co-chair of the Jericho Movement about Black August history and the current struggles against the prisoner industrial complex.
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30 Aug 2008
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : Organizing : Politics : Race |
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For Labor Day: Boston-area workers finding new paths to rights and respect |
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by Rand Wilson, |
 Four examples of how workers in the Boston area have found new paths to organization and the power of a voice at work. A recent study by the U-Mass Donahue Institute documents how the gap between rich and poor has widened substantially in Massachusetts over the past two decades. It showed that only those earning the highest incomes benefited from gains in technology, productivity, and globalization, while working class earnings stagnated and incomes for poor families plunged 15 percent (www.donahue.umassp.edu/publications/index). |
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29 Aug 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Labor |
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Humanitarian Crisis in Mississippi: ICE Detains Hundreds in Workplace Raid |
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by MIRA Mississippi via Boston MayDay, |
 After answering the phone, Bill Chandler , director of MIRA! (the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance, based in Jackson ), blurted out, “The ICE raid is in progress right now at Howard Industries, in Laurel , Mississippi .” Laurel is a small town of about 18,000 people; Howard Industries employs about 800 workers. |
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27 Aug 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Race |
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Free Gaza Boats Break the Siege of Gaza; International Support Crucial to Success |
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by Sharat G. Lin, |
 Two small boats carrying 42 human rights activists broke the siege of Gaza. They sailed from Cyprus in defiance of Israeli threats to intercept the boats to enforce its blockade of Gaza. The arriving boats were greeted by thousands of jubilant Gazans and former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Intense international support was crucial in persuading Israel to allow the boats through. |
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24 Aug 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights |
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