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Eviction Blockade Successful, At Least Until Tomorrow |
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by City Life/Vida Urbana, |
Over 100 people gathered at 197 Normandy St. at noon to
stand with Drusilla Francis. We chanted and sang and gave testimony.
The constable summoned the police to arrest people blocking the door.
The police, to their credit, asked the constable for papers showing he
had the right to evict that day. He did not have such papers. The
eviction was called off for today! As Melonie said in summation, this
would NOT have happened without the boisterous protest we mounted today. |
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01 Aug 2011
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Organizing |
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History and Resistance on Blair Mountain |
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by Nell Gagnon, |
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Blair Mountain, a crucial site of labor history, is being threatened by the disastrous process of Mountain Top Removal. People from around the country are marching in early June to raise awareness and save the mountain. |
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31 May 2011
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Filed under: News / Environment : Human Rights : Labor : Organizing |
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Photos/Video-North Africa Revolutions Solidarity Rally-March |
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by Michael Borkson, nosanctions (nospam) yahoo.com |
 About 50 human rights protesters held a rally/march in Harvard Square in support of the Arab revolutions. |
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23 May 2011
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Filed under: News / Human Rights |
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Bank Tenant Associations Protest Bank of America |
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by Boston IMC, |
 A coalition of bank tenant associations held a protest against Bank of America in Copley Square yesterday morning. Led by City Life/Vida Urbana (CLVU), the protest was meant to call attention to the predatory lending and unfair foreclosures practiced by BoA and other banks. |
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15 May 2011
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Social Welfare |
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END:CIV with Director Franklin López |
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by SC, frank (nospam) submedia.tv |
 Based on the best-seller Endgame by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV begins with the harsh reality that all civilizations eventually end. Western Civilization is no different. It's coming down, but not fast enough. |
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22 Apr 2011
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Filed under: Announcement / Environment : Globalization : Human Rights : Media : Organizing : Politics : Technology : War and Militarism |
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Silence Broken Conference This Sunday |
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by Boston IMC, |
WORKSHOPS * SOCIALIZING * PANELS * FOOD * MUSIC
Focusing on FBI repression and its connections to racism,
Islamophobia, and the prison system. Join us to continue
building movements for justice and liberation. |
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30 Mar 2011
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Filed under: News / Human Rights |
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Eviction Blockade in Hyde Park a Success |
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by Boston IMC, |
 An eviction blockade organized by City Life/Vida Urbana was successful in preventing the eviction of a Hyde Park family. |
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25 Mar 2011
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Organizing |
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