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Photos of Bio-Justice Puppet Parade In Roxbury |
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by Michael Borkson, nosanctions (nospam) yahoo.com |
 Several hundred lively protesters led by a marching band and puppets marched through Roxbury today 5-6-07 to protest the Boston Bio-Tech conference and the BU Bio-Terror Lab.
AUDIO: Listen to radio report with NOFA about BioJustice goals and events, plus the Student Labor Action Movement on the hunger strike at Harvard:
http://wmbr.mit.edu/www/sched-sun#whats
(What's Left. SUN, May 6, 11:30 am) |
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07 May 2007
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Filed under: News / Technology |
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BioJustice 2007: Organizing Gets Underway |
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by homefries, |
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On Saturday, January 20th, around thirty people gathered to plan a week of activities in protest of an upcoming meeting of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). In May, BIO will convene in downtown Boston; organizers anticipate a large, energetic counter-convergence involving many factions of the movement against biotechnology. |
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22 Jan 2007
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Filed under: News / Environment : Globalization : Human Rights : Organizing : Race : Technology |
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Giant Images Targeting BioTerror Lab Projected on Buildings in Downtown Boston |
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by Jason Lydon, jlydon (nospam) riseup.net |
 On Monday night, October 30th, members of The Stop the Biolab Coalition used "Light Cannons" to project giant images onto buildings in the downtown Boston area. They utilized this creative technology to expose the true costs of Boston University’s proposed BioSafety Lab Level 4 (BSL4).
The 50 plus foot high photos and messages expressed concerns about the deadly germs, such as Ebola and Anthrax, that will be brought into Boston’s communities for use at the BSL4 in the Roxbury/South End area. |
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31 Oct 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment : Social Welfare : Technology : War and Militarism |
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Making Technology Relevant to Nonprofit and Social Change Groups |
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by S. Eppler, seppler (nospam) massart.edu |
 On June 17, 2006 the Boston based Organizer's Collaborative (OC) held their 7th annual Grassroots use of Technology Conference (http://organizerscollaborative.org) at UMass Boston's bayside campus. The Organizer's Collaborative is an organization of over 500 individual members and member orgs that are working together to advance the use of technology for social change. OC believes that all non-profits and community groups, regardless of size or income, should have access to up-to-date technology that enhances their ability to carry out their mission. |
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19 Jun 2006
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Filed under: News / Education : Media : Organizing : Technology |
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BU Biolab Protest Pictures |
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by micah, pirate.micah (nospam) gmail.com |
 BU is having a Global Health Initiative conference and one of the events was in a BU auditorium where BU President Robert Brown introduced other speakers (including the US surgeon general), plugging the proposed bioweapons lab in South End/Roxbury. Activisits with the BU Peace & Justice Project and Boston Mobilization staged a protest during President Brown's speech. The Global Health Initiative is supposed to promote public healthcare, not top secret military research. Here are pictures. |
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16 Nov 2005
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Filed under: News / Education : Environment : Globalization : Human Rights : Politics : Race : Social Welfare : Technology |
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Concerned Citizens Confront Menino Campaign on Proposed Bioterror Lab |
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by Matt Osborn, mattosborn (nospam) riseup.net |
 [Dorchester, MA] During a campaign event at Prince Hall in Dorchester, Mayor Thomas Menino and his supporters were greeted by members of the Boston Direct Action Project (BDAP) dressed in hazmat suits marked “Biohazard,” masks, and gloves. The BDAP members confronted Menino about his support of Boston University’s proposed bio-lab. |
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02 Nov 2005
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Filed under: News / Politics : Race : Technology |
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MA. Legislators Consider Regulating High Security Bioterror Research, Many Hopeful Sanity Will Prevail |
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by david, davewreckoning (nospam) hotmail.com |
 State Representative Frank Smitzik was forced to make liberal use of his gavel chairing the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture public hearing on HR 1397 -An Act to Protect Public Health and the Environment from Toxic Biological Agents- earlier this month as an enthusiastic crowd of over 300 fans of the resolution repeatedly burst into applause when they felt their side had scored a good point.
Representative Gloria Fox, whose 7th Suffolk district includes the proposed site of labratory, is sponsoring the bill. In her opening comments at the june 9 hearing, describing HR 1397, which would provide comprehensive state regulation for BSL4 labs in Massachusetts, Fox acknowledged the large diverse crowd that had come out to show their support, “We have students, scientists, public health experts, and community activists as well as politicians here today,” Fox said.
BUMC has been working to open its laboratory in the South End of Boston, on the border of Roxbury for over two years. The NIAID grant funded project would be only the fifth level 4 laboratory operating in the United States.
According to a press release from Fox’s office, “presently there are no federal or state laws that regulate high security laboratories.” |
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21 Jun 2005
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Filed under: News / Social Welfare : Technology |
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New privacy tool tolls the birth of cypherspace |
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by Jon, JonBoston (nospam) gmail.com |
 Information is power. Pervasive access to the internet in libraries, schools, homes, and cafés has put a great deal of power into the hands of the people. Governments are just beginning to react to this and are reacting much as they did to the invention of the printing press, with a heavy and intrusive hand. In recent cases the government has shown a pattern of intimidating those who would provide access to this new high-tech soap box. A new anonymity program, TOR, provides some help for both users and service providers. |
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23 Apr 2005
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