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Mutual Aid Disaster Relief in Haiti Team One on the Ground in Haiti |
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by Mutual Aid Disaster Relief in Haiti, |
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief in Haiti Team 1 has landed safely in Haiti and established themselves in the World Harvest compound. Their internet access is intermittent, but the latest available updates can be found at http://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/reports.shtml
Summaries of the updates will be added to this article regularly.
Boston IMC's previous story on Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is at http://boston.indymedia.org/feature/display/209697/index.php
They have enough supplies for immediate operations, but will need to restock soon. They now have a Creole translator. Get more information and donate at http://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/
UPDATE: MADRIH is now recognized as an official NGO by the UN, which gives them access to medical supplies and possibly an ambulance. They still need money for food and gas though, so please donate generously. |
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20 Jan 2010
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : International : Social Welfare |
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Aid to Haiti Hopelessly Inadequate, Poorly Organized |
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by Boston Indymedia, |
US aid to Haiti has been a tiny fraction of what is needed. With hundreds of thousands injured, and more without food and water, President Obama's feeble efforts have been aimed mostly at rescuing tourists and diplomats, with little consideration given to the people of Haiti. In addition, what assistance has arrived is being mired in bureaucratic red tape and military intransigence.
Check this article for the latest updates. |
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18 Jan 2010
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Social Welfare |
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Mutual Aid Disaster Relief for Haiti Needs Assistance |
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by Mutual Aid Disaster Relief for Haiti, |
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A group of US-based street medics is organizing an independent, mobile medic team to offer direct mutual aid to survivors of the disastrous earthquake in Haiti. This group has the benefit of not being attached to a larger organization or government bureaucracy, which means they can mobilize in communities not currently being reached by relief efforts. Many of these same people were involved in the effective, community-based medical response to Hurricane Katrina, including the Common Ground Clinic. |
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17 Jan 2010
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Filed under: Announcement / International : Organizing : Social Welfare |
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Another World Is Possible, a revolutionary anarchist podcast with a NEW WEBSITE and NEW PODCAST FEED! |
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by audrey, another.world.is.possible.podcast (nospam) gmail.com |
 INTRODUCING:
'Another World Is Possible', a revolutionary anarchist podcast originating in Boston, MA.
VISIT OUR NEW SITE--> http://AnotherWorldIsPossible.soup.io
Offering over 63 EPISODES and more than 24 HOURS of revolutionary and anarchist recordings home-made right here in Boston MA, the "Another World Is Possible" podcast is still growing and has surpassed even our own expectations!
With over 2000 subscribers via iTunes, and other social-networking sites we've out-grown our old website.
We will be uploading the George Orwell classic, "Homage To Catalonia" in its entirety by the end of the week! All 14 chapters will be available for download or available to our subscribers at http://anotherworldispossible.soup.io
Here's some of the latest audio recordings we've published:
-'White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Petty McIntosh
-Anarcha-feminist essays and spoken word
-Essays by Malatesta, Kropotkin, 'Fire To the Prisons', Crimthinc, and more
-A short story published in 'Rolling Thunder'
-'The god Pestilence" by Johann Most
-The entire book, "Anarchy in the Age of Dinosaurs"
-The book "ABC of Anarchism"
-An excellent article on Security Culture
-letters and poetry from several political prisoners both in Massachusetts and around the US
and much much more...
If you haven't checked us out yet, DO IT NOW at http://anotherworldispossible.soup.io |
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29 Dec 2009
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Filed under: Announcement / Education : Environment : Gender : GLBT/Queer : Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor : Media : Organizing : Politics : Race : Social Welfare : Technology : War and Militarism |
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Immigrant Workers Strike in Somerville, Need Help |
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by Centro Presente, |
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Somerville, MA- Over 400 immigrant workers of Angelica Textile Services in Somerville initiated a strike on Thursday, December 10th at 11:00 am. |
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12 Dec 2009
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Filed under: News / Labor : Social Welfare |
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Community Protests Deutsche Bank |
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by Diane Krauthamer, diane.krauthamer (nospam) gmail.com |
 BOSTON – Equipped with megaphones, banners, and golf clubs, nearly 100 community members “teed off” at Deutsche Bank’s gala dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel on Boylston Street. In the early evening of September 2, Boston-area labor and housing activists—representing such groups as City Life/Vida Urbana, Jobs with Justice, Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants, Community Labor United, Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending and the SEIU—demonstrated at the dinner, which kicked off the bank’s annual PGA golf championship. |
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07 Sep 2009
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Filed under: News / Labor : Organizing : Social Welfare |
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Real Health Care Reform - Universal Single Payer |
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by Stephen Lendman, lendmanstephen (nospam) sbcglobal.net |
 Organizations like Physicians for a National Health Program want Americans to have the same system in place in all other Western countries and elsewhere, including Venezuela, South Korea, Japan, Cuba, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. But not in America - the only industrialized country without it despite spending more than double per capita than the other 30 OECD countries and delivering less for it.
In a September 2007 report to Congress, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) compared 2004 US health care spending with other OECD countries: |
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