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Biolab Opponents Find Success, Continue Struggle |
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by Operation: Over participant, operationover (nospam) lists.riseup.net |
 Safety Net members, plantiffs in a legal battle against the B.U. biolab, have one a victory over the past two days. For anyone who did not see the front page of the August 4 Boston Globe or the third page article in the Metro, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Ralph Gants ruled that the proposed bioterror lab would be illegal because Boston University did not properly obtain the necessary permits or file an adequate Environmental Impact Report. |
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07 Aug 2006
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Filed under: News / Social Welfare |
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Little Resolved at BU Biolab Hearing |
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by I-Hsien Sherwood, ihsherwood (nospam) yahoo.com |
 The latest hearing yesterday for the controversial Boston University bioterrorism lab had lawyers for both sides haggling like vendors in a market bazaar. Much of the debate focused on the timing of future hearings and judicial review.
With construction already begun and an additional $35 million in federal funds scheduled to be released to BU in September, Judge Patti B. Saris worried that she would not have enough time to make an informed ruling before the issue was moot. "How do you expect me to rule by then?" she said. "I'm not an ATM machine." |
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27 Jul 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment : Social Welfare |
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Banners Dropped Today Against Biolab |
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by Op: Over Participant, |
 On Monday, July 24, Operation: Over participants hung two anti-biolab banners on bridges over the Mass Pike and Route 128. The banners were dropped at the beginning of evening rush hour.
In other biolab news, there will be a court hearing at 1:30pm this Wednesday,the 26th, for the lawsuit against the National Institute of Health, which is one of three lawsuits alleging the illegality of the proposed lab. Roxbury SafetyNet folks are urging people to come out for this, and so is Operation: Over. |
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25 Jul 2006
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Filed under: News / Social Welfare |
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Boston City Council's White Majority Abandons Youth of Color |
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by Jonathan McIntosh, jonnyrebellious (nospam) gmail.com |
 Several hundred Boston youth, youth workers and community members converged on Boston City Hall on Wednesday June 28th to demand a budget that would offer more job opportunities to young people. The thirteen city councilors (nine district councilors and four "at-large" or citywide councilors) are required to vote on the mayor's budget each year. |
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30 Jun 2006
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Filed under: News / Organizing : Politics : Race : Social Welfare |
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Roxbury Organizers Continue to Fight Biolab |
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by homefries, |
 Despite the recent ground-breaking of Boston University's BioSafety Level 4 laboratory, Roxbury organizers are still trying to stop its construction. The lab, which would test deadly pathogens such as anthrax and ebola, purportedly using scores of animals in the process, would be located next to the Roxbury neighborhood, putting Roxbury residents at grave risk in the case of a leak. |
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11 Jun 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment : Human Rights : Organizing : Politics : Race : Social Welfare |
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Outraged Community Residents Sue to Stop BU's Federally Funded Bio-Lab |
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by Swelling Pride, |
 Law Suit Alleges Violations of the National Environmental Policy Act
This is a summary of the law suit filed on May 18th by community activists in the Southend and Roxbury who want to stop BU's proposed Bio-Saftey Level 4 lab from being built. |
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19 May 2006
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Help Save the South Central Farm - PHOTO ESSAY |
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by Jonathan, jonnyrebellious (nospam) gmail.com |
 The city of Los Angeles is trying to take the collective South Central Farm away from the community. The struggle to save the farm might have implications to urban gardeners and urban community farmers in Boston and across the nation. |
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15 May 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment : Human Rights : Organizing : Social Welfare |
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Biolab Protestor Arrested at BU President Robert Brown’s Inauguration Ceremony |
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by Operation Over: Media Team, operationover (nospam) hush.com |
 Today, during the inaugural ceremony of Robert Brown as Boston University's 10th president, a biolab protestor was arrested after speaking up against the lab - while two other protestors were escorted off the premises. “Boston University has now resorted to arresting those who voice opinions against the biolab. What next?” said Dylan Bergman, area resident. “It’s pretty clear they’ll do whatever it takes in order to silence the issue.” |
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28 Apr 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Politics : Social Welfare |
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