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DNC 2 RNC March Arrives in Manhattan! |
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by Pete Stidman, pstidman (nospam) yahoo.com |
 The connection between the oppressive Democrats and the oppressive Republicans has finally been made! Over 500 people marched down the last bit of New York's Broadway and entered Union Square park triumphant, having marched 258 miles in 28 days spreading the message that the two party system does not and could not possibly represent the vast diversity that now resides in the United States. |
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27 Aug 2004
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Filed under: News / DNC : Organizing : Politics |
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MBTA Bag Search Policy Still in Effect |
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by Pete Stidman, pstidman (nospam) yahoo.com |
 According to the Press Secretary for the MBTA, Joe Tesaturo, The Globe article “MBTA HALTS BAGGAGE SCREENING” is in fact not entirely truthful. The MBTA has not officially ended the bag search policy, and although the MBTA will not say when, where, or if bag searches will continue, they may begin again at any time. “Our security screening policy remains in place,” said Mr. Tesaturo, “If you look carefully at the globe article, nowhere in it does it say that the MBTA has officially ended the policy.” |
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26 Aug 2004
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Filed under: News / Human Rights |
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RNC Video ~ Paula Revere's Ride |
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by FluxRostrum, |
The first video report from the RNC, a colorful patriotic street action mimicking Paul Revere's ride announcing the arrival of the Redcoats. Only this time the cry is "The Republican's are Coming!" and it's not Paul but Paula. An inspirational beginning to what could become the largest mass demonstration in New York's history!
If you haven't already made plans to get to New York it's not too late. The chinatown Bus is only $10 and places to stay can be found both at the housing and UfPJ links above.
From FluxRostrum.... Fluxview. |
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26 Aug 2004
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Filed under: News / Organizing : Politics |
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Arbitrator rules UMass-Amherst international student 'fee' discriminatory |
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by Bryan G. Pfeifer, bgp (nospam) iacboston.org |
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In a historic and possibly precedent-setting decision rendered August 15 an arbitrator ruled that the University of Massachusetts at Amherst must cease and desist charging international graduate student employees an international student ‘fee’ and that all students who paid the ‘fee’ shall be refunded. This victory is a result of a seven-month campaign led by the Graduate Employee Organization. GEO filed its grievance with the administration Dec. 29, 2003 claiming the ‘fee’ was a violation of the union’s non-discrimination contract clause which bars discrimination based on national origin or citizenship among other protected statuses. The aritrator affirmed GEO’s charge stating discrimination was inherent in the way the administration levied the ‘fee’ because it was only mandatory upon international students. |
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23 Aug 2004
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Filed under: News / Education : International : Labor : Race |
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Maintaining solidarity after the protests: Lessons from 2000 |
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by Matt Borus, mattb (nospam) bostoncoop.net |
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At the last RNC in Philly in 2000, over 400 people were arrested. One was Camilo Viveiros, a Massachusetts housing organizer who faced charges that could have led to 30-40 years in prison. Supporters mounted a strong supuport campaign over the next 3.5 years that led up to his acquittal. This article is not a narrative of that campaign, but an attempt to distill key lessons that may be useful as the RNC in New York approaches. |
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NYC - Police Raid on IndyMedia Fundraising Event |
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by NYC IndyMedia - Video Collective, John Tarleton, |
 A multi-agency task force shut down a NYC Indymedia video team benefit late Saturday night, sparking complaints that the action was politically motivated. "I don't think every single department showing up here was a coincidence," said Brandon Jourdan, a video team organizer. "But maybe it was or maybe it was not. People will have to decide for themselves." || NYC IMC Video Team |
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16 Aug 2004
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Media |
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American “Insane Asylum” History: Giving Names To Numbered Graves |
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by kirsten anderberg, kirstena (nospam) resist.ca |
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A nationwide movement to put names on the numbered gravestones in cemeteries at America's mental hospitals and abandoned "insane asylums" is underway. "It has been said that no families have come forward to claim their relatives (buried here)...WE are their family." In Massacusetts, the Danvers State Memorial Committee (DSMC) was formed in 1997, with the goal of restoring and properly memorializing the two Danvers State Hospital cemeteries. One of the first hurdles they faced was determining who was responsible for cleaning up, and then long term maintenance of, the cemeteries. A decision was made to press the state to be accountable for the cemeteries. But there were still problems, such as the Dept. of Mental Health (DMH) had the records for the closed hospital, and a private entity was soon to buy the state hospital property, and then the activists would have to get permission to clear the cemeteries from them, etc. The DSMC also reports there was considerable anger present at early meetings. Many were still very angry at past abuses they had suffered at Danvers State. They were adamant that the truth, not the sanitized version, of the hospital’s past be told. Some members of the DSMC felt the group was not the place for that anger. But the group did not shun those who were angry, and instead were able to harness their anger into a powerful force. Due to these discussions, the DSMC decided to ask for a formal apology as part of the return of dignity to those buried with only numbers on the hospital grounds. |
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Cyprus Govt. Admits CIA Campaign Against Indymedia |
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by Cyprus Indymedia, |
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The scandal is unfolding in gigantic proportions... and we can hardly keep up with the developments. Responding to a publicity and solidarity campaign by Indymedia, the Government of the Republic of Cyprus has been forced to admit that they were acting under orders from the US Government to carry out an intelligence investigation of Cyprus Indymedia and of one of its founding members, Petros Evdokas, in order to assess whether he "constitutes a threat to US interests." Police had interrogated the family of Petros Evdokas a few weeks ago and, during the affair, inadvertently blurted out that the source of this investigation was a directive by the CIA. After a series of denials and cover-ups (chronicled below) the Police Headquarters issued an official statement on Friday admitting to everything that Indymedia had accused them of, namely that directives of the CIA and the US Embassy have priority over their own mission which, believe it or not, is to protect the tiny and independent Republic from foreign intervention. This campaigns to intimidate IndyMedia is part of a global trend, including the nation- wide "pre- emptive" raids and interrogations by the FBI of radicals in Boston and across the US in order to thwart preparations to protest at the two Republocrat party conventions. |
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12 Aug 2004
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Media |
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