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4th Boston Justice for Lebanon Rally |
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by Sofia Jarrin, |
 Under a thin veil of desperation, about 500 Lebanese, Lebanese-Americans, and supporters from many walks of life assembled for the fourth consecutive week at Copley Square to protest the ongoing indiscriminate attacks of Israel on the Lebanese civilian population and its infrastructure.
Photos by Jonathan McIntosh
http://capedmaskedandarmed.com/photoblog |
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12 Aug 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : War and Militarism |
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Local Jews Protest Against War and Stand With Humanity |
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by Jonathan McIntosh, |
 On Thursday afternoon, August 10th, several dozen people from various Jewish peace organizations gathered for a demonstration at 126 High Street in downtown Boston. They came together at that location to protest under the banner “The Jewish organizations in this building do not speak for us!” |
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10 Aug 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Race : War and Militarism |
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Poverty in Boston, What Poverty? |
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by Sofia Jarrin-Thomas, |
 That’s exactly what an editor for the business section at the Boston Globe said during class at Harvard when I proposed writing a story about the correlation between the rise in crime and poverty in our city. I was dumbfounded and almost answered, “All you have to do is look outside your window,” as I remembered the men standing day after day on the street corners looking for work at my Somerville neighborhood. Then again, I didn’t know where the editor lived and the suburbs isn’t exactly a Boston hub for the homeless. The story idea was shut down, and we both moved on with our privileged lives. |
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09 Aug 2006
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Filed under: News / Education : Media : Race |
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Menino Targeted for Supporting Biolab |
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by Operation: Over participant, |
 Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, a supporter of the dangerous "BioSafety Level- 4" (BSL-4) lab, was targeted by Operation: Over and other opponents of the proposed lab on Monday. Biolab opponents gathered at Boston City Hall for the fourth weekly death procession and for the beginning of their focus on the Mayor. |
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09 Aug 2006
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Filed under: News / War and Militarism |
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Biolab Opponents Find Success, Continue Struggle |
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by Operation: Over participant, |
 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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Demonstrations for Justice in Lebanon Continue in Boston Area |
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by Jonathan McIntosh, |
 Demonstrators gathered in Copley Square on Wednesday evening to demand Israel immediately stop it's attacks on Lebanon. This was the third organized rally held at Copley in the past few weeks.
The protesters, many of them Lebanese-Americans, lined Dartmouth Street for several hours. They carried sings, waved Lebanese flags and chanted, "Stop the bombing now, ceasefire now" for the passing rush hour traffic. |
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03 Aug 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : War and Militarism |
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Third Death Procession Successful |
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by Operation: Over ally, |
 On Monday, July 31, six Boston-area locals helped spread the word to other community members (and tourists) about the biolab and the dangers it poses to residents and visitors to our city. Unlike previous awareness-raising events by Operation: Over, this time participants also held a banner reading "Oppose the BU Biolab" at busy intersections (below). The event began at 4pm at the Park Street T Stop, proceeded down Tremont, stopped on the corner with Boylston (displaying the banner), continued to Copley where the banner was brought out again. By 7pm people had gone their separate ways, though one participant continued flyering back to Park Street. |
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01 Aug 2006
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Filed under: News / War and Militarism |
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