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Thousands March in Boston for Immigrant Rights |
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by Sofia Jarrin-Thomas, |
 Boston, MA--Although march organizers expected numbers only in the hundreds, an estimated four to six thousand people came to the Boston Commons to rally in favor of immigrant rights. Inspired by huge crowds of people that rallied this past weekend in Los Angeles (estimated at 500 thousand to 1 million people) Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Milwaukee, and other cities across the United States, Bostonian immigrants came out in mass to take a stand against legislation like Rep. James Sensenbrenner’s (R-WI) bill HR 4437. |
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28 Mar 2006
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor : Organizing |
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BC Students Stage Die-In On Iraq War Anniversary |
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by BC Global Justice Project, |
 Chestnut Hill, MA—More than thirty Boston College students staged a die-in against the Iraq War on the campus green on March 20, 2006. March 19, 2006 was the third year anniversary of the U.S. led invasion of Iraq—a war that has cost U.S. taxpayers nearly $250 billion and claimed the lives of more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians and 2,300 U.S. soldiers. |
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22 Mar 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Media : Organizing : Politics |
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Modified Ribbons Distributed Across Boston in Remembrance of Lives Lost in Iraq |
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by Operation: Over Media Team, |
 On Monday, March 20, 8 people rode their bikes all over Boston distributing modified "Support Your Troops" ribbons. Over 200 ribbons had been collected over the last two years. The ribbons were spray-painted black with the message "100,000 Dead" accompanied by a peace sign inscribed in white. "We wanted to show that for some people, life isn’t just 'business as usual': our Iraqi sisters and brothers are being killed everyday. The ribbon is also a popular symbol of comodified patriotism: we wanted to transform that into a somber reminder of the consequences of such blind national allegiance," said Alia, one of the distributors. |
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21 Mar 2006
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Filed under: News / Education : Human Rights : International : Organizing : Politics |
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Anti-Recruitment Demonstrations Mark Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq |
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by Operation: Over Media Team, |
 On Monday morning, March 20, at around 11:00am, 10 protesters gathered outside the Northeastern University Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) office on Huntington Avenue to protest the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. "We wanted to make sure nobody forgets that both Iraqi civilians and American soldiers are dying everyday," said one protester. The protesters used colorful chalk to transform the sidewalk into a collage of messages such as "100,000 Dead for what?", "Military recruiters out of our schools," "Death zone," and "Recruiting the poor to die for the rich." Protesters also drew chalk body outlines to represent the dead, both Iraqi and American. |
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21 Mar 2006
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Filed under: News / Education : Human Rights : International : Organizing : Politics |
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Feminism Meets Anarchism at Boston Gathering |
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by h-fries, |
 On Saturday, March 4th, people from Boston and other cities gathered in Copley Square for an annual conference called "La Rivolta!" Workshops on indigenous women's resistance, international trafficking of sex workers, and anarchist parenting tied together the feminist and anarchist perspectives.
For the story, listen to the radio piece (posted as a .mp3 audio file). |
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14 Mar 2006
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Filed under: News / Gender : Organizing : Politics |
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Cambridge's LISE Problem |
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by JT, |
 True to form, for their new Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering (LISE) Harvard University has spared no expense. Award-winning Spanish architect Rafael Moneo was hired to design the building with, according to the Harvard Gazette's Steve Bradt, "an unusual pearlescent façade that changes subtly with the day's lighting... sculpted pedestals... and an underground section designed to receive natural light." (1)
Local residents may live next door to a powder keg, but there's no doubt that keg will look fabulous.
BioLab Was Just the Beginning |
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13 Mar 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment |
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