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On November 15, about eighty people called for the Immigration and
Naturalization Services (INS) to release Palestinian activist Amer
Jubran at an early-morning rally in front of the regional INS
headquarters in the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in downtown
Boston. 
On 11/15 in the Occupied Territories (Palestine), the Israeli military arrested nine peace activist internationals--including one Bostonian--and one Israeli peace activist after gassing and shooting rounds of live ammunition into a crowd of approximately 200 Palestinian men, women, and children who have been accompanied by over 30 international volunteers who had helped stage a peaceful protest and sit-in at the site of Israeli destruction of Palestinian agricultural land.
On Nov. 6 over 200 rank-and-file workers from five University of Massachusetts unions confronted the system's Board of Trustees demanding the funding of their contracts. In a spirited face off students of color also demanded the restoration of advising and other services gutted in June.
At around 8 AM on Monday, November 4, one of the foremost activists
in the Boston Palestinian community, Amer Jubran, was taken into
custody at his Cumberland, Rhode Island home. He is being held at an
INS holding facility in Cranston, Rhode Island, while the INS
investigates what they call 'violations of INS statutes'. Meanwhile,
his friend and fellow Palestinian activist, Jaoudat Abouazza, has
faced continued interrogations by the FBI in Montreal.
On Sunday 11/03/02, over 13,000 people from across New England gathered on the Boston Common for a peace rally and march through Boston. A great diversity of signs, some of them highly creative, voiced people’s opposition to a war on Iraq. Some carried signs calling for working through the UN for weapons inspections and against a first strike, while others were simply opposed to all war.
Boston-area janitors and cleaning contractors reached a tentative contract settlement Wednesday that will dramatically improve janitorial jobs. The agreement with the Maintenance Contractors of New England uses the framework of the Interim agreement that had already been reached with 9 contractors and achieves all of janitors' goals, including extending employer-paid health insurance to more janitors, boosting pay significantly, and improving benefits such as sick leave.
As the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615 janitors' strike finished its third week, about eight hundred janitors, students, and community members rallied in Copley Square, followed by a spirited march through the Prudential Center and back to Copley Square. The janitors' strike targets major downtown Boston buildings serviced by contract cleaning agencies, especially UNICCO. The union's main demands include more full-time jobs, health insurance for more janitors, and better wages.
