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Boston Participates in a Nationwide Mobilization for Immigrant and Labor Rights |
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by Sofia Jarrin-Thomas, |
 Boston--Spring 2006 will be remembered as the largest immigrant rights movement in the history of the United States. Hundreds of protests were planned nationwide on April 9 and 10, while in Boston the number of demonstrators doubled since last week as ten of thousands marched from the Commons to Copley Square.
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11 Apr 2006
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor |
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The Threat Of Compulsory Insurance |
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by Watchdog, |
 The precedent of compelling drivers to purchase private auto insurance is bad enough, but one can opt out. One doesn't have to drive, they say. The only way to opt out of compulsory health insurance, however, would be to die. |
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Concerned citizens "die" at BU biolab site |
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by Operation: Over Media Team, |
 A crowd of people gathered outside the site of BU's proposed biolab late Tuesday afternoon and fell down "dead," faces streaked with fake blood. "We wanted to show the public what an outbreak might look like," said Derek Garcia, a Boston-area resident. The street theater, which was staged by anti-biolab protestors, was intended to draw attention to the dangers of placing a Biosafety Level 4 (BSL4) facility in the middle of a densely-populated urban area. Participants included members of the direct action campaign Operation: Over, people from the Coalition to Stop the Bioterrorism Lab, and members of the Green-Rainbow Party. |
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05 Apr 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment : Human Rights : Social Welfare |
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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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