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Protests in Boston Against Israel's Attacks on Gaza |
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by Sofia Jarrin, sofiajt (nospam) yahoo.com |
 A day after Israel's air raids on Gaza, which claimed at least 290 lives and more than 900 wounded according to the Palestine News Network (http://english.pnn.ps/), a coalition of groups in Boston gathered on Park Street to protest Israel's aggression. Protests have been carried out in several cities in the United States and around the world.
Haaretz, one of Israel's main newspapers, reported that the attacks had been in the planning for months. Hundreds in Tel Aviv came out to protest the bombings saying that military action against Gaza does nothing to improve security in Israel.
RELATED: Protests in Houston and New York City. Planned protests in DC and Los Angeles. Visit: http://indymedia.us/en/index.shtml |
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28 Dec 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : War and Militarism |
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Give Your Children the Gift of Truth this Christmas |
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by sd, |
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Between the middle 1800s and the early 1900s, the desire to sell magazines merged with two historical tales, one from the pagan Germanic past and the other from Christan lore, to form the Santa Claus memeplex. The memeplex quickly morphed into a capitalist dream that, once saddled upon the working class, turned a nation into insatiable consumers and gave reason to the production of frivolous goods. A new religion was born and children everywhere began to pray to Santa - a super-hero-like being, an über-elf, the Führer of naughty and nice. |
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BAAM's 16th Monthly Newsletter: Free! |
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by Jake, trenchesfullofpoets (nospam) riseup.net |
 Heres the PDF of BAAM's 16th Monthly Newsletter.
On this issue:
Page 1. Boston Stands with Greece
page 2. Chuck Turner Fights Back
page 3. City Council to vote on Biolab Ban
page 4. Obama Appointments Disappoint
page 5. Chicago Workers Occupy Factory and Win
page 6. The Greek Insurrection |
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24 Dec 2008
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Filed under: News / Media |
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Obama's New Appointments |
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by Stephen Lendman, lendmanstephen (nospam) sbcglobal.net |
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The beat goes on. As with his economic and security appointments, Obama again disappointed but didn't surprise. Without exception, his team assures business as usual, a near-seamless transition from George Bush, and not "change to believe in." His latest choices raise more cause for concern and with good reason. |
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March to Support the Greek Insurrection |
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by Paul McCarrier, lookingforward (nospam) riseup.net |
In response to the call to action from Greece, at noon on Saturday, December 20th people will meet at Faneuil Hall to march in support of the Greek insurrection. “It is important to take action in support of the rebels who are risking their lives to fight against the conditions imposed upon them by authoritarian governments and a broken capitalist system,” says Boston Anarchist Frances Roylos. “If we have to choose between starvation and revolution, we choose revolution.”
RELATED: New School University has been occupied:
http://nyc.indymedia.org/or/2008/12/102240.html |
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18 Dec 2008
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Filed under: Announcement / International : Politics : Social Welfare |
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Hundreds in Mass kick off campaign for passage of Employee Free Choice Act |
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by Rand Wilson, rand (nospam) mindspring.com |
 On International Human Rights Day hundreds of community and labor leaders gathered to make the link between workers' rights and human rights. The Massachusetts campaign for Employee Free Choice Act will tie broad economic recovery to passage of landmark labor legislation. |
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11 Dec 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Labor : Organizing : Politics |
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Bank Of America, We're Still Breaking Up! |
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by Rising Tide Boston, |
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Rising Tide Boston wishes to announce that the group will continue its part in the widespread campaign to pressure Bank of America to drop its involvement with the coal industry, despite the bank's recent release of a new "Coal Policy". We view this so-called policy as a PR gimmick intended to distract the public from Bank of America's ongoing funding of the coal industry. Bank of America's Coal Policy fails to commit to a timeline or any concrete action to halt their financing of mountain top removal coal mining, and the alternatives the bank pledges to support are not solutions at all. |
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11 Dec 2008
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Filed under: Announcement / Environment : Human Rights : Labor : Organizing : Social Welfare |
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Chuck Turner Stands for Us, We Stand with Chuck |
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by Support Chuck Turner via BIMC editors, |
In an amazing show of solidarity, people in Boston's progressive community stand for Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner defying FBI charges of corruption. We repost here a report-back from the latest community gathering for Chuck. -- BIMC Editors
Ever the visionary, ever the rebel, Councilor Turner rallied hundreds of supporters and neighbors at Roxbury Community College this evening. In a crowd that swelled from a capacity of 300 at the outset to a couple hundred more at its high point, Turner methodically refuted the two main media narratives against him: “victimhood” and “need for new leadership”. Throughout the emotional evening, the Councilor and all the speakers, singers, and poets connected with a deep spirituality as they prepared for the next day’s hearing in federal court. The event however was grounded by a serious analysis of US Attorney Sullivan’s motives in bringing charges against Councilor Turner. |
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11 Dec 2008
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Filed under: News / Organizing |
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