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May 1 in Boston: Rally and March for Immigrant Rights and International Workers Day |
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by Boston May Day Coalition, info (nospam) bostonmayday.org |
 As it has become a tradition in Boston, a rally will be held on May 1st. at the Boston Common Bandstand, starting at 4 pm. Immigrant and labor rights advocates will address the participants. There will also be cultural presentations with a special presentation by Bolivian folk-musician and composer Manuel "Papirri" Monroy. This will be Monroy's first visit to the United States. At 5:30 pm the rally participants will march to Copley Square to demonstrate their protest at the government policies against undocumented migrant workers, demanding an end to the raids and deportations and full legalization for all migrant workers and their families. |
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23 Apr 2008
Modified: 28 Apr 2008 |
Filed under: Announcement / Labor |
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Corporatization and Human Rights Violation in India: Justice Delayed for Dr. Binayak Sen |
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by Arpita Banerjee, arpitab (nospam) unh.edu |
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The unethical detention of Dr. Binayak Sen is one of the many glaring examples of state repression. On May 14th 2008, it will be one year since Dr. Sen was arrested under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act and the Crimes Against the State Chapter of the Indian Penal Code. Dr. Sen has spent the last twenty-five years working--leaving conventional life behind--among the tribal people of Chhattisgarh, setting up the worker’s hospital in Dalli-Rajhara, Chhattisgarh. He relentlessly documented incidents of fake police encounters, inhuman conditions in the prison, the lack of the very basic health care among the tribal. |
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Marathon Monday Banner Drops Target Menino to Stop the Biolab |
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by Citizents Against the Biolab, nobubiolab (nospam) gmail.com |
 BOSTON--On April 21, 2008, Marathon Monday, activists around the city participated in direct action to publicly confront Mayor Menino about the proposed Biosafety Level 4 Lab in Roxbury, by hanging numerous banners along the marathon route, including one in Copley Square near the finish line, reading: "Menino: Residents Say No Biolab." |
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21 Apr 2008
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Filed under: News / Environment : Race |
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Rally to Stop Eviction of Family Home in Dorchester |
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by Jonathan McIntosh and Sofia Jarrin, jonnymcintosh (nospam) gmail.com |
 Boston, Mass - On April 16, residents and supporters rallied at 200 Norfolk Street in Dorchester to stop the eviction of the Meyers family from their home. Living in the house are 4 brothers and sisters as well as 6 children. There is also a licensed day care center in the building. Before the morning rally US Bank and Premier Asset Services backed off their planned forced eviction. The Banks have finally agreed to negotiate to try to settle the matter. The organization City Life/Vida Urbana plans to continue fighting evictions. |
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19 Apr 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Race |
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BAAM's 8th Monthly Newsletter: Free! |
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by baam, baam (nospam) hush.com |
 BAAM’s 8th monthly newsletter – April
Welcome to the 8th issue of the Boston Anti-Authoritarian’s Monthly Newsletter.
This month’s issue:
“Activists Shut Down Bank for Fossil Fools Day”
“JPRRN Remembers the New Bedford Raids”
“The Scope on Iraq”
“Increased Profits, More Repression: Plan Mexico and Nafta”
“Report back from New Orleans”
“Some Thoughts on the Movement” |
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15 Apr 2008
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Filed under: News / Education |
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Two Radio Reporters Murdered in Oaxaca |
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by Sofia Jarrin, sofiajt (nospam) yahoo.com |
 On April 7, two radio reporters from a community radio were ambushed in Putla de Guerrero, Oaxaca, and shot to death. Teresa Bautista Flores, 24, and Felicitas Martínez, 20, two women journalists working for La Voz que Rompe el Silencio (The Voice that Breaks the Silence), were murdered allegedly by paramilitary forces. Three other people were wounded in the shooting: Jaciel Vázquez, aged 3, and his parents. |
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10 Apr 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Media |
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National Petition to End Sweatshops and Slavery in the Fields |
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by mega, meghan (nospam) sfalliance.org |
 The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) - an organization of low-wage workers based in Immokalee, Florida - has launched a national petition campaign to demand that Burger King and other food industry leaders work with the CIW to improve the wages & working conditions of the workers who pick their tomatoes, and join with the CIW in an industry-wide effort to eliminate modern-day slavery & human rights abuses from Florida's fields.
RELATED: Did Burger King Target and Spy On Tomato Pickers Rights Groups? from Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/14/did_burger_king_target_and_spy |
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08 Apr 2008
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Filed under: Announcement / Human Rights : Labor |
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“With his body he said no more” |
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by Sophie Yon-Gharbi, Sophie.Gharbi (nospam) gmail.com |
 (From Eddie Vedder’s “No More” song, written with Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young for bodyofwarmusic)
In the year 2003, over 70% of America pointed the finger at those who dared voice their opinion against a war in Iraq and deemed them “unpatriotic.” They were looked at in disgust and told that they were not being supportive. “Un-American” people yelled at them; “Terrorist Lovers” added others. “You’re fired” are probably the ones Phil Donahue heard. |
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04 Apr 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights |
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