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Hundreds March for CORI Reform |
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by homefries, |
 On Thursday, April 19th, hundreds of people marched from Roxbury Crossing to the state house, demanding passage of the Public Safety Act of 2007. The act seeks to end arbitrary discrimination against people with criminal records, shorten the length of time that records are open, and train employers on properly reading CORIs. |
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24 Apr 2007
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Filed under: News / Labor : Organizing : Politics : Race : Social Welfare |
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Rally Against Global Warming Photos |
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by Michael B., |
 Several hundred people rallied 4-14-07 on Boston Common, to protest against global warming. It was sponsored by Step It Up 2007, an environmental group. There were info tables, speakers, and inspired music. Here are some photos. |
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16 Apr 2007
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Filed under: News / Environment |
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Sembrando Esperanza [Sowing Hope] |
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by Amanda Aquino, |
 La lucha por la tierra es antigua. Frente a la extrema concentración de poder y la comercialización de la vida, luchar por la democratización de la tierra, las semillas, y el agua es imprescindible. Esta es la postura del Movimiento de Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra (MST), Brazil. El MST busca organizar, concientizar, y movilizar a través de comisiones de campesinos, desde la base de comunidades rurales hasta el nivel nacional.
[The land struggle is an old one. Faced by an extreme concentration of power and the commercialization of life, the struggle for the democratization of land, seeds, and water, is indispensable. That is the posture of the Movement of Rural Workers Without Land (MST) in Brasil. The MST hopes to organize, build consciousness, and mobilize people through campesino committees, from a rural communities base and at the national level.] |
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10 Apr 2007
Modified: 02:47:14 PM |
Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor |
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BioJustice 2007 to Hit Boston!! |
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by Brian T., |
 The biotech industry [Biotech Industry Organization, BIO] is bringing thousands of executives, lawyers, public relations people and corporate scientists to Boston in early May to promote their agenda of genetically engineered food, unaffordable high-tech medicines and dangerous 'biodefense' research that increases the threat of new biological weapons. Through parades, rallies, educational events and publications, music, a free health care clinic and free daily non-GMO meals, Biojustice 2007 will dramatize popular resistance to this agenda and highlight a wealth of community-based alternatives. |
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10 Apr 2007
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Filed under: Announcement / Organizing |
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CUBA: Forum with Howard Zinn and Salim Lamrani |
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by F. Espinoza, |
 The renowned American historian Howard Zinn, author of “A People’s History of the United States” will address the roots of U.S. policy towards CUBA, while Salim Lamrani, the editor of “Superpower Principles: U.S. Terrorism against Cuba” will explain the case of the Cuban Five and their justified presence in U.S. territory. Other participants will speak about the International Campaign for the visitation rights of the families of the Cuban Five.
Interview with lawyer José Pertierra reveals Posada's trial on immigration fraud charges, his links to civil wars in Central America, and U.S. double-standards in dealing with terrorism. |
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05 Apr 2007
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Filed under: Announcement / Human Rights : Politics |
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