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Congress Votes 368-31 to Back Mumia’s Racist Frame-up |
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by Steven Argue, |
 All of the Massachusetts Democrats in Congress joined in the racist lynch mob voting for the blood of an innocent black man. They were John Olver, Richard Neal, James McGovern, Barney Frank, Martin Meehan, John Tierney, Edward Markey, Michael Capuano, Stephen Lynch, and William Delahunt. |
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17 Dec 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Politics : War and Militarism |
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Call for 'Stewards Army' opens door for new labor activism |
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by Rand Wilson, |
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At a December 2 meeting of rank-and-file activists and stewards held in Braintree MA, CWA President Larry Cohen described a "vicious attack" by telecommunications employers on our standard of living, right to organize and ability to negotiate collective agreements. To rousing applause, Cohen said that for the labor movement to defend its members' wages and working conditions -- or that of workers more generally -- would require "creating an army of stewards." |
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17 Dec 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Labor : Organizing |
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Justice for Boston Children's Museum Workers! |
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by Tony Naro, |
 The Boston Children's Museum (BCM) is widely known for its commitment to the children of Boston. But this Christmas, the president of the museum, Lou Casagrande is acting like a big Grinch to workers at the museum.
More than 15 BCM employees (mostly part-time, low-wage workers)were told on December 2 that their jobs would be terminated shortly after the holiday when the museum closes for renovations. Further, despite their experience at the museum, they were told they would not be guaranteed employment when the museum reopens. |
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13 Dec 2006
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Protesters Object to Reverend John Dooher's Elevation |
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by Sophie Yon-Gharbi, |
Just like they have done Sunday after Sunday, right after mass, for the past 4 years, the “sidewalk protesters” gathered once again in front of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston’s South End.
Except it is 1:30 on a Tuesday afternoon and today’s mass is not your usual Sunday one: Reverend John Dooher – a high-ranking chancery officer who coordinated sexual misconduct matters, alongside Bishop John McCormack- is being elevated to Auxiliary Bishop overseeing the Boston Archdiocese’s South Region. It is believed that as a coordinator, John Dooher helped create housing for abusive priests and by remaining silent about the issue, participated in covering-up the sexual abuse. |
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12 Dec 2006
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Filed under: News / Organizing |
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53 Protesters from Boston Defend Voluntary Integration |
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by Anita Wadhwa, |
 On Monday, December 4, 53 people from Cambridge and Boston attended a national demonstration at the Supreme Court sponsored by BAMN (By Any Means Necessary) in order to defend equal schooling for all children. The trip, sponsored by the Student Coalition for Justice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), was initiated by students in Gary Orfield’s “Desegregation and the Possibility of Integration” class. |
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11 Dec 2006
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Filed under: News / Education : Human Rights : Organizing : Politics : Race |
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Jewish Voice for Peace Joins 90 Other Cities to Demand Human Rights for Palestine |
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by Sophie Yon-Gharbi, |
 Israel has been controlling the entrances and exits to Gaza for the past months, preventing the population from receiving the humanitarian aid they so desperately need and creating a disastrous human crisis.
On Saturday, December 2nd, the International Day of Action to Stop the Siege of Gaza, Jewish Voice for Peace/Boston held a demonstration in Harvard Square, one of many JVP-initiated demonstrations in the U.S. in which members and supporters stood in solidarity with peace and justice groups in Israel, Palestine, and in more than 90 cities around the world who want to see this terrible disaster end and to ask for what should be a given: the respect of every human’s rights. |
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04 Dec 2006
Modified: 05 Dec 2006 |
Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Media : Politics |
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Congressman McGovern Commits to Work with Activists to Repeal AETA |
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by jenlaura, |
 On November 29th protesters rallied outside of Representative James McGovern’s in protest of The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), which was signed into law on November 27th. Under the new law, animal rights activists face massive fines and jail time for being involved in nonviolent civil disobedience. In light of increased marginalization and repression of eco-activists by federal officials, all individuals concerned with loss of our civil liberties to need to ban together in protest of the AETA and act in solidarity with victims of the Greenscare. |
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05 Dec 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment : Human Rights |
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Boston Rallies for Rosa Parks Human Rights Day |
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by Sofia Jarrin, |
 A coalition of groups working for social and economic justice came together in Roxbury yesterday to celebrate Rosa Parks Human Rights Day. Although the event failed to attract the many hundreds of participants present at last year’s rally and march, the resilient spirit of those present did not fail to garner support from bystanders in our city’s streets.
The first day of December marked the 51st anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks after refusing to give her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, which amounted to a direct defiance to segregation laws in the south and created a national movement to counter such racist policies. |
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02 Dec 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Organizing |
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