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Rally Demands Citizenship for Immigrants; Senator Warren Congressman Kennedy Show Support

9 April 2013 - 4:01am | superuser
by Jonathan Adams

BOSTON/Faneuil Hall - As part of a coordinated effort to push Congress in the direction of progressive immigration reform, the Service Employees International held a rally and march in Boston on Saturday. The event is one of many to be held across the country in support of reform beneficial to an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Joseph Kennedy III (D-Mass. 4th District) addressed approximately 500 supporters at a packed Faneuil Hall.

IdleNoMore Hits Faneuil Hall to Call Attention to Plight of Hunger Striking Canadian Chief

2 January 2013 - 6:22pm | Andrew Jeromski
by Andrew Jeromski
BOSTON/Faneuil Hall - It is New Year’s Eve. One moment Faneuil Hall is its usual bustling self: tourists and shoppers languidly pick their way over snow and ice-covered cobblestones in search of post-Christmas bargains at nearby Quincy Market. It is a moment that has played out countless times.

The next moment, however, bears small resemblance to the one that preceded.

Veterans for Peace Hold Annual Protest March/Rally at Veterans Day Parade

14 November 2010 - 12:00am | superuser
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Faneuil Hall - Over 75 members of Boston area chapters of Veterans for Peace and supporters marched behind the Veterans Day Parade through downtown Boston Thursday. The veterans have tried for years to convince the parade organizer - the American Legion - to allow them to march with signs critical of recent US military interventions while chanting anti-war cadences. Without success.

Boston Globe Unionized Employees Rally to Save Their Publication Jobs

24 April 2009 - 10:36pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Faneuil Hall - Over 300 unionized Boston Globe employees, family members and allies held a lunchtime rally outside Faneuil Hall today to drum up local support for their struggle to "save the Boston Globe." The event was organized by the Boston Newspaper Guild - The Newspaper Guild/Communication Workers of America Local 31245 - the Globe's main union.

Energy Empowerment Revolution Rally Begins Push for Billion Dollar State Fund; Sen. Kerry Addresses Crowd

28 November 2008 - 9:23pm | jpramas
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Faneuil Hall - An array of environmental and community organizations held a 100-person rally at Faneuil Hall on Tuesday to announce a new campaign for to renovate every home in the Commonwealth to reduce to be more heat efficient in the winter months and more energy efficient year round - providing 10,000 new "green collar jobs in the process.

Their full platform is laid out in a Declaration of Energy Empowerment that was read aloud by activists at the event.

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