BOSTON/Dorchester – The vacant two family house on Norwell Street in Dorchester stands as a reminder that the foreclosure crisis continues to haunt Boston. But starting on Saturday morning and continuing throughout the weekend, the house will be filled with the sounds of activists and media makers as Jamaica Plain based advocacy organization, City Life/Vida Urbana, occupies the property and commences a pirate radio broadcast of the proceedings.
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6 Jun 2014 - 9:34pm
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5 Jun 2014 - 4:55pm
Malden, Mass. – Before a meeting of the Malden City Council on Tuesday, the city’s public schools’ custodians held a rally outside city hall calling for their jobs not to be privatized.
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4 Jun 2014 - 2:09pm
“Change" in India, just about 6 months ago, was represented by the Aam Admi Party (AAP - The Common Man Party), a new political formation that emerged out of a public movement in India against corruption.
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2 Jun 2014 - 10:31pm
Industrial Workers of the World/Student Labor Action Movement – Harvard
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1 Jun 2014 - 11:43am
This is number 15 in our ongoing series of local audio newscasts. “Local Edition,” the biweekly news program, is sponsored by the WMBR Radio News Department and Open Media Boston.
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29 May 2014 - 1:38pm
Everett, Mass – An Everett woman is suing the Everett Police Department and the Cataldo Ambulance Service, alleging that excessive force was used during her arrest in March last year, and that she did not receive adequate medical attention.
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28 May 2014 - 12:21pm
BOSTON - Calling for the labelling of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) used in food, over 1000 organic food advocates hit out at chemical companies at the March Against Monsanto on Saturday - one of
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26 May 2014 - 5:27pm
BOSTON/Boston Common - Marking a year since President Obama repeated his intention to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and release prisoners held there, activists called on the president to follow through on his promise.
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23 May 2014 - 2:27pm
"Democracy" is a contested term, so anything I write about union democracy is bound to be controversial. And this is as it should be, because one vital characteristic of democracy is the positive, creative role it allots to disagreement.
