For those of us inspired by mass mobilizations in Egypt's Tahrir Square, Turkey's Gezi Park, Greece's Syntagma Square, Spain's Plaza del Sol, and even our "own" Zuccotti Park, it is easy for protests in Venezuela to evoke the same emotions.
Since Boston's near miss by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, I have seen calls for a "remediation" strategy in and around the city in response to the anticipated negative effects of global warming in the deca
Communist historian Doug Enaa Greene lectures on the French communist revolutionary Gracchus Babeuf (1760-1797) at the Center for Marxist Education in Cambridge.
BOSTON/Allston - As people lined up to receive their tickets ahead of a concert at Boston University’s (BU) Agganis Arena, a small group of protestors targeted the performer’s misogynist lyrics.
BOSTON/State House - Calling on state legislators to reinvest in the Bay State’s public colleges and universities, students, faculty, and staff held an advocacy day at the State House on Wednesday.
Cambridge, Mass. – An online marketing firm based in Cambridge, Mass. is being sued by a former business development representative for allegedly not paying overtime owed to him.
This is the Open Media Boston News in Brief for March, 4, 2014.
An American playwright and MLK scholar Dr. Clay Carson takes a choir of seven African American gospel singers to Palestine.
Regular Open Media Boston viewers may recall that I'm an adjunct university professor in addition to my duties here. Over the last several months, I've been part of a union drive for adjunct faculty - contract professors with low pay, and no benefits or security - at Lesley University.
BOSTON/Roxbury – Peace activists joined with city officials and the MBTA this week to launch a new phase in a campaign to reduce violence in Boston.