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Activists Observe 1000th Afghanistan Death

25 February 2010 - 12:07am | rozziecole
by Cole Harrison and Pat Scanlon (Advocate)

BOSTON/Boston Common - With the message "Not one more Death, Not One Dollar More!", about 100 military family members, veterans, and peace activists marked the 1,000 death of a U.S. soldier in Operation Enduring Freedom Monday afternoon at Park Street Station in Boston.

OEF is the military's name for the Afghanistan conflict. 930 of those victims died in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan, and 70 in other parts of the world.

“Civil Rights : Policing, Discretion & Race in Cambridge”

11 August 2013 - 12:18pm | starsail
by Ana Traynin

Cambridge, MA - The Men of Color Task Force hosted the panel discussion “Civil Rights : Policing, Discretion & Race in Cambridge” at the St. Paul A.M.E. Christian Life Center on Thursday, February 11. A follow-up to last July’s controversial arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his Cambridge home, the panel was introduced by interim mayor City Councillor Kenneth Reeves and moderated by Richard Harding. The keynote speaker was Northeastern School of Law professor Deborah A.

Metrowest Peace Action Holds First Anniversary and New Member Meeting

11 August 2013 - 12:17pm | ccoakley
by Carol Coakley (Advocate)

Sherborn, MA - Approximately 45 people attended the first anniversary and new member meeting of Metrowest Peace Action (MwPA) on Saturday at the Peace Abbey. Congressman Barney Frank spoke for about 20 minutes and took questions for another 25. He talked about a strategy for cutting the military budget (25% solution)and challenging the notion that we have to be #1 superpower, world's policeman etc. His current thinking is to recommend to Congress, that in deficit reduction talks, any cuts to domestic/civilian programs be met with comparable cuts in the military budget.

Long-Time Activists Pack Porter Square Books: Plea For Mumia

22 February 2010 - 11:01pm | mary lynn cramer
by Mary Lynn Cramer

Porter Sq. Books in Cambridge was wall-to-wall with long-time activist Friday. Not where I would expect to see most of these people on a Thursday night, but Laura Whitehorn* was speaking about her book—the edited manuscript of Safiya Bukhari—“The War Before: The true Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison and Fighting for Those Left Behind” (Forward by Angela Davis; Afterward by Mumia Abu-Jamal).

Authors Robert McChesney and John Nichols On The Death And Life Of American Journalism

9 February 2010 - 3:07pm | RadioView
by Dave Goodman (I.B.I.S. Radio)

Cambridge, MA - On the one hand, newspapers like the Cincinnati Post, the Rocky Mountain News, and the Christian Science Monitor are going out of business or becoming on-line only publications. On the other hand, what remains of commercial print, broadcast, and online news, according to authors Robert McChesney and John Nichols, tends to favor celebrity and scandal driven reporting.

Community Rallies to Support Outstanding Labor and Community Leader

3 February 2010 - 2:28pm | Rand Wilson
by Rand Wilson (Advocate)

BOSTON/Dorchester - Over 1,000 people crowded into the Firefighters' Florian Hall in Dorchester last Friday to honor Jerry "Judgie" Leary who passed away after a valiant battle against cancer and give support to his bereaved family.

Leary was a telephone worker, lifelong Dorchester resident and well-known neighborhood guy. As a union activist and Vice President of IBEW Local 2222, he won the admiration of his co-workers during the legendary four month NYNEX strike and many subsequent battles with its successor companies Bell Atlantic and Verizon.

Alliance to Develop Power Members ask Senator-Elect Scott Brown: “Will your ‘Big Tent’ Include Us?”

24 January 2010 - 9:02am | superuser
by Keya Alvarez, Andrea Goldman and Caroline Murray

Will United States Senator-Elect Scott Brown follow through on his promise of creating a “big tent”? Will he work collaboratively with those of us that are hurting the most in the economic crisis -- low-income people and the unemployed, African-Americans, immigrants, and families living in distressed communities? We challenge Senator-Elect Brown to join us. We challenge him to move beyond partisan politics by standing up for all families in Massachusetts and supporting a comprehensive package that will create a just and equitable economy that works for everyone.

Shocker in Massachusetts: How the Republicans Won in the Country's Biggest Democratic Stronghold

24 January 2010 - 9:21am | superuser
by Bryan Koulouris (Advocate)

Unimaginable a few short weeks ago: Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts was won by a Republican. Two months ago, Martha Coakley had a 31 percentage-point lead in polls over the obscure Republican state senator Scott Brown. Most had thought that the real race was over for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat when the Democratic primary ended. After all, the seat had been held by the Democratic Party for over 58 years, most of that time by two brothers with the last name Kennedy. Just over a year ago, Obama had carried Massachusetts by 26%. What happened?

Class & Party Differences: Which Side of Mass Ave Were You On?

11 August 2013 - 12:18pm | admin
by mary lynn cramer

While I was in the shower Election eve I heard on my portable radio that Martha Coakley called Scott Brown to congratulate him on winning the Massachusetts Senate Race. The right-wing talk shows I dropped in on were the first to announce it and were madly celebrating while the "progressive" pundits on WBUR were still arguing over whether Martha or the White House should be blamed if she lost. (Coakley reportedly “leaked” a memo to Politico yesterday blaming Obama).

Martin Luther King Day Protesters Focus On Torture And Closing Guantanamo Prison

20 January 2010 - 5:16pm | RadioView
by Chuck Rosina (Independent)

BOSTON/Boston Common - On Monday, people in Boston and around the U.S. celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But while many recognize his civil rights accomplishments and his many campaigns for racial justice, few people acknowledge his radical anti-war, anti-imperialist, and pro-socialist platforms. He was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, for example, long before it became fashionable.

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