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Call for a Write-In for Grace Ross on Tuesday!

10 September 2010 - 10:23pm | superuser
by Christopher Horton

Following Tuesday's dismal first televised debate between the candidates for Governor, it’s even clearer that we need a better choice than what’s on the ballot now. The Governor’s Race looks wide open right now, a dead heat, with Patrick at 44%, Baker at 42%, and the level of voter dissatisfaction very high.

Therefore I and some of Grace Ross’ supporters in and outside of the labor movement are calling for a write-in vote for Grace Ross for Governor in the Democratic Primary on Tuesday!

Peace Movement Connects with Labor for Big October March in DC

3 September 2010 - 9:25pm | suren
by Suren Moodliar

Back in April, peace movement activist Paul Shannon began looking round for a national project that spoke to his values while addressing the economic crisis. Soon Paul's search had him in conversations with AFL-CIO and other trade union leaders. Everyone seemed to think that 2010 is an exceptional year: business-as-usual would simply mean defeat for everything folks like Paul care about: implementing effective climate-protection measures; bringing all the troops home; creating decent green jobs.

Labor Day Thoughts (with Link to Commercial for Working People)

3 September 2010 - 3:59pm | Rand Wilson
by Rand Wilson

Labor Day is coming up. I hope all everyone gets a chance to enjoy some time with their friends and families.

This is the holiday brought to you by the labor movement. What is the labor movement? It's people just like yourself, working together for a voice on the job and better wages and working conditions.

Labor Day celebrates our achievements: the eight hour day, occupational safety and health laws, child labor laws, minimum wage laws; the Fair Labor Standards Act, etc.

Change the Media Change the World: The National Conference for Media Reform - Boston April 2011

3 September 2010 - 3:44pm | Candace Clement
by Candace Clement

Extra, extra! Celebrity gossip! Horserace election coverage! Reality television! The same song (again) on (every) radio station! Even higher Internet bills for slower speeds!

Wait. Anyone else feeling they are being ripped-off? Or perhaps falling into the “mad-as-hell-and-not-going-to-take-it-anymore” category?

Alright -- so let’s do something about it.

Paul Street Speaks on Empire and Political Imagination in America

27 August 2010 - 11:11pm | superuser
by Matthew Andrews (Staff)

A small but enthusiastic group gathered on the fifth floor of the Chinatown community center, encuentro 5, last night to hear historian and author Paul Street talk about his new book, The Empire's New Clothes: Barack Obama and the Real World of Power. This stop on Street's book tour was hosted by Charngchi Way of the online anarchist radio show, The Authority Smashing Hour.

Learning from Failure - Richard Levins on the Challenges of Our Times

24 August 2010 - 3:48pm | suren
by Suren Moodliar
Eminent public health scientist and activist Richard Levins considered some of the most pressing issues facing humanity--food and water shortages, drug-resistant micro-organisms, global warming and social inequality--in light of the intellectual triumphalism that seems to accompany every claim of problem resolution. His Saturday morning talk, "Failures, Errors & the Boundaries of Our Minds" atencuentro 5 found an engaged audience in Boston and New York.

Confronting The National Guard Recruiters in Boston

21 August 2010 - 6:05pm | nosanctions
by Michael Borkson

Some of us who attend the weekly sat. peace vigil at Park Street in Boston heard from a passerby that the National Guard was staging a recruiting event/military display at Faneuil Hall a few blocks away. So after our vigil ended a little after 2pm, 3 of us went down to the National Guard event to protest.
When we got there around 2:30, there was about 25 soldiers in camouflage, 2 hum vees with mounted machine guns, and even a racing stock car with the National Guard logo. A lot of passersby were looking at the

Prof. Charles Derber Speaks on Solving Climate Change at Somerville Public Library

20 August 2010 - 11:55pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

Somerville, MA - Prof. Charles Derber of the Boston College Sociology department gave a talk on his new book "Greed to Green: Solving Climate Change and Remaking the Economy" on Thursday to a crowd of 35 people at the Somerville Public Library - Central Library. The event was sponsored by the Majority Agenda Project, Somerville-Medford United for Justice with Peace, and Transition Somerville, and was chaired by Jason Pramas, Editor/Publisher of Open Media Boston.

4-Way Race for Governor and One Clear Choice for Democracy

10 August 2010 - 7:54pm | eli_beckerman
by Eli Beckerman

It's Democracy Day today, and Massachusetts voters have a clear choice before them. They can support the one candidate who refuses to take corporate money to fuel her campaign, or the 3 candidates who swim through lobbyist-fueled campaign coffers like Scrooge McDuck. They can support the one candidate who unequivocally stands up for justice and sustainability, or the 3 candidates who treat ill-fated and harmful get-rich-quick schemes as though they were sensible, thoughtful, and helpful policy.

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