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Palin Tea Party Express Come to Boston

21 April 2010 - 12:54am | starsail
by Ana Traynin

BOSTON/Boston Common – Nearly 5,000 people descended on the Boston Common last Wednesday morning to attend the last scheduled rally on the third Tea Party Express national tour. The special guest was former Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, who spoke to the crowd in the late morning.

 

Photos by Diana Mai. Copyright 2010 Diana Mai.

Students Staff and Faculty Rally to Increase Mass. Public Higher Education Funding

11 March 2010 - 8:00pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Boston Common - Over 125 students, faculty, staff and alumni from several Massachusetts public colleges rallied Monday on Boston Common to pressure the state legislature to increase funding for public higher education. The event was oraganized by the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts.

Mass. LGBT Advocates Protest Yes Vote on Maine's Anti-Gay Marriage Question 1

8 November 2009 - 9:49pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Boston Common - Immediately following the yes vote on Maine's Question 1, the "Maine Same-Sex Marriage People's Veto," over 100 Mass. gay marriage advocates held a protest on Boston Common next to the Park Street T stop on Wednesday evening. The question was put on the ballot by Stand for Marriage Maine - a coalition of conservative religious and social organizations - to overturn Maine's recently-passed gay marriage law. It was opposed by the progressive coalition Protect Maine Equality.

Boston March and Rally for Jobs Demands An Economy That Works for Everyone

4 October 2009 - 11:44pm | superuser
by David Goodman, Jesse Kirdahy-Scalia, Jason Pramas and Elizabeth Washburn (Staff)

BOSTON/Boston Common and other locations in downtown Boston - Over 1000 people - primarily members of dozens of area unions and allied community organizations - participated in a "Rally for Jobs" last Thursday around downtown Boston. The goal of the public action, according to organizers from the state's main labor federation Mass.

Public Option Advocates Rally for National Health Care on Labor Day

12 September 2009 - 10:23pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Boston Common - Over 5000 members of labor unions, Democratic Party chapters and health care advocacy organizations gathered on the Boston Common for a Health Care Rally on Labor Day. The event was called to shore up regional support for a public health care option - though not a single-payer option - in the proposed national health care reform plan being pushed by President Barack Obama and Democratic Party leaders.

Rush Hour Picket Demands U.S. Government Withdraw Support for Honduran Coup Leaders

14 August 2009 - 11:14pm | jpramas
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Boston Common - A rush hour picket in support of the democratic resistance movement against the Honduran coup d'etat was held on Tuesday by about 25 activists from several area organizations with connections to Central America - including Proyecto Hondureño, Centro Presente, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, and others. Participants leafleted passers-by and set up a table where people were encouraged to sign petitions to the U.S. government demanding that help reinstate elected Pres.

Boston Rally Calls for Nationalizing Giant U.S. Banks

13 April 2009 - 2:32am | superuser
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Boston Common - About 40 people from as far away as New Hampshire showed up on the Boston Common Saturday afternoon for a rally called by the new online activist network A New Way Forward. The event was focused on creating a local groundswell of support for a movement to partially nationalize large banks that organizers believe are responsible for the economic crisis - and was 1 of dozens of similar actions called in discussion groups on various social networking services and coordinated on the network's main website.

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