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Pilgrim Nuclear Fight Heats Up in Massachusetts

15 May 2012 - 12:01am | amydemas
by Amy Grunder (Staff)

Plymouth, MA - Political fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster is fueling local opposition to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The aging facility’s operating license expires on June 8, 2012, and its owners want a 20-year extension. It looked like it had a green light from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which recommended an approval vote.

Bill McKibben Opens the Global Teach In from Boston

29 April 2012 - 5:51pm | suren
by Suren Moodliar (Participant)

In this interview, Bill McKibben opens the Global Teach In on Wednesday by reviewing the scale of environmental challenges that corporate power and carbon-lobby pose for humanity as a whole. Asked to address economic alternatives, he notes that there are many welcome projects but cautions that the scale and pace of change require an immense social movement to challenge corporations and governments. If successful, these social movements will find that that tomorrow's economy favors decentralized development and job creation.

Labor Day Conversation With Wayne Langley of SEIU 615: “Unions Need To Recapture Historic Role Speaking For The Public Good”

5 September 2011 - 4:33pm | RadioView
by Dave Goodman (I.B.I.S. Radio)

Unions and their allies across the country delayed cookouts and bargain shopping, at least for a few hours this Labor Day, to hold rallies promoting organized labor and workplace democracy, and call on elected representatives to support prosperity building measures rather than cuts to the social safety net.

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.

Bravest Woman in Afghanistan Malalai Joya Speaks in Boston

6 November 2009 - 4:16pm | jmarinova
by Press Pass TV

BOSTON/Dorchester - Malalai Joya, now 31, was the youngest ever woman elected to the Afghan Parliament in 2005 and is an outspoken critic of the Karzai government and NATO occupation. Press Pass TV caught up with Joya and supporters at an event hosted in Dorchester by United for Justice with Peace and Dorchester People for Peace.

Scotland Willis: Former Boston City Council Candidate Shares Views On City and Country.

11 October 2009 - 8:04am | RadioView
by Dave Goodman (I.B.I.S. Radio)

The dust has settled around the preliminary election for Boston Mayor and City Council. A higher percentage of city residents voted in the prelim than in years past but the numbers still represented only a fraction of the total eligible voters.

Not the best scenario for someone running for elected office for the first time.

Jill Stein Espouses Instant Runoff Voting Through MA Voter Choice Campaign; National Popular Voting Also On The Table

22 September 2009 - 11:23am | RadioView
by Dave Goodman (I.B.I.S. Radio)

BOSTON - Today is preliminary election day in Boston, Somerville, Chelsea, and other cities and towns in the greater metropolitan area. Mayors, Selectman, Alderman, City and School Council members throughout the Boston area are facing challenging races. That's good for democracy; especially in a state that consistently features the second greatest number of uncontested races in the country. Arkansas usually takes top billing in that category.

And yet, to state the facts bluntly in political parlance: "winner takes all" in all the races.

Russ Davis MA Jobs with Justice on Labor and Social Activism and Prospects for 2009

16 January 2009 - 2:43pm | RadioView
by Dave Goodman / IBIS Radio

Over the course of the last few years, peace and social justice organizations have engaged in an increasing number of collaborations with groups bridging a wide variety of issues and campaigns. From global climate change to job creation and workers rights to health care reform and protection from home foreclosures, community organizers increasingly view "justice" as a continuum of demands and strategies rather than single, isolated issues.

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