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#Anonymous Mourns Loss of Aaron Swartz at Boston Protest Demands Legal Reforms

26 January 2013 - 6:17am | superuser

by superuser

BOSTON/South Boston - Members of the Internet collective known as Anonymous took to the streets of Boston yesterday in memory of fellow activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life earlier this month, and to protest the criminal prosecution that they believe contributed to this death.

But despite the sinister grins of their characteristic Guy Fawkes masks, the protest had a much more somber tone than many of Anonymous’ previous public actions.

Temp Workers Rally in South Boston for REAL Reform Bill

5 September 2011 - 9:09pm | superuser

by Amy Grunder

BOSTON/South Boston - Over 80 temp workers and their community and labor allies rallied in South Boston on Thursday to draw attention to the exploitation of Massachusetts’ growing low-wage temporary workforce, just ahead of the Labor Day holiday.

Live Video Feed from the National Conference for Media Reform

8 April 2011 - 3:24am | superuser

by Open Media Boston (Staff)

Open Media Boston is pleased to offer this live video feed from the National Conference for Media Reform courtesy of Free Press and Free Speech TV. The feed will be active during conference hours (EST) April 8-10. Enjoy!

Tarek Mehanna Supporters Rally at Bail Hearing

26 February 2011 - 5:38pm | superuser

by Matthew Andrews (Staff)

BOSTON/South Boston - Dr. Tarek Mehanna, a 29 year old pharmacist from Sudbury, Massachusetts, entered the courtroom at the Moakley Federal Courthouse on Wednesday wearing an orange prison jumpsuit. Mehanna is being charged with conspiring to commit terrorism and lending material support to a global Islamic jihad against the United States. Defense attorneys, J.W. Carney Jr. and Janice Bassil, made several pre-trial motions, including a request that the judge to set bail so Mehanna could return home pending his trial in October.

No Leniency for Chuck Turner at Sentencing

28 January 2011 - 11:40pm | superuser

by Matthew Andrews and Diana Mai (Staff)

BOSTON/South Boston - Chuck Turner was sentenced to three years of incarceration at the Moakley Courthouse on Tuesday - ending a two year struggle by the embattled former Boston city councilor and his allies to stave off federal corruption charges. Constituents and supporters packed the courtroom and two overflow rooms to watched on closed circuit TV as lawyers on both sides made their case to US District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock. The atmosphere was bitter as hopes ran thin that Turner would be granted leniency.

Former Seafood Palace Workers Hold South Boston Protest to Demand Back Wages

2 July 2008 - 3:18pm | jpramas

by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/South Boston - On Monday, a group of 25 people - including former employees of the recently closed Seafood Palace Restaurant in Dorchester and supporters from the Chinese Progressive Association Workers Center, Mass. Jobs with Justice, and the Mass. Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health - met at the Broadway T Stop in South Boston and held a short rally before marching up West Broadway to Kim's Market to protest Seafood Palace's violation of various state and federal labor laws and demand justice for its laid-off workers.

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