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Hundreds in Mass kick off campaign for passage of Employee Free Choice Act |
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by Rand Wilson, rand (nospam) mindspring.com |
 On International Human Rights Day hundreds of community and labor leaders gathered to make the link between workers' rights and human rights. The Massachusetts campaign for Employee Free Choice Act will tie broad economic recovery to passage of landmark labor legislation. |
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11 Dec 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Labor : Organizing : Politics |
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Bank Of America, We're Still Breaking Up! |
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by Rising Tide Boston, |
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Rising Tide Boston wishes to announce that the group will continue its part in the widespread campaign to pressure Bank of America to drop its involvement with the coal industry, despite the bank's recent release of a new "Coal Policy". We view this so-called policy as a PR gimmick intended to distract the public from Bank of America's ongoing funding of the coal industry. Bank of America's Coal Policy fails to commit to a timeline or any concrete action to halt their financing of mountain top removal coal mining, and the alternatives the bank pledges to support are not solutions at all. |
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11 Dec 2008
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Filed under: Announcement / Environment : Human Rights : Labor : Organizing : Social Welfare |
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Chuck Turner Stands for Us, We Stand with Chuck |
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by Support Chuck Turner via BIMC editors, |
 In an amazing show of solidarity, people in Boston's progressive community stand for Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner defying FBI charges of corruption. We repost here a report-back from the latest community gathering for Chuck. -- BIMC Editors
Ever the visionary, ever the rebel, Councilor Turner rallied hundreds of supporters and neighbors at Roxbury Community College this evening. In a crowd that swelled from a capacity of 300 at the outset to a couple hundred more at its high point, Turner methodically refuted the two main media narratives against him: “victimhood” and “need for new leadership”. Throughout the emotional evening, the Councilor and all the speakers, singers, and poets connected with a deep spirituality as they prepared for the next day’s hearing in federal court. The event however was grounded by a serious analysis of US Attorney Sullivan’s motives in bringing charges against Councilor Turner. |
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11 Dec 2008
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Filed under: News / Organizing |
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39th National Day of Mourning |
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by Chuck U. Rosina, chuckbla3 (nospam) yahoo.com |
United American Indians of New England gathered at Cole's Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and marched with about 150 of their supporters through the streets of Plymouth on Thanksgiving afternoon. They were not there to celebrate the myth of what is taught about the Pilgrims arriving here almost 400 years ago, but rather they want the truth of that time to be told, Native American heritage recognized, and they called for political prisoner, Leonard Peltier to be released. The Wampanoag were the first natives to greet Pilgrims.
LISTEN TO AUDIO REPORT:
http://radio.indymedia.org/es/node/17091
VIDEO (by Michael Borkson):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7shewtqNfEQ |
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30 Nov 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights |
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City Councilor Chuck Turner's Public Statement on His Arrest |
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by BIMC Editors, |
 Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner was arrested last Friday, November 21st, by the FBI under corruptions charges that he denies, and was later released on a $50,000 bond. Since 2000, Turner has been one of the most progressive politicians in Boston, supporting minority groups, poor families, and other anti-war, economic and social justice issues. Below you will find the full statement he released upon his arrest:
"While I intensely dislike and think that it is highly unfair to decide a person's guilt or innocence through the media, it is clear that once you become the target of a media witch hunt, you either fight back by presenting the essence of your legal defense or allow the media wolves to destroy your reputation so that the jury's decision becomes irrelevant to public perception...
For further updates, please visit:
http://supportchuckturner.com
For news updates, please also see Open Media Boston:
http://openmediaboston.org/ |
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24 Nov 2008
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Filed under: Announcement / Politics : Race |
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Workers Struggle with Intimidation after ICE Raids in New Bedford |
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by Sofia JarrinT, sofiajt (nospam) yahoo.com |
 Over a year after the immigration raids in New Bedford, the working conditions at Eagle Industries (formely known as Michael Bianco) have continued to worsen as workers struggle for labor rights. In an interview with Maria Gonsalves, lead organizer from UNITE HERE, she talked about how the new factory owners have used intimidation tactics against the workers who have tried to organize there.
LISTEN: Interview with Maria Gonsalvez, lead organizer with UNITE here, can be downloaded here:
http://radio.indymedia.org/en/node/17075 |
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20 Nov 2008
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor : Organizing : Race |
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AIG, Congress and the Taxpayers |
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by Debbie Morgan, pressbox (nospam) bridgestonemediagroup.com |
Why are we continuing to let the government bail out a failing business that is misusing taxpayer money? Surely there are independently owned businesses, and even individuals, that could put that money to far better use.
What is up with AIG? The taxpayers, by way of the government and without being asked, have given AIG more than $122 Billion in funds (the amount is actually said to be more like $152 Billion) to keep the failing insurance giant afloat, and yet AIG cannot seem to tighten its belt. American Insurance Group, a company originally founded in China, has been caught spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in perks for executive, top producers and independent advisor retreats since its taxpayer bailout. |
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