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Wobbly Beaten and Arrested by Cambridge Cops for Picketing at Insomnia Cookies |
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by Boston IWW, |
Insomnia Cookies fires workers for joining the union. Cambridge police brutalize union members for protesting the illegal firing. We will return with ten times the numbers and continue to fight, until there is justice at Insomnia Cookies.
Watch this space for details of time and date!
Emergency march against police brutality tonight! 5:30 PM in Harvard Square! |
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15 Nov 2013
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Filed under: News / Labor : Organizing : Police and Prisons |
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An Appeal from the Philippines |
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by Some Filipino Radicals, |
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On November 8, 2013, typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda (local name) shoot its landfall in the Philippines. Typhoon Yolanda is one of the strongest typhoons which struck Philippines on a record. It has sustained winds of 235 kph (147 mph) with gusts of 275 kph (170 mph) when it made landfall. By those measurements, Yolanda can be compared to a strong Category 4 hurricane in the U.S, nearly in the top category, a 5. |
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14 Nov 2013
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Filed under: News / Environment : International : Organizing |
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Super typhoon Haiyan is climate wake-up call |
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by Akbayan, Aksyon Klima, Yeb Sano, |
 It seems these days that whenever Mother Nature wants to send an urgent message to humankind, it sends it via the Philippines. This year the messenger was Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Yolanda. |
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14 Nov 2013
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Filed under: News / Environment : Globalization : International : Social Welfare |
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SF Protest At Veolia To Back USW Local 8751 Boston Bus Drivers |
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by Labor Video Project, |
 San Francisco bus and transit workers rallied to demand the rehiring of the five Boston USW Local 8751 union leaders and an end to union busting by Veolia. They picketed the San Francisco office of Veolia and also attacked Veolia for trying to bust the BART workers during their struggle for a contract. |
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31 Oct 2013
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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