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Lynne Stewart's Victory: Remains Free on Bail |
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by support lynne stewart, |
 After fearing an indictment that could have landed her in jail for life, Lynne Steward claimed victory today as the judge handed a veridict of 28 months in prison for "extraordinarily severe criminal conduct" for distributing press releases on behalf of her jailed client. She remains free on bail upon the appeal of her case.
Lynne Stewart is a radical human rights attorney known for her outspoken political views and representation of controversial clients. Last year, Lynne was convicted of providing material support to a terrorist organization for representing a client accused of terrorism. |
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17 Oct 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Organizing : Politics |
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Brookline High School Students Repudiate Columbus Day |
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by Sofia Jarrin, |
 Brookline, Mass – The Tribal Community Alliance, a student organization at Brookline High School that works on raising awareness about indigenous rights, brought friends and supporters together to protest the Columbus Day holiday. Standing on Coolidge Corner with banners that read “Stop Celebrating Genocide” and “Support Indigenous People Day”, the protesters confronted what they say is a wrong account of history. |
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10 Oct 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Organizing |
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Columbus Day Celebrates Genocide |
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by anti-columbus day, |
 (October 9, Boston, MA) As of 3 o’clock this morning the statue of Christopher Columbus standing in the North End has been drenched with red paint. This stain is a symbolic action celebrating the collaborative efforts of the privileged and the oppressed in the fight for collective liberation. |
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10 Oct 2006
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Filed under: News / Race |
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Boston Activists Hold Protest in Solidarity with the People of Oaxaca |
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by Jonathan McIntosh, |
 BOSTON, MA -- At lunchtime on Friday October 5th, about 20 activists and concerned citizens from the Boston area gathered in front of the Mexican consulate
The protest event was part of a local and on-going campaign to show support for and solidarity with the demonstrators in Oaxaca and the Popular Assemblies of the People of Oaxaca (APPO). |
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10 Oct 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Organizing |
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Students, Superheroes Confront Military and CIA at Harvard University |
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by Harvard Initiative for Peace and Justice, |
 Dozens of students and community members confronted representatives of the U.S. Army, Marines, Air Force, and Central Intelligence Agency on Harvard's campus in Allston last Friday.
The action was a joint effort by a coalition of Harvard students in protest of the war in Iraq, the poverty draft, and discrimination in the military, but also in protest of Harvard's corporatization of education and its expansion into Allston. |
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10 Oct 2006
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Filed under: Announcement / Organizing |
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Textron Cluster Bombs Focus of Vigil in Wilmington MA |
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by Northampton Committee to Stop the War in Iraq, |
 Northampton, Mass -- About 80 people joined the Northampton (MA) Committee to Stop the War in Iraq yesterday to protest Textron Systems based in in Wilmington, Mass., for its manufacture of cluster bombs. The vigil took place outside the plant to call on all people of conscience to oppose the use of cluster munitions and to actively work to end the manufacture and sale of cluster bombs. The Northampton Committee initiated this protest after one of its founding members, Frances Crowe, 87 of Northampton, learned of Textron's role in the production and sale of cluster munitions. Since then Merrimack Valley People for Peace, Traprock Peace Center, Code Pink of western Massachusetts as well as Progressive Democrats of America/Massachusetts, Northampton Chapter have endorsed the protest in Wilmington, Massachusetts. |
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06 Oct 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : International : Organizing : War and Militarism |
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Actions in Solidarity with the People of Oaxaca! |
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by Boston Anarchists for Popular Assemblies, |
 On Saturday, September 30th, as Mexican military helicopters flew over Oaxaca City with the intent of threatening and intimidating the peaceful movement of the Popular Assemblies of the People of Oaxaca, Boston activists gathered at the Boylston T stop to spread awareness about the imminent invasion of Oaxaca City by the federal Mexican Army. This small educational action marked the beginning of an on-going campaign of Boston solidarity with the movement of the popular assemblies in Oaxaca. Read more for ideas on how to get involved! |
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02 Oct 2006
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Filed under: Announcement / International |
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Burlington Janitors Fast for Workers Rights |
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by Sofia Jarrin, |
 Burlington, Mass. — Several janitors began a 5-day fast on Monday to show awareness on worker rights violations by three cleaning contractors, Resource One and Jani-Solutions, hired by real state development agency Gutierrez Co., and American Housekeeping, hired by one of its tenants. Every day of this week the group of fasters, monitored by a team of nurses, will be sitting on Wall and Cambridge Streets and are planning to hold a prayer vigil on Thursday. |
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27 Sep 2006
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : Labor : Organizing |
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