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VIDEO: Single-Payer Healthcare Boston Event-Appearance By SICKO Cast and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine |
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by Michael Borkson, |
 On April 27-28, 2008 in Boston, the initiative for single-payer, free health care for all was brought to the Massachusetts public. It was highlighted by a concert on the 27th at Berklee Peformance Center by Tom Morello , guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, which was a benefit for his Justice Tour, which is traveling the country focusing on various issues such as health care, homelessness, peace, and veteran's care. The Justice Tour will end on May Day in Chicago. |
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30 Apr 2008
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Filed under: News / Social Welfare |
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Police officers acquitted for killing a Black man...AGAIN?! |
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by Kat Dunn, |
 Police violence against Black men is heinous but by no means surprising. Cases of unarmed Black men being shot a ludicrous number of times by police officers (of all races) are all too common. Amadou Diallo shot 41 times, NYC, 1999. Johnny Goodwin age 21, Chicago, 2007. Kevin McCoullough age 27, Chattanooga 1998. Bert W. Bowen, Boston 2004. Marquis Barker, Boston 2007. (To name a few). |
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May 1 in Boston: Rally and March for Immigrant Rights and International Workers Day |
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by Boston May Day Coalition, |
 As it has become a tradition in Boston, a rally will be held on May 1st. at the Boston Common Bandstand, starting at 4 pm. Immigrant and labor rights advocates will address the participants. There will also be cultural presentations with a special presentation by Bolivian folk-musician and composer Manuel "Papirri" Monroy. This will be Monroy's first visit to the United States. At 5:30 pm the rally participants will march to Copley Square to demonstrate their protest at the government policies against undocumented migrant workers, demanding an end to the raids and deportations and full legalization for all migrant workers and their families. |
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23 Apr 2008
Modified: 28 Apr 2008 |
Filed under: Announcement / Labor |
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Corporatization and Human Rights Violation in India: Justice Delayed for Dr. Binayak Sen |
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by Arpita Banerjee, |
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The unethical detention of Dr. Binayak Sen is one of the many glaring examples of state repression. On May 14th 2008, it will be one year since Dr. Sen was arrested under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act and the Crimes Against the State Chapter of the Indian Penal Code. Dr. Sen has spent the last twenty-five years working--leaving conventional life behind--among the tribal people of Chhattisgarh, setting up the worker’s hospital in Dalli-Rajhara, Chhattisgarh. He relentlessly documented incidents of fake police encounters, inhuman conditions in the prison, the lack of the very basic health care among the tribal. |
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Rally to Stop Eviction of Family Home in Dorchester |
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by Jonathan McIntosh and Sofia Jarrin, |
 Boston, Mass - On April 16, residents and supporters rallied at 200 Norfolk Street in Dorchester to stop the eviction of the Meyers family from their home. Living in the house are 4 brothers and sisters as well as 6 children. There is also a licensed day care center in the building. Before the morning rally US Bank and Premier Asset Services backed off their planned forced eviction. The Banks have finally agreed to negotiate to try to settle the matter. The organization City Life/Vida Urbana plans to continue fighting evictions. |
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19 Apr 2008
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Race |
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BAAM's 8th Monthly Newsletter: Free! |
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by baam, |
 BAAM’s 8th monthly newsletter – April
Welcome to the 8th issue of the Boston Anti-Authoritarian’s Monthly Newsletter.
This month’s issue:
“Activists Shut Down Bank for Fossil Fools Day”
“JPRRN Remembers the New Bedford Raids”
“The Scope on Iraq”
“Increased Profits, More Repression: Plan Mexico and Nafta”
“Report back from New Orleans”
“Some Thoughts on the Movement” |
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15 Apr 2008
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Filed under: News / Education |
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