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Eviction Blockade Successful, At Least Until Tomorrow |
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by City Life/Vida Urbana, |
Over 100 people gathered at 197 Normandy St. at noon to
stand with Drusilla Francis. We chanted and sang and gave testimony.
The constable summoned the police to arrest people blocking the door.
The police, to their credit, asked the constable for papers showing he
had the right to evict that day. He did not have such papers. The
eviction was called off for today! As Melonie said in summation, this
would NOT have happened without the boisterous protest we mounted today. |
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01 Aug 2011
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Organizing |
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Allston DIY Fest a Success |
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by Boston IMC, |
 The 2011 Allston DIY Fest came off with hardly a hitch today. Featuring live music, workshops, a really, really free market, and vegan meals from Food Not Bombs, the festival brought punks, hippies and other Allston residents to Ringer Park for an afternoon of fun unencumbered by authoritarians. |
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23 Jul 2011
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Filed under: News / Organizing |
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Flash Mob Targets Hyatt Hotel |
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by Boston IMC, |
 July 10, 2011 - Today at 5:00 PM, activists hit the Cambridge Hyatt with a flash mob protest to draw attention to the unfair labor practices of the hotel chain. Led by Boston Sass Attack, Boston's radical cheerleading squad, protesters performed a song and dance routine titled "Boycott Hyatt" to the tune of Beyonce's Single Ladies. |
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10 Jul 2011
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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