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Rising Tide Boston Crashes Talk by Arch Coal CEO |
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by Rising Tide Boston, |
 Boston, MA - Seven activists from Rising Tide Boston disrupted a lecture at Harvard University being delivered by Arch Coal CEO Steve Leer, who was speaking on the future of “clean coal” technology. The activists attempted to enlighten the coal baron and the lecture attendees on the true cost of coal extraction. "Arch coal is participating in the destructive practice of mountaintop removal," says Tyler Kinser, a member of Rising Tide Boston. "How can coal ever be clean when entire communities are being poisoned and displaced by coal extraction?"
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05 Feb 2009
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Filed under: News / Environment |
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Home Depot, Bank of America Executives Caught on Tape trying to Defeat the EFCA |
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by Employee Free Choice Act Now . Org, |
Bank of America, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, Rick Berman founder of Union Facts exposed on tape trying to Defeat The Employee Free Choice Act. Audio of the conference call, which was obtained by the Huffington Post, is excerpted throughout this piece to provide a clearer insight into the pitched battle surrounding the Employee Free Choice legislation.
Participants on the October 17 call--including at least one representative from another bailout recipient, AIG--were urged to persuade their clients to send "large contributions" to groups working against the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), as well as to vulnerable Senate Republicans, who could help block passage of the bill. Bernie Marcus, the charismatic co-founder of Home Depot, led the call along with Rick Berman, an aggressive EFCA opponent and founder of the Center for Union Facts. |
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30 Jan 2009
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Alexander: Obama’s $825 Billion Stimulus Plan offers too little, too late |
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by Stewart A. Alexander, |
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With less than 10 days in office, President Barack Obama has indicated that his $825 billion economic stimulus package will energize the U.S. economy and create future jobs for more than three million Americans. Socialists nationwide are rejecting this new call for deficit spending and are calling for programs that will meet the short and long term needs of the nation and create immediate employment for the millions of working people that are unemployed or under-employed. |
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30 Jan 2009
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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BAAM # 17 Released! |
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by Jake, |
 The 17th issue of the Boston Anti-Authoritarian Movement Newsletter is now available for PDF download. You can also find it at some of Boston's local community centers, or if you order a subscription, have it mailed to your door. |
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28 Jan 2009
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Filed under: News / Media |
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Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles releases policy change for changing gender markers |
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by Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, |
 The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is pleased to announce that the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles has amended its policy regarding changing gender markers on state issued identification such as driver's licenses or Massachusetts ID.
The new policy requires a person who wishes to change the gender marker on their state issued identification to submit an updated application together with a Gender Designation Change Form, signed by him or her and a medical provider attesting to the gender that the individual considers himself or herself to be. The policy no longer requires a person to submit medical proof of sex reassignment surgery or an amended birth certificate. The next edition of the Registry of Motor Vehicles Driver's Manual will reflect the agency's policy amendments. |
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27 Jan 2009
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Filed under: News / Gender : GLBT/Queer : Politics |
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