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Boston Feminists March Against Gender Inequality
Over 150 feminist activists gathered at the Boston Common gazebo on Saturday, October 13, to march against gender inequality and rape culture. Organized by Boston Feminists for Liberation (BFFL), the march began with one
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Occupy Boston Turns One Year Old
About 80 Occupiers gathered on the foot of the State House at noon Sunday, September 30 to celebrate the one year anniversary of Occupy Boston. Those gathered marked one year of struggling for social
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Occupy Consciousness: On István Mészáros
This talk on the work of philosopher and University of Sussex Professor Emeritus István Mészáros took place at the Democracy Center in Cambridge on Saturday, September 15, 2012. The events’ speakers, Doug Enaa Greene and
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For Malden Tenants Union, Summer Finds Some Success But Few Answers
Click here to read more of the Boston Occupier’s original coverage of Malden/Medford Tenants United. MALDEN, MA — After four months of organizing against rent hikes at her Malden apartment complex, Barbara Avery was
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The Great Strike: Lawrence, 1912
The great Lawrence Textile Strike, a strike of some 25,000 mainly immigrant workers, took place from January to March of 1912. The strike spread rapidly, encompassing nearly every mill within a week. It defied
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Celebrating “Bread and Roses” in Lawrence
LAWRENCE, MA — While many celebrated Labor Day weekend with beach trips and barbeques, the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts did something unusual: it actually commemorated the U.S. labor movement. The “Bread and Roses Heritage
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Rally to Free Accused Whistle-blower and WikiLeaks Source
(In an effort to respect the wishes of PFC. Manning, this article refers to “her” rather than “him,” and to “Breanna” Manning rather than “Bradley” Manning. For a thoughtful and thorough consideration of this
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When You Got $0.00, You Got $0.00 To Lose: An Interview With Mike Connolly
On Sunday August 19, I met Massachusetts State Rep. candidate Mike Connolly at Veggie Galaxy on Mass. Ave. in Cambridge. We talked about Occupy, Connolly’s “no money” campaign., the role individual initiative can play
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How Unions Could Do Better
The International Association of Machinists just succeeded in negotiating a humiliating defeat with Caterpillar after a 15-week strike. Workers lost considerable money by striking, and then lost even more with the new contract, accepting
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Howard Zinn: Life and Legacy
Although Howard Zinn died over two years ago at the age of eighty-seven, his legacy lives on through popular education initiatives and struggles for social justice. Howard Zinn was a pioneer in combining the
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