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Citizens Demand Sane Environmental Policy
“Honk if you love clean air,” instructed the sign raised by Morgan Foster, 22, of Newburyport, MA. Many beeps resounded from the cars passing by the recent Wheaton College graduate’s rallying spot at North
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Richard Levins on Dialectics
Richard Levins is an activist for Puerto Rican independence, Harvard Professor and ecologist; in this video professor Levins covers a wide range of topics from climate change to evolution to sugar metabolism and workers’
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Still fighting for DJ Henry
This article originally appeared on the Socialist Worker on July 26, 2012. On October 17, 2010, 20-year-old Pace University student and football player Danroy “DJ” Henry was shot by Pleasantville police officer Aaron Hess,
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Malden/Medford Tenants Picket Alpha Management In Response to Evictions
The conflict between Malden/Medford Tenants United and Alpha Management is far from over. After purchasing four apartment complexes in those towns in late April, Allston-Brighton real estate company Alpha Management and its CEO, Anwar
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Democratic Ownership In The Works
Belmont, MA –– On June 26, Occupy Belmont welcomed business analyst and author Marjorie Kelly to their town. Kelly spoke at Belmont’s First Church, Unitarian Universalist about her latest book, Owning Our Future: The
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Tenants Form Union to Fight Drastic Rent Hikes
Malden, MA — Alice Alisme had come to expect the letters. There was the Notice to Quit Tenancy, the new rental application letter, the lock change notice, and, most importantly, the letter which said:
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Clean Up BPPA Rakes Muck on Police Newsletter
A campaign started by an Occupy Boston-affiliated group called Clean Up BPPA, along with some help from reporters at the Boston Phoenix, has turned up dirt related to the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (BPPA), the
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350.org Launches Massachusetts Network
Cambridge, MA –– Although 350.org has become a global leader in the fight against climate change, its beginnings are modest. “350 started like this, in a circle, in Vermont, in 2006,” said Phil Aroneonu,
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Fare Strike Coalition Declares “Fare-Free Friday”
Boston T riders at several downtown subway stations received a welcome surprise during their evening commute yesterday (Friday, July 13th): a Fare Free Ride home. Entering train stations at Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, as well
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Occupy Homes Comes to Massachusetts
Michael Premo, an enthusiastic organizer for a new initiative called “Occupy Homes”, doesn’t see anything new in what he or other groups are doing to stop foreclosures and evictions. “It started with the Communist
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