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Opponents of BU “Bioterror Lab” Voice Concerns
Close to two dozen people gathered today in South Boston to show their opposition to the Level-3 and Level-4 infectious-disease research labs at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). The walk comes
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CL/VU Protests Suero Eviction Hearing
Early Thursday morning, a group of two dozen protesters met on the Edward Brooke courthouse in downtown Boston to protest the eviction of the Suero family, an immigrant Dominican family living in Dorchester who are
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Statement: Why We Got Arrested at the University of Chicago
This article first appeared in the Occupied Chicago Tribune. Four protesters demanding an expansion of trauma care services on the South Side were arrested during a sit-in at the University of Chicago Medical Center
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Labor Activists Protest Harvard Layoffs, Citing Discrimination
Published by Open Media Boston on January 18, 2013 at http://openmediaboston.org/node/2503. Cambridge, Mass. – Labor activists, Harvard University employees, and friends and family rallied today in Cambridge to protest the laying off of three University
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“Thank God for the Fascists”: A Dispatch From Weimar, Greece
This article first appeared on Occupy.com. The social-antagonist movements in Athens had to do some serious soul-searching in May 2010. As the economic crisis deepened and the government made its appalling announcement that Greece’s
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The Michigan GOP’s Anti-Union Blitz
Last Monday, Michigan was a state with long history of union protections and nobody was talking about this changing any time soon. Yesterday (Dec. 11th, 2012), Michigan became a “right to work” state and
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Declining Diva’s Appetizer of Exploitation
The management of Diva Indian Bistro, in Davis Square, Somerville, has been faced with a problem lately: how to keep customers coming in the door on Friday nights, when the restaurant is now regularly
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On Occupy: Aimless Nostalgia and the Need for a Damn Plan
“Whose training?” the young organizer shouted. The response came as a groan rather than a roar, a few tired voices out of the hundred or so gathered, repeating the fill-in-the-blank response mechanically: “Our training.”
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Anaheim Protest and March Against Police Brutality
On July 29 at noon, a protest gathered outside of the Anaheim Police Department (APD). Weekly protests against police violence have occurred there for quite some time, but this week hundreds of people from
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Sudan’s Students Lead Anti-Austerity Protests
As in other areas in the world, the east African nation of Sudan is facing government shortfalls in a depressed economy. Sudan has endured nearly forty years of perpetual war between an Islamic majority
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