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Intertribal Problems Stuck on Stupid

January 10, 2015 By gmoke

We are going into our fifth month of demonstrations and actions all over the USA about police violence and sanctioned summary judgment. Hearing, reading, seeing the news, it seems as if brutality, terror, and torture are breaking out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: chicago, civil-rights, Constance Rice, Gandhian economics, gangs, Gary Slutkin, la, media, non-violence, peace, police, Tio Hardiman, violence

Boston’s Pressley Still Outspoken

June 14, 2011 By massmarrier

First-term Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley says she enjoys making people feel uncomfortable. That is, she finds that candor, facts and meaningful solutions don't come easy and don't come through avoidance. You can click the player … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ayanna-pressley, boston, city-council, election, violence

Dispatch from Egypt @ Boston Review

February 3, 2011 By boston-review

On Tuesday morning I walked around Cairo's Tahrir Square, weaving through and around the thousands of fellow protesters, trying to get a view of things. The space felt like a giant playground. Everything was accessible to me. Pro-democracy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: egypt, protests, revolution, violence

Looking to the POTUS Tonight

January 12, 2011 By massmarrier

We should be plain that not all the brains behind those millions of lonely eyes will be receptive of such inspiration and transformation. We are not, for example, likely to hear widespread support in Congress for either turning down … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: debate, loughner, obama, palin, tucson, violence, washington-post

A New Song of Sorrow

January 11, 2011 By bmass

Kathy Myers is a sign of our failure to care for one another.   A resident of Indiana, Myers badly injured her shoulder, had no health insurance and no money, and believed that the only way she could be treated was to take a pistol … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: assassination, christina-green, gabrielle-giffords, guns, kathy-myers, violence

Activist Stomped on by Rand Paul Supporter

October 27, 2010 By farnkoff

I just saw this on Boston.com. File under "New Lows in American Politics". The guy stepping on the woman's head, after she's already subdued and being held down by a couple other guys, this hero's name is Tim Profitt. From the Globe: The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: politics, rand-paul, tea-party, thugs, tim-profitt, violence

Ford Hall Forum: “AIDS, Social Justice and the Politics of Transformation” (9/30/10)

September 28, 2010 By aidsaction

This event is presented in collaboration with the Old South Meeting House, a museum and National Historic Landmark dedicated to the free exchange of ideas, as part of the Partners in Dialogue series. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aids, boston, discussion, drugs, event, forum, health, health-care, hiv, homophobia, lecture, poverty, racism, sexism, transphobia, violence

New video of gun owners endorsing one gun a month

July 15, 2010 By nlcraig

View a new video with Mass. gun owners championing the Governor's one-gun-a-month policy.   See the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... It's a groundbreaking, important step toward moving the debate beyond the extreme, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: crime, governor, legislation, video, violence

I am one of the “anarchist radicals” who helped cancel Jim Gilchrist’s invitation to Harvard

October 17, 2009 By kyledeb

Kyle de Beausset, an undergraduate student and migrant advocate, who was one of the original Harvard protesters, said yesterday that Gilchrist's removal will allow discussions to move toward policy, rather than animosity."It's a victory for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: american-immigration-lawyers-association, boston-globe, brisenia-flores, center-for-immigration-studies, free-speech, harvard, harvard-law-record, harvard-undergraduate-legal-commitee, jeanne-butterfield, jessica-vaughn, jim-gilchrist, jon-feere, katy-glen, milton-valencia, minutemen, shawna-forde, ting-chen, u.s.-constitution, violence

Making another Boston Miracle

August 20, 2009 By massmarrier

Now at the head of the Coalition, he aims to duplicate and expand on the successful violence reduction of 17 years ago. As a long-term mediator between rival gangs, he knows that such immediate and critical action is key to the work. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, churches, drugs, gangs, rev.-brown, tenpoint-coalition, violence, youth

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Great speech from @MayorWu at the State of the City! She captured aspects of the @CityofBoston that we all love, and also recognized all of the work that is needed to continue improving our communities! #Mattapan #HydePark #Dorchester #MApoli #Bospoli

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Many thanks to the North Shore @MAYoungDems chapter for the engaging discussions at your meeting yesterday! As Vice Chair of the @salemdemcc I’m grateful for the work the Young Democrats do to help elect candidates who share our values, here in #SalemMA and across #mapoli.

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We were ready to negotiate today. Our Mayor and School Committee were not.

Our last negotiation was Wednesday January 18th - Mayor Scott Galvin did NOT show up.

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