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Dedham Anti-Eviction Rally

2010-02-05T12:43:00.001-08:00

Rally for Farmworker Justice at Stop & Shop Headquarters

2010-01-06T20:20:00.000-08:00

Quarantine Protest at Bank of America

2009-09-26T17:52:00.001-07:00

Free the NJ4: Documentary Trailer

2009-06-06T23:58:00.000-07:00

The Fire This Time The Film from blair doroshwalther on Vimeo.

March on Mayors

2009-05-28T19:45:00.000-07:00

En Huelga, Junto a Luisa Capetillo

2009-04-14T22:27:00.000-07:00

"The Fourth World War" in Malden

2009-04-09T17:46:00.001-07:00

The Fourth World War

The Fourth World War (Big Noise Films) shows people around the world resisting a global system of domination. The product of over two years of filming on five continents, this film depicts the hearts of movements fighting for social justice, self determination and revolutionary change.

Admission is free, refreshments are served, and a discussion follows the movie screening.

Co-sponsored with NEFAC and the Social Justice Committee of the First Parish in Malden.

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Friday, April 17, 2009, 7 p.m.

First Parish in Malden, Universalist
Elm and Pleasant Streets, Malden
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The next Community Movie Series presentation is "Planet B-Boy" (2007) on May 22.

First Parish in Malden, a Unitarian Universalist congregation, is located at Elm and Pleasant Streets (Route 60), a few blocks west of the Malden Center T station. Free parking is available in the lot between the church and the Beebe Elementary School.

Block Movement - People's Transportation Program

2009-03-28T20:26:00.000-07:00

Black Liberation in Conversation - An Intergenerational Dialogue

2009-03-24T22:45:00.000-07:00

Presented by Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and Anarchist People of Color

This intimate discussion will draw together elders of the Black Liberation struggle to speak on the personal stakes, challenges and lessons of their years in the movement. The event will feature a roundtable discussion among movement elders, followed by an intergenerational discussion with attendees. Young organizers and activists of color are particularly encouraged to attend!

Speakers include:

Cleo Silvers, Black Panther and Young Lord
Ashanti Alston, Black Panther/BLA and New Afrikan Anarchist
Masai Ehosi, Black Panther/BLA and New Afrikan Spear And Shield Collective
Brenda Stokeley, long-time Black revolutionary labor organizer
Sekou Owusu, President - Provisional Government/Republic of New Afrika

This audio is part of the collection: Open Source Audio

Foreclosure Protest in Boston

2009-03-01T17:11:00.000-08:00

Aquil: 1929

2009-02-26T21:25:00.000-08:00

Resistance and Recovery Tour & Related Video

2009-01-30T14:12:00.000-08:00

Resistance and Recovery
The Republic Windows Workers Tour

UE Local 1110 members — the workers who occupied Chicago's Republic Windows and Doors Plant in December and won — are visiting with, and being hosted by, labor and community groups from Michigan to Vermont during the next several weeks.

Join Jobs with Justice, UE and other groups in celebrating the successful resistance at Republic and launch the broader campaign for an economic recovery that puts Main Street Before Wall Street ...

New England Tour Dates and Locations:

* Monday, Feb 2
CONNECTICUT
Hartford

9:00 am -10:30 am
Press Conference, "Meet and Greet"
Legislative Office Building,
Hearing Room 1C,
210 Capitol Ave.

Contact:
UE Local 222 CILU/CIPU
800-546-2905

New Haven

6:30 - 8:00 pm
Labor/Community Forum
First and Summerfield United Methodist Church
425 College St.
(Elm and College Streets)

Contact:
UE Local 222 CILU/CIPU
800-546-2905

* Tuesday, Feb 3
WESTERN MASS
Springfield

11:30 am
Community Lunch & Forum
Pioneer Valley CLC
640 Page Blvd

Contact:
Wmass Jwj
413-827-0301

VERMONT
Burlington

7:00 pm
Vermont Workers Center/JwJ
294 N Winooski Ave.

Contact:
VT Workers Center
866-229-0009

* Thursday, Feb. 5
BOSTON AREA
Boston

6:30-9:00 pm
Community Forum
SEIU 1199
150 Mount Vernon Street,
Dorchester, MA

Contact:
Mass JwJ
617-524-8778

* Friday, Feb. 6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Open Table of Christ Church
1500 Broad Street

2008-11-22T23:17:00.001-08:00

Nas & Kelis at the Grammy's

2008-11-09T20:42:00.000-08:00

Clip from "Mondays in the Sun"

2008-10-23T08:21:00.000-07:00

This is a great clip from "Los Lunes al Sol," a film about the lives of unemployed dock workers in Galicia. My love for Spain grows...

All Out for 1010!

2008-10-07T22:03:00.000-07:00

CALLING ALL ACTIVISTS AND FREEDOM FIGHTERS!

Jericho 10/10 Weekend of Resistance

"One of the first steps we are going to become involved in as an Organization of Afro-American Unity will be to work with every leader and other organization in this country interested in a program designed to bring your and my problem before the United Nations . . . We must take it out of the hands of the United States government." – Malcolm X, Speech at Founding Rally of the OAAU, 28 June 1964

Demand Freedom for Our Political Prisoners and POWs!

10/10
Fri., Oct. 10, 2008 @ 12 Noon
Moving Agitational Picket
1st Ave. from 42nd to 47th Sts.

Bring your banners, signs, noisemakers, boombox radios, drums, whistles, cameras, spirit, etc.
Bring the noise.

Simultaneous delegation to United Nations

Rally at Madison Square Park @3pm
5th Ave and 23rd St.

Evening Concert to Benefit the Prisoners
@ The Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St. (btw Broadway and Church St.)
@ 9 p.m. Featuring:
Inmesyah Soul, Hassan Salaam, X-Vandals, Emperor,Rebel Diaz, The Wordstock Poetry Collective, Maroon Society,Gist the Essence,
Collective Flow, United Front

10/11
Sat., Oct. 11, 2008 @ 12 Noon
Rally at the Harlem State Office Building
163 W. 125th Street (between Lenox & A.C. Powell)

March through Harlem @ 1 p.m.

Closing Rally at Morningside Park@ 3 p.m.
Between 112th & 114th near Morningside Ave. entrances

IF YOU NEED HOUSING OR CHILDCARE LET US KNOW TODAY!

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Jericho 10/10 Weekend of Resistance
Demand Freedom for Our Political Prisoners and POWs!

Organized by the October 10th Coalition:
Jericho Movement, Anarchist Black Cross Federation (NYC), Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC), Leonard Peltier Support Group (NYC), Malcolm X Commemoration Ctte., ProLibertad, Resistance in Brooklyn, Safiya Bukhari/Nuh Washington Foundation

Dead Prez at Jericho '98

Greetings from Walpole Prisoners

2008-09-27T10:15:00.000-07:00

[URL=http://www.zshare.net/audio/1952958757df0119/]RDTW Greeting from Walpole 2008.mp3 - 7.88MB[/URL]

No Evictions!

2008-09-21T16:20:00.002-07:00

No Foreclosures!

2008-09-21T16:20:00.001-07:00

FredWreck on Fox

2008-09-21T16:05:00.000-07:00

The Walk to Freedom for CORI Reform!

2008-05-15T12:17:00.000-07:00

Thursday, May 22nd @ 10am
Bunker Hill Community College, CharlestownOrange Line T-Stop: "Community College"
JOIN us on Thursday, May 22nd for the final leg of the Walk to Freedom. This Sunday (5/18), dozens from Ex-prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA) will begin a 5 day walk from Worcester to Boston to raise momentum for CORI reform.
MEET us on May 22nd at Bunker Hill Community College to welcome the walkers and to add force in the final leg to the State House.
Day of Action: Thursday (5/22)
10am - Gather at Bunker Hill Community College11am - Begin March to the State House2pm - Rally and Press Conference on the State House Steps3:30pm - Visit Legislators to Deliver Our Message
Even after the Governor's Executive Order on the CORI, our criminal record system continues to sabotage our communities. Unemployment is high and we are barely hanging on. Join the movement for CORI reform. The time for change is now!
--To join the Walk to Freedom from Worcester, call EPOCA at (508) 410 7676 or visit www.exprisoners.org
To help mobilize from Charlestown to the State House, call the Boston Workers Alliance at (617) 427-8108 or email info@bostonworkersalliance.org
--The CORI Reform Demands:
1) Remove the criminal record question ("the box") from all job applications.2) Only check CORI for sensitive positions3) If a CORI is used, only check as the last step in the hiring process4) Reduce the waiting period to seal a felony to 7 years and misdemeanors after 35) Automatically seal dismissed and not guilty and keep from employers and housing gatekeepers
Call the Chairmen of the Joint Judiciary Committee today:
Rep. Chair Eugene O'Flaherty (D - Chelsea Charlestown): 617-722-2396Sen. Chair Robert Creedon (D - Brockton): (617) 722-1200
Please express our demands above, and tell them why you support CORI Reform Now!
----May 22nd The March RouteBunker Hill Community College ==> The State House
1) Start southeast on Rutherford Ave toward Prison Point Bridge - .2 mi2) Rutherford Ave. becomes New Rutherford Ave. - .5 mi3) New Rutherford Ave becomes N. Washington St. - .4 mi4) Turn slight right onto surface Rd. - .1 mi.5) Turn right onto New Chardon St. - .3 mi.6) Turn Left onto Cambridge St. - .3 mi.7) Turn Slight Right onto Tremont Street - .2 mi.8) Turn Right onto Park St. - .1 mi.9) End at 24 Beacon St., The State House-CORI Reform Supporters (partial list):
Academic Behavioral Clinic, Action for Boston Community Development, ACORN, AFL-CIO Executive Committee, Alternatives to Community Environment, American Civil Liberties Union, American Friends Service Committee, B1 Vision Urban Ministry, Black Ministerial Alliance, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston Rosa Parks Human Rights Committee, Boston School Bus Union, Brockton Interfaith Organization, Coalition Against Poverty / Coalition for Social Change, City Life / Vida Urbana, Community Change Inc., Community Church of Boston, Community Labor United, Criminal Justice Policy Coalition, Critical Breakdown, Democracy Center, D7 Roundtable Inc, Dorchester People for Peace, Ex-prisoners & Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA), Freedom House, Greater Boston Labor Council, Greater Boston Legal Services, Green-Rainbow Party, Harvard Progressive Advocacy Group, International Action Coalition, Jericho Boston, Jobs With Justice, Juvenile Justice Center, Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, March to Abolish Poverty, Massachusetts Alliance to Reform CORI (MARC), Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities, Massachusetts Global Action, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, Massachusetts Mothers On the Move, Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR), Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts, New England Policy Advocates, Partakers Inc., Prisoner Re-entry Working Group, Project Place, Rosie's Place, Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project, SEIU Local 509 Human Service Workers, SEIU Local 615 Building Service Workers, SPAN, Inc., State Wide Harm Reduction Coalition, STRIVE, Inc., Student Labor Action Movement, Teen Empowerment, Troops Out Now Coalition, Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, Union of Minority Neighborhoods, United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1445, United for Justice with Peace, United South End Settlements, Students and Youth for CORI Reform, Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse, Inc, Victory Programs Inc, Women's Fightback Network, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, Young Cape-Verdean Club, Inc---
Download fliers and fact sheets for The Walk to Freedom:
www.BostonWorkersAlliance.org

2008-05-14T11:15:00.000-07:00

MassCOSH Worker Center Cultural Night
May 17 2008 - 7:00pm

Holy Redeemer Church
68 London Street
East Boston, MA 02128

The MassCOSH Worker Center's First Annual Cultural Night

Let's celebrate our differences and acknowledge what we have in common all the while helping to sustain the amazing work of our worker center!

Join us for an evening of folk music, dance and a variety of food from South and Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico.

Suggestion Donation: $20.00

Contact Mirna Montano at 617-825-7233 x10 with questions or suggestions... we hope to see you there!