Students, Staff and Faculty Rally to Increase Mass. Public Higher Education...
BOSTON/Boston Common - Over 125 students, faculty, staff and alumni from several Massachusetts public colleges rallied Monday on Boston Common to pressure the state legislature to increase funding for...
View ArticlePublic Higher Education Advocates Conclude Cross-State March for Increased...
BOSTON/Boston Common - Ten students, staff, faculty, and alumni from the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts concluded a 114-mile march across the state to defend public higher education...
View ArticleSenator Brown Urged To Support DREAM Act
BOSTON/Government Center – Members of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Alliance Coalition (MIRA) and the Student Immigrant Movement (SIM) today urged MA Senator Scott Brown to vote yes in...
View ArticleOccupy UMass Boston Protests the Inauguration of UMass President Caret to...
BOSTON/Dorchester - Over 50 members of Occupy UMass Boston - one of the many informal campus chapters of the Occupy movement that have sprung up around the United States - held a protest outside the...
View ArticleStudents Occupy Boston Holds March for Free Public Higher Education for All
BOSTON - Almost 100 students from several Boston area colleges held a protest march around Boston as part of a National Day of Action for Education - called by students in the Occupy movement around...
View ArticleLetter to the President on MLK Day 2010 (from a War Tax Resister)
Patrick Keaney (Independent)January 18, 2010Dear President Obama,
View ArticleIslamophobia in the Boston Herald
Matthew AndrewsWhat ever happened to the noble ideals of journalism? Newspapers have a critical role to play in our democracy, to provoke critical thinking and provide the information we need to...
View ArticleLetter: Green-Rainbow Party Boston Chapter Says Chuck Turner is Innocent of...
Mike Heichman and John MarshallOn October 12, 2010 the federal government will put on trial our party’s elected leader, neighbor and friend, Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner. It will attempt to...
View ArticleConflict of interest-elections. Weblinks-potential Boston City Councilors.
the zaka. Potential city councilors.What links are there for web pages of any potential candidates in the next Boston City Council election?
View ArticleHelp Boston's Kids Imagine New Worlds - Donate to KidsArts!
homefriesDear fellow activists and artists,I'm volunteering to help raise funds for KidsArts! Multicultural After School and Summer Program in Jamaica Plain. It truly takes a village, online and...
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An Open Letter to Jamaica Plain on The Whole Foods Effect
Helen MatthewsDear Neighbors,I have been listening deeply to the heated controversy incited by the news that WholeFoods plans to open a new store in Hyde Square, the Latin Quarter of our...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Regarding P.J. Crowley’s...
over 30 mostly MIT affiliated academics and intellectualsMarch 14, 2011Secretary of State Hillary ClintonUS Department of State2201 C Street NWWashington, DC 20520Dear Madam Secretary,We the...
View ArticleLetter: Why I'm Taking the Next US Boat to Gaza
Steve FakeI am slated to be one of some 60 people aboard the U.S. boat setting sail for Gaza next month as part of a larger flotilla seeking to symbolically break the siege of Gaza and put political...
View ArticleJoin an Email Blitz for Harvard Workers Under Management Attack
Geoff CarensDear Everyone,Solidarity is urgently needed for two union members at Harvard who are under the gun right now! Please take a moment & send a quick email protest.
View ArticleLetter: Help Kickstart HONK!
Reebee GarafaloTo the Editor and Viewers of Open Media Boston,This year's HONK! Festival is just around the corner (Sept 30 - Oct 3, a week earlier than last year) and, in addition to our regular nine...
View ArticleProtest Against Prosecutor Cyrus Vance's Decision in the Straus-Kahn Case
Betsy WarriorAbout Women & Media Project - Women’s Educational Center46 Pleasant Street Cambridge MA 02139Tel: 617-492-5630 aboutwomen@yahoo.comCyrus R. Vance, Jr., ProsecutorNew York County...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Facing History and Ourselves
David BoyajianThe open letter below is addressed to Facing History and Ourselves Executive Director Margot Strom, Associate Executive Director Martin Sleeper and Board Chairwoman Tracy Palandjian.An...
View ArticleInterview the City Stenographer
Don Warner SakladInterview the City Stenographer, Boston City Council about the new stenographic scopist technologies including the Diamante Stenograph. Ask about Closed Captioning for folks with...
View ArticleAbout Occupy Boston TV
Jess Schumann (Participant)Occupy Boston TV is a working group of Occupy Boston. We gather video around the concerns of the movement to share online and on public access TV stations around the country....
View ArticleLetter on the People's Climate March
Bobby WengronowitzI’ve long planned on attending the People's Climate March. I bought a train ticket back in May, after I read, “A Call to Arms.” I have a confession though: I just wasn’t crazy excited...
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