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Outraged Community Residents Sue to Stop BU's Federally Funded Bio-Lab |
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by Swelling Pride, |
 Law Suit Alleges Violations of the National Environmental Policy Act
This is a summary of the law suit filed on May 18th by community activists in the Southend and Roxbury who want to stop BU's proposed Bio-Saftey Level 4 lab from being built. |
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19 May 2006
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Filed under: News / Social Welfare |
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Standard-Thomson workers stand up to concessions to win better contract |
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by Rand Wilson, rand (nospam) mindspring.com |
 Workers at Standard Thomson in Waltham, Massachusetts united in their union (IUE-CWA Local 274) to fight the company's concessionary demands and preserve the good jobs our communities need. |
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19 May 2006
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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Living Wages: Immigrants and the State's Economy |
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by Sofia Jarrin-Thomas, sofiajt (nospam) yahoo.com |
 The men flock around the car with hope and apprehension: they weigh their distance, eager but cautious, drift in through the crowd of friends and contenders in hopes to find a job. This time the car deceives them, hums and rattles, but leaves with as many passengers as it arrived. With hunched shoulders setting a front against the cold that sneaks through the cracks, the men disperse and resume talking about life, about soccer, anything that will keep their minds off the accumulated stack of bills and debt. These are but a few of the undocumented immigrant workers who stand around our street corners, looking for work. |
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18 May 2006
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Filed under: News / Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor |
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DAY OF OUT(R)AGE AGAINST TELCOS—MAY 24TH |
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by save access, info (nospam) saveaccess.org |
 Wednesday May 24th—Protests planned at phone company offices in NYC, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and other cities to expose efforts by the phone companies to push legislation that could end the Internet as we know it, increase the digital-divide through redlining—and destroy Public Access TV! For more information, or to organize action in your town, go to www.saveaccess.org —or email Info (at) saveaccess.org |
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18 May 2006
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Filed under: News / Media |
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BU Accuses Bio-Lab Oppenents of Misinformation and Unwarranted Disruptions |
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by dissed, |
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The following is a letter sent to my parents and carbon-copied to me by Joseph Mercurio, the Executive Vice President of Boston University, followed by my response. If you have any questions, please contact me. Feel free to publish my letter, and feel free to publish the letter that Mr. Mercurio sent to my parents--Micah Lee |
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17 May 2006
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Filed under: News / Organizing |
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BU Represses Biolab Activists |
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by Operation: Over Media Team, |
 On Thursday, April 27, three individuals concerned with the threat posed to the Boston area by Boston University’s proposed Level 4 Biolab, funded by a $128 million grant from the National Institute of Health using Department of Homeland Security money, spoke out during the inaugural ceremony of BU’s tenth president, Robert Brown. |
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16 May 2006
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Filed under: News / Organizing |
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Help Save the South Central Farm - PHOTO ESSAY |
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by Jonathan, jonnyrebellious (nospam) gmail.com |
 The city of Los Angeles is trying to take the collective South Central Farm away from the community. The struggle to save the farm might have implications to urban gardeners and urban community farmers in Boston and across the nation. |
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15 May 2006
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Filed under: News / Environment : Human Rights : Organizing : Social Welfare |
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Condoleezza Rice at Boston College? I Quit |
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by Steve Almond, |
 An open letter to William P. Leahy, SJ, president of Boston College. |
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13 May 2006
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Filed under: News / Human Rights |
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