Expect direct organizing resurgence post-pandemic.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS MISS IN-PERSON ACTIVISM
Archives for April 2021
FIRED MARRIOTT COPLEY WORKERS BOYCOTT THE HOTEL
Former employees demand return to work after having served at the hotel for decades.
LETTER: SNAP BENEFITS FOR AMAZON WORKERS
I've been a Dig reader for a long time and read with interest your article on Amazon's low wages being subsidized with SNAP benefits (There's a Cure for Amazon's SNAP Abuse, DigBoston, March 23, 2021).
ENSEMBLE MIK NAWOOJ TEAMS UP WITH BOSTON MUSIC PROJECT FOR YOUTH WORKSHOPS
“While the pursuit of musical excellence is an important aspect of our work, a student’s ability to take musical risks is equally important.”
INTERVIEW: “THE PINEAPPLE DIARIES” WRITER/DIRECTOR PALOMA VALENZUELA
“I knew I wanted to make a show that really reflected what my corner of Boston and Jamaica Plain looks like.”
CITY COUNCIL PASSESS ORDINANCE RESTRICTING WEAPONS USED BY THE POLICE
The use of crowd control agents and kinetic impact projectiles will be regulated.
“JAZZNOW: NO BORDERS” CELEBRATES INTL. JAZZ DAY THIS FRIDAY
“Jazz [isn’t] a historical artifact. [It’s] a living breathing approach to music.”
INDOOR PLANTS STILL A POPULAR LIFELINE THIS FAR INTO THE PANDEMIC
“Even when I had COVID-19 and had to stay in bed all day, just by staring at them I would feel a bit better.”
SEPTUAGENARIANS AGAINST GENTRIFICATION. A JAMAICA PLAIN STORY.
For these two activists, the fight for the future of a JP church started more than 50 years ago.
REFLECTIONS ON THE YEAR WITHOUT LIVE MUSIC
What did you accomplish during the Year Of No Live Music? Did you put your time and effort into a specific project, or did you just try to keep your head above water and cope from day to day?
NEW MASS REOPENING PLANS INCLUDE VENUES AND SINGING
Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced that Massachusetts will reopen some outdoor Phase 4, Step 2 industries effective May 10th and put plans in place for further reopening on May 29th and August 1st.
DON’T GET YOUR HOPES UP TOO HIGH FOR A “BOSTON CANNABIS FESTIVAL” NEXT WEEKEND
The alleged organizers of “cannaBOS,” aka “Boston's First Cannabis Festival,” are promising “Great Live Music,” “Cold Beer,” “Giveaways,” and “Cannabis Related brands … on site!”
INTERVIEW: GREATER BOSTON’S DEAF “METAL RABBI” ON “SOUND OF METAL”
“The Deaf community is incredibly complex and incredibly diverse. … I think we need to be really clear about shifting people’s expectations and takeaways from the film.”
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? WINE LIST
CYBERBULLIES BEWARE: TBT PAYS HOMAGE TO BLACKNESS AND QUEERNESS
“We all know the kind of harassment that is just waiting at every corner of the internet for us.”
OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IN AND AROUND GREATER BOSTON (4.23-5.5)
From live painting to the movies to road trips.
SILVER SURFER AND THE SILVER LINING
Maine comic shop rides both sides of the mad pandemic rush for comics.
BPD BEAT, TRAMPLED PROTESTER THEN TRIED TO INCRIMINATE HER FOR FILING COMPLAINT
Detectives interviewed Jasmine Huff shortly after she was assaulted by Boston police at a demonstration last summer—but were mostly interested in incriminating her
CAMPBELL RELEASES STATEMENT ON CHAUVIN TRIAL
The city councilor and candidate for mayor responded to the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.
GRASSPASS: A CANNABIS COMPANY “BY WOMEN, FOR WOMEN”
“Dispensaries can be intimidating and overwhelming, especially if you’re prone to any type of anxiety.”
CANNABIS CATCH UP: RESCHEDULED NEW ENGLAND GATHERINGS
A guide to cannabis-related events.
CONSCIOUS PILOT: THE ROAD TO PSYCHEDELICS NOW HAS BOOKENDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BAY STATE
“We’ve reached a tipping point, culturally, where it seems to me like we are absolutely ready for this change.”
FOLLOW-UP: MASS IS STILL IGNORING PUBLIC INPUT AND TRYING TO BUILD A NEW WOMEN’S PRISON
“It’s sad, it shows the DOC’s only intent is to build a new women’s prison, they don’t want to listen to alternatives.”
CANCEL THE RENTS BOSTON TO HOST DEMONSTRATION
Activists urge the government to cancel rents and mortgages.
CITY RELEASES INTERNAL AFFAIRS FILE OF ACCUSED MOLESTER COP PATRICK ROSE
"It is clear that previous leaders of the police department neglected their duty to protect and serve."
COMICS IN COLOR FESTIVAL: A NEEDED COMIC ESCAPE FROM A PANDEMIC
The first Boston CIC Festival brings an open-air marketplace to Roxbury plus virtual panels.
INTERVIEW: LOU BARLOW OF DINOSAUR JR.
On the Kurt Vile collaboration and the hybrid future of music creation we are living in.
READ THIS BEFORE YOU GET TOO STONED TODAY
Does that mean we can’t or shouldn’t party? Of course not.
SPECIAL FEATURE: CACHET COWS
As Patriots foundation charitable giving soared, the team’s vendors carried the ball.
GUEST OPINION: NEW CLIMATE LAW CAN HELP US BUILD A GREENER SOMERVILLE
Somerville’s path to realizing carbon neutrality requires the concerted effort of City government and Somerville residents working together.
