Unions played a supporting role, but the kids organized themselves
Apparent Horizon
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 4
General Electric gets away with defrauding municipal governments for untold millions
AUSTERITY BUDGET: BAKER HITS STUDENTS, HOMELESS, POOR, EVERYBODY BUT THE RICH WITH FY17 BUDGET PROPOSAL
Baker is a neoliberal's neoliberal—handing out millions to giant multinational corporations like General Electric with one hand while cutting critical social spending with the other.
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 3
General Electric gets bailed out, people get sold out
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 2
Gov. Charlie Baker, Mayor Marty Walsh, and boosters like the Boston Globe claim that the investment will be worth it. Yet GE’s record of slashing jobs, despoiling the environment, and evading taxes says otherwise.
GE BOSTON DEAL: AN ACTIVIST HANDBOOK
Don’t wait for someone else to step up, start your own corporate campaign today!
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL
Some of the many details the corporate media isn’t telling you.
STOP THE ICE RAIDS: FIGHT FOR THE ‘RIGHT TO THE WORLD’
Americans all bear some responsibility for electing governments who have made a series of decisions over the last century that have resulted in the immiseration of the countries that undocumented immigrants have left.
SILENCE IS COMPLICITY: GREATER BOSTON’S WHITE COMMUNITIES NEED TO SUPPORT #BLACKLIVESMATTER
Walk around these white areas and look for a #BlackLivesMatter or a #JusticeforTamir sign. You will see few—and those mainly outside some progressive houses of worship.
ONE QUESTION FOR 2016
No predictions, no resolutions