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CHUCK TURNER, 1940-2019

Written by SUREN MOODLIAR Posted December 30, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Obituary

In the long relay race of oppressed communities and the global working class, Chuck Turner picked up the baton in the 1960s as a young activist in the Northern Student Movement (a wing of the civil rights movement). By Christmas Day 2019 when he walked on, that beginning had been eclipsed by a series of powerful base-building projects—many that at once challenged the ruling class while creatively empowering the excluded and the exploited. 

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Obituary Tagged With: activist, african american, antiracist, black, Boston, Chuck Turner, community, justice, labor, Massachusetts, Obituary, organizer, Roxbury

DEESCALATING THE HARVARD CRIMSON BOYCOTT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 13, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Screenshot collage by Jason Pramas

 

 

Alternatives for feuding student immigrant advocates and journalists

 

As someone who has been both a journalist and a left-wing political activist for a long time, I suppose it’s inevitable that I would feel the need to weigh in on a debate currently raging between Harvard immigrant advocates and the independent Harvard ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Act on a Dream, activist, Apparent Horizon, boston university, Boycott, bu exposure, Column, Daily Free Press, Democracy, DigBoston, First Amendment, Harvard University, ice, immigrant, Jason Pramas, Journalism, student newspaper, the Crimson

MADAME GANDHI: THE FUTURE IS FEMALE (AND SHE’LL PUT UP A FIGHT)

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted August 18, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

The solo musician, activist, and former M.I.A. drummer knows the future is worth fighting for and she knows how to get us there.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2017, activist, all ages, Allston, Boston, Dig, DigBoston, drummer, Happy Little Clouds, harvard, Interview, M.I.A., Madame Gandhi, Music, ONCE Somerville, Refuge Cafe, SOMERVILLE, Voices

BREAK THE CHAINS: BOSTON’S ALL GENDER, ALL GENRE DANCE PARTY

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted January 6, 2015 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

“This dance party is about breaking down the systems that oppress and divide us and having a ton of fun while doing it … This is not a gay dance party or a lesbian night. It’s an event for people of all genders and sexualities to come together around awesome music, social justice, and community.”

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: activist, Afro-Latin, anti-racist, Boston, Break the Chains, community organizer, dance party, Defiance, Evan Greer, genders, Hi Dive, inter-generational, Jamaica Plain, Kazi Toure, LGBTQ, Make Shift Boston, Marta Rodgruez, Music, Myriam Ortiz, Ohio, Puerto Rican singer, Purple 7m, queer, queer community, Qusharia Perry, Reggae, rock, singer, songwriter, Spontaneous Celebrations, Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde, The Shondes

THE FREEGAN DIALOGUES: OLIVIA THIRLBY STARS IN—AND BELIEVES IN—EVE ENSLER’S NEW PLAY “O.P.C.”

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted December 3, 2014 Filed Under: Performing Arts

Photo By Gretjen Helene

 

If Blake Lively were sitting in front of me and describing her latest role as “my favorite,” I might be wont to dismiss it as a flippant remark, something like a friend offhandedly reassuring you that she just loves her new shoes. But Romi, the unapologetic, radical-minded, ...  read more

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: A.R.T., activist, Amanda Seyfried, Blake Lively, costuming, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Dredd, dumpster-diving, Emma Stone, Ensler, Eve Ensler, freeganism, global warming, Gossip Girl, government surveillance, Hollywood, Hollywood's New Wave, income inequality, Interview, Juno, Kate Mulligan, Kristen Stewart, Loeb Drama Center, O.P.C., Olivia Thirlby, Pesha Rudnick, Playwright, Romi, sexuality, The Vagina Monologues, theater preview, theatre, V-Day, Vanity Fair

THE FREEGAN DIALOGUES

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted December 3, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Olivia thirlby stars in—and believes in—Eve Ensler's new play "O.P.C."

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: A.R.T., activist, Amanda Seyfried, Blake Lively, costuming, Dredd, dumpster-diving, Emma Stone, Ensler, Eve Ensler, freeganism, global warming, Gossip Girl, government surveillance, Hollywood, Hollywood's New Wave, income inequality, Interview, Juno, Kate Mulligan, Kristen Stewart, Loeb Drama Center, O.P.C., Olivia Thirlby, Pesha Rudnick, Playwright, Romi, sexuality, The Vagina Monologues, theater preview, theatre, V-Day, Vanity Fair

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