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Black Lives Matter

BACKSTAGE WITH “STORIES FROM THE STAGE”

Written by NANCY JIANG Posted September 22, 2021 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

“When you hear this young man’s story and you hear him choke with emotion, it’s hard for anyone to say, Oh, this is just an opportunist coming to America to steal American jobs.”

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: A+E, arts, Black Lives Matter, podcast, television

A BRIEF MEDITATION ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 20, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Image for Occupy meditation. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2021 Jason Pramas.

And the possibility of its return

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: 1%, 99%, anarchism, Andrei Tarkovsky, anniversary, Apparent Horizon, Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter, Boston, capitalism, Column, corporation, Democracy, Film, future, global warming, history, HOPE, international, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Meditation, novel, Occupy, Occupy Boston, Open Media Boston, Politics, Protest, rebellion, reflection, Revolt, socialism, Solaris, Stanisław Lem, usa, worker, working class, working people

MEETING THREATS WITH HOPE AND COURAGE

Written by ZAKIYA ALAKE Posted January 25, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

“You know there is work to do when the marches and protests are over.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Boston, Violence in Boston

WOKE IN PROGRESS III: DEAFENING SILENCE AT BOSTON’S TWO BEST-KNOWN ART MUSEUMS

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted December 30, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Though hundreds in the Boston area signed the June 2020 Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers in Demand of Racial Equity and Social Transformation that began this inquiry, listing their professional affiliations along with their names on the petition, many have been reluctant to talk about what they or their institutions have done or plan to do since making these commitments.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, arts, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers, Politics, Protest, racial equity, racism

TRUMP NUTS, COPS, COUNTER-PROTESTERS, POLITICAL PERFORMERS CLASH IN COPLEY

Written by KEIKO HIROMI Posted October 19, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Those who follow conservative media may have already viewed bogus reports from the scene written by people who don’t understand (or care to understand) political theater or satire.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, cops, Police, protests, Trump

THE NEXT EPISODE: BLACK LIBERATION ORGANIZERS DISCUSS WHERE MOVEMENT IS HEADED

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted October 15, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“What a lot of people don’t understand is that protests are just the beginning of a revolution.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Boston, Black liberation movement, Black Lives Matter, For the People, Violence in Boston

PHOTOS & RECAP: BOSTON RALLIES FOR JACOB BLAKE

Written by KEIKO HIROMI Posted August 31, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Photos

Black Lives Matter rally in Boston

From Nubian Square, marchers took their signs and bullhorns to Franklin Park, where calls for justice continued ...

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Photos Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, news, news to us, Photos, protests

WOKE IN PROGRESS

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted August 20, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

Jesse Draxler's Living with a Ghost

Taking Action for Black Lives in Boston’s Arts Community

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: arts, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Arts for Black Lives, Boston Center for the Arts, entertainment, equity, Massachusetts

BLM TAG INSPIRES ARTIST’S SOMERVILLE MURAL

Written by GREG COOK Posted August 20, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Black Lives Matter mural

In June, Jason “Swat” Talbot was invited to paint a mural on Posto, the pizza place outside Somerville’s Davis Square. Amidst the Black Lives Matter protests, someone had tagged “BLM” on the wall, Talbot says, “really sloppily.”

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, davis square, Jason “Swat” Talbot, mural, visual arts

NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 7.31.20 DIGBOSTON WEEKLY UPDATE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 31, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

NOTES FROM THE CORONAVIRUS image

Anti-Asian sentiment continues to hurt businesses, residents in Boston

Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Boston, coronavirus, headlines, Health, Massachusetts, news, Notes from the Pandemic, Team Reporting

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