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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

#boston4ferguson

THE YEAR IN LOCAL PROTEST: FROM TRANSPORTATION TO MILITARIZATION

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 21, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass unrest, like the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, doesn’t erupt randomly.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #boston4ferguson, #enoughisenough, Black Lives Matter, Boston Common, Chinatown, Darren Wilson, DPH, Eric Garner, Ferguson, gentrification, Israel, Marijuana, Missouri, New York City, organizing, Palestine, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis, Staten Island, year in protest

FREE RADICAL: SOME WHITE PROTESTERS STILL DON’T GET IT

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted December 9, 2014 Filed Under: Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

“All it takes is one push.”

 

The police were out numbered many times over last week, and that’s all it would have taken to push past them and lead the masses onto an on-ramp and beyond. The two men having this conversation, in a way pleading those surrounding them to nudge ahead, were ...  read more

Filed Under: Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #boston4ferguson, #enoughisenough, Black Lives Matter, Darren Wilson, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Missouri, New York City, organizing, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis, Staten Island

DISPATCH & ANALYSIS: #ENOUGHISENOUGH WAS LARGEST HUB PROTEST IN 10 YEARS, AND MAYBE EVEN BOSTON’S BIGGEST ANTI-RACISM ACTION IN DECADES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 5, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Images by Chris Faraone

 

You should probably ignore any individual or lone reporter who attempts to inform you about the demonstrations that snaked through Boston, Cambridge, and even a few corners of Somerville last night.

 

Like me, those folks may have witnessed segments of the ...  read more

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #boston4ferguson, #enoughisenough, Black Lives Matter, Darren Wilson, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Missouri, New York City, organizing, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis, Staten Island

MEDIA FARM: DAN REA IS THE BIGGEST ASSHOLE IN THE BOSTON MEDIA

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 2, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image by Tak Toyoshima

 

We’re kidding with that headline. Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports is obviously the pinkest asshole in Hub media, having tweeted for drivers to run over demonstrators who tried blocking I-93 last week. That said, you already know this, and Portnoy embraces it, so we thought ...  read more

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #boston4ferguson, Barstool Sports, biggest asshole, Black Lives Matter, Boston Media, Dan Rea, Ferguson, hub media, nightside, Occupy Boston, Occupy Wall Street, protests, talk radio

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