A general strike is called to cause serious economic disruption aimed at bringing corporations and the government to their knees on a single issue, a group of issues, or even to overthrow the current political economic system itself.
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50 YEARS OF YEAST AND LOVE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF HALEY HOUSE
“First we saw that people were homeless and needed a place to stay. Then we saw that they were hungry and they needed food. Then we figured out that people needed permanent housing. And then jobs.”
MASSROOTS: THE RELATIVELY SHORT BUT NONETHELESS INSPIRATIONAL HISTORY OF BOSTON FOR BERNIE
'This was before the first 10,000-person rally, this was before the first 5,000-person rally, this was before the first rally.'
NEW WORLD ODOR: A BELATED NOTE FOR BOSTONIANS ABOUT COLUMBUS DAY
Before they fold up their Italian flags or Gucci wife-beaters or whatever they wave in the air to commemorate genocide and white privilege, I have an uncomfortable message for my celebratory paesans ...
EXCERPT: CAPTAIN SWORD AND THE FIRST GREAT AMERICAN ART FRAUD
Capt. Sword boarded the Connecticut, with his George Washington in tow. However, his destination was not Virginia—it was the Far East.
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? NAPOLEON
MFA TIME CAPSULE UNVEILING, OR OVERHEARD AT A GANGBANG PORNO SHOOT?
So, the MFA did their detective thing tonight and opened and carefully exhumed all the treasure inside the time capsule filled and buried by Sam Adams and Paul Revere. While it was exciting and interesting, with valuable coins, old state seals, papers, and so on being pulled out, simply listening ...
MEDIA FARM: PLEASE STOP COMPARING FERGUSON TO THE BOSTON MASSACRE
PUNCH-ING IN: DAVID WONDRICH ON BOSTON BARS AND DRINKING RUM AS A CHILD
"Boston bars are very smart. There used to be such a divide. [But] there seems to be a bridging of the gap between the town and gown, of the two Boston's."