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SIGN “MIT HARVARD PETITION” DEMANDING BETTER SOLUTIONS FOR CAMBRIDGE HOMELESS DURING PANDEMIC

Written by QUINTON ZONDERVAN Posted April 13, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

Collage of John Harvard Statue with a mask

Editor's note: The following petition was drafted by Cambridge City Councilor Quinton Zondervan and is reprinted here in the public interest. Read "Cambridge Plan to Warehouse Homeless Could Spark COVID Outbreak" by DigBoston's Jason Pramas for more background.

Filed Under: COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Cambridge, coronavirus, COVID19, Democracy, Homeless, justice, Massachusetts, opinion, petition, slider

MASS COVID-19 SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM EXAMPLE OF LARGER PROBLEM

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 19, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon

Government bailouts for the wealthy and crumbs for the masses aren’t going to save our society

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, economy, epidemic, justice, Massachusetts, Politics, slider

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

A LOCAL VOTING PRIMER FOR WORKING PEOPLE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 31, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Photo by Shannon McGee.

 

Democracy is for everybody, not just the rich. So get to the polls!

 

Local elections are far more important than Mass voters seem to think, given the historically low turnouts for most of them in recent decades. Especially during off-year contests like this year’s. So, for starters, I just want to encourage everyone who ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, Democracy, Jason Pramas, justice, local government, Massachusetts, Politics, voting, working class, working people

MARCHING SEASON: JOIN THE RALLY FOR RENT CONTROL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 23, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Throwback screenshot via WBZ from the '90s. When TV reporters like Liz Walker still covered housing justice.

 

Mass State House, Oct 29, noon-1:30 pm

 

Twenty-five years after the real estate industry destroyed rent control in Massachusetts, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Ben Simon, Boston, Boston Democratic Socialists of America, Boston DSA, California, Column, Democracy, DSA, Gov Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Housing, Jason Pramas, justice, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, New York, Oregon, Protest, rally, reform, rent control, Rep. Mike Connolly, Rep. Nika Elugardo

UMASS BOSTON DISPATCH

Written by JOE RAMSEY Posted October 21, 2019 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Photo of Mayor Walsh speaking at UMass Boston by Joe Ramsey

 

The mayor, the music, and a mission under threat

 

At this year’s UMass Boston Convocation ceremony, special guest Mayor Marty Walsh was greeted by a multimedia musical performance that captured both what is so precious about UMB and what is now under threat.  

 

First came the music: The UMB Chamber ...  read more

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: higher education, justice, mayor Marty Walsh, opinion, UMASS-Boston

LAST CALL FOR JUSTICE AT THE EAST CAMBRIDGE COURTHOUSE

Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Posted September 5, 2019 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Image by Rep. Mike Connolly. Cropped by Jason Pramas.

 

City council must resist bogus privatization scheme

 

Everyone agrees the state-owned Sullivan Courthouse site in East Cambridge needs to be remediated of asbestos and prepared for redevelopment. 

 

The current proposal, backed by the Baker administration and Cambridge’s city manager, would accomplish ...  read more

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Courthouse, criticism, East Cambridge, Housing, justice, opinion, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly

TOO MANY COPS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 3, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

BPD officers at 2017 counterprotest against the ultra right. Photo by Dan McCarthy. Modified by Jason Pramas.

Some thoughts about last Saturday’s counterprotest

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anarchist, antifa, antifascist, Apparent Horizon, Black Lives Matter, Boston, BPD, BPPA, Column, cops, counterprotest, criticism, Democracy, fascist, First Amendment, free speech, Jason Pramas, justice, left wing, liberty, mayor Marty Walsh, nazi, Occupy, parade, Police, Protest, ultra right, white supremacist

LANDLORDS’ VIEWS ON RENT CONTROL… REFUTED

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 1, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: analysis, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, commuter, criticism, Democracy, fairness, Housing, Jason Pramas, justice, news, Politics, rent control, rentier, transportation

PIZZA BARONS LAY OFF 1,100: PAPA GINO’S & D’ANGELO WORKERS NEED TO ORGANIZE FOR JUSTICE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 7, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Mainstream press coverage of mass layoffs like Sunday’s shutdown of almost 100 Papa Gino’s and D’Angelo fast food restaurants generally looks upon such tragic events through a glass, darkly. Because journalism in the service of the rich and powerful is a ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, corporation, D'Angelo, Jason Pramas, jobs, justice, labor, layoff, malfeasance, minimum wage, Papa Gino's, PGHC, union, WARN Act

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