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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Occupy

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.

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

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN AN AGE OF EXISTENTIAL THREATS

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

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Climate Change, Column, Councilor Michelle Wu, Democracy, ecology, Environment, existential threat, global warming, Housing, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, MBTA, Noam Chomsky, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, Occupy, political activism, Politics, Ralph Nader, Rep. Mike Connolly, transportation

SPECIAL FEATURE: RETURN TO DEWEY SQUARE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 30, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Specials

In 2011, thousands of New Englanders occupied an obscure slice of Boston and became leaders in a national movement against greed. Five years later, we asked some of those activists to reflect on their radical protest camp experiment.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Specials Tagged With: 2011, anniversary, Biddy Early's, BINJ, Boston, Boston 2024, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Dewey Square, intersectional politics, Occupy, Occupy Boston, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Protest, Return to Dewey, sink incident

PLAY TO WIN: UK LABOUR PARTY LEADER SHOWS THE AMERICAN LEFT HOW TO MOVE BEYOND SYMBOLIC POLITICS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 29, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

The way forward, it seems, is not yet to be found on our shores.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Clinton, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Occupy, progressive politics, Trump, two-party rule, UK

GUEST EDITORIAL: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE OPEN MINDED

Written by EROC ARROYO-MONTANO Posted January 26, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Why we should stand with those who stand on the highways.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #blacklivesmatter, Activism, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Boston, Eroc Arroyo, Frederick Douglas, I-93, Martin Luther King Jr., Occupy

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It’s the second time in less than a year that pr It’s the second time in less than a year that progressives have been dealt a bitter defeat in a crowded primary race. https://digboston.com/trump-guy-wins-the-democratic-primary-to-fill-deleos-seat/ #politics #election #Democrats #primary #legislature #Winthrop #Revere  #Massachusetts #MAGA #herp #derp
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