Shing, a member of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers, was fired in February after complaining of sexual harassment and racial discrimination by her supervisor.
SPECIAL FEATURE: ATTACK OF THE PEACE POLICE
Despite cries from advocates and experts, heavily armed SWAT teams are increasingly deployed to nonviolent protests in Mass
REMEMBERING THE MAY DAY RIOTS
As tensions grew between authorities and socialist types, one infamous standoff in Roxbury in 1919 showed just how grisly things could get. At Monroe Avenue and Humboldt Street, activists and Boston cops fought hand to hand until police backup led to more than 100 arrests.
‘I CAN’T HANG THEM WITHOUT THEIR WORDS’
BPD arbitrarily blocks press access throughout controversial demonstration
GUEST OP-ED: LOUD MAJORITY
Fighting for civil rights before, during, and after Inauguration Day
TEMPORARY RADICALS? DISAFFECTED DEMS NEED TO STAY IN THE STREETS AFTER THE GOP MENACE IS BEATEN BACK
As long as the new Republican administration remains somewhere within the bounds of traditional American politics, there is a lot of room for the full panoply of transformative social movements to maneuver.
FIGHT WHERE YOU STAND
Organizing for democracy on the job can spark a movement for democracy nationwide.
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 6
General Electric brass, pols celebrate government giveaway while public opposition grows
HOW TO SPEND $1 BILLION IN ROXBURY (WITHOUT SPENDING A DIME ON ROXBURY)
CDCs have total control of who they put on their teams. In exercising this freedom, MPCDC and the BHA have chosen exclusion, and they’re not the exception.
APPARENT HORIZON: SHUT PILGRIM NOW … AND SAVE MASS FROM NUCLEAR DISASTER
Given that there are no evacuation plans for the less densely populated communities near Pilgrim, what exactly would we do in Boston if Pilgrim were to suffer a similar disaster?
