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Shirley Leung

The Globe Still Needs to Apologize for Cheerleading the GE Boston Deal

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 23, 2022 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave ... ." Effects by Jason Pramas on a selection from a photo by Chris Faraone. Copyright 2022 Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas.

As the one-time corporate behemoth slinks away from the chaos it created in the Bay State (yet again)

While my DigBoston and BINJ colleagues and I do occasionally skewer the Boston Globe ...  read more

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BINJ, Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Brian McGrory, Column, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, flack, GE Boston Deal, General Electric, Globe, Jason Pramas, Jon Chesto, Journalism, marketing, Massachusetts, newspaper, PR, propaganda, Shirley Leung

NO MOONSHOT REQUIRED

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 24, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

MBTA Red Line train on the Moon (with astronaut and Moon Lander)

 

Can a neoliberal columnist for a billionaire’s newspaper understand that a better MBTA is possible if we tax the rich (and make public transportation truly public)?

 

It’s hardly a secret that I’m no fan of Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung’s writing on matters political and economic. Which clearly reflects her belief that bringing big corporations to Boston and shovelling public money at them is the best way ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, Apparent Horizon, Boston Globe, Civil Rights Movement, Column, Democracy, General Electric, Gov Charlie Baker, Jason Pramas, MBTA, Moon, neoliberal, neoliberalism, public transportation, Shirley Leung, socialism, socialist, Suren Moodliar, Wayfair

DID YOU HEAR THAT THE GLOBE MOVED DOWNTOWN?

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 27, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

Tribute after tribute aside, no Globie embarrassment is over until pro-business apostle Shirley Leung kicks the corpse.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Globe, Dorchester, downtown, media, Morrisey Boulevard, Shirley Leung

GENERAL STRIKE: IS THE TRUMP VICTORY SPARKING THE RETURN OF LABOR’S MOST POWERFUL TACTIC?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 22, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Donald Trump, General Strike, Globe, history, Jason Pramas, labor, New York, Oakland General Strike, Shirley Leung, Taft-Hartley Act, unions, wildcat strike, workers

BARGAINING AGAINST OURSELVES: MEANS TESTING MBTA FARES WILL DECREASE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR MASS TRANSIT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 30, 2015 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

In other words, mass transit advocates should not start the current fight with a weak political proposal like trying to give low-income T riders lower fares and exposing a lot of other better off.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: Alternatives for Community and Environment, Boston Globe, Brian Lang, Charlie Baker, fare hikes, Jim Aloisi, Maggie Thatcher, MBTA, means testing, privatization, Shirley Leung, Stephanie Pollack

APPARENT HORIZON: UMASS BOSTON WILL ALSO BE USELESS UNDERWATER

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 5, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS

UMass Boston was founded with an “urban mission,” that dictates that its primary purpose is to educate Boston residents.

Filed Under: COLUMNS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston Globe, climate justice, global warming, rising seas, Shirley Leung, UMASS-Boston

SHIRLEY’S NORMAL: COLUMNIST COMPLETELY MISSES MARK … AGAIN

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted May 26, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

Ask actual Bostonians, though, and they have myriad reasons for rejecting the Games.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Globe, Boston Olympics, MBTA, media, Shirley Leung, USOC

HELP US BUILD A SKYSCRAPER IN BOSTON GLOBE COLUMNIST SHIRLEY LEUNG’S BACKYARD

Written by DIG STAFF Posted April 3, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s difficult to entertain this kind of utter bullshit humorously, though lampooning Leung’s fraudulence helps to curb the fits of rage that she provokes.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston 2024, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Olympics, No Boston Olympics, Olympics media coverage, Shirley Leung

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