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RBC Headquarters Banner Drop in Toronto : JUL/28/09 - During rush-hour two Indigenous Canadian women, working with the Rainforrest Action Network, scaled flagpoles in front of Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC’s) headquarters in Toronto. They dropped a 50 foot banner reading “Please Help Us Mrs. Nixon.com”, an appeal to Mrs. Janet Nixon, wife of RBC CEO Gordon Nixon, asking her to lend her voice to those fighting to protect Canada’s clean water and respect Indigenous rights by pushing RBC to end its investments in Alberta tar sands projects.

RBC Headquarters Banner Drop in Toronto

JUL/28/09 - During rush-hour two Indigenous Canadian women, working wi ...

Updated: Nov 01, 2009 11:00pm PST

No One Is Illegal May Day March in Toronto : MAY/2/09 - Several thousand people took to the streets in downtown Toronto demanding an end to the detention and deportation of immigrants. They staged a sit-in at one of the busiest intersections in the city and called for full access to essential services as well as status for all people living in Canada. The event was organized by the group No One Is Illegal Toronto.

No One Is Illegal May Day March in Toronto

MAY/2/09 - Several thousand people took to the streets in downtown Tor ...

Updated: May 05, 2009 12:58am PST

Break Up The Banks Rally with Rev. Billy in NYC : APR/11/09 - As part of a national day of protest about 100 people gathered in the pouring rain at the Bank of America in Union Square. They rallied under the banner "Break Up the Banks" demanding an end to bank bailouts & for the dismantling of large failed financial institutions. The Rev. Billy also attempted to exorcise bad loans and toxic assets form the Bank of America ATM.

Break Up The Banks Rally with Rev. Billy in NYC

APR/11/09 - As part of a national day of protest about 100 people gath ...

Updated: Apr 12, 2009 1:39pm PST

Civil Disobedience Pray-In Over Acquittals in Sean Bell Killing : MAR/7/08 - Fueled by outrage over the acquittals of NYPD officers involved with the killing of Sean Bell thousands of people staged a dramatic rally and pray-in at One Police Plaza near the base of the Brooklyn Bridge and six other locations in the city. Surrounded by a swarm of reporters and cameras dozens were arrested for civil disobedience while praying in the street.

Civil Disobedience Pray-In Over Acquittals in Sean Bell Killing

MAR/7/08 - Fueled by outrage over the acquittals of NYPD officers invo ...

Updated: May 08, 2008 3:04pm PST

Rally to Stop Eviction of Family Home in Dorchester : APR/16/08 - Residents and supporters rallied at 200 Norfolk Street in Dorchester to stop the eviction of the Meyers family from their home. Living in the house are 4 brothers and sisters as well as 6 children. There is also a licensed day care center in the building. Before the morning rally US Bank and Premier Asset Services backed off their planned forced eviction. The Banks have finally agreed to negotiate to try to settle the matter. The organization City Life/Vida Urbana plans to continue fighting evictions.

Rally to Stop Eviction of Family Home in Dorchester

APR/16/08 - Residents and supporters rallied at 200 Norfolk Street in ...

Updated: Apr 16, 2008 11:22am PST

Boston-Area Students Rally to Demand Just CORI Policies : APR/11/08 - Students from a dozen area schools and universities demonstrated in Boston Common for Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) reform. CORI laws make it difficult for people with records to get jobs, housing, credit and student loans. The students and passers-by signed a giant 11 foot letter to the chairmen of the Massachusetts Joint Committee for the Judiciary demanding justice and an end to discriminatory practices because of CORI.

Boston-Area Students Rally to Demand Just CORI Policies

APR/11/08 - Students from a dozen area schools and universities demons ...

Updated: Apr 14, 2008 11:54am PST

Candle Light Vigil Protesting Repression by China in Tibet : MAR/25/08 - Local Tibetan community members gathered in Harvard Square for the 11th evening in a row for a candle light vigil. The rally highlighted the ongoing occupation of their homeland plus the recent killings and human rights violations of Tibetan demonstrators by the Chinese government ahead of the 2008 olympic games in Beijing.

Candle Light Vigil Protesting Repression by China in Tibet

MAR/25/08 - Local Tibetan community members gathered in Harvard Square ...

Updated: Mar 26, 2008 11:53am PST

Die-in Shuts Down Boston Military Recruiting Station Before Protest Rally : MAR/19/08 - On the 5th anniversary of the War in Iraq five Boston-area residents laid down in front of the entrance to the US Armed Forces recruiting station at 141 Tremont Street in downtown Boston and blocked access to the building for nearly an hour. Boston police arrested five participants one for each year of the war in Iraq. Later about 150 people gathered for a rally against the war across the street on the Boston Common.

Die-in Shuts Down Boston Military Recruiting Station Before Protest Rally

MAR/19/08 - On the 5th anniversary of the War in Iraq five Boston-area ...

Updated: Mar 19, 2008 8:53pm PST

Blockade to Stop Sub-Prime Lending Home Eviction : JAN/23/08 - Neighbors & supporters rallied in front of Melonie Griffiths-Evans Dorchester home to physically block an eviction by US Bank & Ocwen Financial. Like thousands in Boston and across the country she is facing foreclosure as a result of sub-prime predatory loans. The eviction was called off because of the protest leaving her and her three children in their house, but some 1500 local families still face a similar situation. The organization City Life/Vida Urbana plans to continue fighting evictions.

Blockade to Stop Sub-Prime Lending Home Eviction

JAN/23/08 - Neighbors & supporters rallied in front of Melonie Griffit ...

Updated: Jan 23, 2008 6:32pm PST

Boston Youth: Realize Dream Design : JAN/19/08 - Boston-area Youth Organizing Project (BYOP) & Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI) convened more than 200 youth activists, artists and children for the first annual citywide t-shirt screening day. "Realize. Dream. Design." Youth designed and printed shirts with revolutionary styles, quotes, and images, to a soundtrack provided by Hip Hop Media Lab.

Boston Youth: Realize Dream Design

JAN/19/08 - Boston-area Youth Organizing Project (BYOP) & Design Studi ...

Updated: Jan 19, 2008 10:50pm PST

Jewish Activists Remind Holiday Shoppers of Oppression in Gaza : DEC/9/07 - In the spirit of Hanukkah, Jewish activists working for human rights and justice in Israel/Palestine marked the occasion by creating a giant human menorah in downtown Boston. Reminding holiday shoppers of the illegal collective punishment, occupation, economic destitution, humanitarian crisis and grave human rights abuses committed by Israel in Gaza.

Jewish Activists Remind Holiday Shoppers of Oppression in Gaza

DEC/9/07 - In the spirit of Hanukkah, Jewish activists working for hum ...

Updated: Dec 09, 2007 3:58pm PST

Boston Students Silent March Against the War : NOV/16/07 - Over a hundred Boston-area students from more than 15 schools marched in a silent procession through the city calling for an end to wars. The action was planned by a local coalition including SDS as part of the to Iraq Moratorium, a national campaign of escalating monthly anti-war actions.

Boston Students Silent March Against the War

NOV/16/07 - Over a hundred Boston-area students from more than 15 scho ...

Updated: Nov 17, 2007 12:57am PST

Police Attack Wobblies March in North Providence : AUG/11/07 - Providence RI, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) march on Jackies Galaxy, a local restaurant chain supplied by HWH/Dragonland in NYC, a supplier notorious for slave labor conditions and a lack of basic labor rights. A few blocks before finishing the march North Providence police brutally tackled two of the marches after they moved to the sidewalk too slowly, both were arrested and one suffered a badly broken leg in the attack. More info here.

Police Attack Wobblies March in North Providence

AUG/11/07 - Providence RI, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) march ...

Updated: Aug 12, 2007 12:01pm PST

At the US Social Forum activist gathering in Atlanta : JUN/30/07 - I traveled to Atlanta and caught the tail end of the US Social Form. Below are photos of friends and some of the many events starting with the Poor People's March on Coke Headquarters, two workshops one by the Catalyst Project and another by Ruckus Society, plus some shots of sds meetings and chicken and waffles.

At the US Social Forum activist gathering in Atlanta

JUN/30/07 - I traveled to Atlanta and caught the tail end of the US So ...

Updated: Dec 17, 2007 5:53pm PST

Boston Youth Rally at City Hall for Jobs and Program Funding : JUN/21/07 - Several hundred local youth and supporters gathered downtown to rally and demand the city budget include an extra 8 million for youth jobs and programs. Boston has seen a rise in street violence over the past few years coinciding with a decrease in funding for street workers and youth programs.

Boston Youth Rally at City Hall for Jobs and Program Funding

JUN/21/07 - Several hundred local youth and supporters gathered downto ...

Updated: Jun 22, 2007 12:12pm PST

Radical Queer Anti-Militarism Message at Boston Pride : JUN/9/07 - Radical queer activists dressed in hot pink jump into the Boston Pride March to protest the parade's militaristic 2007 theme. For more info see - www.asktellact.org

Radical Queer Anti-Militarism Message at Boston Pride

JUN/9/07 - Radical queer activists dressed in hot pink jump into the B ...

Updated: Jun 19, 2007 4:53pm PST

Boston Youth Coalition Demands Funding and Jobs : MAY/25/07 - Over 200 Boston teens and youth workers marched through downtown on their way to City Hall, where eleven youth delivered moving testimony inside the Council Chambers, they were demanding more funding for youth and summer job programs.

Boston Youth Coalition Demands Funding and Jobs

MAY/25/07 - Over 200 Boston teens and youth workers marched through do ...

Updated: May 25, 2007 9:37am PST

Protests of Celebration of Israel at Foxboro : MAY/20/07 - About 50 non-violent protesters headed to the “New England Celebrates Israel” event taking place at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro Massachusetts. The demonstration silently commemorated the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe) and voiced support for those Palestinians who were driven from their homes in 1948 by Zionist forces in order to create the Jewish state.

Protests of Celebration of Israel at Foxboro

MAY/20/07 - About 50 non-violent protesters headed to the “New Englan ...

Updated: May 22, 2007 10:23am PST

Harvard Student Hunger Strike Ends : MAY/11/07 - Harvard students ended their 9 day hunger strike after gaining a written affirmation from the university that it supports a living wage for all workers on the campus. Now the struggle continues for a fair union contract.

Harvard Student Hunger Strike Ends

MAY/11/07 - Harvard students ended their 9 day hunger strike after gai ...

Updated: May 12, 2007 10:02am PST

Boston Die-in Against the BU Bio-Terror Lab : MAY/7/07 - Concerned community members staged a die-in in front of the Contemporary Art Institute where Mayor Menino and Governor Patrick were hosting a lavish party for bio-tech industry bigwigs. The protesters were outraged at plans to build a Level 4 bio-laboratory in the densely populated Roxbury/South End Area. This lab would research the deadly pathogens like anthrax and the Ebola viruses. See stopthebiolab.org for more information.

Boston Die-in Against the BU Bio-Terror Lab

MAY/7/07 - Concerned community members staged a die-in in front of the ...

Updated: May 08, 2007 1:27am PST

Harvard Students Rally for Campus Security Officers : MAY/2/07 - Students dedicated to supporting Harvard security officers in their first union contract negotiations rallied on campus today. Their message was that at one of the most prestigious and wealthy university in the world, it is shameful that workers are still lacking living wages, fair grievance procedures, and a safe and respectful work environment.

Harvard Students Rally for Campus Security Officers

MAY/2/07 - Students dedicated to supporting Harvard security officers ...

Updated: May 04, 2007 10:45am PST

Boston May Day Rally for Immigrant Rights : MAY/1/07 - Hundreds of immigrant families, community members, and concerned citizens rallied and marched on Boston Commons. They where part of hundreds of thousands around the country that marked May 1st as a day to call for a stop to raids that tear families apart.

Boston May Day Rally for Immigrant Rights

MAY/1/07 - Hundreds of immigrant families, community members, and conc ...

Updated: May 02, 2007 10:57am PST

Boston March for CORI Reform and Jobs : APR/19/07 - The Boston Workers' Alliance (BWA), in coalition with over 50 community organizations staged a March for Jobs and CORI Reform. Over 500 people marched from Roxbury Crossing T Stop on to the Boston Commons, and then inside the State House to demand immediate reforms to discriminatory criminal background check laws. The BWA is an organization of under- and unemployed workers united to end CORI discrimination and the crisis of joblessness.

Boston March for CORI Reform and Jobs

APR/19/07 - The Boston Workers' Alliance (BWA), in coalition with over ...

Updated: Apr 20, 2007 6:14pm PST

Boston Protests 4th Anniversary of Iraq War : MAR/24/07 - Several thousand people gathered on the Boston Common for a rally and festive march against the continuing war and occupation in Iraq. Demonstrators form all over the state demanded an immediate end to the war and that all US troops be pulled out of the region.

Boston Protests 4th Anniversary of Iraq War

MAR/24/07 - Several thousand people gathered on the Boston Common for ...

Updated: Mar 26, 2007 1:46pm PST

Rhode Island Die-In at Weapons Manufacturer : MAR/19/07 - "Die-in" at the headquarters of Textron, makers of cluster bombs for the US military. One student was arrested for leaving a raspberry jelly hand print on the building and charged with disorderly conduct by the Providence Police Department. The action was called by the Brown University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society to coincide with the 4th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.

Rhode Island Die-In at Weapons Manufacturer

MAR/19/07 - "Die-in" at the headquarters of Textron, makers of cluster ...

Updated: Mar 20, 2007 12:15am PST

Rally for New Bedford Immigrant Families : MAR/17/07 - Over 800 hundred concerned citizens and supporters gathered at the Greater New Bedford Vocational High School and joined with community leaders and clergy to listen to testimony by family members suffering from the aftermath of the recent ICE raid in New Bedford. For more info visit the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) website - www.miracoalition.org

Rally for New Bedford Immigrant Families

MAR/17/07 - Over 800 hundred concerned citizens and supporters gathere ...

Updated: Mar 18, 2007 9:08pm PST

SDS New York Occupies Military Recuriter Office : MAR/12/07 - 100 students, all members of SDS NY, occupied an Armed Forces Recruiting Center on Chambers st. for two hours on Monday, March 12. The occupation ended with 20 arrested by the NYPD. The students were jailed overnight and charged with criminal trespass. The action was called by the New School University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society to coincide with the 4th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.

SDS New York Occupies Military Recuriter Office

MAR/12/07 - 100 students, all members of SDS NY, occupied an Armed For ...

Updated: Mar 16, 2007 8:23am PST

BC Students Stage Street Theater at Israeli Consulate : MAR/15/07 - Boston College students take part in street theater at the Israeli Consulate building in Boston. The protest was timed to coincide with the 4th anniversary of the killing of American peace activist Rachel Corrie, and to draw attention to the construction of Israel's Apartheid wall and continuing illegal Military Occupation of Palestine, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

BC Students Stage Street Theater at Israeli Consulate

MAR/15/07 - Boston College students take part in street theater at the ...

Updated: Mar 15, 2007 4:18pm PST

Chelsea Says No to Diesel Power Plant : MAR/5/07 - Community members from Chelsea, Roxbury and East Boston and local government officials gathered at Chelsea High School last week to speak out against plans to build a diesel power plant in Chelsea.

Chelsea Says No to Diesel Power Plant

MAR/5/07 - Community members from Chelsea, Roxbury and East Boston and ...

Updated: May 17, 2007 4:47pm PST

Activist Action Camp in Lancaster Pennsylvania : AUG/17/07 - A four day activist action camp on a farm outside of Lancaster hosted by the local chapter of the new sds. The event was grounded in intensive skills trainings on organizing, collective liberation, nonviolent direct action, and campaign strategy. Trainers included members of the Catalyst project and Rainforest Action Network as well as Lisa Fithian and legendary feminist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.

Activist Action Camp in Lancaster Pennsylvania

AUG/17/07 - A four day activist action camp on a farm outside of Lanca ...

Updated: Aug 21, 2007 2:16pm PST

New SDS National Convention: Detroit Michigan 2007 : JUL/30/07 - Photography from the second new sds National Convention in Detroit Michigan. The event was held at Wayne State University and housing for sdsers from across the nation was generously provided by a local Unitarian Universalist Church. I traveled from Boston with a group from New England, it was a long drive but well worth it. I'm excited. moved and inspired by this new sds movement for radical participatory democracy in the making.

New SDS National Convention: Detroit Michigan 2007

JUL/30/07 - Photography from the second new sds National Convention in ...

Updated: Aug 03, 2007 11:49pm PST

Action Against TXU Coal Power Plants : FEB/21/07 - Outside one Financial Center in downtown Boston environmental justice activists protest against Merrill Lynch’s investments in a series of new TXU coal plants. The demonstrators stage a dramatic “die-in" acting out a slow death while coughing up black-colored coal sludge.

Action Against TXU Coal Power Plants

FEB/21/07 - Outside one Financial Center in downtown Boston environmen ...

Updated: Feb 16, 2009 4:10pm PST

Leftist Lounge at AMC in Detroit 2009 : JUL/18/09 - The Leftist Lounge party in Detroit as part of the Allied Media Conference. More info at www.leftistlounge.com

Leftist Lounge at AMC in Detroit 2009

JUL/18/09 - The Leftist Lounge party in Detroit as part of the Allied ...

Updated: Jul 20, 2009 12:29pm PST

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