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​PHOTOS: Boston Dyke March
This past Friday, June 8, the Boston Occupier set up shop at the 2012 Dyke March, “a non-commercial, fundamentally grass-roots alternative to Boston’s Pride celebration,” that, despite the threat of rain, drew a thousand people

Zinn Lecture Series: Richard Seymour
Richard Seymour is a socialist author from London, England and runs the popular blog Lenin’s Tomb. Seymour is the author of the Liberal Defense of Murder and The Meaning of David Cameron. This is

Community & Labor Concerns Complicate Re-Licensing of Pilgrim Nuclear Plant
At the edge of the forests that make up much of southeastern Plymouth, on a stretch of land that looks out on Plymouth Bay spilling into Cape Cod Bay, sits the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating

Minimum Wage Buys Less Than It Used To
This article was originally published in Spare Change News. At 24 years old, Michaud is not backpacking abroad, sharing an apartment with friends, or beginning to build a professional resume. He is working 30

Activists Engage in Civil Disobedience to Protest Pilgrim Nuclear Station
PLYMOUTH, MA–– About fifty people demonstrated at the entrance to Pilgrim Nuclear Station in Plymouth, MA Sunday afternoon. Police and private security prohibited citizens from marching a document to the operator of the

Campaign finance conference takes “cross-partisan” approach
This article was originally published in the DC Mic Check. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling on Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission, legislatures across the country have been passing

Local Organizations Collaborate to Help Boston Residents Stay in Their Home Post-Foreclosure
This article was originally published by Spare Change News. When Jeril Richardson checked out of the hospital after he was hit by a car in 2009, he returned home to find that his landlord

Occupy Boston Joins the World in Celebrating May Day
Despite heavy rains and an unseasonable chill, May Day, otherwise known as International Workers Day, sparked celebration across Boston. On Wednesday, May 1st, a series of marches and rallies brought together Boston-area immigrants, anarchists,

Hayden, Chomsky Reflect on Port Huron Statement, 50 Years Later
Tom Hayden and Noam Chomsky met at MIT’s Wong Auditorium on Wednesday, April 11 to reflect on the Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 50 years after its publication.

Zinn Lecture Series: Steve Lambert
Occupy Boston’s Creative And Subversive Arts (CASA) working group hosted Steve Lambert on April 28. Lambert is the artist who created the “Capitalism Works for Me” sign currently found in Davis Square. Lambert’s work
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