Somerville for Standing Rock!

Hosted by Massachusetts Sierra Club and co-hosted by Cultural Survival, join us in Somerville for an action-inspired concert in solidarity with and support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and all those standing in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline project.

Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 12 PM – 4 PM
Aeronaut Brewing Company
14 Tyler St,
Somerville, Massachusetts 02143
Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/180563195749624

Join us at our “11th Annual”, First Night to Stop the Wars.

Live Peace Massachusetts, Stop the Wars and others. To be held in Copely Square, Boston, MA.

NOTE:We will be nearer to the Library main entrance then previous years.

12 Noon to 5:30pm. Dec 31, 2016 Invite your friends, make Boston history. We are fighting the biggest war of all against Washington. Stop the Wars on Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Russia, Iran, WWIII.

Wars against Immigrants, People of Color, Gays and Lesbians (LGBT), Against women and Minorities, Climate Destruction. This list goes on and on so bring your message to Copley as we try to bring in a new year that we can work together to fight these wars. We Stand with Standing Rock #NODAPL and all oil and gas pipelines.

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Editorial

Pissed about the presidential elections? Blame the system. As long as  Massachusetts–and every other state in the union except Maine–continues to run “winner take all” elections, all third-party candidates will continue to be shut out of “no new ideas” races between Wall Street backscratchers.

Ranked choice voting, which is widely used in other democracies, many cities and colleges in the US, and by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to award Oscars, can change all that. If you are unfamiliar with ranked choice, check out http://voterchoicema.org/ and while you’re there, take the first step toward revolutionizing government by adding your name to the mailing list.

Voter Choice, MA, is a chapter of FairVote, a national, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to bringing more voices into the electoral arena. When I go to Voter Choice meetings, I sit in a room full of people from shades of the political spectrum never seen on most ballots. Since the outrageous results of the presidential election, Voter Choice, MA has experienced an exponential surge in membership. The new members are fired up and ready to work hard to make every vote count.

Join us. Don’t let your vote end up in the trash bin of history.

If you are angry enough to hit the streets, you can find information about demonstrations aimed at pressuring the Electoral College not to affirm the latest choice of the moneyed minority, here: http://December19.us . If you are planning on going to Washington DC on January 20, or 21, 2017, I hope you will ask yourself, “What exactly will this show of force accomplish?”

I have been to many marches on Washington DC and I can tell you that the laundry list of progressive, “must haves” has not changed a lot. Unless we can come together around radically changing an electoral system that silences any voice not bought and paid for by Wall Street, you can tell your comrades in arms, “See you again, next time.” I will be in Boston, MA at the anti-inaugural demonstrations, and the Women’s March, at the Voter Choice table, adding names to an effort with a vision and a plan. I hope to see you there.

Forward wildly,

A.

The opinions expressed in this editorial are mine alone.

(from Mass Action Against Police Brutality)

Saturday, 12/17 11am
Film & Discussion: ‘Fidel Speaks to Harlem’
@Parker Hill Library
1497 Tremont Street, Roxbury Crossing (lower floor)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1813059802295285

Wednesday 12/21 (time TBA)
Court Support: Cleon Ali Hodges & Codefendants
@Cambridge District Court
4040 Mystic Valley Parkway, Medford, MA
https://www.facebook.com/events/1832623706959882

(from Mass Action Against Police Brutality)

Saturday, December 10th 3-5pm
Cambridge Community Center
5 Callender Street, Cambridge 02139
https://www.facebook.com/events/1225518820847667/

Cambridge to Charlotte: Justice for All Victims of Police Brutality

• Join us for a community discussion on the growing national movement
• Hear from a panel of survivors and family of victims of police brutality
• Learn about the local cases of police killings and cover-ups
• Discuss developments in cases around the country from Charlotte to Cincinnati to Charleston
• Discuss how to build a mass movement and win justice for victims and their families

Speakers Include:

SHAHIDAH – sister of USAAMAH RAHIM, killed by the Joint Terrorist Task Force in Roslindale, MA June 2, 2015

MARY HOLMES – Roxbury resident who was assaulted at Dudley station by ex-MBTA police officer Jennifer Amyot Garvey on March 6, 2014

SIHAM BYAH – recently beat false charges of assault and battery on a police officer in Chelsea.

Moderated By

BROCK SATTER, organizer for Mass Action Against Police Brutality

Locally…

Mass Action Against Police Brutality condemns the Cambridge police for the unlawful detainment of 21-year old Cleon Ali Hodge on October 13, 2016. We demand that Sergeant Detective Ahern be immediately fired, charged with assault and battery, and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Boston Police killed Terrance Coleman after a 911 call for an ambulance on October 30, 2016 in the South End. His mother and eyewitness said he was unarmed and not a threat to anyone. Police claim he had a knife. We demand the prosecution of the officers who killed Terrance Coleman.

Across the Country…

North Charleston, SC – Walter Scott, unarmed, killed by officer Michael Slager on 4/4/2015. A bystander recorded Walter Scott being shot 5 times in the back, yet a mistrial was called this week due to a hung jury.

Cinncinnati, OH – Sam Dubose, unarmed, killed by officer Ray Tensing on 7/19/2015 during a daytime traffic stop. Despite the bodycam footage, murder trial ended in a hung jury last month.

Charlotte, NC – Keith Lamont Scott killed by officers on 7/20/2016. Although his death was recorded showing him backing away from the police with his arms at his side in a non-threatening manner, the DA announced last week that he would not charge the police officers who killed Keith Lamont Scott.

Come to a discussion about how to build a mass movement to force the government to enforce the law when it comes to the crimes of the police.

Mass Action Against Police Brutality
617-858-0104 (call/text)
maapb.617(AT)gmail.com
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