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  • 5/21 MOTHER’S OUT FRONT ACTIONS

    Hi Everyone:

    Hoping Spring is happening (weather wise) for all of you… And that it’s happy and filled with green and growing things

    MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO

    MAY 2016 EVENT LIST

    RESIST THE PIPELINE
    http://www.resistthepipeline.org/

    This year, I’d like you to consider a day of Activism for a livable future. A twofer of possibilities to change the world as you begin your morning with mothers in West Roxbury to stop a dangerous fracked gas pipeline and then on to our worldwide food supply as we March Against Monsanto once again in the afternoon in Copley Square.

    The first event is Mother’s Out Front A Day of Action at the WRL fracked gas pipeline which is a 5.1 mile 750 pounds per square inch of fracked gas that is being built with much opposition from neighborhoods in Dedham to environmental groups to the City Council and Mayor of Boston and Selectmen of Dedham. In fact, Mike Butler Chair of the Dedham Select Board was the first to be arrested in June protesting the pipeline outside Legacy Place.

    So far about 55 people form all over New England have chosen to commit peaceful acts of Civil Disobedience to protest this pipeline. They have extensive training and
    have chosen to be arrested because of the dangers of this pipeline positioned within feet of 30,00 plus visitors to malls up and down route 1, under a children’s soccer field, in densely populated neighborhoods, next to school, houses of worship and a nursing home and a Quarry that blasts dynamite two times a week!

    The company building it, Spectra has repeatedly mislead town and city and state elected officials and threatened eminent domain and had a few accidents as they rushed to build the pipeline as well as the large explosion on another pipeline just two weeks ago in Pennsylvania. I’ve been involved in this effort in meetings and hearings following the great leading by large coalitions like Mass Power Forward and Toxics Action and 350 Mass and so many tens of thousands of others including smaller and yet more vibrant local groups like SWRL and so many others who are having this put in their front yards. Some of the hearings etc I have attended include from Conservation Commission to FERC hearings to federal court to the Supreme Judicial Court, meetings with aides for councilors, reps, mayors and staff for Warren and Markey when my health allows. Sadly, it’s out of all of their hands because the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission thus far, has had the final say. We are changing this narrative on the ground in W. Roxbury and in the State House and Supreme Court.

    Imagine for a second what it’s like to have a large fracked gas pipeline in your front yard that is controlled by a metering and regulating station located next to a blasting quarry. Sadly, what we learned form the explosion in New Salem, PA a few weeks ago, when accidents happen along these pipelines and they are with greater frequency, upwards of 40 acres or 30 city blocks will be in the incineration zone

    This pipeline is not approved by neighborhoods surrounding it, nor by Dedham and Boston or their elected officials. There have been years of valiant efforts to stop
    it through court cases and hundreds of meetings. To learn more about it and events surrounding the protests and rallies see 350 Massachusetts .

    This will be a great day to join Mother’s Out Front to show our solidarity with our friends and neighbors in Dedham, Westwood and West Roxbury.

    Thanks and a Happy and Active-ism filled Spring to you all,

    E. F.

    Bernie’s Letter to the DNC

    Bernie Sanders’s letter to Deborah Wasserman Schultz, regarding bias in DNC tactics.
    Sanders-Letter-to-DNC-5.6.16-1

    From Malcolm X to Black Lives Matter: Cross Generation Activism

    Guests: Muhammad Ahmad (Max Sandford), Saladin Muhammad, Askia Toure, Nino Brown, Lanise Frazier, Michelle Santana & Khalida Smalls

    Thursday, May 19th 5:30PM-7:45PM

    Codman Square Public Library 690 Washington Street
    Boston, MA 02124

    The Ad. Hoc Committee: Boston Coalition for Freedom welcomes your presence and reflections with a discussion focusing on the ideologies and practices of Malcolm X and the impact they’ve had on social movements.

    2016: MAY 1st DAY OF ACTIONS PLANNED FOR EAST BOSTON, CHELSEA, AND EVERETT BEGINNING AT 2:30 PM

    MAY 1st DAY OF ACTIONS PLANNED FOR EAST BOSTON, CHELSEA, AND EVERETT BEGINNING AT 2:30 PM

    May 1, 2016 marks the 127th anniversary of the nationwide general strike for the eight hour day!

    International Workers’ Day also known as “May Day”, is celebrated around the world to honor the struggles for workers’ rights. On May 1st, 1886, and in the days that followed, Chicago police opened fire, attacking thousands of workers on strike to improve their working conditions among the demands was the forty-hour week.

    This year’s commemoration and celebration comes as workers and families of all backgrounds face unprecedented political challenges on issues ranging from budget cuts to education, healthcare and human services, to the fight for labor unions to housing justice and the struggle for undocumented workers.

    Workers across the world have stood together to unite all of our struggles because “An injury to one is an injury to all!”

    WHAT: May Day Commemorations and Celebrations
    WHEN: Sunday, May 1, 2016
    WHERE: Gather at Chelsea City Hall at 2:30 PM

    (Feeder marches from Everett to Chelsea and on to East Boston at 3:PM)
    Major Rally: Piers Park, 95 Marginal St., East Boston at 5PM.

    CONTACT: Boston May Day Committee at (617) 922-5744 or (857) 334-5084
    and email to info(AT)bostonmayday.org.

    FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit www.BostonMayDay.org

    Join us May 7th to Continue Organizing for #JobsNotJails

    You are invited to a special Jobs NOT Jails Statewide Strategy Meeting on Saturday, May 7 from 12:00-2:30 at 150 Mt. Vernon Street, second Floor Dorchester, MA 02125

    The meeting will focus on:

    1. Both celebrating and learning from the March 30th signing into law of the repeal of the $500 fine and up to 5 year waiting period for people to regain their driver’s licenses.

    2. What we can still accomplish between now and the Legislature adjourning on July 31: Several bills, especially one to raise the threshold for what’s considered a felony for theft from $250 to $1500, have passed the Senate and are pending in the House. We are trying to win $2 Million in initial funding for a program for job training for ex-prisoners and court involved youth via a budget amendment to really put an emphasis on the jobs part of Jobs Not Jails.

    3. The BIG, BIG chance this fall for major criminal justice reform through the CSG Justice Center Justice Reinvestment Initiative that could greatly lessen numbers of people incarcerated and increase jobs. The Governor, House Speaker, and Senate President will jointly decide how much or how little to propose in terms of criminal justice reform legislation for the next legislative session by this December. We will talk about strategy to impact what they decide. Learn more about this initiative here.

    Food will be provided. We hope to see you there!
    Find directions here.

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