Events & Actions: Monday, 3/13-Sunday, 3/19

Monday, March 13th

Tuesday, March 14th

  • 350 Boston Node Meeting for climate action at First Church in JP (Eliot Street).

Wednesday, March 15th

  • 6:00-8:00 p.m. – Somerville Ward 2 Committee Meeting at NU Cafe and Juice Bar in Somerville (195 Washington Street)
  • 6:00-9:30 p.m. – Intro to NVDA for POC, presented by the FANG Collective at their office in Pawtucket, RI (545 Pawtucket Ave – Park in the lot and enter building through lots entrance and follow the wolf signs!). This is a brief workshop for People of Color ONLY that offers an introduction to the history of Nonviolent Direct Action and its implementation as well as examples of intersectionality within our community/movements, affinity groups and their formation, consensus decision making, and a discussion on self-care and community care. Register online and contact Sherrie by email for any childcare/accessibility needs. 
  • 6:30-9:00 p.m. – Matty’s St. Paddy’s at American Fresh, Assembly Row (301 Canal Street) in Somerville. This is Ward 1 Alderman Matt McLaughlin’s annual fundraiser. Food will be served. Donations gratefully accepted. If you cannot attend please consider making a donation online.
  • 7:00-9:00 p.m. – Boston Food Not Bombs has its weekly planning meeting during this time at Encuentro 5 (9 Hamilton Pl Suite 2a) in Boston. This is, of course, the long-running, non-sectarian, but definitely radical free food organizations that’s been serving in MA for decades now.
  • 7:00-9:00 p.m. Black & Pink has weekly volunteer drop-in hours on Wednesdays, as well. They’re at First Baptist Church (633 Centre St) in Jamaica Plain. “Bring a laptop, if you can. If not, you can help write birthday cards!”

Thursday, March 16th

Friday, March 17th

Saturday, March 18th

  • 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. – Food Not Bombs cooks for its Saturday Central Square Meal in Cambridge. E-mail us for details.
  • 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. – Movimiento Cosecha’s allies group is holding its first CosechAllies day-long retreat in Boston! Trainings will clarify the role of allies within the movement to provide permanent protection, dignity, and respect for the 11 million undocumented workers in the US. Participants will also learn about and join working groups that will support Cosecha’s national expansion. Please register here.
  • 12:00-3:00 p.m. – Black & Pink holds drop-in volunteer hours at this time each week at Swissbakers (168 Western Ave) in Allston.
  • 12:30-4:00 p.m. – Food Not Bombs’ Central Square Meal is served at this time each week.
  • 2:00-4:00 p.m. (tentatively) – Boston DSA Annual Meeting and Local Elections at the 32BJ SEIU 615 office (26 West Street) in Boston.
  • 6:00-11:00 p.m. – Food Not Bombs’ Haymarket Produce Rescue happens during these hours each Saturday. Volunteers meet up near Faneuil Hall at Haymarket (corner of Blackstone and North, across the street from a Hard Rock Cafe) to rescue and sort produce destined for the compost heap or landfill and deliver it, by car, to shelters in the Boston/Cambridge area to stock them with food. Volunteers with cars are especially needed.

Sunday, March 19th

  • 12:00-1:30 p.m – Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee weekly meeting at Encuentro 5 (9A Hamilton Pl in Boston). All are welcome, including people who are currently experiencing or have experienced homelessness. For an idea of what will be discussed, including the proposed agenda, or to be added to their mailing list, please contact them by email.
  • 1:00-5:00 p.m. – “Buy Art. Support Resistance.” Activist Art Pop Up Market at Aeronaut Brewing Company in Somerville (14 Tyler Street). Activist artists, groovy tunes, delicious beer – all for a good cause! Vendors are donating to: Planned Parenthood, ACLU, Flint Water Crisis, Standing Rock, Black and Pink, and more!

LIVE at 5 p.m. ET tonight with Raechel from Feminist Killjoys, PhD

Communique 003 airs tonight on Boston Free Radio at 5 p.m. ET. Listen in!

Our guest/accomplice tonight is Raechel, one half of a favorite podcast of ours; Feminist Killjoys, PhD. We’ll (probably) be talking about International Women’s Day, the upcoming National Day of Action for Trans Women of Color, capitalist co-opting of the social/cultural zeitgeist, Marxism, the utility of think pieces, and more.

If you miss the show, be sure to check back here for the archived version.

Communique 002: All Beverly Hills Cops Are Bastards

Communique 002 is up for streaming/downloading!

Elias interviews Matt, Kathryn, and Maddie, three local activists who have organized their friends into groups working toward positive change in their community and beyond. We touch on theory vs praxis, unionizing, the division of labor, public services, and more.

Talking points: the frozen Grapes Leap Forward of Wrath, ABHCAB, Semi-Aquatic Tent Theory, pizza de resistance, remember remember, public helipads for all!, 3 lbs of rigatoni, riding in your zeppelin.

Communique 001: Throwing Our Hat in the Chex Mix

Stream or download from Soundcloud.

In this episode: A reading from Two Cheers for Anarchism by James C. Scott, introducing Elias and Athena, Athena recites Robert’s Rules of Order backwards, 311 was an inside job (by paid protesters), stop police-stating yourself, throwing our hat in the chex (and balances) mix, I think that means something else, please don’t call in using this number, 45 revokes federal protections for trans students, we incept you, EVENTS, promo requests, MORE EVENTS, feel free to call us out, check out Feminist Killjoys, PhD, just a reminder that you’ve been incepted.

Referenced graphics, stories, etc:


(Graphic by Vice. See also: National Equality Maps from Transgender Law Center.)

Music:
Intro (Styles of Beyond – Survival Tactics [NEU Edit])

John Zorn – The Sicilian Clan
Wu-Tang Clan – Preservation
El-P – Drones Over Brooklyn

Against Me! – True Trans Soul Rebel

Run the Jewels – Banana Clipper
KRS-One – 1-2-3 Here’s What We Gonna Do
Deltron 3030 – Battlesong
J Dilla – Fuck the Police
Ice Cube – It Was a Good Day (Remix)

G.L.O.S.S – Lined Lips and Spiked Bats
The Spook School – Binary

Little Shalimar – The Revolution Might Be Televised
Deltron 3030 – Memory Loss
Dan the Automator – Bang the Ball

Outro (Run the Jewels – Kill Yr Masters [NEU Edit])