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Events & Actions: Monday 3/27-Sunday 4/2

Monday, March 27th

Tuesday, March 28th

  • 7:00-8:30 p.m. – Let’s Talk About It: Social Action in Boston hosted by Boston University at Room 545, 100 Bay State Road in Boston. “Come join us for a conversation with local organizers from ACLU Massachusetts (American Civil Liberties Union), Mass Trans Political Coalition (MTPC), Empowering People for Inclusive Communities (EPIC), Boston Knapsack Anti-Racism Group, and Resource Generation.” Food from Haley House Bakery Cafe will be served.
  • 7:00-9:00 p.m. – 350 (Boston Node) Meeting at First Church on Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain.
  • 9:00 a.m.-2:45 p.m. –  Arts Matter Advocacy Day at the Paramount Center, Boston. 9:00: Registration, breakfast, socializing / 10:00: Welcome / 10:30-12:30 “How to be an effective arts advocate, how to tell your story for social change,” policy briefings, performance: Conservatory Lab Charter School String Orchestra, sample role-play with legislator, prep for meeting with your legislators / 12:30: Arts Matter March from the Paramount Center to the MA State House (with street bands!) / 1:30: Meet with your legislators in the MA State House / 2:45: Debrief with Representative Chris Walsh (D-Framingham)

Wednesday, March 29th

  • 6:00-9:00 p.m. – Boston’s Herstory: Queer Feminist Movement at Fenway Health (1340 Boylston Street) in Boston. In commemoration of Women’s History Month, Fenway Health’s Women’s Health Team, The L.O.C.S. Collective, Flashback Sunday: Elders of Color, Older Lesbians Organizing for Change, and Rally present a screening of “A Moment in Her Story: Stories from the Boston Women’s Movement.” Light refreshments provided. The location is wheelchair accessible and has gender neutral bathrooms. Contact: Tanekwah Hinds.
  • 6:00-10:00 p.m. – Beers for BARCC at Night Shift Brewing (87 Santilli Highway) in Everett. Come learn more about Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, join a fundraising team for the Annual BARCC Walk for Change, or just have a few beers to support the cause! All funds from your ticket purchase go directly to BARCC. Tickets available here: https://night-shift-brewing.myshopify.com/collections/events/products/beers-for-barcc.
  • 7:00-8:30 p.m. – Women for Stephanie Hirsch event at Brass Union in Somerville supporting Emerge alumna Stephanie Hirsch in her run for Somerville Alderman at Large. Lynda Tocci of the Dewey Square Group will be speaking.
  • 7:00-8:30 p.m. – The City Talks: Coexistence at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for a free discussion inspired by themes in the exhibition “Political Intent,” with moderator Laura Weinstein, the MFA’s Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art and panelists Michael Dwan Singh, co-organizer, SubDrift Boston; Maryam Eskandari, principal, MIIM Designs; and Robb Johnson, associate vice president, Fenway Health.
  • 7:00-9:00 p.m. – Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality at Lucy Parsons Center (358A Centre Street) in Jamaica Plain. A conversation with Black & Pink founder Rev. Jason M. Lydon and journalist and organizer Jordan Flaherty, author of the new AK Press book “No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality”.
  • 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!”
  • 8:00-11:00 p.m. – Feminist Art Wednesday March at Koto in Salem featuring vendors Anna Ramm, Oliver with Ollie’s Lockets, RawleYoni Creations, Grace Ulrich’s Needlepoint; musicians Julie Cira, Joey Phoenix, Mantis Tobogan M.D.; and poets Shannon Murphy, Melissa Gilbert, Brenda Lee. They will be collecting donations for HAWC (Healing Abuse Working for Change).

Thursday, March 30th

  • 4:00-6:00 p.m. – Undocumented Knowledge: A Transnational Immigration Conversation at Emerson Hall (19 Quincy Street) in Cambridge. Join moderator Lorgia Garcia-Peña, professor at Harvard University, and a panel of scholars, activists, artists, attorneys, and educators including Keish Kim, Prerna Lal, Lisa Lowe, Medhin Paolos, and Maurice Stierl for a transnational, interdisciplinary, and intersectional conversation about immigration. Co-sponsored by the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Weatherhead Center for International Affiars, Harvard University Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights, Deparment of History and Literature, and Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.
  • 5:30 p.m. – Benefit for the Mass Bail Fund at Gallery X (169 Williams Street) in New Bedford
  • 6:00-7:00 p.m. – Art and the Making of “Citizen”: An Evening with Claudia Rankine at the Northeastern University Office of Undergraduate Research (450 Dodge Hall, 360 Huntington Ave) in Boston. MacArthur “Genius” and one of our finest living poets, Claudia Rankine will join Northeastern to discuss her poetry, as well as her provocative new “Racial Imaginary Institute.” The event is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served, please plan to arrive early.
  • 6:00-8:00 p.m. – Women for Tito event for Tito Jackson at Harborside Lounge (185 State Street) in Boston
  • 6:30-9:00 p.m. – Ovarian Psychos film screening at Design Studio for Social Intervention (1946 Washington Street, 2nd floor) in Roxbury. Ovarian Psycos is a radical bicycle brigade for women of color started in East LA with the a social justice, community-centric and celebratory mission. IT IS AMAZING. The screening will begin at 7 PM! Light snacks will be provided, but feel free to bring dinner! You can enter the building at the door on Thorndike Street.

Friday, March 31st

Saturday, April 1st

  • 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. – BESJ 2017 at Fenway High School in Boston. Teacher Activist Group-Boston invites you to join us for the 7th annual Boston-area Education for Social Justice Conference! Our theme for 2017 is Unafraid and Rising: Student Voice, Youth Power. More info at besj.weebly.com.
  • 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.-3:00 p.m. – City Live/Vida Urbana volunteer canvassing.
  • 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.
  • 12:00-3:00 p.m. – Strike, Resist, Win – Organizing Training at UNITE HERE Local 26 (33 Harrison Ave, Fl 4) in Boston with Workers from Harvard University and Northeastern University are former strikers and protesters. Email for more info!
  • 12:30-4:00 p.m. – Food Not Bombs’ Central Square Meal is served at this time each week.
  • 5:00 p.m.-Midnight – Deadline for entries for #Resist, a show featuring art in all mediums that addresses the current political climate in the so-called United States, curated by Susan Berstler and Greg Cook. #Resist will be exhibited from 4/27-5/27 at the Nave Gallery Annex in Somerville.
  • 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.
  • 7:30-10:30 p.m. – Women’s Short Films, hosted by Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival at the Bright Family Screening Room, The Paramount Center (Emerson College) in Boston

Sunday, April 2nd

  • 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. – The Boston Hassle and Ignore Rock’n’Roll Heroes present Black Market, their joint effort, one-day flea market featuring handmade artwork, prints, patches, records, tees, pins, ceramics, jewelry, zines, body care, tea, macrame; vintage clothing, accessories, books, as well as tarot readings, haircuts, live drawings, and more at the Cambridge Elks Lodge. All Ages, $1 for entry.
  • 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 massbhsc@gmail.com.
  • 3:00-5:00 p.m. – Our Revolution kickoff at East Somerville Community School (50 Cross Street)
  • 8:00-10:00 p.m. – More Than This at the Democracy Center (45 Mount Auburn Street) in Cambridge. “Come join a community of survivors dedicated to taking healing into their own hands. More Than This is an evening of solidarity, healing and creative expression. We are inviting you to be a part of a safe environment which, we hope, will spark an open conversation addressing the problem of domestic and sexual violence in our community, as well as support its survivors. This event is open to featuring live music, poetry, prose, photography, art and other creative expressions of healing from trauma.”
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Communique 005: Feel Your Eatings (Hot Commodities)

Art by Nikki McClure

Communique 005 is up for streaming and downloading!

This week, Elias sits down with Kristina, an activist and friend of the show, to talk about food, culture, and politics. We touch on the commodification of sustenance, the non-profit industrial complex, and more!

Talking points: Eat yr feelings/feel yr eatings, holy macaroni, hot commodities, vedgelord shitposting, kraft nopalitos and cheese, tradition®, contradict-heads, deadwhiteguyism, if I can’t eat potato chips it’s not my revolution, subversive mending, the revolution will not be broadcast, Phil Collins–if you’re reading this–we’ve got baked goods for you, #philcollins, shitting the pantsuit, 100 years gulag for the Metro, STOP: hammer (& sickle) time–break it down, ar-archives, drain the Cambridge swamp.

Playlist:
tUnE-yArDs – Water Fountain

Relevant links and graphics:
No Gluten Required
Cook Food Every Day, Edited by Kristina
What Trump Did for the Communist Party USA in the Boston Metro
Email Kristina here
Email us here
Three points of leftist unity:

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Communique 004: Will the Egg See Its Shadow? w/ Caitlin of SEEK + FIND

Stream or download here.

CW: We discuss self-defense against stalking, sexual assault, and other physical attacks in this episode. We also discuss mental health concerns in both the context of an assailant’s motives and survivors’ struggles post-attack. We are not mental health professionals.

We talk to Caitlin of SEEK + FIND Boston about art’s place in the struggle, why cheap and free entertainment matters, and an upcoming zine on free women’s self-defense classes in the Boston area. We also celebrate the Vernal Equinox by talking about balancing various types of eggs and egg replacers, phallic food, and the beginning of a new year for a different calendar.

Talking Points: Read the fucking bread book, art as activism, who’s in yr post-apocalypse crew, shamrock climbing, dog brain/snake brain, de-escalation, 4 hours to cross the parking lot, 100 lbs of under-cooked potatoes, c’mon Joe, N.I.C.E: Not Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Happy Vernal Equinox, y’all!, hang out with a baguette, will the egg see its shadow?, bumming out the mail thieves, skunk sisters, as your attorney…

Playlist:
Slant 6 – What Kind of Monster Are You?
Erase Errata – Tongue Tied
The Petticoats – Normal
The Fall – C.R.E.E.P.

Relevant links:
Women’s Self-Defense
Sex Object by Jessica Valenti
Violence Girl by Alice Bag
Ladyfest Boston 2017
Pepper Spray Laws in MA
BARCC – Boston Area Rape Crisis Center

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Today on the Unsettler: Communique 004 goes LIVE at FIVE

This afternoon, we’ll have Caitlin of Seek & Find Boston in the studio to chat about her upcoming zine, which will compile local self-defense education resources for women in the Greater Boston Area, as well as her work organizing and promoting low-cost and free events in and around the city. Plus: it’s vernal equinox! Fight for equal rights on this equal night, and listen in at 5 p.m. ET.

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Events & Actions: Monday 3/20-Sunday 3/26


(Photo credit: FANG Collective)

Monday, March 20th

  • 5:30-7:00 p.m. – City Council meeting for Cambridge at City Hall–there will be a vote on including more affordable housing in future development plans.
  • 6:00-7:00 p.m. – Know Your Rights Training for Immigrants at The Parenting Journey (366 Somerville Ave). The Political Asylum/ Immigration Representation Project – PAIR is co-hosting this event for immigrants and supporters. There will be interpretation in Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole. RSVP to info@parentingjourney.org
  • 6:30 p.m. – Community meeting with Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez on the 6th floor of MCPHS University (670 Huntington Ave.) in Boston
  • 7:00 p.m. – The Community Church of Boston (565 Boylston Street, Boston) is showing “Thirty Seconds to Midnight,” a movie which covers three threats to all life on this planet: nuclear weapons, nuclear war, and the ongoing climate catastrophe. It features interviews with activists and authors as Dr. Helen Caldicott; Ray McGovern; Chris Hedges; Ann Wright; Peter Kuznick; and David Vine.  Regis Tremblay, the director, will be at the showing.

Tuesday, March 21st

Wednesday, March 22nd

  • 6:00 p.m. – Future City Building Projects & Net Zero Goals at Somerville High School (tentative)
  • 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 here: https://goo.gl/forms/QuTsyfLkPG5q3S4U2 and contact Sherrie for any childcare/accessibility needs.
  • 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Boston CosechAllies monthly meeting at 120 Boylston St, 10th Floor. If you’d like to join or start a circle but don’t know where to start, this is the meeting for you! IMPORTANT: For this location, we’ll need an RSVP list for the building, so definitely let them know if you can make it & they’ll add you!
  • 7:00-8:00 p.m. – DSA electoral group meeting at 1370 Cambridge Street in Cambridge w/ Mike Sylvester, DSA member and Maine State Senator, speaking about his experience running for office.
  • 7:00-8:30 p.m. – Commission on Energy Use and Sustainability meeting (every two weeks on Wednesday) at 167 Holland St, Somerville
  • 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 23rd

  • 12:00 p.m. – Boston City Councilor Andrea J. Campbell & Prisoners’ Legal Services Present: Mariposa & the Saint, a play about ending prolonged solitary confinement written by longtime friends and current collaborators, Sara (Mariposa) Fonseca and Julia Steele Allen, through the prison wall, crafted only by letter over the course of three years. The play will be presented in the Ianella Chamber on the 5th Floor of City Hall (1 City Hall Square, Boston).
  • 6:30 p.m. – Community meeting with Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez at First Baptist Church (633 Centre St.) in Jamaica Plain.
  • 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Healthcare 101 – Teach-In for Single Payer and how to make a difference presented by Mass-Care at their office (9A Hamilton St) in Boston. Learn about  the History of Single Payer, Republican health reform plans, Speaker training, Questions to ask at Town Halls, Volunteer opportunities with Mass-Care.
  • 7:00 p.m. – Educational Forum on Immigration at Greater Framingham Community Church (44 Franklin St.): a forum on the issues faced by immigrants and refugees in our community and how we can advocate for them. Several community resource partners, including MetroWest Legal Services and MetroWest Workers Center and a representative from Cosecha, will be presenting.
  • 7:00-9:00 p.m. – Somerville Alderman’s Regular Meeting (every 2nd and 4th Thursday) at Somerville City Hall (93 Highland Ave).

Friday, March 24th

  • 5:30-7:00 p.m. – Rally at the State House in Boston to demand that the United States government recognize the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria as a legitimate political unit, and to end all support for the Turkish government and its war on the Kurds. Supported by members of the local Turkish and Kurdish communities and sponsored by the New England Kurdish Association, HDP Boston, and Boston Friends of Rojava and Syria. This is part of the International Michael Israel Week of Action, during which friends remember Michael Israel, a volunteer from the United States fighting alongside the SDF, who was killed in a Turkish airstrike conducted from a warplane provided by the United States.

Saturday, March 25th

  • 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.
  • 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. – MassAlliance Grasroots Campaign Training (day one of intensive two-day training). Location TBA (in Greater Boston).
  • 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. – City Life/Vida Urbana volunteer canvassing.
  • 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. – Anti-Trump Rally to Counter-Protest a MAGA Event at 193 Salem St in Boston. Few details have been provided, and while there is a MAGA event listed on Facebook and elsewhere on the internet as happening that day, it is unclear if there are any organizations backing this. While we have no reason to believe the folks who created this event are not sincere in their intentions, please keep your wits about you and scope the scene before joining in.
  • 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.
  • 6:00-10:00 p.m. – Break the Chains: the semi-monthly, all-ages, all-gender radical dance party hosted by queer riot-folker Evan Greer is happening at Make Shift Boston (549 Columbus Ave). This installment will feature Amor Prohibida, DJ Lady Spindrift, Lady Mariposa, and Absinthe Rose. $10 – 20 sliding scale suggested donation to support touring queer artists. No one turned away. Wheelchair accessible.
  • 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 26th

  • 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. – MassAlliance Grasroots Campaign Training (day two of intensive two-day training). Location TBA (in Greater Boston).
  • 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 email them.
  • 5:00-6:00 p.m. – Black & Pink Family Dinner at Encuentro 5 (9a Hamilton Pl, Suite 2a) in Boston. Food provided by Food Not Bombs. A monthly dinner (last Sunday of each month) during which volunteers and everyone involved with Black & Pink can meet, talk, and share joys and struggles.
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Communique 003: Liberal Snowflakes and New England Blizzards w/ Raechel from Feminist Killjoys, PhD

 

Communique 003 is up for streaming and downloading!

FKJ, NEU, the East Coast Family.

Talking points: Our deepest anarchist sympathies, bourgie in the bubble, confessions of a former liberal, trolls on the fascistbook, commies in the classroom!, Agitate/Educate/Shitpost, namaste outta this, our lifestyle politics determine our movement’s deathstyle :(,  radical xmas in May, a hierarchy of who’s least hierarchical, get off my lawn, strike while it’s hott, supporting Trans Women of Color.

Relevant Links:

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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!
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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.