MASSWIRE ARCHIVE
This is the archive of all articles from BINJ’s MassWire news service prior to September 2023. Check out the new MassWire page at masswire.news.
BOSTON’S MARATHON APOCALYPSE
In hashing out what happened on that dark day three years ago, it’s important to consider the Bay State’s history ...
LITTLE HOUSE EMISSARIES
From Martha’s Vineyard to Boston to Los Angeles, the small home movement struggles for acceptance at the end of the road ...
LIMITED DEBATE: BOSTON CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS SOCIALISM AS CORPORATE MEDIA BLOCKS NEEDED DIALOGUE
Image by Tak Toyoshima April 13, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS There was an interesting exchange last week between Sen ...
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 6
Photo by Derek Kouyoumjian April 8, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS General Electric brass, pols celebrate government giveaway while public ...
THE DISAFFECTION OF TIBETAN ELECTIONS
‘I’m just trying to voice my support for all the 6 million [Tibetans inside Tibet] who can’t speak up for ...
WHY ARE SO FEW ‘HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ SHOW’ CONTESTANTS BLACK?
Image via High School Quiz Show / YouTube March 29, 2106 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Structural racism is the problem ...
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 5
Image by Kent Buckley March 25, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS General Electric’s Boston charm offensive presents dilemma for Boston ...
THE THIRSTY GAMES
An exploration into the sordid history of Boston’s modern prohibition PART I: Boston’s liquor licensing quota was born out of ...
SQUAWK OR WALK: MORE PROTESTERS NEEDED TO SAVE MBTA, PUBLIC TRANSIT STATEWIDE
Photos by Chris Faraone March 18, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Last week, the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board—appointed ...
BPS STUDENTS TAKE TO THE STREETS, MAYOR WALSH FEELING THE HEAT
Photos by Chris Faraone March 10, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS With their schools facing up to a $50 million ...
JOEY’S ANGELS
Joe Donovan beat impossible odds in being paroled from a life sentence. With his release this month, he and his ...
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 4
February 29, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS In May 2012, three former GE executives were imprisoned after being convicted on ...
TOO LEGIT TO QUIT
The Hub’s unlicensed radio stations spin their wheels in the face of adversity With Santa’s helpers all around and kids ...
AUSTERITY BUDGET: BAKER HITS STUDENTS, HOMELESS, POOR, EVERYBODY BUT THE RICH WITH FY17 BUDGET PROPOSAL
February 25, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS If you’re a working person, and you want to understand the annual Massachusetts ...
INTERNALLY BLEEDING
Allen Curry was the victim of an unspeakable attack at the hands of fellow Boston firefighters. Decades later, his struggle ...
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 3
Image by Kent Buckley February 15, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Returning to our ongoing look at General Electric’s recent ...
ART ATTACK
Photos by Derek Kouyoumjian Crisis in the Creative Professions Roundup: A call for action and a collective sigh of relief Last ...
MANCHESTER DIVIDED: SEIU ‘FIGHTS FOR $15’ IN NH WHILE ITS CANDIDATE FIGHTS FOR $12
Photo by Derek Kouyoumjian February 8, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS The “protest pit” outside the Republican Presidential Debate at ...
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 2
Image by Kent Buckley February 1, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Two weeks after the first installment of this Missing ...
GE BOSTON DEAL: AN ACTIVIST HANDBOOK
Images (from 2012 protest against GE in Boston) by Chris Faraone January 28, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Say friend ...
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL
Image by Kent Buckley January 18, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS The saga of GE’s flight from Connecticut began with ...
STOP THE ICE RAIDS: FIGHT FOR THE ‘RIGHT TO THE WORLD’
Image by Kent Buckley January 13, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Over 100,000 undocumented immigrants from Central America have entered ...
SILENCE IS COMPLICITY: GREATER BOSTON’S WHITE COMMUNITIES NEED TO SUPPORT #BLACKLIVESMATTER
January 5, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS The #BlackLivesMatter movement is hitting the streets again in a renewed wave of ...
THE BARBARISM OF CHARTERISM
New year, new theater in the war over corporate ed reform Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson was smiling. Not the ...
ONE QUESTION FOR 2016
Image by Tak Toyoshima December 29, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS As the new year approaches, it’s the tradition for ...
DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH (THE YEAR IN KRAMPUS)
Image by Tak Toyoshima December 21, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Popular culture always tells us a lot about the ...
GO BIG OR GO HOME: TOWARDS A MASS CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT
Image by Kent Buckley December 16, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS On Saturday, one important global process ended and another ...
BEYOND REMITTANCE
Boston’s Haitian and Haitian-American activists fight for justice across borders and generations Rodline Louijeune still tears up when she talks ...
GROUNDED MONKEYS: MILLIONAIRES UNLIKELY TO FLEE COMMONWEALTH IF RAISE UP MASS WINS TAX ON 1 PERCENT
Image by Kent Buckley December 8, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Boston Business Journal’s Craig Douglas made an interesting criticism ...
BARGAINING AGAINST OURSELVES: MEANS TESTING MBTA FARES WILL DECREASE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR MASS TRANSIT
Image by Kent Buckley November 30, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS As the latest round of the ongoing neoliberal campaign ...