On April 3, the Keene police ordered protesters to leave the parking lot of a Shaw's supermarket in Keene under threat of arrest, but allowed Girl Scouts to keep selling cookies in the same... Read more »
April 01, 2010
Striking Grocery Workers Will Rally in Keene on April 3
Workers at the Shaw’s and Star Markets supermarket chains went on strike March 8. There are Shaw’s stores in Keene and near Brattleboro in Wilmington, Vermont. Members of United Food and... Read more »
March 31, 2010
On April 3, A Celebration of Howard Zinn, 1922 - 2010
Most history professors never get arrested for civil disobedience. Boston University history professor Howard Zinn was arrested many times, protesting for peace, workers’ rights, and civil... Read more »
March 31, 2010
A Teacher Speaks Out on How to Save Students' Lives
It’s not every day that the world’s most famous newspaper publishes an article about South Hadley, Massachusetts. But that’s what The New York Times did on March 30. It took the disturbing... Read more »
March 30, 2010
March 31 Noon Rallies at Bank of America: 'Jobs Now!'
On March 31 at noon, union activists around the Valley will hold rallies asking people to boycott Bank of America. They say the bank has done little to reduce the state’s unemployment rate... Read more »