Saying no to Homeland Security surveillance
It can be done!Cambridge, Massachusetts has become the first city in the state -- and maybe the United States? -- to stop Department of Homeland Security video surveillance cameras. Homeland Security...
View ArticleWeatherization Parties
Weatherstripping a window is a political act. Enough people join in and it becomes a social reality with real economic impact.Monthly weatherization parties around the year and weekly energy...
View ArticleCommunity Gardens as Permaculture Nurseries
A city councillor is asking the community gardens to Plant a Row for the Hungry this year. That's a good idea and there are ways to extend it.Community gardens could become community nurseries in a...
View ArticleWeatherization Barnraising Leadership Trainings
The Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) is pleased to offer free leadership trainings through a grant from the Massachusetts Service Alliance. These hands-on trainings will teach new volunteers to:...
View ArticleSuperinsulation Slam and Weatherization Barnraising
I continue to be amazed at the ways my neighbors are responding to climate change. Here are a couple of upcoming events:The Boston Area Solar Energy Association will be presenting an "insulation slam"...
View ArticleInsulation Slam
On May 15, 2009, at the monthly Boston Area Solar talk, Paul Eldrenkamp, Byygmeister, moderated a succession of short presentations by Carter Scott, Transformations; Gary Bergeron and David Joyce,...
View ArticleOver 100 people protest Iranian election in Cambridge
This afternoon, more than One Hundred people took to the streets in Harvard square to protest the disputed Iranian election. Waving signs with pictures of Mir Hossein Mousavi as well as ones declaring...
View ArticleGates' Neighbor should apologize for calling the police!
Do you know who your neighbor is?Do you think it's important to know who your neighbor is?Does your neighbor tick you off because: they play midnight basketball in the alley at 2AM when they come home...
View ArticleGates Arrest Brings Issues of Racism To The Forefront
Is Cambridge, Massachusetts, the storied home of Harvard University, the new Selma, Alabama? Is there a racial backlash in Cambridge--long considered a bastion of liberalism--against having both a...
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Henry Louis Gates' Arrest, In His Own Words
Since President Obama tonight stated his reaction to the arrest of his friend, "Skip Gates", and since we all know the pundits will be talking it up it as a diversion from the health care debate, I...
View ArticleHow to Protect Yourself When You Suspect Racial Profiling
BENEATH THE SPIN • ERIC L. WATTREEHow to Protect Yourself When You Suspect Racial ProfilingWell, racial profiling is in the news again.Prominent Black scholar and Harvard professor Dr. Henry Louis...
View ArticleThe Professor and the Cambridge Police
I have worked in Cambridge for over 17 years now (...one of the universities, semiconductors, and now Biotech). I see the Cambridge police every day. I have had 3 run-ins with them over that time (all...
View ArticlePolice Officers Rally in Boston, Demand Submission, Want Presidential Apology
By now, everyone is aware of the arrest of Harvard Professor Louis Henry Gates, which occurred outside of is Cambridge home last week. Just this afternoon, police officers and their representatives...
View ArticleJosh Marshall gets to the heart of the Gates matter....
From www.talkingpointsmemo.com A police officer needs to be able to respond to a call about a possible burglary, knowing he or she is going into a situation where they might find an actual burglar,...
View ArticleHow long will the racist right keep the Gates "issue" alive?
How long will the racist right try to keep the Gates "issue" alive?
View ArticleGates Says 'Yes' To Beer With Crowley
Not really a diary, more like an update. Thought you all would want to know that Henry Louis Gates has taken President Obama up on his invitation to sit down for a beer with Sgt. Crowley.Obama Calls...
View ArticleOn Gates, Crowley, and the Trench-Mentality
Probably everyone who has a sibling was told at on point in their life that it takes two to have a fight. It always takes two. How do you know a tree fell in a forest if no one heard? Ya don't.I...
View ArticleHouse GOPer to demand Obama "stupidly" apology.
Are the GOPers about to overplay their hand?
View ArticleMika Brezinski the Victim
Mika still does not get the Gates story. Now the self-proclaimed "journalist" is mopping about talking about woo is me.
View ArticleWas Gates arrest legal under state and federal law?
Forget the race issue. Was the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. legal under Massuchussetts and federal law?
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