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Two Cool Events with Open Media Boston - March 22nd and March 31st

4 March 2011 - 11:57pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

Open Media Boston is working on a couple of fun events that we thought we should encourage everyone to attend … and hold off a bit on talking about issues that are much on our minds. Like skyrocketing food prices. Or the ongoing imposition of austerity at every level of government. Or that business with Charlie Sheen. [OK, maybe not that last one.] First, on March 22nd, you can check out a panel we helped put together to build local turnout for the National Conference for Media Reform - only about five weeks away now.

Will Labor Make Solidarity with Wisconsin Unions Into a Democracy Movement?

26 February 2011 - 10:53pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

It has been great to see the outpouring of support for the unionized public sector workers of Wisconsin over the past couple of weeks. Really great. The Republican governor of that state, Scott Walker, has made it his mission to wipe out the only wing of the labor movement that has something like the power that unions once did in general when large numbers of private sector workers were unionized in the 1940s through the 1960s. And when unions could and did wield tremendous political and economic power relative to their current position.

Take Action to Guarantee the Human Right to Water

18 February 2011 - 8:10pm | superuser
by superuser

An unusual event is taking place next Friday, 2/25, at 3 p.m. at the Church on the Hill on Boston's Beacon Hill. United Nations Independent Expert on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation Catarina de Albuquerque will be taking testimony on water inequality in Boston as it impacts immigrants, people of color and working class people.

Why Open Media Boston is Psyched for NCMR

11 February 2011 - 11:57pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

When Free Press asked Open Media Boston to join the local host committee helping to organize theNational Conference for Media Reform (April 8-10 at the Seaport World Trade Center), we jumped on the opportunity. As a forward-thinking Boston news weekly, how could we not? NCMR is a huge media reform confab happening right here in our town.

Solidarity with the Egyptian People

4 February 2011 - 11:24pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

We are witnessing a very rare thing this week. The people of Egypt are rising up in a grassroots democratic revolution on the heels of a simliar revolution in Tunisia. Other democratic revolts are occuring all over the Middle East in conservative traditionalist largely Muslim countries that are just the kinds of places where western news media and a cavalcade of experts are fond of telling us such things can't possibly happen. Naturally, I disagree. In fact, I think such revolts are inevitable.

Justice for Chuck Turner

28 January 2011 - 12:00am | superuser
by Jason Pramas

People that follow my editorials here on Open Media Boston will recall that there are times when I say that I've had a hard time writing about a particular issue. This is one of those times. Chuck Turner got sentenced to three years in prison this week by US District Court Judge Douglas Woodlock after being convicted of taking a $1,000 bribe in 2007 and ostensibly lying about it to federal agents who interrogated him about the incident in 2008. I'm really not sure how to respond to that.

How You Can Support Chuck Turner

21 January 2011 - 12:00am | admin
by Jason Pramas

Supporters of Chuck Turner should head over to the Moakley US Courthouse on Tuesday at 2 p.m. for the former Boston City Councilor's sentencing hearing in front of US District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock on charges of taking a $1,000 bribe in 2007. Turner's in a tough spot and needs all the moral support he can get.

Snow Week at OMB

12 January 2011 - 10:48pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

Well, looks like Open Media Boston is taking one more week off. The event we were going to cover in our News section got snowed out by the blizzard that's just calming down as I write. And I'm finishing up my winter academic residency. So, as I mentioned last week, we're happy to publish some fresh op-eds ... and I'll also remind everyone that comments to any articles we've already got up are always welcome.

OMB Gone (Ice) Fishin' This Week

5 January 2011 - 10:46pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

Just a note to say that Open Media Boston will more or less on vacation this week. I'm taking a couple of winter session courses, the rest of our staff is still in holiday mode, and it's a slow news week in our main labor and non-profit sector beats (the looming wave of anti-worker legislation and civil rights violations taken as an unfortunate given); so it seems like a good time for a break. Our viewers are welcome to submit opinion pieces and calendar items as usual - and of course discussion and debate in the comments area of any of our articles is always welcome.

Happy New Year ... and Seriously Give Generously to KidsArts!

29 December 2010 - 10:54pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

In this wee holiday edition of Open Media Boston, you'll find a piece asking for donations to the innovative, Jamaica Plain based, grassroots, multicultural, arts education program for kids, KidsArts! (the exclamation point being quite sensibly built into their name). They need to raise $15,000 by Friday or they may not make it far into the new year. We've already been asking for money for ourselves all month (and in general).

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