AltWeeklies Wire
My Mom: Political Expertnew
Whenever I need a litmus test for the right-wing crazies, I call Mom.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
10-01-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: A Week of Protest Comes to an Endnew
On the Republican National Convention's last night, most of the activists who had come to New York were either still in cells or had gone home.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
09-03-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Everywhere a Signnew
A survey of some of the best protest placards.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
09-03-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Naked Ladies Get Pressnew
Axis of Eve, an independent female underwear company, invited women of all shapes and sizes to don a pair of their anti-Bush/pro-Bush-protest panties and flash photographers in Battery Park -- certainly one way to guarantee that your protest will make the late-night news.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
09-02-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Defending Johnny Cash's Honornew
Johnny Cash used to wear the black for the poor and beaten down. But he didn’t wear the black for rich folk eating in fancy dining cars or smokin’ big cigars.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
09-01-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Mass Arrests in Herald Squarenew
There were 180 arrests in three hours.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
09-01-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: March for Our Livesnew
When does chaos ensue at a protest? Usually when cops start making arrests. But during Monday evening's "March for Our Lives," confusion began when the cops did something even more peculiar: they tossed metal barricades in front of marchers who were hurtling forward like a freight train.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-31-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Billionaires for Bushnew
Activists can sometimes be way too earnest, but these guys are always good for a chuckle.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-30-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Chasing the Elephants Out of Times Squarenew
After Sunday's protest march, Central Park was calm, but Times Square was contested turf.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-30-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Who Hates the President? Apparently Everybody.new
Massive protests greeted Republican National Convention delegates in New York City Sunday, demonstrating a widespread animosity against George W. Bush.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-30-2004 |
Politics
John Kerry Is a Rock Starnew
A 23-year-old Yale grad makes pro-Kerry T-shirts that cool people might actually wear.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-26-2004 |
Politics
Bl(A)ck Tea Society Breathes New Life into Anarchismnew
The Bl(A)ck Tea Society redefined protest at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. The ad hoc coalition is made up of libertarians, Greens, Marxists, anarchists and other strains of like-minded activists, nearly all between the ages of 15 and 30, who are united in their distaste for conglomerates, hierarchies, slumlords, liberals, bosses, wars and government.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-16-2004 |
Politics
A Protesters' Guide to Boston for the DNCnew
What does dissent mean in Boston? Being corralled in a designated pen three blocks from the event you're protesting, forbidden by city officials from brandishing placards on poles. And then they wonder what there is to protest.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
07-22-2004 |
Politics
