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AIF-Massachusetts

Tesla Takedown actions next weekend:

TESLA TAKEDOWN - WATERTOWN, MA
Saturday, April 19, 2025 10:00 AM
Tesla Service Center
457 Pleasant Street Watertown, MA
actionnetwork.org/events/tesla

Tesla Takedown Saturdays - Dedham
Saturday, April 19, 2025 11:00 AM
Tesla Dedham
840 Providence Hwy, Dedham, MA
actionnetwork.org/events/tesla

We can only assume there will be more than what is listed here (definitely one in Boston, at least!), so keep tuned to the TeslaTakedown page for more events in Massachusetts.
actionnetwork.org/event_campai

#TeslaTakedown #Events #Massachusetts #Dedham #DedhamMA #Watertown #WatertownMA #Antifascism

TESLA TAKEDOWN - WATERTOWN,MAactionnetwork.org
DoomsdaysCW

#WatertownMA - Watertown's "#LibraryOfThings" offers creative #community #workspace. Here's a look inside.

Story by Jordyn Jagolinzer

"The library in Watertown, Massachusetts is providing the tools and a space for people to get creative and learn new skills.

" 'A lot of libraries have started a 'library of things' collection, but they don't have necessarily a space to allow people to just make and create and build community,' Watertown Public Library director Kim Hewitt said. 'We have a big Hatch-maker space and that was one of the first in the area.'

"The 'Hatch' facility on Summer Street is right around the block from the main library. The workshop is stocked with tools, materials and expertise for everyone to learn in a venue that fosters #creativity.

"We have scraps of material to play around with, the #SewingMachines, or create something, #JewelryMaking. It doesn't have to be prescriptive. You can go there and see what appeals to you," Hewitt said.

"The #Hatchspace is a standout amongst similar programs in Massachusetts, and it just celebrated it's tenth birthday. It has #ButtonMakers, #LaserCutters, and even #3DPrinters.

"Talented expert volunteers are on hand to assist patrons with their projects, which is how Seth Deitch first started making things in the space.

" 'We're very lucky to have the people that we have who volunteer here. Many of them are extremely talented. Lots of people with advanced degrees,' Deitch said.

"Hatch also offers workshops that more and more people in the community are getting involved in.

" 'It's nice having a space for the entire community that's free to come to and work at,' Deitch said. 'Nowadays, people spend a lot of their time staring at screens, not enough working with their hands.'

"The best part is, anyone in the state can get in on the fun.

" 'As long as you're a #Massachusetts resident, you can get a library card at the #WatertownPubliclibrary,' said Ran Cronin, the library's access services supervisor.

"The library is hoping to expand the Hatch space. It also has one of the largest English language-learning programs, called #ProjectLiteracy, which serves 900 students per year."

Source:
msn.com/en-us/news/us/watertow

#CommunitySpaces #LibrariesRule #SolarPunkSunday #MakerSpace #ESL

MSNwww.msn.com
AIF-Massachusetts

One of your options for the weekend of April 19th, in Massachusetts (weather's looking good for once!):

Transgender Day of Visibility
April 19, 1-3:30pm
Harambee Park, Dorchester
930 Blue Hill Ave, Boston, MA
transresistancema.com/events-1

Rain or shine!

We invite you to join us for a powerful and meaningful march in celebration of Trans Day of Visibility! This is a day to honor and uplift the trans community, celebrate their strength, and raise awareness about the importance of visibility and acceptance. Whether you're a member of the trans community or an ally, your presence matters as we come together in solidarity. Let's show our support, spread love, and help amplify the voices of trans individuals everywhere. We hope to see you there!

#TransDayOfVisibility #TransRights #LGBTQ #Events #LibertyIsLocal #Boston #Massachusetts #BostonMA

Trans Day of Visibility March | Trans Resistance MATrans Resistance MA
DoomsdaysCW

Hubby, who used to teach American history, reminded me of the #HartfordConvention from 1814-15. #Maine, #Massachusetts, #Vermont, #Connecticut, #NewHampshire and #RhodeIsland had considered leaving the union and forming their own "independent republic" in opposition to "political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power. "

Excerpt:
"Some delegates may have been in favor of New England's #secession from the United States and forming an #independent republic, though no solution was adopted at the convention. Historian Samuel Eliot Morison rejected the notion that the Hartford convention was an attempt to take New England out of the Union and give treasonous aid and comfort to Britain. Morison wrote: 'Democratic politicians, seeking a foil to their own mismanagement of the war and to discredit the still formidable Federalist party, caressed and fed this infant myth until it became so tough and lusty as to defy both solemn denials and documentary proof.' "

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford

#USPol #USHistory #Histodon

Hartford Convention - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

In a move that demonstrates mainstream Democrat politicians have learned absolutely nothing from helping to build a fascist police state panopticon, and the migrant carceral complex, before shitting themselves so hard they lost to a would-be dictator like Trump, Massachusetts Dems have quietly passed a trans student sports ban timebomb and are trying to sell it as a victory for protecting trans rights:

erininthemorning.com/p/massach

Massachusetts House Dems Pass Bill That Could Ban Trans Students From Sports; Senate Next

"On Wednesday, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a $1.3 billion budget bill that included a transgender sports ban—the first such measure to pass any legislative chamber in a blue state. Rather than voting to strike down the provision, Democrats advanced an amendment allowing the ban to go into effect only after its impacts are studied. Party leaders framed the move as a win for transgender rights, claiming the study would never materialize and the ban was effectively dead. But critics argue the provision puts transgender people at risk if political winds shift or future administrations decide to act on the study. Discussions suggest Democrats chose the procedural maneuver to shield members in swing districts from casting a vote in support of transgender rights."

Are you fucking kidding me? Let me see if I understand this correctly. In the middle of a state-sanctioned, anti-trans pogrom being conducted by fascists who have already declared that trans people don't exist, and openly admitted they're trying to drive trans people from public life, (two things that historically have preceded the direct extermination of marginalized groups), a solidly blue state government full of supposed "liberals" just passed an anti-trans law they promise not to actually enforce, because - they don't want to go on record standing up for the human rights of trans people as doing so is unpopular? Did I get that right? So the reason you decided to literally provide ideological support for an anti-trans pogrom is that you're cowards, and that makes it okay somehow? Quick question; if launching Chuck Schumer into the sun polled well, would you folks be afraid to oppose that on record too, or are you only cowards when we're talking about the human rights of trans people?

Look, if American liberals don't want me to point out that the war on trans rights (which aids a real as fuck anti-trans pogrom being conducted by the fascist right) is a bipartisan initiative, they need to start telling the political leaders they insist I *have* to vote for to stand up for trans people being targeted by a nazi moral panic with eliminationist characteristics; it's gotta be you folks, because it's clear as fucking day that the Democratic Party as a whole isn't listening to trans people like me.

#Fascism #AntiTransPogrom #USPol #Democrats #AntiTransBills #massachusetts #eliminationism #TransSportsBan #Collaboration #TransRights #HumanRights #CivilRights

Massachusetts House Dems Pass Bill That Could Ban Trans Students From Sports; Senate NextErin In The Morning
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