Jamaica Plain Progressives

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Andrea James for Governor

You are not! So far the only alternative candidate we're aware of who isn't a Republican is Andrea James. She's a lawyer, organizer, & formerly incarcerated person who is running as an independent.
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Two cities under siege Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.

ICYMI: I looked through a published archive of Boston newspapers from the 1760s, when British troops were stationed in the city.

The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.

radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...

Important Calls to Make TODAY - mailchi.mp/jpprogressiv... A big list of actions and events for us this week.

Text reads: I just learned, via a LUCE message that Gov. Healey is getting more pro-ICE calls than against ICE calls. Please call her office and support ICE out of MA. Call her office at 617-725-4005. You can leave a voicemail with your phone number, address and message. Thank you,

Passed on by my lively neighborhood group!💗

@massgovernor.bsky.social needs to hear from us, y’all 🫡

617-725-4005

@maindivisible.bsky.social @mass50501.bsky.social @progressivemass.bsky.social @jonathancohn.bsky.social @andrewqmr.bsky.social

A reminder that Maura Healey is the ONLY Democratic governor in New England governor to have a collaboration agreement with ICE.

Healey, despite her words, continues to use OUR tax dollars to provide free labor to ICE.

Let her know it's time to de-ICE MA.

www.mass.gov/info-details...

This is beautiful redundancy, thank you!

Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality | Indivisible

Call your senator and tell them: Not a penny more for ICE brutality! indivisible.org/actions/ice-...

MA residents: Sens Warren & Markey are already with us here but you can call them to say thanks and to say that we should not only not FUND ICE, we should ABOLISH and PROSECUTE ICE.

Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...

Tonight! Eyes on ICE: Document and Record, 8pm
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:

- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE

‘They know what they are doing is wrong.’ ICE now says they can force their way into our homes. - The Boston Globe Gutting the Fourth Amendment just as America marks 250 years of independence is a little too on the nose, even for this administration.

“ICE leaders…are trying to keep it secret because they know what they are doing is wrong,” said Carol Rose, head of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. “It is just indicative of how out of control ICE has become.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/24/m...

Sorry to miss this question but the organizations sponsoring are listed. IMC was one but it was a larger group.

Rapid Response meeting tonight, 6pm. Join a coalition of unions & community orgs to learn about actions to protect our communities.

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From Boston PSL: From Boston to Minneapolis, stop ICE terror! Expand the general strike!

This morning, CBP murdered another person in Minneapolis.

TODAY, January 24
5:00 PM
Park Street Station

The Boston Public Library is happy to announce "Revolutionary Ideas: Boston250", a year-long celebration of the art, activism, and energy that has made Boston a hotbed of revolutionary thought and innovation since 1776!

Learn more: tinyurl.com/BPLRevIdeas

Tell Your Rep: Bring MPF Priorities to House Listening Sessions! We finally have an update on the Climate Rollback Bill from the State House. Next week (1/20-22/26), the House Ways and Means committee and House leadership are holding listening sessions for Represen...

The MA House is conducting internal listening sessions about their energy bill.

Tell your state rep to bring Mass Power Forward's climate justice priorities to these meetings!

#mapoli

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A year into Trump’s second term, democracy is still ours to defend - The Boston Globe Everyday acts of solidarity and resistance offer proof that authoritarianism can still be confronted — and beaten.

A year into Trump's second term, we're not accepting his dystopian vision for America as inevitable.

The people are still powerful, & the past year has shown us that the only way to beat a dictator is with defiance.

Read my new op-ed in the @BostonGlobe: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/20/o...

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I've seen a lot of posts here and elsewhere about ICE "coming to Massachusetts" but the reality is that they are here. We're not seeing massive action on the streets like during previous surges, but ICE has simply shifted its focus to courthouses where they are causing fear among immigrants.

Actions tomorrow around ICE: noon at the State House and 2pm at the JFK Federal building

Boston: LUCE community vigil starting now at Holy Name Rotary (Roslindale/West Rox line). Come any time 4 to 7pm.

ICE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES

#NoKingsNoColonies Stop Big Oil's War on Venezuela · May Day Strong We're planning a national day of action **this Saturday January 10th** to send a clear message ot Big Oil corporations like Chevron and hedge fund owned Citgo that we will not let them drag us into an...

Day of Action this Saturday!
www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

Happy New Year ✨! Our weekly eviction defense meetings are BACK ON 😎! Join us in English on Tuesdays at 6:30PM at 284 Amory St, JP or in Spanish on Wednesdays, 6:30 PM at 28 Paris street, Eastie.
Call the #CLVU office at (617) 524-3541 if you are facing an eviction or rent increase ☎️.

Welcome to 2026: Still Wild Times - mailchi.mp/jpprogressiv... Thanks for still being here in the New Year

EMERGENCY DEMO: U.S. HANDS OFF Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution! Stop the Bombings! Free Pres. Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores! Saturday Jan 3, 3PM Boston Park Street Station

Protest 3pm today, Boston Park Street Station.

This was shared by MA Peace Action, an org I know and trust.

There appears to be some pro-Maduro framing here, which I disagree with, but the urgent need to protest the illegal coup outweighs that by far imo.

MAPA condemns War on Venezuela - Massachusetts Peace Action share.google/6wysiV0ZfSOb...

Rally today, Park St Station, 3pm

Boston DSA will be participating in this rally today at 3 PM at Park Street Station against the United States' criminal imperialist attacks on Venezuela.

Thank you, Jamaica Plain!

Newsletter: Holiday Toy Drive & Christmastime at ICE
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Sharp week-to-week increases in flu cases in Boston on charts - a month earlier than last year

#Flu surges in #Boston; still not too late to get vaccinated, city says
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