by Hayat Imam These remarks were delivered at the Tax Day March and Rally against Boston Financiers of Raytheon on April 19th, 2022 Our military budget is a scandal. It is 54% of our discretionary spending, a staggering $740 billion dollars. This is more money […]
by Hayat Imam On April 30, 1977, 44 years ago, 2000 of us sat in to protest the Seabrook, New Hampshire, Nuclear Power Plant construction site. Trained by seasoned veterans of civil disobedience movements, we were organized into dozens of small affinity groups, committed to […]
For International Women’s Day, just a few weeks ago, I wrote “All Women are Wonder Women”. Little did I know that within weeks I would be writing the story of the “Amazon Women”! In a few days time, we may have a singular opportunity of […]
Message delivered by Hayat Imam at Community Services of Greater Brockton, March 3, 2021 Good morning! Thank you very much for inviting me to join you today, through your colleague Nasreen, whom, by the way, we Bangladeshis affectionately call “Rumi”! You may know that, in […]
by Hayat Imam I join all my friends in the fury and outrage we feel at the killing of yet another Black man at the hands of the police. I come to two conclusions, both pointing to conditions that are unacceptable and must be challenged. […]
by Hayat Imam Remarks at the Standout for Black Lives organized by Dorchester People for Peace, September 25, 2020 This event has been organized by Dorchester People for Peace. We hold Black Lives Matter Standouts once a month, and, over the past years, we have […]
by Hayat Imam I have written at length to honor Ed Markey’s long years of efforts on our behalf. His opponent, the young Joe Kennedy, has no policy platform to speak of and nothing to say against Ed Markey, except where Markey spends most of […]
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