[act-ma] OMB Celebrates 1st Anniversary! ... and more at Open Media Boston (week of 3/20/09)

[Jason Pramas]

[please forward widely]

Hi folks,

Check out this week's top stories from Open Media Boston:

Editorial: Happy 1st Birthday, Open Media Boston!
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/589

Opinion: Michael Albert, Julio Chávez, Noam Chomsky and Gregory Wilpert 
Speak on Building a Society from Below
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/588

Opinion: Harvard Honors Ex-President Accused of Massacre
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/574
SPECIAL - this piece is back on the front page because a minister in the 
government of the accused ex-President of Bolivia has responded ... 
sparking the start of a debate with human rights activists in our pages 
... OMB goes global!

Tech: One Laptop Per Child: A Project That Labor Could Turn Around for 
the Better
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/590

Living: 1,000 Men and Women to “Walk for Change” in Support of Sexual 
Assault Awareness on April 5th
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/587

And more to come in our News and Tech sections this weekend ...


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