BOSTON/Financial District - Over 1000 people joined a march against Bank of America's regional headquarters in Boston's Financial District yesterday. The event was called by the Right to the City Alliance, an urban movement for economic justice with member-organizations across the US. Several Boston-based organizations are involved in the alliance and have been hosting its national convention here his weekend, including Alternatives for Community and Environment, Boston Workers Alliance, Chinese Progressive Association and City Life/Vida Urbana.

BOSTON - Earlier today, sources close to the Right to the City movement - that will be leading a protest march to Bank of America's building at 100 Federal St. in Boston's Financial District tomorrow - said that they had heard a rumor that B of A planned to shut the building down for all or part of the day tomorrow in attempt to derail the protest. When asked for comment, T.J. Crawford, Bank of America senior vice president of media relations, stated "There is no truth to this whatsoever."

BOSTON/Jamaica Plain - Opponents and supporters of a new Whole Foods supermarket, scheduled to replace the recently-shuttered Hi-Lo Foods market, debated their positions at a meeting of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council at the John F. Kennedy School on Monday. Hi-Lo, a grocery store formerly catering to the Latino community, closed its doors after 47 years at the disputed location.

BOSTON/State House - For months, economic democracy activists have been demanding that banks and other lenders take a more humane approach towards people having problems paying their home mortgages. Many of the protests have been directed at giant multinational corporations Bank of America and Deutsche Bank. Now, as the economy worsens for most people, groups with varying social, political, and economic agendas are collaborating on ways to promote their alternative solutions more widely.

BOSTON/Roxbury - Concerned about a rising tide of economic and social ills, over 100 local activists and advocates filled the hall at the First Church of Roxbury in John Eliot Square on Tuesday evening to watch representatives of grassroots organizations and labor unions testify to a panel of community leaders about the need for corporate landowners to do more to help Boston's neighborhoods thrive.