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Gaffney/Turtleboy bloc collapsing – Nov. final push needed

The hard-right faction that has come to dominate the Republican Party in Worcester seems to be on the verge of collapse, symbolized most recently by…

Recent election: Rose, Wally winners; Gaffney, Turtleboy losers

Preliminary elections on Sept. 12 in Worcester signaled what could be a resounding defeat in November for the Trump-allied faction of the Republican Party around…

Arbetter speaks

Worcester on record against anti-LGBTQ “conversion therapy”

WORCESTER, Mass. – The city council voted Sept. 5 unanimously to endorse a resolution submitted by Mayor Joseph Petty both urging the state legislature to…

WoMag's note

Gaffney threatens press; press fails to respond

wrote recently about how Michael Gaffney, a city council member and Worcester’s Republican leader, had been blackmailing the editor of Worcester Magazine into not publishing…

consequences

Gaffney says “there are consequences” to reporting on him; affirms “Turtleboy” connection

In a chillingly authoritarian turn of events, Michael Gaffney, the city council member and Republican City Committee chair, responded to an article in Worcester Magazine…

antia or antifascism

Antifa or anti-fascism?

Since the Aug. 12 Nazi terror attack in Virginia, there has been an ongoing discussion about the role of the so-called “Antifa” (a portmanteau of…

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