*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10th, 2011*
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We Will Occupy
On Monday, October 10, 2011, 10,000 people marched from Boston Common to Dewey Square to the North Washington Bridge in support of Occupy Boston and to demand fundamental and lasting economic and political reform.. At the same time, Occupy Boston expanded to an adjoining section of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy to accommodate the many hundreds of people who come daily to join the occupation. This peaceful expansion was undertaken to make a place for everyone in our movement.
At approximately 18:00 the Boston Police Department informed Occupy Boston that if they did not clear the site by nightfall, they would be forcibly removed. In response, Occupy Boston has issued a renewed call for any and all people to join the occupation as soon as possible. From the beginning, occupiers have worked tirelessly to maintain a positive working relationship with city officials. Today’s threats by the Boston Police Department represent a sudden shift away from that dialogue. Since making camp on September 30, Occupy Boston has maintained that it will non-violently resist any attempt to end the protest before we have achieved the change we seek.
The outpouring of public support demonstrates that Occupy Boston’s message of bringing economic reform to Wall Street and ending the influence of special interests on government. This message has resonated nationwide. According to a recent poll by Rasmussen, 79% of Americans agree with the occupiers that “The big banks got bailed out but the middle class got left behind.” Rasmussen also reported that the movement boasts higher favorability ratings than Congress or the Tea Party.
Occupy Boston stands united with over 120 similar Occupy protests, which have sprung up across the nation since Occupy Wall Street began just over three weeks ago. We seek the restoration of the social rights to housing, healthcare and education. We demand an end to the endemic, international corruption of our legislative bodies by corporate interests. Speaking only the words we have been taught, we ask for freedom, justice, and equality. We will be satisfied with nothing less.
“We are the 99 percent and we are no longer silent.”
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65 Responses to “October 10, 2011: We Will Occupy”
Love and solidarity to the protesters in Boston. Resist peacefully and know that we at OccupyDC see you as heroes!
Get out of the park jerks! You do not represent us and some people would like to take a walk in the park without filthy hippies everywhere. God, your parents must have been the type that made it all about you- their little princes and princesses- never allowing any criticism or honest critique. You are all self-centered jerks- get out of the park!
Sorry to break the news to you Jeff, but you are the self-centered one. Take a walk in a different park please…CHANGE is needed in this country and I am an Independent so not a rightist or a leftist…and certainly not a hippy.
(oh yeah, read on below too Jeff…)
Jeff, come out of the past. Is there such thing as a hippy anymore? I find it refreshing to see that youth actually care enough to get out there and stand up!
The bullshit of the past 20 years has to stop…….
You are probably a hedge fund manager or stock broker..
Tell BPD to kiss Occupy’s collective arse. Stand true, stand strong, stay united.
Tell Jeff (above) to kiss it while we’re at it. I am NOT A HIPPY. I am part of the middle class America and tired of fearing daily that I won’t have a job tomorrow and may not be able to pay my mortgage or send my kids to college and DEFINITELY tired of news stories like these about undeserved ‘Golden Parachutes’.
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/another-corporate-outrage-golden-parachutes-failed-ceos-153646807.html
“By now you’ve probably heard the news: Leo Apotheker has received a severance package worth $13.2 million in cash and stock for his 11-month tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard.”
Sorry to break the news to you Jeff, but you are the self-centered one. Take a walk in a different park please…CHANGE is needed in this country and I am and Independent so not a rightist or a leftist…
OccupyBoston please keep on representing ALL OF US who can’t be there because we are working 50-60 hours a week. Thank you!
I totally agree with the above statement, Middle Class America Needs to be heard! This is the result of our “democratic process” failing the average joe. When I was growing up backin the late 80’s thru the early to mid 90’s if you made $50 thousand dollars anually you where doing allright, you could make your bills, pay on your mortgage/rent, put food in the fridge, and comfortablly raise a few kids and maybe take that family vacation, and drive a decent car. Flash forward 18 or so years later, and the same $50 thousand salary, you are barely squeaking by. We need to tell wallstreet and the “rich americans” enough! We need to remind them who where the laborers who helped to make their industry rich? the hard working middle class that is who! Americans need more of their paychecks to actually go into their wallets, and not be burned by high taxes, high healthcare costs and the rising cost of fuel. I know deep in my heart that if my husband could be there(he can’t he’s a single wage earner for a 3 person household, squeaking by in an overpriced rental). No he goes out every day travels just over an hour to get to his job, wich he’s mannaged to keep thru the recession(thank you to his union). But we get it that we are hanging on by a hope and a prayer, he is all to aware that unemployment is still at an all time high of 10%, and the company could decide to crack the union at any time.
We have no money in savings, a high rent, a car payment that would make Henery Ford weep, and there seems to be no end in sight to our financial problems. I’m sure there are many more families who are in the sme boat we are in due to our ailing economy, and a president and government that only cares about their wallet.
I say don’t stop protesting(peacefuly) fight for your right to life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness. Tell wallstreet to kiss it and keep on demonstrating until change is done…. Hey’ didn’t our President promise us “change”, when he ran his campain to get into office? I guess he meant the change we’d need to save to put milk in the fridge. Keep protesting and remember the mission, tell wallstreet greed NO MORE…THE AVERAGE JOE WANTS THEIR JOBS BACK, THEIR HOMES BACK THEY WANT THEIR COUNTRY BACK!
We are completely within our constitutional rights!
Until you break the law…..which is exactly what happened when you refused to leave a privately funded/maintained area. Given multiple hours to comply with Police, first being asked, then being told, and finally being removed as you should have been.
You have been allowed to occupy a space for which you do NOT have the proper permit for, and they haven’t said a thing. They have provided you with electricity for FREE.
I have no problem with your peaceful assembly. It’s when you cry about being arrested and describe it as “being assaulted” that makes me laugh. When a police officer places you under arrest after multiple warnings, and you tense up and resist, you deserve to have your face planted firmly on whatever surface you may be standing on. Enjoy the #OccupationOfBostonJails and keep asking for the $4,000 for bail money….maybe the 1% will come bail you out!
Boston Police have been cool, by a large. When talked to one-on-one, most of them are friendly. They are not necessarily the enemy. We will see what happens tonight – but making the working police people the enemy is not the solution, in my opinion. The police are getting fucked with by the system just the same as everybody else (just like the folks overseas are not the ones starting the wars)
The army in many revolutions throughout history has stood with the people. BPD must do the same. They are probably ‘in the closet’ supporters who can’t express it fearful of losing their jobs…LIKE MOST OF US in middle-class America…There are so many employees who work for all the financial institutions who probably want to be out there protesting but afraid of being associated with a movement against corporate greed and therefore against their own employers.
To all who are representing part of the 99% who can not be present in person – TTHANK YOU and PLEASE DON’T GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
‘Golden Parachutes’ – this is why we NEED TO CONTINUE TO ‘OCCUPY’
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/another-corporate-outrage-golden-parachutes-failed-ceos-153646807.html
“By now you’ve probably heard the news: Leo Apotheker has received a severance package worth $13.2 million in cash and stock for his 11-month tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard.”
EVERYONE PLEASE STOP BUYING HP … the Board of Directors of this company is just clueless!
Sooooooo, you think THIS is why you need to occupy?
Its a private company—if the shareholders want to spend their capital on idiot executives tell me again exactly how this is any of your business?
Dont buy the stock, simple as that.
I just called the 24 hour hotline to add yet another voice in favor of you all being able to stay in the Greenway. I wish you all safety, strength, and continued support.
Kristen, what is the # for the hotline?
Mayor’s 24-hour hotline: (617) 635-4500
I marched today with you all and it was an extremely rewarding experience. this country is in dire need of a turnaround and it is our responsibility to demand this change in our government. the 99% are the country, not the large corporations that are driving this country. corporations are not people and they have no care or concern for the 99%. i wish you all luck tonight with BPD. Occupy is here to stay, i am anxious to march again soon. see you all on ‘our streets’
BPD says you only need to leave the second site for the night, can go back there tomorrow…just not overnight.
This is what channel 4 is saying “Also Monday afternoon, protesters expanded into an adjoining section of the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Boston Police have told the group to move back to their original space, Dewey Square. The group is refusing to move back.
Boston Police say the Greenway Conservancy recently invested over $150,000 in the area that was just occupied by protesters.”
The next question is how much tax funned dollars went into this space, it is not private land. It is state land. OUR tax money.
Lot’s of money recently went into the landscaping there, but there’s no reason not to expand. This movement is about a lot more than $10,000 or whatever they recently spent on it. It’s about TRILLIONS! They cut school and health service funding. They cut pensions and benefits (snowballing beyond the public sector). Oh, and they cut the grass, too. The others have been trampled on. Why not the grass?!
I know they didn’t take the decision to expand lightly. It was the critical outpouring of people who want to help that made this necessary. I have seen first hand how important people believe this true grassroots movement to be! Old and young. Democrat, Republican, Independent and every other political stripe interested in the flourishing of our country and the improvement of our Earth!
Typo above (funded) not (funned) should double check….
Just saw on FB there’s permission to keep occupying, i.e. not getting thrown out tonight. Is that correct? What’s the latest?
Did Occupy Boston get permission from the privately run Greenway to expand? If so, please be clear that it did so that the media as well as other supporters know. If there was no permission, like it or not, OB might actually be doing something illegal, and there is no reason not to do what the police ask until permission is granted. The Greenway has already been generous by letting OB use it as a protest site, and Boston police have been very nice as well. If the occupiers do something illegal, it is their own fault of they are arrested and it will be an embarrassment to the movement.
Hooray for Capitalism!!!!
Boo for Equality!!!!
You occupy idiots are knee jerkers,=. why not go protest obama who accepted millions from wall street so he could later give them trillions in TARP and bail out funds. Get the source or shut the *** up.
Don’t be so indignant! The source is the what they’re fighting! You can’t co-opt the movement to fit your political agenda!
If Obama was the only politician who did such a thing, you’d be absolutely correct. But the fact is that all of our politicians are bought and sold by these people, and it’s a practice that needs to stop. We need to stop worrying about left/right and start fixing the system so that our voices can actually be heard in Washington.
I fully support the expansion! This movement was going to explode sooner or later! Their cause is righteous! This is exciting! (If not alarming!) Stand strong Boston!
Called the mayor’s office to express support. They’re taking down the names of our cities now (add Austin, TX to the list) and thanking us in a weary sort of way. Occupied cities all over the country are behind you, Boston!
617 635 4500 call Boston mayor’s 24 hr line and tell the person who answers you support the protesters’ right to peaceably assemble on public land.. that is all they are doing right now and it’s hard to believe they’re about to go in like the SS and start arresting people
In the US Bill of rights I believe it says we have the right to FREE SPEECH, assemby is part of that right keep protesting
so, i saw that kanye west was at the occupy wallstreet site. is there a max amount of income for people that want to participate?
What are the chances that you Occupiers leave the Greenway the way that you found it. The stress that you are putting on the public greenspace is enormous. I’ve always practiced “leave no trace” when camping out. You have already ruined the beautiful area around Dewey Sq, and now you feel it’s your right to ruin another space. I find your “right” to squat in the public space to be an infringement upon my rights and the space that I have already paid for with my hard earned tax dollars, what have you paid for? You don’t represent my part of the 99%.
i agree. i used to eat lunch there but tents and tarp on the ground is going to kill the grass. maybe we can move them around in rotation to lessen our eco impact
The occupiers have already committed to return and replant the grass in the Dewey Square park next year on Earth Day; tonight they pledged to do the same (including providing any man/womanpower needed to protect and re-plant the grass) in the second space. They are mindful of their impact on the greenway.
If you really mean what you say, you get off the grassy area all together. Look at the mud pit that is the main camp now. Is OccBost going to re-seed that area, or at least provide the means to make it whole again? No chance. All of you like to think that you are so free thinking and thoughtful, clearly that isn’t the case.
I don’t buy it. What are the chances we see anyone from Occupy Boston next April 2012?
Unfortunately the first night of the occupation was rainy, and despite the protesters best efforts to set up makeshift walkways to protect the grass the lawn was already ruined by day two. As a result, the General Assembly voted to return on Earth Day to volunteer their time reseeding the lawn. If you feel that your part of the 99% is not being accurately represented, please consider stopping by after work tomorrow. We hold General Assembly every day at 7 PM, and anyone can address the group with their concerns and ideas.
Rain or no rain, the impact would still be significant to the greenway. Don’t blame the mess you people are making on the weather. Why don’t you try and become truly responsible?
There is no chance we see anyone from Occupy Boston in April 2012.
I’ll be there. Will you still be here complaining?
Your rights are being trampled, and all you care about is the grass! Wake up!
The end result of this movement will be a LARGE bill sent to the middle class taxpayer for all the additional police details, trash pick ups and the fixing of the greenway. We are talking millions. Meanwhile there is no possibility of any outcome as there is no clear agenda. Just we want more $?
BTW, who is the rich kid who is holed up at the Intercontinental Hotel shooting the live feed? None of the 99% should be able to get a room there!
rich kids are people too
Not according to the Occupiers.
Actually, yeah, they’re people. They’re just people who currently have too much ability to manipulate the system. We want the other 99% of us to have the ability to participate meaningfully in our government again, and to have a shot at improving our lot in life through hard work and sacrifice. You know, that American Dream thing.
Hypocrites. Your live feed is being filmed by one of the people who you detest.
what if they only get an allowance of like 110k a year but are unemployed? can they join and rep the 99%?
Anyone can join the movement. Even the top 1% as long as they fight for the cause of the 99%.
You don’t have to show tax returns to participate! We are inclusive despite what the trolls vomit online.
(CASE CLOSED)
do you think southpark will do an Occupyxxxx episode?
CALL MAYOR’S 24-HR HOTLINE (617) 635-4500 – THEY ARE GETTING DELUGED. HERE IS GLOBE REPORT AT MIDNIGHT:
Boston police warn protesters to leave part of the Greenway tonight
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By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff
Boston police were warning the more than 1,000 Occupy Boston protesters tonight to leave a large section of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway that they occupied earlier and relocate to Dewey Square or a small, adjacent strip of the Greenway.
Police were visible around the areas in small batches, while protest organizers held a meeting on the Greenway, answering questions from the demonstrators.
Occupy Boston, in a statement tonight, answered the police warning by issuing a call “for any and all people to join the occupation as soon as possible.”
“From the beginning, occupiers have worked tirelessly to maintain a positive working relationship with city officials. Today’s threats by the Boston Police Department represent a sudden shift away from that dialogue,” the statement said.
Officials do not want the protesters, who originally settled in Dewey Square, to occupy the space across Congress Street on the Greenway because it recently underwent a renovation project where expensive improvements were added, according to Elaine Driscoll, police spokeswoman.
Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s office said the city would not clear protesters from Dewey Square, however.
If police do move in on protesters tonight, some said they are prepared to be arrested.
“I think we will stand and be arrested,” said Nadeem Mazen, who called himself a part of Occupy Boston, speaking in front of the movement’s media tent.
Hundreds of protesters, mainly college students, marched today from Boston Common to Dewey Square in support of Occupy Boston and to demand fundamental and lasting economic and political reform, Occupy Boston said in its statement.
Two restaurant workers in the financial district said they saw a convoy of police vehicles, wagons, unmarked cars, and motorcycles pass by several hours ago with more than 200 officers. The convoy was driving away from the Greenway toward another financial district building where protesters believe they are staging for a possible late-night confrontation.
Police also seem to be conflicted about what to do with the Greenway gathering. “I hope we don’t do anything,” said one officer.
Tensions and new questions arose late tonight when, at about 11:15, police issued written instructions and expectations of the growing group of protesters if officers demand that they disperse.
The notice informed the group of laws against trespassing on a new patch of the Rose Kennedy Greenway — bordered by Congress Street, Atlantic Avenue, Pearl Street, and Purchase Street — where tents have sprung up since about 4 p.m, and is also private property.
In a section titled, “What Occupy Boston Participants can expect from the BPD,” the statement said officers will “arrest those knowingly in violation of the law if necessary,” and that they will “conduct themselves in a professional, respectful and proportional manner.”
Police said they will use video to identify participants deemed to be breaking trespassing and unlawful assembly laws, which could apply to the demonstrators, who planned to encircle the camp, lock arms, and resist ejection.
Police said that if five armed people, or 10 unarmed people, are found to be unlawfully assembled, “police can demand that they immediately and peaceably disperse.”
The notice also included the potential legal consequence for unlawful assembly (up to one year in prison and up to a $500 fine) and trespassing (30 days in jail and $100 fine).
At both the Greenway and at Dewey Square, “medical tents” have been set up with large red crosses taped on them and volunteers claiming to be EMTs, paramedics, and others trained in first aid with red crosses taped to their backs and shoulders.
Protesters have held up signs with the phone number of a lawyers’ group in Boston in case people are arrested, and the ACLU has passed out cards with instructions on how to deal with police if someone is stopped or arrested.
Globe Correspondents Derek J. Anderson, Matt Byrne, and Martha Shanahan and Matt Lee of the Globe Staff contributed to this report. John M. Guilfoil can be reached at jguilfoil@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @globe_guilfoil.
god save us all
12+ police paddy wagons on site
bpd shoulder-to-shoulder parameter around the park.
on October 11th, 2011 at 1:52 am #
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For each individual who is there in person there are thousands who are there in spirit – people who can’t be there but wish they were. Thank you for letting our voice be heard. I should go to sleep so I can wake up and go to work in the morning, but I just can’t…
What’s happening now? All Power to the People!
…all walks of life, EXCEPT the 1% that is…and believe it or not even among those there are some saying tax me more, I can afford it …
Calling the Mayor’s office is useless…you will get someone who is very irritable and arrogant. So much for Menino’s outreach to his constituents!
What are the phone numbers for the lawyer’s groups that one can call for help. Husband arrested in the early morning hours, who do I call. Mayor’s office and police will not releae information. Help!
email legalq.occupyboston@gmail.com
you want to live in a hobo junction, youre a hippie
get over it
on October 14th, 2011 at 3:33 am #
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