The latest issue of The Boston Occupier is coming out THIS WEDNESDAY (Jan 18th), We want to get out the word — all over Boston, and beyond — that our movement is growing, changing, and as urgent as ever. WE NEED HELP DISTRIBUTING, especially because we are printing 15,000 copies — 5,000 more than last time!! Here is the game-plan.
- Our BIG DISTRIBUTION PUSH is the Wednesday afternoon commute. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!! We want to hit all the busiest T stations; let’s have commuters on every line reading our papers — especially because our cover story concerns MBTA fare hikes! Volunteers should meet at 5 pm at “E5” (33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor). (If you can’t come until 5:30 or 6, that’s ok too.) It’s more fun to go out in pairs, so hopefully we’ll have enough volunteers to make that possible. We’ll have newly screen-printed Occupier patches and bandanas to wear, if you like. So, bundle up & come spread the Occupy news!
- Copies of the paper will be available for anyone and everyone to pick up, beginning at noon on Wednesday in the Occupy Boston cubicle of “E5” (33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor). All of the papers (all 15,000 of them!) must be gone by the end of the week. Please take a stack and commit to distributing them in your community (small stacks in cafes, libraries, bookshops, laundry mats, community centers, waiting rooms, campuses, etc). In this issue: coverage of proposed MBTA fare hikes, the student debt campaign, the Socialist caucus, Occupy the Primaries, First Night actions, Mass Occupy, NDAA, and more!
- If you are a part of another local-area Occupy movement, a union, or a community organization that is willing to distribute papers — let’s make it happen! Send questions or suggestions about distribution to Julie O (juliettejulianna@gmail.com) — or, better yet, just pick up a big pile of papers from E5.
- Also available with this issue is our new subscription service, part of our effort to raise funds and make the Boston Occupier sustainable for the foreseeable future. An official online announcement is appearing on the website soon. I hope you’ll encourage those you know to subscribe to the paper!
Please feel free to respond to me (juliettejulianna@gmail.com) with any questions, ideas, or suggestions.