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‘Action in the street’ – Occupy Boston invites revelers to pen resolutions
It wasn’t exactly Occupy First Night, but the self-dubbed 99 percenters managed to lay claim to a share of yesterday’s citywide New Year’s celebration. “Action in the street is what we’re all about,” said Ben Janos, an Occupy Boston activist, as he and several protestors handed out “We are the 99%” buttons in Copley Square.
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Boston says goodbye to 2011
But not everyone came to celebrate. The crowd included members of Occupy Boston, the protest group evicted earlier this month from their two-month encampment on Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. A small group stood with a red wagon draped in a miniature canvas tent emblazoned with the message, “You can’t evict an idea.”
“We really want to get the message out that we’re still here,” said Kevin Maley, 27, of South Boston as he handed out “We are the 99%” buttons. “Our objective is to keep the movement going and connect with people.”
Movement Man – Meet Chris Faraone, Occupy reporter for the Boston Phoenix
Over the past few bleary-eyed months, with little concern for health, nutrition, or REM cycles, Faraone has spent almost every waking hour honing his insight into America’s economic counterculture. He has covered Occupy like a one-man swarm: embedding full-time at Boston’s Dewey Square encampment; visiting other movements around the country; juggling feature stories, blog posts, radio spots, and Twitter fights. The recent eviction and dispersal of the Occupy Boston HQ turned into a marathon two-day reporting session interrupted only by a three-hour nap and a French Dip sandwich. “I’ve stayed up twenty-four hours in the past couple of weeks more than I ever have in my life,” he says. “I’m so used to holding my piss at this point that I forget to go.”
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