Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will be passing through Dewey Square at 2 pm and 5:30 pm today on his way to and from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s annual conference. Occupy Boston is putting out a call volunteers to hold signs, picket, and make sure that Chairman Bernanke gets our (respectful, nonviolent) message!
Occupy Boston’s internal newspaper, the Occupy Boston Globe, has launched a Kickstarter in order to fund the printing and distribution of a weekly newspaper.
To help support an important source of information on the Occupy movement in Boston, click here.
Our sisters and brothers in Occupy San Franciso are presently being raided by the San Francisco Police Department for the second time this week. You can watch it live here. Stand strong and peaceful, San Francisco! Boston stands with you.
Update: Apparently the San Francisco Police Depratment has decided to take a page out of the Boston Police Department’s playbook; they’re moving in garbage trucks to confiscate and destroy the protestors’ private property.
Occupy Boston is saddened by the fact that Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Police Department chose to arrest 175 members of Occupy Chicago last night for peacefully occupying Congress Plaza, placing city park ordinances above protestors’ constitutional rights to free speech and free assembly. We stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Chicago and offer them all of the help we can give.
Library Established at Occupy Boston
Metacomet Books, in collaboration with the Boston Radical Reference Collective and the Simmons Progressive Librarians Guild, has established a new, leaderless, collective library at the Occupy Boston encampment in Dewey Square. The yet-to-be-named library is open to the public 24 hours a day and will be serviced by librarians whenever possible.
The library aims to provide high-quality, accurate information to all interested parties. The collection contains material on topics such as political theory, social movements, activism, history, philosophy, religion, finance, consumerism, gender, and race, as well as a large fiction section.
The library has an open lending policy and visitors are encouraged to borrow materials and use them in and out of the library. Borrowers are also strongly encouraged to return books when they are finished with them so the information can be shared with other people.
Donations are welcome, particularly of works on political theory, social movements, activist handbooks, and other material relevant to the Occupy Boston movement.
Currently, the library needs daily newspapers, floorboards, extension cords, clamp-style and portable lights, and internet-ready laptops.
Click here for more information, or contact one of the following:
Occupy Boston Media <Media@occupyboston.org> • <Info@occupyboston.org> • @Occupy_Boston