Here in Dewey Square the sun is shining and we are rebuilding our camp. Tearful reunions and sober reflection have characterized our day here as we seek to land on our feet after the events of early this morning. We will we will hold our general assembly tonight at 7 pm, as scheduled, and remain focused on the central purpose of this movement. Please come join us!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11 OCT 2011

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Contact: occupydartmouth@gmail.com
Twitter: @OccupyDartmouth

Occupy Dartmouth will hold its first demonstration on the Hanover
Green from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm EST today in solidarity with the over
100+ Occupy movements around the world, including Occupy Wall Street
and Occupy Boston.

While the location and timing of the Occupy Dartmouth demonstration
correlates with that of the 2012 Republican Presidential Debate, it
must be made abundantly clear that this is not a protest specifically
against the Republican Party.  The Occupy movements feature supporters
from a wide variety of political affiliations, including Republicans,
many or all of whom are disaffected with our political process.
Anyone supporting a single candidate, party, or political ideology
does not speak for all of Occupy Dartmouth, nor for any of the Occupy
movements.

This demonstration is in part a response to the repeated violations of
the occupiers’ First Amendment rights to peaceably assemble, as
exemplified by the Boston Police at 1:30 am today, when they beat,
tackled, and arrested United States veterans who were peacefully
protesting near Boston’s South Station with an estimated 1000 others.

Today’s event was initially organized by members of Students Stand
with Staff, a non-partisan group formed to lend student support to
both non-unionized and unionized employees of Dartmouth College.
Occupy Boston, Occupy New Hampshire, Occupy Vermont – Burlington,
Occupy Rutland, Occupy Keene and Occupy Worcester are all in support.

Video, last night’s events: http://youtu.be/Iu63e7QD_5k.

Video, Occupy Wall Street: http://youtu.be/ZpttXetMX78.

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11th, 2011*

Contacts: OccupyBostonMedia@gmail.com
Twitter: @occupyBOS_media

Boston Police Brutally Assault Occupy Boston

At 1:30 this morning hundreds of police in full riot gear brutally attacked Occupy Boston, which had peacefully gathered on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The Boston Police Department made no distinction between protesters, medics, or legal observers, arresting legal observer Urszula Masny-Latos, who serves as the Executive Director for the Massachusetts branch of the National Lawyers Guild, as well as four medics attempting to care for the injured.

Earlier in the day, an estimated ten thousand union members, students, veterans, families, men, and women of all ages marched from the Boston Common to Dewey Square, and then to the North Washington Bridge to demand economic reform on Wall Street and the end of special interest influence in Washington.

Following this massive outpouring of public support, dozens of police vans descended on the Greenway, with batons drawn, assaulting protesters and arresting more than one-hundred people. Members of Veterans for Peace carrying American flags were pushed to the ground and their flags trampled as the police hauled them away.

Following the raid, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis made no mention of veterans, organized labor, students, or families, nor did he issue an apology for his department’s aggressive tactics. Since the beginning of its occupation, Occupy Boston has worked tirelessly and successfully to maintain a positive working relationship with city officials. Today’s reprehensible attack by the Boston Police Department against a movement that enjoys the broad support of the American people represents a sad and disturbing shift away from dialogue and towards violent repression.

Despite the city’s attempt to silence us, Occupy Boston remains, and bears no ill-will towards the men and women of the Boston Police Department who were simply following orders. We hope that someday the peaceful pursuit of economic justice will not provoke the beating of elderly veterans and the arrest of medics and legal observers. We encourage everyone who continues to feel as strongly as we do about limiting the influence of Wall Street on our democracy to join us tomorrow, and in the future, down in Dewey Square.

“We will occupy. We are the 99 percent and we are no longer silent.”

NECN reports that 100 Occupy Boston protestors have been arrested. Donations for legal defense can be made here:

https://www.wepay.com/x11mtx5

We estimate we’ll need at least $4,000.

Over 100 Occupy Boston protesters arrested in massive police crackdown.