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    • Occupy Boston Contributes Resources for General Strike Actions

    April 13th, 2012 · · Passed Resolutions Comments Off on Occupy Boston Contributes Resources for General Strike Actions

    The following proposal was passed by the General Assembly of Occupy Boston on April 12, 2012:

    General Strike WG Funds Request for M1GS – 2012

    General Strike WG requests $1300 funds for the May 1, 2012 day of action.
    The full list of supplies needed will be on the OB website for crowd sourcing.
    Receipts will be provided for all expenditures.
    All unused funds will be returned to Occupy Boston.
    Donations boxes will be at OB May Day actions to raise funds for OB General Fund.
    The budget for food and water ($200) will be taken from the OB Food Budget.

    Food and water ($200)
    Medical Emergency ($200)
    3 portable PA systems ($350)
    Screen print supplies ($150)
    Fabric ($50)
    Spring clamps ($20)
    Duct tape ($5)
    Paint ($40)
    5 clamp lights ($50)
    face paint ($40)
    LED tea lights ($20)
    neon posterboard ($10)
    glow-in-the-dark paints ($40)
    6 blacklight bulbs ($25)
    Labels for stickers ($40)
    Sharpies/markers ($10)
    Parking ($50)

    Total = $1300

     

    Occupy Boston Daily Digest for 4-13-12

    April 13th, 2012 · · Daily Digest Comments Off on Occupy Boston Daily Digest for 4-13-12

    Good Morning from Occupy Boston!

    Stories of the Day: Seems like a bad idea to me: America is planning nuclear-powered drones. 21 Signs that the UK is Being Transformed into a Hellish Big Brother Surveillance Society. And somebody out there has decided that the Department of Homeland Security needs a whole lot of ammunition.  Recently it was announced that ATK was awarded a contract to provide up to 450 million hollow point bullets to the Department of Homeland Security over the next five years. And when you don’t recycle, ever wonder where your garbage goes? Check out this Secret Life of Garbage infographic.

    Other Occupies/Protests:  In Ireland, Occupy Dame Street occupied a bank. And in Montreal, students occupied banks as well. And broad coalition of organizations, initiatives and networks are mobilizing to diverse days of action in Frankfurt from May 16th to 18th . The central element of the protest choreography is mass blockades on May 18, taking place after the take the squares action on May 17 and before the mass demonstration on May 19. The goal of [the] action on this day is to effectively disrupt the normal business activities of European Central Bank and other central actors in the financial center in Frankfurt. For more, click here.

    “On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.”
    ~ Robert Anton Wilson

    Upcoming Events:

    SATURDAY April 14 — MARCH AND PARTY AT E5

    Closing March and Rally:   Uniting the 99 percent!

    12:15 pm at Converse Hall, 88 Tremont Street

    Meet at Camp Charlie at 11:30
    To celebrate the final day of the occupation, Occupy MBTA will join hundreds of members of SEIU Local 615 and community allies to honor the centennial of the famous Bread and Roses Lawrence Textile Strike. Join us as we take our message to the streets. We are ready to stand for the 99%!

    Benefit for E5 at Spontaneous Celebrations!

    8 pm at Spontaneous

    45 Danforth Street, Jamaica Plain

    Dance Prequel to E5′s Dance-a-thon with rockin’ DJs, cool art and great food.   Latin Meets Rock N Roll, Boogaloo, chicha, salsa, latin garage, plena, and biguine music, kuduro, kwaito, hipco, soca, baile, cumbia, Spanish dancehall, reggae, reggaetón, ska, merengue, salsa kid, blend of Soul/House/Latin/Hip Hop/Afro-Beat, soul/funk/afrobeat/hip-hop, electrópica, cumbia digital, latin house, moombahton…There is a $20 – $5 (sliding scale) admission (which covers the registration cost of the Dance-a-thon in Sept.) Join us and move your body for the movement!

    Raise Taxes on the 1% Tax Day Rally and March, Tuesday, April 17, 5:30PM, Dewey Square (South Station). Occupy JP and Occupy Boston will participate, along with many other groups, in a protest against the unfairness of the current tax regime, where people such as Mitt Romney pay at rates far lower than those earning far less, and Warren Buffet’s now-famous secretary pays at a higher rate than Warren Buffet.  The Rally and March will begin at 5:30pm at Dewey Square (South Station) and the march will begin at 6pm and proceed through the city streets, pass by several notorious corporate tax dodgers, and end at Post Office Square. Things to bring:  yourself (most important), signs, noise-making stuff (pots, pans, kazoos, whatever). Right to the City is coordinating this event. For a list of co-sponsoring organizations visit http://www.taxdayboston.org.

    Friday, April 13, 2012

    Please note events are subject to change; check https://www.occupyboston.org for the latest information!

    Event Highlights:

    Come celebrate the last two days of Camp Charlie with education, activism, and fun!

    Continue reading “Occupy Boston Daily Digest for 4-13-12” »

    The OB Media Rundown for 4/13/12

    April 12th, 2012 · · Daily Media Rundown Comments Off on The OB Media Rundown for 4/13/12

    Tufts Occupiers protest student debt with kiss-in

    Members of Tufts Occupiers on Saturday were joined by members of
    Students Occupy Boston at a kiss-in protest at Dewey Square.

    Roughly 20 students held banners, posted letters of protest and kissed
    each other in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Citibank
    and the Massachusetts State House. The theme of the event, highlighted
    by the tag line “If the banks can make out like bandits, so can we,”
    was meant to draw attention to the issue of persistent student debt,
    according to Nate Matthews, a member of Tufts Occupiers who planned
    the event.

    http://tinyurl.com/czux5xp

    Confronting Empire from Port Huron to Occupy

    Fifty years after Port Huron, the Occupy movement has brilliantly
    shaped the terms of public debate about class and, uniquely, class
    struggle. But like the signatories of the Statement, the Occupiers
    need to expand beyond the narrower interests of their original
    members. When Occupy began, its social composition was primarily white
    and middle class, and it targeted the corporate criminals and the
    capitalist elite, a.k.a. Wall Street. Occupy, however, has struggled
    to extend its reach to strategically essential low-income communities
    of color. Besides the critical component of the movement’s social
    composition, there is also the challenge of fleshing out the content
    of its political program. The question is whether Occupy can truly
    give voice to all of the “99 percent” that it wants to represent.

    http://tinyurl.com/cnnnkun

    White People Need to Join the Justice for Trayvon Martin Movement in
    Greater Numbers

    Whatever you think about the Trayvon Martin case, it’s clear that a
    major travesty of justice occurred in Sanford, FL a few weeks back. So
    it’s no surprise that a large spontaneous nationwide movement arose to
    see Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, brought to trial, and ideally
    to usher in a top-to-bottom housecleaning in the Sanford Police
    Department – and possibly in the Sanford city government itself for
    good measure.

    And it’s great to see such a movement grow so quickly. It gives me
    hope.

    What I think is problematic is that white people are not yet joining
    the new justice movement in serious numbers. Certainly not in Boston.
    I’ve been to two public actions for Martin since the case came to
    light. One rally in March in Harvard Square. And one march yesterday
    from Ruggles to Dudley Square (which we’ll file a news piece on in a
    couple of days, btw). Both events were called by the new
    Boston4Justice network – that’s led by a number of young
    African-Americans around town. The first event drew about 200 people.
    The second drew closer to 300 people. Credible turnouts, but not
    what’s needed to effect change. Those actions could have been bigger.
    And would have been, if white Bostonians – including many progressive
    “usual suspects” that I was surprised to find missing – had turned out
    for them in greater numbers.

    http://tinyurl.com/76yas33
    Continue reading “The OB Media Rundown for 4/13/12” »

    Friday & Saturday at Camp Charlie (and Other Exciting Places)

    April 12th, 2012 · · Events, News and Announcements Comments Off on Friday & Saturday at Camp Charlie (and Other Exciting Places)

    Come celebrate the last two days of Camp Charlie with education, activism, and fun!

    FRIDAY APRIL 13 — TEACH-INS AND SLUMBER PARTY!

    From Occupy to Revolution:   The Importance of Keeping a Radical Perspective
    10:30 am at Camp Charlie
    Radical scholar, Marxist intellectual, and long-time social justice activist, Professor Barbara Foley (Rutgers-Newark) will be giving a short lecture and facilitating a discussion, under the working title : “From Occupy to Revolution: the importance of keeping a radical perspective” at Camp Charlie, between 10:30 and 11 am this Friday, April 13th at Camp Charlie.

    Ride the Rails
    4:00 PM at Camp Charlie
    Come Ride the Rails with us to spread the word to Boston’s subway riders about Camp Charlie, the Occupy MBTA campaign, and the broader Occupy Boston community. We’ll be meeting at Camp Charlie at 4:00 PM for a brief training, after which we’ll be setting out in teams to connect with Boston’s rush-hour commuters and recruit them for the movement through speaking, leafleting, and distributing copies of the Boston Occupier. Let’s seize the unique opportunity to engage thousands of T commuters about the issues that could immediately impact them — the cuts, hikes, and layoffs — as well as the deeper issues that they raise for us all. See you there!

    Race and Class Inequality:  Fighting for a People’s T
    6:15 pm at Camp Charlie
    The recent fare hikes and proposed service cuts are only the most recent effort to divide public transit across race and class lines.   Join us for a crash course on the history of the T — how urban planning choices changed its shape and layout, and how those choices affect the demographics it serves.

    “But What Can I do About it?”    Looking Up, Looking Forward
    7 pm at Camp Charlie
    The T is $5.5 billion in debt.   The legislature is fighting over $51 million in funding for the entire state.   What can you do about it?  You can decide to act.   A teach-in on how to think about action in the face of overwhelming odds, how to get yourself organized and start thinking at the granular level — person by person – about what you can do to make a differenceSigns for Santorum @ OB Queer DA Meeting
    8:30 pm at Camp Charlie
    Join Occupy Boston Queer Trans DA for a sign-making in preparation for this Sunday’s Mass Tea Party’s Patriot’s Day Rally.    Help us greet Santorum and Scott Lively in style!Occupy Slumber Party!


    10 pm onward at Camp Charlie
    Bring a sleeping bag, a sleeping pad, and help celebrate the last night at Camp Charlie!

    SATURDAY — MARCH AND PARTY AT E5

    Closing March and Rally:   Uniting the 99 percent!
    12:15 pm at Converse Hall, 88 Tremont Street
    Meet at Camp Charlie at 11:30
    To celebrate the final day of the occupation, Occupy MBTA will join hundreds of members of SEIU Local 615 and community allies to honor the centennial of the famous Bread and Roses Lawrence Textile Strike. Join us as we take our message to the streets. We are ready to stand for the 99%!

    Benefit for E5 at Spontaneous Celebrations!
    8 pm at Spontaneous
    45 Danforth Street, Jamaica Plain
    Dance Prequel to E5’s Dance-a-thon with rockin’ DJs, cool art and great food.   Latin Meets Rock N Roll, Boogaloo, chicha, salsa, latin garage, plena, and biguine music, kuduro, kwaito, hipco, soca, baile, cumbia, Spanish dancehall, reggae, reggaetón, ska, merengue, salsa kid, blend of Soul/House/Latin/Hip Hop/Afro-Beat, soul/funk/afrobeat/hip-hop, electrópica, cumbia digital, latin house, moombahton…
    There is a $20 – $5 (sliding scale) admission (which covers the registration cost of the Dance-a-thon in Sept.) Join us and move your body for the movement!

    General Assembly Tonight and Saturday at Camp Charlie

    April 12th, 2012 · · Passed Resolutions Comments Off on General Assembly Tonight and Saturday at Camp Charlie

    The following proposal passed the General Assembly of Occupy Boston on April 7, 2012:

    Have GA at Camp Charlie on Thursday [April 12] and Saturday [April 14] at the usual time.

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