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    • Proposals Passed by the June 19, 2012 General Assembly

    July 4th, 2012 · · Passed Resolutions Comments Off on Proposals Passed by the June 19, 2012 General Assembly

    The June 19, 2012 General Assembly Passed two Proposals.

    1. Bastille Day Revolutionary Arts Festival July 14, 2012 by Kendra M.

    An outreach event to generate support and publicity for work being done by Occupy Boston. Bastille Day was the start of the French Revolution when revolutionaries stormed the Bastille. This arts event is family friendly and includes an arts exhibit retrospective of the signs, banners, posters, flyers & photos created by OB. There would also be a live band, a lecture on world revolutionary politics and arts projects for adults and children. The location planned is Spontaneous Celebrations in Jamaica Plain. The rental fee is $450 for 3 hours. We need

    2. Proposal to allocate funding for the weekend sites by John Murphy

    Allocate $60 a week including $20-30 for parking and $30-40 for food & supplies

    GA Minutes: http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/June19Minutes

    GA Resolutions – General Assembly Meetings in July

    July 2nd, 2012 · · Passed Resolutions Comments Off on GA Resolutions – General Assembly Meetings in July

    The June 30, 2012 General assembly passed two resolutions that will
    affect GA scheduling in July 2012.

    (1) Proposal to move the GA on 7/14 to SW Corridor Park in Jamaica
    Plain by Carolyn Magid.

    We will be nearby at the Revolutionary Arts Festival. This is a chance
    to open up to the community in Jamaica Plain.

    Passed by consent.

    (Southwest corridor park is near the Stony Brook Orange Line station
    in Jamaica Plan).

    (2)Proposal to modify GA schedule by Carolyn Magid

    • Cancel GAs on Tuesday 7/3 & Saturday 7/7.
    • Devote GA on 7/10 to decisions about what decision processes to
      use going forward. We will make efforts to get as many
      people as possible to that meeting so that the community is
      well-represented.

    Passed.

    In summary, please note that

    • There is no GA on July 3rd or July 7th
    • July 10th GA will be devoted to discussions about Occupy Boston’s
      decision-making process.
    • July 14th GA will be in Jamaica Plain’s Southwest corridor park.

    GA Minutes: http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/GA_Minutes_Sat_Jun_30_2012

    Join us for a great Monday on Ocuppy Boston Radio

    July 2nd, 2012 · · News and Announcements Comments Off on Join us for a great Monday on Ocuppy Boston Radio

    Monday on OBR.fm

    Occupy Boston Radio is radio for the 99%, we are producing 12 shows presently and have live broadcasting every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from our studio at e5, 33 Harrison Avenue, 5th Floor in Boston.  We make out a call to support radio and e5 as it makes a transition from it’s present space.  Visit e5’s and LIKE them on Facebook in support of a Movement supporting space!  Thank you and enjoy the listen!

    3pm (EST)
    Occupied Nation

    Host Patrick (Boston George) will be updating Occupiers on local events,  talking about the National Gathering and exploring all the documentaries that are flowing out of the Occupy movement.  Tune-in at 4:20pm for some Indy music!

    6pm (EST)
    Veteran for Peace

    Decorated veteran Bob Funke mixes it up with interviews and topics across the Peace movement

    7pm (EST)
    Occupy the Game

    Join host Alex Ingram as he discusses the Olympics, the Red Sox, and Kevin Garnett coming back to town.

    8pm (EST)
    Pink Slime Radio

    Host Matt Kaminisky explores money and the wheres, whys, and hows of it’s interplay in our lives and political states.

    Going Out of Business Bake Sale for Bank of America

    June 29th, 2012 · · Events Comments Off on Going Out of Business Bake Sale for Bank of America
    Bank of America’s bad for America
    Bank of America’s bad for America

    Hey everyone, do you remember the financial crisis of 2008? Do you remember the $700 billion dollar bailout from TARP? Do you remember the $7.7 Trillion dollar bailout from the Federal Reserve? Do you remember the bankers that wrecked the economy, then turned around and gave themselves huge bonuses? The 1% got a windfall, and the 99% got squat. We haven’t forgotten, and we’re not about to let them forget about it either.

    Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!

    Take our friends at Bank of America. They’ve engaged in robo-signing. They’ve engaged in illegal foreclosures. And they’ve collected a pile of toxic mortgage-backed securities from their purchase of Countrywide.

    So what are we going to do about it? We’re going to lace up our aprons and throw BofA a bake sale. Yes, you heard that right: we’re throwing a Going out of Business Bake Sale for Bank of America.

    Do you remember the solidarity we had at Dewey Square? We’re asking you to show some of that solidarity again in a bank action. Come to Dewey Square at 4pm, this Monday, July 2nd. From there, we’ll head over to the Bank of America building at the corner of Franklin and Federal. Then we rally, flyer, and give out baked goods from 4:30 – 6:00. Yes, real honest-to-goodness, no-money-down, variable-interest-rate, miss-a-payment-and-we-take-your-f’ing-house baked goods.

    Bring your signs, bring your theatrics, but most of all, bring yourselves! Let’s show the banksters at Bank of America that we haven’t forgotten who train-wrecked our economy.

    See you at Dewey Square, Monday, 4:00 pm.

    (P.S. – This is not a one-time action; it is the start of a campaign. We’ll be back to do it all again on Monday July 9th.)

    Solidarity Action with Yo Soy 132 For Transparency in the Mexican Election

    June 29th, 2012 · · News and Announcements Comments Off on Solidarity Action with Yo Soy 132 For Transparency in the Mexican Election

    A project of Occupy Boston Action Assembly  –  Friday, June 29th 4-5 PM outside the Mexican Consulate, 55 Franklin Street, in the Financial District

     

    Student activists in Mexico have asked for international shows of solidarity around the world to call attention to the attempts by the conservative PRI party to rig the July 1st election.  PRI corruption includes connections to narco-trafficking and the destruction of indigenous communities as well as increased wealth inequality and violent repression of dissent.  The present movement gets its name from a demonstration in which 131 university students interrupted a staged photo – op and forced the PRI candidate to hide in a bathroom.  Since then, thousands of Mexicans have declared “Yo Soy 132” – I am #132.

    This demonstration will be for the benefit of the Mexican activists who need to know that the world is watching the election with them.  We will meet outside the Mexican consulate.  Signs will be provided, and an experienced Mexican activist will speak briefly about the movement.  The main goal is to get some quality pictures and videos to send to the activists in Mexico for their use.  Therefore, we ask that you arrive on time, by about 4:30-4:445 we hope to shoot pictures and video with as many supporters as possible to forward to Yo Soy 132 in Mexico.

    Also please note that some earlier fliers for this even had an old address from the consulate which is no longer correct; the consulate is located at 55 Franklin St. in the financial district.

     

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