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General Assembly Summary (Oct. 23)
by Stephanie Fail Sunday night’s General Assembly was kept relatively brief, with several announcements and just one proposal.. The proposal was created by a pop-up working group called the “Statement of Purpose Working Group”
Read More »OPINION: Bill McKibben — The Key Message is “Persistence”
by Bill McKibben, climate activist and author of The End of Nature, Deep Economy For me, the low point of the year was probably Sunday, August 21, lying on a stainless steel bench in
Read More »Buddhist Monks Visit Occupy Boston
by Derin Korman Monastic students of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh visited Occupy Boston Friday afternoon to lead a walking meditation group to Copley Square, where the group met with the rest of the monastics for
Read More »Free School University classes Sunday-Thursday
FSU classes meet at the Wall (north end of Dewey Square: at the bright, orange Soap Box & schedule board, unless otherwise noted). The most up to date schedule is at: http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar/ FSU classes
Read More »Digital Media Conference Focuses On the Occupy Movement
By Marlie Pesek This past weekend, ten panelists representing five different community perspectives, gathered at Lesley University’s Marran Theater for the Social Movements/Digital Media Conference. The conference was organized by Jason Pramas, founder of
Read More »Boston Police Officer Sees Occupation as Microcosm of Society
by Matt Cloyd As the camp began to wake Sunday morning, a group of occupiers smoked cigarettes and chatted by the benches near the south end of Dewey Square park. An unmarked cruiser pulled
Read More »March Commences After Chomsky Talk
by Mike Murray Minutes after a stimulating lecture by Professor Noam Chomsky, cheers and cries of protest broke out as an unnamed facilitator yelled “we’re marching!”, and a crowd of approximately 250 began
Read More »PHOTOS: Occupy Boston march
A spontaneous march started after Noam Chomsky spoke at the Occupy Boston camp in Dewey Sq., marching through Downtown Boston, MA, Sat’, Oct. 22, 2011. Photo: T.Scheflan/ Activestills.org
Read More »PHOTOS: Noam Chomsky at Occupy Boston
Noam Chomsky at the Occupy Boston Camp in Dewey sq. Boston, MA, Sat’, Oct. 22, 2011. Photo: T.Scheflan/ Activestills.org
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