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PHOTOS: Occupy Boston 3 month anniversary

PHOTOS: Occupy Boston 3 month anniversary

Matt Cloyd December 30, 2011 0

  A pillow fight celebrating Occupy Boston 3 month anniversary at the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA on Friday, Dec’ 30, 2011. Photos: Tess Scheflan/ Activestills.org      

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CARTOON: Sermon

CARTOON: Sermon

Kip Lyall December 29, 2011 0

Image and text by Kip Lyall

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Opinion: Dewey and Occupations: A Lexical Analysis

D.J. Buschini December 28, 2011 0

According to Judge Frances McIntyre, and Webster’s New World Dictionary and Thesaurus (2nd ed.) (2002), to “occupy” means “to take possession of by settlement or seizure.” The act, she concludes, is “hostile,” and does

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From the ‘Burbs to el Barrio: Occupy beyond Dewey

Ian Cornelius December 27, 2011 0

“Occupy will never die: Evict us, we multiply!” Thus went the chant, popular at Occupy Boston in the days immediately before and after an early-morning police raid ended the Dewey Square encampment. The truth

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Issue 3 Is Available Online

The Boston Occupier Staff December 22, 2011 0

Just a reminder, all issues of  The Boston Occupier are available to view online, through bostonoccupier.com. Just go to http://bostonoccupier.com/print-edition/, or scroll over the ‘About’ tab on the toolbar and click on the drop-down

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CARTOON: Article

CARTOON: Article

Kip Lyall December 22, 2011 0

Image and text by Kip Lyall

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Occupy Boston Lives On After Dewey Square

Dan Schneider and Katie Soldau December 21, 2011 2

It was the end of the beginning. At about 2am on December 10th, roughly three hours before the police raid on Occupy Boston, dozens of protesters could be seen gathered in a circle at

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Help Our Friends At The Occupied Chicago Tribune

Dan Schneider December 21, 2011 3

The following is a personal appeal from Alberto, of the Occupied Chicago Tribune.  The group is attempting to raise money to start a newspaper similar to The Boston Occupier, The Occupied Wall Street Journal

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The Right to the City: City Life/Vida Urbana and Occupy Boston Team Up Against Foreclosure

Stephen Squibb December 21, 2011 0

Before the start of the Occupy movement, Steve Meacham participated in a conference call with representatives from twenty different cities. The topic of discussion was occupation—housing occupation. Meacham is an organizer with City Life/Vida

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Gar Alperovitz: Democratizing the Economy

Dan Schneider December 21, 2011 2

The “occupations” in Boston and around the country are a justified response to the outrages of our current political-economic system. This is a system that looks the other way as the top 1% runs

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