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Public-private partners sell out the public realm
By Shirley Kressel Thanks to the Occupy movement, we are snapping out of our “American Dream” and realizing that the system is thoroughly and mercilessly rigged. Big corporations and a financial elite have bought
Read More »Supreme Court Undermines Democratic Elections; Citizens Take Action
A little more than two years ago, on January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court made a precedent-breaking, and hence precedent-setting, decision. In a five-to-four vote on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the
Read More »Boston T-riders Rally to Reject the MBTA’s “Band-Aid” Plan
A festive yet defiant crowd spilled over and off the steps of the Boston Public Library Monday, as hundreds gathered to protest the MBTA’s proposed plan to balance its budget by cutting T services
Read More »Occupy Boston and the Return of the Christian Left
By Dan Schneider There was a time when the backdrop for Occupy Boston’s General Assemblies was a mosaic of movement-related imagery, spread across the wall of a Big Dig ventilation building. In the months
Read More »Peace Action Working Group Declares “No War on Iran”
Occupy Boston’s Peace Action Working Group (PAWG) co-sponsored a march and rally on February 4 as part of an international day of action to oppose war against Iran. Over 200 activists marched from Park
Read More »Avi Chomsky: Immigration, Environment and Occupy
The following is based on remarks that Professor Avi Chomsky prepared to give to Occupy Boston on December 7, as part of the Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series. Her talk was cancelled when, that
Read More »‘Starve the Beast’: The Pentagon
Instead of firing teachers, closing libraries and senior centers, and cutting bus routes, let’s put the Pentagon on a diet. Some Americans want to starve our cities, close our schools, and knock away the
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PHOTOS: Rally At Copley Square to Save the T
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Copley Square yesterday to speak out against the MBTA’s proposed plans to cut transit services and increase fares, shortly before an open forum with MBTA officials at the Boston
Read More »Calling Foul on Fossil Fuels
“Foul!” This was the rallying cry on February 9 as over 60 people dressed in black-and-white striped referee shirts gathered outside the downtown Boston office of Senator Scott Brown (R-MA). Senator Brown has accepted
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