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“TSA out of the MBTA” Rallies on the Boston Common
While hundreds ice skated just across the Boston Common, around eighty people converged on the Common bandstand in the freezing cold on Saturday, February 2, to declare their opposition to Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
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When You Got $0.00, You Got $0.00 To Lose: An Interview With Mike Connolly
On Sunday August 19, I met Massachusetts State Rep. candidate Mike Connolly at Veggie Galaxy on Mass. Ave. in Cambridge. We talked about Occupy, Connolly’s “no money” campaign., the role individual initiative can play
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Response to a Boston Globe editorial on “Turnstile Jumpers”
Dear Globe Editors: Your (8/5/21) Sunday editorial calls for a “crackdown” on T “fare evaders,” though you admit that such a “crackdown” will do next to nothing to help the T’s deep financial crisis.
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Fare Strike Coalition Declares “Fare-Free Friday”
Boston T riders at several downtown subway stations received a welcome surprise during their evening commute yesterday (Friday, July 13th): a Fare Free Ride home. Entering train stations at Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, as well
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“We Won’t Pay for Their Crisis”: Anti-Austerity March in Boston
More than 50 protesters marched through the streets of Boston on Saturday, June 16, to protest austerity measures in Massachusetts and around the world. At different sites around the city, activists spoke out against
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Resistance at Home and Abroad to Austerity
The Occupy movement has been triggered not only by the economic crisis itself, but, more importantly, by the way that ruling classes around the world have pushed to make workers and poor people pay
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T Fare Hikes Spur New Occupation
On the afternoon of April 4, following a four-hour rally for public transportation, several members of Occupy MBTA unfurled a banner in front of the State House and announced a new occupation. The banner
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Camp Charlie Temporarily Evicted from State House Steps
Last night OccupyMBTA.org posted a message saying that Camp Charlie, the group’s 5 day old occupation of the steps of the Massachusetts State House, had been temporarily evicted: Just hours after Occupy MBTA testified
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VIDEO: Making Sense of the MBTA Mess
This past Saturday, a community teach-in was held by members of Occupy the MBTA currently participating in “Camp Charlie”, a public transportation-focused, 10 day occupation of the Massachusetts State House steps. The teach-in focused
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Statehouse Steps, Occupied!
From the Occupy Boston Press Advisory: As of yesterday evening, April 4th: “Occupy the MBTA, a working group of Occupy Boston, launched Camp Charlie, a ten day occupation of the State House steps to
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