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Boston Activists Gather in Celebration, “Five for E5″
BOSTON—On Friday evening, March 23, about a hundred Boston activists gathered in the SEIU Hall downtown to share a meal and celebrate, accompanied by the zesty notes of musician Rafael Medina. Encuentro 5, home
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New Technology, Old Philosophy Power Occupy Sandy Relief Effort
Natural disasters have a way of uniting people. Consider the United States after Hurricane Katrina, or the tornadoes that decimated Joplin, Missouri in in 2011: although both instances (but especially Katrina) were marked by
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Community Voices: Mike Becker on the Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts
On Sunday, November 4, Mike Becker of Allston joined for a day the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts coordinated by Occupy Wall Street activists. The words are his, with some edits for clarity by The
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On Occupy: Aimless Nostalgia and the Need for a Damn Plan
“Whose training?” the young organizer shouted. The response came as a groan rather than a roar, a few tired voices out of the hundred or so gathered, repeating the fill-in-the-blank response mechanically: “Our training.”
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Occupy Boston Turns One Year Old
About 80 Occupiers gathered on the foot of the State House at noon Sunday, September 30 to celebrate the one year anniversary of Occupy Boston. Those gathered marked one year of struggling for social
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Community Voices: How to Occupy An Economy
Entrepreneurship, “limited liability partnerships,” “S corporations,” spreadsheets—these terms don’t leap to mind with the phrase, “Occupy movement.” Yet over in the Sustainable Economy and Social Enterprises working groups, they are the shared vocabulary of
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Clean Up BPPA Rakes Muck on Police Newsletter
A campaign started by an Occupy Boston-affiliated group called Clean Up BPPA, along with some help from reporters at the Boston Phoenix, has turned up dirt related to the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (BPPA), the
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Center for Progressive Organizing Must Seek New Home
“Encuentro Cinco is the beating heart of the Boston progressive community.” As Occupy Boston activist Brian Kwoba spoke these words, several in the circle of grassroots organizers, immigrants’ rights advocates, and occupiers nodded in
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Anti-Occupy Police Newsletter Loses Sponsors Over Racist, Sexist Language
The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (BPPA) has recently faced critique for offensive remarks printed in its newsletter, the Pax Centurion. Community members have noted that the newsletter, which includes updates about union bargaining and
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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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