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NATO Dipsatches: The Other Side of Sunday

NATO Dipsatches: The Other Side of Sunday

Dan Schneider June 4, 2012 1

The following is a collection of dispatches from May 20, 2012, a major day of protests against the NATO Summit in Chicago.  The vision of the protests presented here is solely the view of

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Subscribe to the Boston Occupier Today

Subscribe to the Boston Occupier Today

Staff June 2, 2012 0

To Our Readers: Our free newspaper is funded exclusively through donations from our readers and supporters of the 99%. We ask you to help keep to making it possible. We are offering a yearly

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PHOTOS: Picket for Janitorial Workers at 31 St. James

PHOTOS: Picket for Janitorial Workers at 31 St. James

Chase Carter May 11, 2012 1

The janitorial workers of the 31 St. James Ave. building will be unemployed as of this Friday, May 11. Capital Properties, a Boston-based private real estate firm, recently decided to hire a subcontracting company

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Occupy Boston Joins the World in Celebrating May Day

Occupy Boston Joins the World in Celebrating May Day

Doug Enaa Greene May 7, 2012 1

Despite heavy rains and an unseasonable chill, May Day, otherwise known as International Workers Day, sparked celebration across Boston. On Wednesday, May 1st, a series of marches and rallies brought together Boston-area immigrants, anarchists,

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Zinn Lecture Series: Steve Lambert

Zinn Lecture Series: Steve Lambert

Doug Enaa Greene May 1, 2012 0

Occupy Boston’s Creative And Subversive Arts (CASA) working group hosted Steve Lambert on April 28. Lambert is the artist who created the “Capitalism Works for Me” sign currently found in Davis Square. Lambert’s work

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T Fare Hikes Spur New Occupation

T Fare Hikes Spur New Occupation

Dan Schneider April 20, 2012 0

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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Boston Activists Demand  Justice for Trayvon Martin

Boston Activists Demand Justice for Trayvon Martin

Ian Cornelius April 20, 2012 0

On a rainy day in April 1965, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ascended the steps of the Boston Common bandstand to deliver a speech. His topic was school desegregation. An estimated 22,000

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PHOTOS: Tax Day March Draws Over 1500

PHOTOS: Tax Day March Draws Over 1500

Staff April 18, 2012 0

Over 1500 Bostonians turned out for a Tax Day rally and march through Boston’s financial district on Tuesday. Participating groups included MassUniting, Moveon.org, Occupy Boston, Massachusetts AFL-CIO, City Life/Vida Urbana and Right to the

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Help Us Distribute Issue 7 of The Boston Occupier

Help Us Distribute Issue 7 of The Boston Occupier

Julie Walsh April 18, 2012 0

Hello Occupy community, Issue #7 of the Boston Occupier is is being delivered TODAY to E5 (33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor), around 2 pm. We need your help distributing! In this issue: exclusive interview with Noam

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All Out for May Day: Group plans for A Day Without the 99%

All Out for May Day: Group plans for A Day Without the 99%

Al Johnston April 17, 2012 0

In late December 2011, the General Assembly (GA) of Occupy Los Angeles issued a call for a national and international general strike. The strike, planned for May 1, 2012, would demand immigrant rights, environmental

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