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PHOTOS: Boston-area Students March on National Day of Action for Education
On March 1, 2012, students from college across the greater Boston participated in a day of action organized by Students Occupy Boston, and several separate events organized by Occupy Harvard. These March 1 actions
Read More »Harvard Community Protests Library Cuts
On the evening of Thursday, February 16, a circle of about forty picketers marched outside Harvard University’s Lamont Library, chanting and waving signs in an intermittent drizzle. The group had gathered to protest the
Read More »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 »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
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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
Read More »Video: The Summit to Unite Citizens For Democracy
On January 20 and 21, the Citizens United Working Group of Occupy Boston and a wide coalition of activists gathered to discuss the ramifications of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Over 70 people
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