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Towards a Damn Plan
I read Allie O’s piece in the Occupier a few months ago (http://bostonoccupier.com/s17/) with great interest and substantial agreement. In it, Allie painted a grimly accurate picture of Occupiers without an Occupation, going through
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Longshore Struggle Brews On Both Coasts
It’s a familiar pattern: those on top of the economic ladder enjoy massive profits while expecting workers to sacrifice even more for the “greater good.” This storyline weaves itself into every justification for anti-worker
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Protest Chaplains Lead Advent Service at Boston Bank of America
On Wednesday, December 5, Christian activists led an ecumenical Advent Vespers service in Bank of America plaza in downtown Boston. The service, which was timed to coincide with evening rush hour, consisted of Advent-themed
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Letter From the Editors: One Year and Eleven Issues Later…
Dear Readers, A little over a year ago, on a crisp October day at Dewey Square in downtown Boston, the Boston Occupier was formed as an answer to inaccurate media coverage of the Occupy
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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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Anaheim Protests After Weekend of Police Violence
(Photos: Timcast & CrossXBones, via Ustream) On the night of Tuesday, July 24 – leading into the morning of the 25th – protesters and riot police continued to clash in Anaheim, California, after the
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Occupy: Reform or Revolution?
We asked a few people from Occupy Boston what they thought about a longstanding debate within the Occupy movement: Should Occupy be a reform movement, attempting to change the system by working within it,
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Democratic Ownership In The Works
Belmont, MA –– On June 26, Occupy Belmont welcomed business analyst and author Marjorie Kelly to their town. Kelly spoke at Belmont’s First Church, Unitarian Universalist about her latest book, Owning Our Future: The
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350.org Launches Massachusetts Network
Cambridge, MA –– Although 350.org has become a global leader in the fight against climate change, its beginnings are modest. “350 started like this, in a circle, in Vermont, in 2006,” said Phil Aroneonu,
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