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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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Consider Subscribing to the Boston Occupier

Consider Subscribing to the Boston Occupier

Staff April 23, 2012 0

To Our Readers: Our paper 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 subscription

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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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Counter-Protest Against Tea Party Rally

Counter-Protest Against Tea Party Rally

Julie Walsh and Dan Schneider April 16, 2012 11

On April 15, about 60 activists – including many from or affiliated with Occupy Boston’s Queer/Trans Direct Action Working Group and Boston Antifa – interrupted the Mass Tea Party Coalition’s Tax Day rally at

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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines

#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines

Jennifer Sacks and SiuKittyPie April 13, 2012 1

YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEWS This article is from the Occupied Media news wire.  It was originally published over at the Occupied Wall Street Journal.   This week in Occupy, Santa Monica

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