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Occupy Boston Joins the World in Celebrating May Day
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,
Read More »Zinn Lecture Series: Steve Lambert
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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Read More »T Fare Hikes Spur New Occupation
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
Read More »Boston Activists Demand Justice for Trayvon Martin
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
Read More »PHOTOS: Tax Day March Draws Over 1500
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
Read More »All Out for May Day: Group plans for A Day Without the 99%
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
Read More »Counter-Protest Against Tea Party Rally
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
Read More »#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
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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