From your acting president's statement to your courage at Dewey Square in Boston yesterday, you are truly role models of all that is best in America. Your courage in Washington, DC in fighting the use of drones with your own bodies, … [Read more...]
Archives for October 11, 2011
Non-Occupy Boston update
There has - justifiably - been a lot of posting here on events coming out of Occupy Boston, in particular the confrontation with the Boston Police last night. Nonetheless, the news marches on. Here's a brief update on what else is … [Read more...]
Occupy Detroit’s General Assembly votes to Occupy starting 10/14/11
Speaker after speaker in Detroit talks about how Detroit was "Screwed the worst" and the vote was to begin Detroit's occupation on October 14, 2011. As some of you know, I was born in Detroit, raised and schooled in Michigan. I can … [Read more...]
John Adams says “don’t tread on me”, Tom Menino says..
.... "Don't tread on the flowers" and then goes on to say "civil disobedience will not be tolerated". The flowers, however, are not the only cause for Meninos alarm; He, and the BPD, are presenting an ever shifting array of … [Read more...]
Further police action against Occupy Boston?
Mark Leccese concluded his report on Boston.com with this ominous note: "The mayor made it clear in in the interview that more police action is coming. “There is a time and place at which we have to end the encampment, and that time … [Read more...]
SEND A MESSAGE TO MENINO! NECN has a poll up NOW (10/11/11) with a yes/no
Here is the link for the poll - you get to choose whether you support the police action against Occupied Boston protesters or not, yes no. I know that when I called the Mayor's response line, the first question was "where are you calling … [Read more...]
#Occupy Your Right to Petition Your Gov’t
If you judge the excuses made by the city and its various arms over why the protesters at the 2nd encampment had to go, you can see that this was merely an assertion of authority. There was no legitimate reason to break up the protest as … [Read more...]
Occupy Boston Podcast
Today's LeftAhead Podcast is on the Occupy Boston movement again, focusing on both the police attacks of the second encampment, as well as the day before. I was there on Sunday to get a view of things and join in as I could, and while I … [Read more...]
Mass. NOW Annual State Meeting!
Mass. NOW 2011 Annual State Meeting! Please join us at the 2011 Mass. NOW State Annual Meeting: Making Economic Equality A Reality: Narrowing the Wealth Gap This year's Annual Meeting will feature: - A discussion with Mariko … [Read more...]
Young Democrats Support Occupy Boston, Criticize Menino, Police
Mayor Menino's decision to line up with New York's Wall Street rather than the Boston street isolates him from the youth wing of his own party. In the context of this split, this line from a recent post by BMGer EBIII fka Ernie Boch III, … [Read more...]