I come to this blog for information about what’s going on in MA related to current political events. It was my impression that, along with Dailykos and other groups we are Blue Massgroup, so while it’s nice to have a few conservatives stick their two cents in, I suppose, what we need from a blue group is democratic organizing. etc. So what’s going on. No pictures. Nothing.
Please share widely!
amberpaw says
But could not be there today. Here is a link to at least some of the action: http://www.boston.com/news/loc…
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p>One of my core principles is keeping promises, so I could not break a promise to attend this next rally.
ramuel-m-raagas says
I also was there for only the first of the two solidarity rallies. Union members and leaders were the speakers, but U.S. Congressmen Markey, Capuano and Lynch also spoke. I filmed the last speaker, Governor Deval Patrick @
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david says
If so, post some pics! Or tell us what you saw!
joeltpatterson says
here is the Wisconsin rally, in the snow & cold temps…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
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p>Check out the aerial shot–that crowd is huge.
The Republicans have definitely gone too far!
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kate says
I was at the Richmond rally. Iknow that doesn’t help.
kate says
Here’s a link from my e-mail. I don’t think that it is invitation only.
judy-meredith says
They actually covered yesterday very well, and Peter Gelzinis did a good job covering Thursday event of Teens marching for jobs. Both front page on the Herald Web. (According to organizers the Globe was “tired” of covering rallies that had happened the a couple of days before (Wisconsin) and the year before (Teens marching by the thousands) Poor Globies.
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p>and from the Herald Pro-labor descends on Boston along with another good picture.
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stomv says
and had quite mixed feelings about the entire event.
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p>Fact-based stuff:
* about 1000 people +/- a few hundred. It’s hard to estimate a crowd when you’re in it.
* no ugly signs. Check that — the LaRouche folks had a Obama-with-Hitler-moustache sign, but otherwise it was on the up and up sign-wise. This included multiple signs calling out Obama for “comfortable shoes”.
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p>Fact-based but more anecdotal:
* lots of older folks there, not as many under 50.
* not very many blue collar tradesmen, based on stereotype [trades clothes, strong arms, helmet with union stickers, etc]
* a number of not-exactly-union groups there, including peace movement groups and women/choice groups.
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p>Pure opinion stuff:
* I felt that it wasn’t focused enough on labor issues. I get the progressive-movement-as-a-whole stuff, but I felt that this wasn’t focused enough on labor issues.
* I felt that the labor issues focused too much on “greedy corporations” stuff. The events in WI are about public unions — the conversation should have included taxing wealthy individual incomes as well as wealthy corporations.
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p>What I would have liked to have seen:
* The end didn’t come with a “now do this one thing right now” call to action. We all just kind of wandered off. They should have had us all call Scott Brown or all call our own state rep [have lists] or whatever. On the spot. Provide the script. That sort of thing.
* An elected official or three as speakers. Where was Senator Kerry? Governor Patrick? State reps so-and-so?
* Giant screens with videos from other rallys around the country.
bluestateblues says
I was there yesterday and took lots of pictures! Feel free to tag.
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p>Enjoy!
mark-bail says
I was going to go to the Springfield rally last week, but had a select board meeting and couldn’t squeeze the rally in.
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p>Labor isn’t quite organized yet. These fairly impromptu rallies are a good start, but the folks I know who went were with Jobs With Justice.
alicew says
than me and my friend in Madison. Love Alice
ryepower12 says
was more democratic organization types, labor unions, etc. Both of them had a large amount of people, but they were (in large part) different (sorts of) people.
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p>One thing to bear in mind is the fact that MoveOn is a little bit more spontaneous and a lot less organized, so I’m not completely surprised it wasn’t a Ra Ra labor rally on Saturday… but there was plenty of that on Tuesday.
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p>There’s nothing wrong with that — it just goes to show how wide and deep the opposition is to what the GOP is trying to do to this country.