I wrote at Ryan’s Take about my experience yesterday at Dewey Square’s Occupy Boston this morning, but wanted to post on Blue Mass Group about the big marches going on today.
Students will be gathering at the bandstand on the Commons to march at 2pm toward Dewey Square, then meet up with those camping out at the Square for a much bigger, labor-sponsored march at 3pm starting at Dewey Square.
Dewey Square is across the street from South Station, which can be reached from the Red, Silver and Commuter rail lines on the MBTA. This is going to be a big one, so it should be pretty exciting and a great opportunity to get involved if you’re in the city and can make it.
If you can’t make it, but want to be involved, check out Occupy Boston’s calendar every few days to see what’s going on, or read about other ways to get involved, including from your home if you can’t make it to the city. There’s lots of ways to help out, from donating food and water to volunteering in one of their working groups.
This is a true organic movement and will be whatever we make of it, so let’s make sure we make it something big — which means participating in any ways that you can. It’s well past time we make sure society works for the bottom 99% of us again.
I am happy to recommend your post; I think it is more informative than my very brief late night “invite” and may incline more folks to come on down and march on this sunny day. Hope to see you there, cane and all.
I only saw your post after I wrote mine. I considered deleting this, but figured I’d leave it up for the additional info I provided with the student march (which oddly seems to be the only one the media really covered today — despite all the goings on of the other protests).
I have photos up on facebook – please feel free to use any of them. Mike Horan has some museum quality shots up, better than mine, really evocative.
Look forward to seeing you Amber!
I am planning on heading down to the Common with a small group of coworkers. Hope to see you all there. Not sure if we are marching, but we’ll be around for a bit at least.
estimate the crowd…
I marched for four hours, not bad for a 63 year old with a hip replacement. Tonight is probably critical, though. I will see if I can figure out how to post some photos.
This frankly isn’t going to get very far if there is no sense among elected officials that their jobs are on the line. Are the organizations at these occupy events that are working the crowds to make sure participants are registered to vote?
Yet, I think your comment misses the point. The Democratic party, and the current administration are in the pocket of the 1%, this isn’t about shifting who’s in office, this is about shifting the balance of power.
“Never be Deceived that the Rich Will Permit You to Vote Away Their Wealth”
– Lucy Parsons
My daughter and her best friend were marching – I made it there at 4:00 and talked with a bunch of folks. Two nice ladies were carrying a sign that said “Keep religion and the 1% out of politics!!”, we had a great talk about article 6 of the constitution, which the folks at the “Values Voters Summit” apparently forgot about…
I also found a guy who was shooting a documentary about the protest, talking to a LaRouchie (complete with the Obama with Hitler mustache picture) as if he represented the occupy movement. I said a few words to the LaRouchie and refuted his cheap talking points, causing him to start singing and walk away – I told the budding filmmaker that you know you’ve won the argument when the LaRouchie starts singing!
I’m going to make apple crisp and a solar oven and bring it to the food tent later this week – I’m too busy to do it for the next few days, but they need solar ovens there, so if anyone else wants to make one or two, please do!
Which, to me, indicates the depth of our problems. By and large our politicians are still trying to come to grips with the situation. They don’t want to lose votes or antagonize their financial backers.
Of course the pressitutes are eager to put the people in the worst light and do find and example every now and again. I am impressed by the dignity of the protesters here and with the police presence so far.
I understand the NYC whiteshirts are paid for their thuggery by the Wall Street businesses. Does anyone have a confirmation on that?
“Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.” –Abu Bakr
this page on the JP Morgan Chase website.
article describing the problems being created by private payments to public safety offices.
along with the $4.6 mil JP Chase Morgan donated to the NYPD,
it describes the revolving door between Wall Street firms and the NYPD, paid police details and officers that wear 2 hats, part of the day as security for Wall Street firms and part for the public security of the people. It adds to the confusion for a public servant as to who they are serving.