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...]

Small edit made to ensure that no one thought this is happening tonight.  Worth keeping in stream, thoughl What you can do: What a friend did: I just called Mayor Menino's hotline (617-635-4500). An actual person answered. I explained … [Read more...]

Just in case you have the day off, are unemployed, or want to join in on it. Also, while local media isn't saying much, Occupy DC is very vigorous.  The best link I have found for monitoring multiple Occupy Sites is being maintained by … [Read more...]

Consider this a check in on the issue "is reply not working if the (would be) poster who wants to use 'reply' uses Internet Explorer?  I know Internet Explorer has lots of problems, but many people do use it.  I use both, not sure about … [Read more...]

George and Ann Noel and the Billerica Democratic Town Committee were great hosts at their annual free family picnic today at the Elks Pavilion.  Seeing so many friendly, welcoming faces was great - and the weather was unbelievably wonderful … [Read more...]

Here is a great video of Michael Moore at Occupy Wall Street on October 6, 2011 The use of the "human microphone" due to lack of amplification makes Micheal Moore's speech sound like a Greek Choris in a play by Aristophanes.  But the point … [Read more...]

An Autumn Poem for Setti Warren and Bob Massie Hulls polished, with well-trained crews, You raised your sails, and caught the wind - Quickly, the landscape of your expectation vanished Your plans did not conquer the wildness of the … [Read more...]

Here is a link to the interactive map You can plug in your zip code, and the nearest Occupy together site will be shown.  SEIU is funding this fancy website work.  But then, SEIU and quite a few other unions, including the Boston Labor … [Read more...]

But you don't have to take my word for it - these look like pretty full streets and I gather this is still going on as I type at about 6:00 PM. Number estimates differ but the expertise of union support meant permits, and the largest … [Read more...]

Recently, a summit of Arab Bloggers met, where bloggers like "us" at BMG from a whole slew of countries got together, sharing what worked, what didn't work, and the impact of their citizen journalism in bringing democracy to their … [Read more...]