Art reflecting life
“Hunger Games” reflects society’s anxiety about dog-eat-dog capitalism, says Baylor University culture critic
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Michael Steele and Juan Williams voice approval of Occupy
Jan. 13 Leave a Comment
In the days before the New Hampshire primary, Occupy Manchester set up a camp in Veterans Memorial Park to serve as daytime base of operations for activists who came from as far away as the West Coast to protest the perversion of politics by corporate money. On the night before voting, the proximity of this [...]
People of Occupy Boston: John Murphy
Dec. 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
BLAST: Who are you? JOHN MURPHY: Murph. I’m 24, from Boston, union carpenter, student at community college. BLAST: What do you do? JM: Making sure the movement moves forward. Putting a foot to people’s asses when need be. Simple as that. I would rather be part of history than read about it. BLAST: What’s your [...]
People of Occupy Boston: Al Suarez
Dec. 25, 2011 Leave a Comment
BLAST: Who are you? AL SUAREZ: My name is Alexander Suarez. Most people on camp called me Al. My hometown is Boston. I’m 27, unemployed. I’m one of the 46 arrested December 10th at the camp, and one of the 25 first arraigned, and one of the 8 of them who plead not guilty and [...]
People of Occupy Boston: Nicole Sullivan
Dec. 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
BLAST: Who are you? NICOLE SULLIVAN: Well, it depends who you ask. First, important demographics: I am a twenty one year old queer women living in Somerville and going to school at a local community college. I have been involved in activism for over a year, I started with anti-rape activism (I am survivor of [...]
People of Occupy Boston: Elizabeth Holmes
Dec. 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
BLAST: Who are you? ELIZABETH HOLMES: Who am I? I’m Elizabeth, also known as Mom or Eli. BLAST: What do you do? EH: I am a part of medical, safety, wellness, legal and jail support; was in media and direct action. BLAST: What’s your gripe? EH: I’m tired of hearing that there are people starving, [...]
People of Occupy Boston: Mike Kostigan
Dec. 18, 2011 1 Comment
BLAST: Who are you? MIKE KOSTIGEN: I’m 22, Born and raised in Boston. Sailing Instructor. Former Marine Transportation major, transferring to study history. BLAST: What do you do? MK: Within Occupy Boston I work with the Direct Action working group. We help to plan marches, as well as try to keep everyone safe during the [...]
Video: Mel King tells Occupy Boston “You have the right to revolution”
Dec. 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
King Mel is a long-time Boston community activist and civil rights leader who served as State Representative and ran for Mayor of Boston in 1982. Early in his career, he was a vocal organizer of a 1968 protest in which neighborhood activists erected a tent city in a parking lot where the Boston Redevelopment Authority [...]
An inside look at Occupy Boston’s last morning in Dewey Square
Dec. 12, 2011 3 Comments
Editor’s note: John Stephen Dwyer, a contributing editor for Blast, has been writing about Occupy Boston and spending several nights a week in Dewey Square since the protest began on September 30. He also reports on Occupy Harvard, the protest that began on November 9 and continues behind the locked and guarded gates of Harvard [...]
Occupy Boston anticipates and prepares for early morning raid
Dec. 8, 2011 1 Comment
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, speaking less than 24 hours after Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances McIntyre lifted a restraining order that kept the city from raiding Occupy Boston’s tent city at Dewey Square Park, seems to have issued an ultimatum to the activists by saying “We’re going to ask the occupants of Dewey Square [...]
Breaking News: Menino orders Occupy Boston to vacate by midnight
Dec. 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino has issued an ultimatum to Occupy Boston Protesters: Leave by midnight, or the city will force you out. The news comes just a day after a Suffolk Superior Court judge lifted a restraining order that kept the city from raiding the tent city at Dewey Square. The ultimatum brings a [...]
Menino, ACLU, and others react to court ruling against Occupy Boston
Dec. 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
Despite the rain, well over 100 activists gathered at Dewey Square for an emergency General Assembly of Occupy Boston at 7 p.m. Wednesday to discuss what to do now that Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances McIntyre has lifted the temporary restraining order protecting the camp from being raided or cleared out by the Boston Police [...]
Interviews with Occupy Manchester and Occupy Burlington activists
Dec. 7, 2011 2 Comments
Although not as busy as it was in October, Occupy Boston still gets thousands of visitors a week. Most live locally, but others are activists associated with out-of-state occupations. Among those coming to Dewey Square recently was a group from Manchester, N.H. who mic checked Obama on November 22 and a person arriving from Burlington, [...]
What is slow money?
Dec. 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
“Slow Money” is the name for a movement started by socially conscious investing pioneer and author, Woody Tasch, who essentially borrowed the conceptual framework of “Slow Food”—whereby participants eschew convenience-oriented “fast” foods, instead filling up their plates with traditional, unprocessed and, ideally, locally produced foods—and applied it to personal finance and investing. As such, Slow [...]
Gallery and five recommendations for Occupy Wall Street
Nov. 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
Starting to get a little annoyed…
Occupy Boston and Occupy Harvard “mic check” Newt Gingrich
Nov. 19, 2011 5 Comments
CAMBRIDGE — Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House (R-GA) and current Republican candidate for president, appeared at Harvard University last night to introduce a documentary he helped create, “A City upon a Hill: The Spirit of American Exceptionalism,” at John F. Kennedy School of Government. But was soon interrupted by members of Occupy Boston [...]
Greenway asks city to evict Occupy Boston, court order says “no”
Nov. 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
Up to now, there has been a good relationship between Occupy Boston and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, the non-profit organization that stewards the publicly-owned Dewey Square Park. Although crowded and desirous of more space, the occupiers have stayed off the strip of land along the gravel path since the Conservancy indicated the plants [...]
Full text of the letter sent to Mayor Thomas M. Menino from the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy asking for the removal of Occupy Boston
Nov. 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
November 8, 2011 The Honorable Thomas M. Menino Boston City Hall, 5th Floor One City Hall Square Boston, MA 02201 Dear Mr. Mayor, The Board of Directors of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy finds itself in an increasingly difficult situation with regard to current events affecting public use of the Greenway. We take very seriously [...]
