EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: 4 Occupy Boston protesters arrested
At approximately 5:55 p.m. yesterday, Sean Cormier, 21, of Westport, Kiean Lyons, 17, of Norwood, and Jeffrey Nunes, 17 of Westport, were arrested outside the Burger King at 553 Boylston Street across from Trin...
The Big Gallery: Occupy Boston — One month in photos
Friday, September 30 -- After meeting for a few days in encuentro5 (a space in Chinatown for community and progressive groups), the pioneers of Occupy Boston reached consensus to occupy Dewey Square a week ...
Police crack down on Occupy Denver, protestors injured and arrested
DENVER -- Yesterday afternoon riot police clashed with protestors at the Occupy Denver camp in Civic Center Park, resulting in minor injuries and the arrest of 20 protestors.
The violence began when riot p...
With flags and masks, Occupy Boston marches past its first month
This week, the fourth since setting up camp on September 30, Occupy Boston has increased its visibility through a series of marches including a trip to Harvard Square (by way of the Head of the Charles Rega...
Joan and Valerie visit Occupy Boston
Earlier this month, 85 year old Joan Prum took a stroll down “Main Street,” a precarious pathway of pallets and muddy plywood that divides the main area of Occupied Boston into some 40 tents on one side and...
Dress for protest: Occupy Boston gear and accessories
Photographers encountering Occupy Boston and similar occupations gravitate towards folks dressed or coiffed distinctively. Unusual looking people make photos more interesting. But the truth is, most peopl...
Entrenched in Occupy Boston at the end of week two
Editor's note: Blast writer John Stephen Dwyer has been staying with Occupy Boston protesters since the beginning of the protest. He has been filing longer stories every few days with breaking news when it happ...
Gallery: Occupy Boston protesters arrested
This is a collection of Blast Magazine photography from the Monday Occupy Boston protests and the police arrest of 129 people who had built a tent city in a second part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenw...
District attorney: Most arrested Occupy Boston protesters will not face criminal charges
Dozens of the protesters arrested during Occupy Boston's expansion into a renovated portion of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway on Monday will not face criminal charges if they pay a $50 court fee and a...
141 arrested in Occupy Boston protest
Yesterday, thousands of people swelled the ranks of Occupy Boston in a march that began at the Boston Common and snaked through various Boston neighborhoods to protest -- among other complaints -- high unem...
24 arrested as thousands take part in protests in Boston’s Financial District
A diverse crowd of protestors gathered Friday afternoon on Boston Common and marched to the Bank of America building at 100 Federal Street, across from South Station. Right to the City (RTTC), a group organized...
Top 5 Mid-East governments at risk of toppling
The Egyptians weren't the first peoples in the Arab world to rise up against an oppressive government in 2011. Before that Facebook group was made, the people of Tunisia rose up against their (now former) presi...
Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak steps down
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president after 18 days of protests by the country's people, and 30 years as the country's ruler.
The move was a surprise, as many thought Mubarak planned to step down y...
West is moving too slow on Egypt
Is Egypt ready for democracy? The question itself is insulting, and I'm not even Egyptian.
The main concern? If Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak leaves immediately, and elections are held within two mont...
Westboro Baptist Church to protest Elizabeth Edwards’ funeral
The controversial group is known for its protests and its hateful picket signs
Was that a protest on Newbury St., or just a dumb P.R. stunt?
Here's a hint. It was the latter.
Protesters gather in support of Zelaya
Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya defied roadblocks and a city-wide closure to surround the Brazilian embassy in which Zelaya has taken refuge in Tegucigalpa, Al-Jazeera reports.
