Dewey Square’s residents woke up a little soggy this morning as a result of last night’s rain, but no worse for wear.
As the day progressed, the occupiers came together to organize the layout of their new space, planning the logistics of how the various groups’ headquarters and sleeping tents would be best arranged to make this mini-city operational.
Tents were reorganized and adjusted with the food distribution center in the center, and as the Metro’s Steve Annear put it, “The ‘Occupy’ project seems to be one of those things that happens as it goes along.”
While there were concerns about electricity (which the Greenway Conservancy generously helped out with), it was a generally smooth and surprisingly well-organized process, and the infrastructure was about 95% complete by the lead up to the night’s General Assembly.
Message and the list of demands for the protest (mostly revolving around the themes of ending corporate personhood, government accountability and related topics) were the theme of the second half of the General Assembly. Although it was interrupted by a quick downpour, which inspired a call for more ponchos, there were close to 400 people at the meeting.
Photo by Courtney Sacco
12 Responses to “Day 2 at Dewey Square”
So, what’s the plan for tomorrow? I wanna come down.
i second this query.
-jay was here!
us too! what’s going on sunday- any marches planned? 4 of us coming from the Berkshires.
I agree – can you guys try to post what events are planned daily? Even if there are no “events”, can you post some sort of daily schedule so that people know when they can come by for General Assembly, when they can come by to just chat, and when they can show up for feet on the street. I’m two hours away and have a family so I can’t camp out and I want to contribute my time as effectively as possible for when you need the numbers. I have friends in Boston and surrounding area too and I’d like to send them here for a schedule.
I know you’re figuring all this out, and I commend you for doing all of this for us. With gratitude. 🙂
Is there a way to get specific clips from the live feed?
One of the ways to spread this via “word of mouth” is to make it possible for people to share clips of themselves speaking to the General Assembly.
I know that I have plenty of friends who many not want to pay attention, yet, because they are not very politically oriented, but if I sent them a clip of me speaking they would definitely watch it.
There is plan to put a daily schedule out, which will evolve, that should happen sometime tonight/early am. There will be a general assembly at 10:30 am and another one at 7:00 pm. After each assembly, there have been meetings of the different teams, such as medical, tactical, legal, media, direct action, outreach, arts & culture, spirituality, which all could use help.
Great work!
will it be possible to unload my van with supplies at the camp? if so, is there a specific location?
YOU GUYS ROCK! GLAD TO SEE YOU’RE WORKING ON DEMANDS!
UPSET THE SET UP!
NO CREDITS! NO EXEMPTIONS!
THE RICH DON’T PAY ENOUGH! ENOUGH!
Blog Post on the March
http://tullianography.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/occupy-boston-day-2/
Check out my 4 Oct pix of OCCUPY BOSTON: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gringopinolero/sets/72157627693971483/show/
!Hasta la victoria siempre!
Stand for saving our environment and protecting our economic rights.
Close Tax loopholes for the One percent, and Corporations.
No more illegal foreclosures, must have original signatures, original documents.
Volcker Rule for trading restrictions on Banks.
Chinese currency polices do matter for US manufacturing and fair trade.
No zero interest loans to Banks from the Federal Reserve.
Banks not to big to fail. If Banks fail, Nationalize the Bank.
Fund the Consumer Protection Agency.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission should curb speculation,Derivatives Market.
Collective Bargaining and Union “Rights” for Public and Private Employees.
No more Corporate welfare, money grants or Agricultural Subsides to Agribusinesses.
Cut or eliminate Foreign Aid and eliminate Foreign Wars.
Stop Fraud and Abuse in Military spending, Medicare, Medicaid, Drug and Insurance Co.
Fund Jobs Program, Infrastructure, Research and Development.
Specify Goals, gain support from members of Congress, bring the “Protests to Washington.”
Stand for saving our environment and protecting our economic rights.
Close Tax loopholes for the One percent, and Corporations.
No more illegal foreclosures, must have original signatures, original documents.
Volcker Rule for trading restrictions on Banks.
Chinese currency polices do matter for US manufacturing and fair trade.
No zero interest loans to Banks from the Federal Reserve.
Banks not to big to fail. If Banks fail, Nationalize the Bank.
Fund the Consumer Protection Agency.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission should curb speculation,Derivatives Market.
Collective Bargaining and Union “Rights” for Public and Private Employees.
No more Corporate welfare, money grants or Agricultural Subsides to Agribusinesses.
Cut or eliminate Foreign Aid and eliminate Foreign Wars.
Stop Fraud and Abuse in Military spending, Medicare, Medicaid, Drug and Insurance Co.
Fund Jobs Program, Infrastructure, Research and Development.
Specify Goals, gain support from members of Congress, bring the “Protests to Washington.”