NECN reports that 100 Occupy Boston protestors have been arrested. Donations for legal defense can be made here:
We estimate we’ll need at least $4,000.
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Today noted author, activist, and Princeton University professor Cornel West addressed Occupy Boston and members of the National Nurses United union.
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Thank you, Brother West!
So many people have been so generous toward Occupy Boston, and we’d like to pay that generosity forward. Our brothers and sisters occupying Monument Square in Portland, Maine could use a few things. If you have any of the following items, please bring them to Dewey Square by this Thursday, when members of Occupy Boston will deliver them to Maine in person:
- Easy ups
- Screen tents
- Medical gloves
- Rescue inhalers
- Epinephrin pens
- Blankets
- Care packages
Most importantly, please send Occupy Maine words of encouragement and solidarity on their Facebook page or their Twitter feed, then check out their live stream.
Day 5 of our occupation was exhilarating as we received support from the Greater Boston Labor Council and began deliberating on whether or not to endorse Occupy Wall Street’s “Declaration of the Occupation of New York City.” Tomorrow promises to be even more exciting as we receive delegations of union workers and college students. Here’s the schedule:
- 10:30 am – Morning General Assembly
- 3:00 pm – Visit from the Boston Nurses Association and Jobs with Justice
- 4:00 pm – Nonviolence training
- 5:00 pm – Visit from students from Boston University and the Museum School who are participating in a walkout in solidarity with the Occupy movement
- 7:00 pm – Evening General Assembly
- 7:00 pm – Visit from the Harvard Unitarian-Universalist Ministry to Students from Harvard Divinity School
We’re also in need of the following:
- Sugar
- Soy, rice, or almond milk
- Rice
- Beans
- Lentils
- Tables
- Blankets
- Tarps
- Heavy, grounded extension cords
- Power strips
- Network router
- Printer
- General art supplies
- Large plastic bin (to keep books dry)
- Legal volunteers
- Ponchos!!!
That’s all for now. Sleep well, Boston. Tomorrow is another day in occupied Dewey Square.
It was an exciting, busy, and wet day two in Dewey Square. Our camp underwent an incredible transformation, and we’re settling into it nicely. The Food Working Group will continue to serve snacks and salads tonight, but there is nothing else planned. Here’s the schedule for tomorrow:
- 8:30 am – Tactical Working Group meeting
- 10:30 am – Morning General Assembly (GA)
- 3:00 pm – Legal training with the Legal Working Group
- 3:00 pm – Hot meal
- 7:00 pm – Evening GA
- TBD – Squatting and outdoor camping training with the Medical Working Group
- TBD – Facilitator training with Direct Action Working Group (time announced at morning GA
- TBD – The Arts and Culture Working Group would like to begin organizing weekly shows and movie nights; please go to the community center tent if you are interested.
In addition, some of the working groups have announcements:
- Medic volunteers. The Medical Working Group needs more of ’em; please go to the medical tent if you are interested.
- White board. The Direct Action Working Group has a new one up in the section of camp where GA is usually held.
- ACLU. The Legal Working Group will no longer be using their phone number. If you are arrested please call the Massachusetts chapter of the National Lawyers Guild at 617-227-7335; if you are participating in direct action (like a march), please write this number somewhere on your body in indelible ink.
- Pizza. The Food Working Group would really like some donations of it for tomorrow’s hot meal at 3 pm.
Finally, we are in need of the following items:
- Pizza, especially during tomorrow’s hot meal at 3 pm (see above)
- Coffee maker
- Other liquid beverages
- Pallets
- Tiny pad locks
- Hangable Lanterns
- Stakes
- Bunjie cord
- Tents
- Canopies
- Lumber
- Tools
- Water equipment
- Fire extinguisher
- Fire retardant products
- Cough drops with vitamin C
- Niquil
That’s all, for now. Sleep well, Boston, and we’ll see you tomorrow morning in occupied Dewey Square.