This morning, a group of UMASS-Boston students occupied their university.
Following in the footsteps of the physical occupations at Zucotti, Dewey, and other public spaces around the world, these students have asserted their presence in order to “provide a forum where students, staff, faculty, and members of the community can come to a consensus on what concrete changes would provide quality, accessible education in Boston that is available to everyone in the 99%.”
One of our Occupy Boston livestreamers is on the scene. Watch the feed live:
Follow Occupy UMASS-Boston on on Twitter at @OccupyUMB, #OccupyUMass, and #OUMB. Read the press release announcing their occupation here.
And be sure to watch the great video they created to introduce their occupation:
Occupy Boston TV is proud to announce new episodes of Occupy Boston Live, produced by and featuring Occupy Boston activists! Check out some of the new episodes below.
Representative Corey Atkins and Suffolk Law Professor Donna Palermino give a teach-in on the implications of corporate person-hood:
Betsy Boggia of Occupy Natick talks to Occupy Boston Live about the work of Occupy the Burbs:
Occupy Boston TV is a working group of Occupy Boston that produces live talk shows on a variety of topics related to Occupy Boston. They are also in the process of making documentaries related to the Occupy movement and is writing short street theater/action-related videos that they plan to produce this winter. Occupy Boston TV can be contacted through either the Occupy Boston wiki or their Occupy Boston groups site. If you are interested in being a guest or have an event that you’d like coverage on, please email them.
Anyone is welcome to join Occupy Boston TV. No previous television experience is necessary, and training and resources are provided. Occupy Boston TV will be live again on February 4 from 3 to 5 pm at Brookline Access TV. To see the show live, visit Occupy Boston TV’s livestream site. For more info on participating in the Feb 4 show, please email them.
All Occupy Boston TV talk-shows, documentaries, and interviews, as well as Occupy news segments from around the world, can be downloaded from Occupy Boston at www.pegmedia.org for airing on local cable stations.
Two brand new episodes of Occupy Boston Live, produced by and featuring Occupy Boston Activists!
This week’s shows include Cherie K. from Housing Crisis Working Group and Ben and Nicole of the Street Working Group.
Cherie K. visits Occupy Boston Live to discuss the critical work of Housing Crisis Working Group of Occupy Boston.
Nicole and Ben visit Occupy Boston Live and talk about the Street Working Group of Occupy Boston.
Occupy Boston TV is a working group of Occupy Boston that produces talk shows on a variety of topics related to Occupy Boston. Occupy Boston TV is also in the process of making a couple of short documentaries related to the Occupy Movement, and is in the process of writing short street theater/action related videos which they plan to produce this winter. Currently there is not a regular scheduled Work Group meeting, but Occupy Boston TV can be contacted through www.wiki.occupyboston.org or through our group: http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/ob-tv.
Anyone is welcome to join Occupy Boston TV. No previous television experience is necessary, and training and resources are provided. Occupy Boston TV is taping their next show on January 14th from 3-5pm at Brookline Access TV; for more info on participating in that show, email j@occupyboston.org
Echoing Occupy Wall Street’s Verizon building action, Occupy Boston Women’s Caucus members demonstrated inspiring direct action on New Year’s Eve in Copley Square, Boston. Here is a piece by David L. (Media WG) on the night, with some great interviews:
Yesterday, Occupy Boston sent out 2011 in style. In the early afternoon the Info Tent working group spread out around the Boston Commons and Copley area talking with people about Occupy Boston and handing out “We are the 99%” buttons.
Photo By Gunner Scott
By mid-afternoon, the Occupy Boston Signs working group dropped a banner out off the Community Church building in Copley.
Photo By Gunner Scott
In the late afternoon, the Occupy Boston Screen Printing Guild set up shop at the Community Church in Copley and screen-printed hundreds of items, including bandannas, t-shirts, and patches.
Photo By Gunner Scott
Photo By Gunner Scott
Photo By Gunner Scott
Photo By Gunner Scott
From 5pm-8pm in the same location, Occupy Boston held an open house, where people mingled, made signs, and noshed. Several people joined the First Night parade with Occupy signs.
Photo By Gunner Scott
Photo By Gunner Scott
Photo By Gunner Scott
At 8pm, many of us gathered outside at Copley to witness the Women’s Caucus of Occupy Boston amazing “art” event, which was projection of a video onto the side of a building. People chanted along with the text of the video through the first couple of showings and the video looped for two-hours. Watch the video from last night. (Also on our Occupy Boston YouTube channel)
Photo By Gunner Scott
Photo By Gunner Scott
Tonight, Occupy Boston will be holding our General Assembly (GA) at 5pm at the Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston Street (across from Copley). Occupy Boston GAs are open to all and for those unable to make it into the city, the GAs are also livestreamed.
If you have photos from Occupy Boston events or from Occupy Boston’s NYE activities, please share them with us on our Occupy Boston Flickr Page. If you would like to cover Occupy events and news join our Media Working Group.
