The below proposal reached agreement at OB General Assembly, on February 4, 2012.

Fossil fuel and nuclear corporations are some of the wealthiest interests on the planet – yet they still suck up billions of dollars in government subsidies. They buy off elected officials and corrupt our political process while sticking us – the 99% – with the bill for the health, ecological and climate destruction they cause. Their coal, oil, gas and nukes fuel our unjust economic systems, imperil our planetary future and prevent us from shifting to a clean energy economy of, by and for the people.

Occupy Boston therefore calls for:
•       An end to all government subsidies to fossil fuel and nuclear energy interests;
•       An end to corporate influence, including energy industry influence, on politics;
•       Immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations to below the safe atmospheric threshold of 350 parts per million CO2e; starting with the rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline
•        A just transition for workers currently employed in fossil fuel and nuclear energy sectors to sustainable employment.

We pledge to make personal and group choices that support these aims.”

The Occupy Boston General Assembly passed the following proposal on February 4, 2012:

Occupy Boston resolves to stand in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street’s demand for “an Amendment to the Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights, and that the rights of human beings will never again be granted to fictitious entities or property.”

The following proposal was passed at the Occupy Boston General Assembly of February 4, 2012:

Occupy Boston resolves that clean water is a human right.

The following proposal passed at the Occupy Boston General Assembly of February 4, 2012:

We propose to set aside 90 minutes after Announcements at the next General Assembly (Tuesday, February 7, 2012) in which to begin the process of crafting an Occupy Boston Community Agreement out of the Community Agreement proposed to Occupy Wall Street by the Safer Spaces Working Group. In order to maintain a safe and productive environment for this workshop process, we will use a vibe monitor and we will structure the workshop as a discussion of some key ideas in the OWS Community Agreement. This workshop and further discussion of safer spaces will continue on Friday, February 10 from 7 PM to 9 PM at Encuentro5.

The following proposal passed the General Assembly on Jan 31, 2012:

Occupy Boston stands in solidarity with Knockout Barstool. We are appalled by Barstool’s degradation of women, perpetuation of rape culture and the willful harassment of activists. We fully support any efforts that aim to stop Boston’s universities collaborating with this organization and we commit to working within Knockout Barstool’s framework of action. Barstool exploits people through oppression and perpetuation of rape culture in order to make a profit. They put profits over people.

Join Knockout Barstool for a march and rally today at 6:30 PM, beginning in the Freshman Quad of the Northeastern Campus and ending at the House of Blues, where a Barstool Blackout Party is being held. See details for the march and rally here: http://www.facebook.com/events/102054269918424/.