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PHOTOS: Boston Rally in Solidarity with Chicago No NATO Protests

23 May 2012 - 4:33pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Copley Square - Over 40 Occupy Boston activists held a rally in Copley Square in solidarity with the No NATO protests in Chicago on Sunday. Several attendees spoke on themes ranging from government repression of dissent to the need to support the Montreal student strike that has been going on for the last several weeks. There was a light police presence, no incidents and no arrests.

PHOTOS: Boston May Day 2012 Rally at City Hall Plaza

3 May 2012 - 4:13pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Government Center - Following a march from Copley Square, over 100 activists from Occupy Boston, Boston May Day Committee, Student Anarchist Federation, and several other progressive organizations held a traditional May Day rally at Boston City Hall Plaza on Tuesday at lunchtime. Many attendees then proceded to an immigrant march from East Boston to Everett later the same afternoon.

Transcript of Boston Police Department Press Conference on Destruction of #OccupyBoston Encampment on 12_10_11 at 6 a.m.

10 December 2011 - 7:08pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas, OMB Special Events Unit

The following is a transcript of the Open Media Boston audio recording of a 6 a.m. press conference called by the Boston Police Department on December 10, 2011 on the corner of Atlantic Ave. and Congress St. to discuss their destruction of the Occupy Boston encampment at Dewey Square on orders from Mayor Thomas Menino. Boston Police Department Superintendent William Evans spoke on behalf of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis - who did not attend.

#OccupyBoston Encampment Destroyed in Pre-Dawn Raid by the City of Boston; Occupiers Defiant

10 December 2011 - 6:58pm | superuser
by Jason Pramas, OMB Special Events Unit

BOSTON/Dewey Square - The Occupy Boston encampment in Dewey Square was completely destroyed starting at 4:58 a.m. this morning in a major operation by the Boston Police Department - working together the Boston Parks Department, other city agencies, and representatives of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.

#OccupyBoston Eviction Watch Turns to All-Night Dance Party as City Fails to Clear Dewey Square Camp

9 December 2011 - 6:30am | superuser
by Amy Grunder and Jason Pramas, OMB Special Events Unit

BOSTON/Dewey Square - Midnight came and went with no evidence that Mayor Menino would make good on his threatened eviction of #OccupyBoston protesters from their Dewey Square encampment this morning.

#OccupyBoston Shows Determination After #OccupyWallStreet Camp is Cleared

18 November 2011 - 12:30am | superuser
by Dory Dinoto and Annie Shreffler, OMB Special Events Unit

BOSTON - Members of the Occupy Boston group came out in force on Tuesday to march in protest to New York police clearing their sister camp at Wall Street. A banner carried by leaders of some 200 marchers read: "11/15 at 2 a.m. without notice, NYPD raided OWS!"

Boston Police Bar Delivery of Winter Tents to #OccupyBoston Encampment

18 November 2011 - 1:45am | superuser
by Amy Grunder, OMB Special Events Unit

BOSTON/Dewey Square - Two incidents early this week suggest that the Boston Police Department is preventing activists from winterizing their encampment as the weather grows colder. The apparent police embargo on winter tents and insulation materials may have led at least one police officer to infringe on constitutionally-protected rights in his zeal to enforce it.

AUDIO: #OccupyTheHood Boston Community Speak Out Rally in Dudley Square

24 October 2011 - 11:11pm | superuser
by Dory Dinoto, OMB Special Events Unit

BOSTON/Roxbury – Over 400 Roxbury residents, activists, students, #OccupyBoston activists and supporters from around Boston assembled at Dudley Square for the first Community Speak Out/Rally on Friday. Jamarhl Crawford, editor of The Blackstonian, and Cornell Mills organized the Speak Out - which featured speakers ranging from Denise Williams, whose two nephews were murdered while returning from a family barbecue on July 4, 2011, to community organizer, educator and longtime political activist Mel King. The Speak Out was followed by a National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality on Saturday, October 22nd. The next Speak Out is slated to be held next Friday, October 28th.

PHOTOS: Peace Marchers Join with #OccupyBoston on Global Day of Action

16 October 2011 - 5:21am | superuser
by Dory Dinoto, OMB Special Events Unit

BOSTON - Over 1000 peace activists and #OccupyBoston protestors held "March and Rally to Stop the Endless Wars at Home and Abroad" yesterday. The marchers kicked off the action outside the Park St. MBTA station and passed the downtown Hyatt hotel, and the Bank of America and Verizon buildings on their way to the #OccupyBoston encampment at Dewey Square. The event was part of a global day of action for democracy.

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