Hey folks,<br><br>Occupy Boston has entered its second day! We will be convening a General Assembly at 10am. Can you be there? If not, I ask of you: PLEASE COME BY SOMETIME TODAY TO SUPPORT THE OCCUPATION. <br>The strength of this movement depends on YOU, so if you can donate money for legal aid, food/water/tents/sleeping bags for occupants, or just spread the word on email, text messaging, Facebook, twitter, etc. then we can build more support. Feel free to FORWARD THIS EMAIL, for example.<br>
We camped out in the RAIN last night, so the more solidarity you can bring us, the better!!<br>Below is a report of what happened last night, and a sense of why we are here.<br><br>Occupying Boston, <br>Brian<br><br>---<br>
Report on Launch of Occupy Boston, 9/30/11<br>
<br>Last night, we began our Occupy Boston action yesterday at 6pm at Dewey Square park next to South Station. Hundreds of people were there from the start. <br>Sub-committees met to plan for the official-launch General Assembly, which began at 7:45pm. By this time we had over 1,000 people filling the entire square. The Assembly heard introductory speeches from the facilitators, and followed by reports on all the subcommittees legal, medical, food, direct action, outreach, media, and arts & culture.<br>
<br>After the GA meeting finished, we broke out into the different
teams/ working groups (media, legal, direct action, outreach, etc) for
further planning and organizing. The direct action group planned a
spectacular march, leading hundreds around the financial district
starting at 10pm after a preparatory training by (I think) the medical
team.<br>
<br>According to reports, some of the favorite chants included: "How
much richer can they get? Cancel All Student Debt!" as well as "We are
many, They are few! If We All Stand Up...What Can They Do?"<br>
<span>"How do you fix a deficit? End the Wars and tax the rich!" </span><span><br>"We. Are. The 99%." </span><span> <br>"Step back, Step Back. We
want freedom, freedom. These greedy ass banks, we don't need 'em,
need'em." It was very lively and very well appreciated by the downtown crowd,
including clubbers and restaurant workers.</span><br><br>The march
culminated in a demonstration in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston, where a police line stood guarding the bank from the lively
crowd. You tube video of the march is available here:<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vlc_IUVW9U&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vlc_IUVW9U&feature=related</a><br>
<br>After the march and demonstration, people went off to continue team
organizing, get food, set up tents and camps, and talk into the wee
hours of the night about capitalism, corporate greed vs. human need, the need for more outreach to people of color, and everything else.<br><br>We need MORE PEOPLE to get involved in this movement.<br><br>See <a href="http://occupyboston.com/" target="_blank">http://occupyboston.com/</a> for updates, though there might be site outages due to traffic overload.<br>
<br>We are taking inspiration from the Occupy Wall St. movement which is spreading across the country like WILDFIRE.<br>
See <a href="https://occupywallst.org/" target="_blank">https://occupywallst.org/</a> and <a href="http://occupytogether.org" target="_blank">http://occupytogether.org</a> for more info.<br><br>