Occupy Boston, general assembly (not the actual occupation) sept 27th[views:42160][posts:221]_________________________________________ [Sep 26,2011 9:50am - ridahsofdizoom ""] http://masscopblock.org/protesters-plan-to-occupy-boston/ Be at the Boston Commons tomorrow at the Gazebo 730pm. This is a general assembly so don't bring a tent, the occupation will be planned here and ideas will be clouded. |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 26,2011 9:51am - the_reverend ""] how many gazebos do you shemales need? |
| ____________________________________________ [Sep 26,2011 10:02am - FuckIsMySignature ""] this is going to ruin my commute to pratice tomorrow. FUCK. |
| __________________________________________ [Sep 26,2011 10:16am - ridahsofdizoom ""] FuckIsMySignature said:this is going to ruin my commute to pratice tomorrow. FUCK. doubtful, also, wahhhhhh white problems of the first world nations. |
| ____________________________________________ [Sep 26,2011 10:30am - FuckIsMySignature ""] i live here not in a 3rd world country (yet). so ya i'm gonna complain about fucking traffic on my way to practice. |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 26,2011 10:51am - goatcatalyst ""] Vulgar display of un-power |
| ________________________________________ [Sep 26,2011 10:56am - hauptpflucker ""] Upholding the Boston status quo of being late to the party with a fraction or the participants and a whole lot of buttdarts I presume? |
| _________________________________ [Sep 26,2011 11:45am - xmikex ""] lol @ a 7:30 PM protest. All the trust fund punk world changers can get a full 14 hours of sleep in beforehand. |
| _________________________________ [Sep 26,2011 11:45am - xmikex ""] Poll: More useless assembly in Boston Commons? Occupy Boston or Slut Walk |
| _________________________________ [Sep 26,2011 11:49am - Mark_R ""] I'm open to more info on what the Boston protest goals are. But I do hope they pick their protest location wisely. Downtown crossing during rush hour is probably not a good spot. |
| _______________________________ [Sep 26,2011 12:31pm - ark ""] Whatever. Just don't follow london's example of rioting. Worst idea/worst backlash ever. |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 26,2011 12:55pm - goatcatalyst ""] Call me old fashioned, but looking at the protestorrs and those rioting fuckfaces in London... They wholly merit a lifetime of subjugation. |
| __________________________________________ [Sep 29,2011 10:16am - ridahsofdizoom ""] [img] |
| ________________________________________ [Sep 29,2011 10:36am - hauptpflucker ""] So what's the goal? |
| _______________________________ [Sep 29,2011 11:42am - ark ""] I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!" |
| ____________________________________________ [Sep 29,2011 11:44am - FuckIsMySignature ""] one of my all time favorite speeches. |
| __________________________________ [Sep 30,2011 11:08pm - Doomkid ""] Probably only 1 or 2 of you will care, but I'll be taking video and tweeting at Occupy Boston over the weekend and maybe beyond. I threw some stuff up tonight, there was over 1000 people in attendance. http://twitter.com/#!/ShortPierReview |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 12:37am - narkybark ""] So... what's the goal behind all this? |
| ______________________________ [Oct 1,2011 12:46am - Lamp ""] To create a new system that will fall apart when the next generation of humans takes it over because they don't know what they have, and then the generation after them will fix it again and it will fall apart for the exact same reason. Humanity's efforts are futile. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 12:46am - Garth Algar ""] Shaaawing? |
| ________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 1:05am - Doomkid ""] narkybark said:So... what's the goal behind all this? I'm not really sure, which is one of the reasons I've decided to go down there. The "movement" doesn't have incredibly specific aims at the moment. To my experience, its sort of akin to the beginning of the Tea Party when they were just an angry mob and hadn't really settled into any ideology aside from general American Conservatism. However, I believe that the advantage of whatever this is over the Tea Party is that there really is an effort for a wide open dialogue amongst a large group of people who want primarily economic and fiscal reforms. The event tonight was basically a General Assembly of a bit over 1000 that met after 8 smaller working groups discussed agenda items. In addition to the leaders of the working groups there is an open stack for any person present to address the group for one minute. Since large PA's are not permitted a "people's mic" is employed through the audience closest to the speaker echoing his/her words to the rest of those gathered. The people's mic is actually remarkably efficient and a good way to keep the attention of a large crowd. And Lamp: I'm sorry if this offends you but I truly don't understand the point of living if one has moved beyond the foolishness of faith and yet cannot have any hope for humanity. I figure that there is some small chance that this could be the beginning, and that at least bears investigating. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 1:29am - the_reverend ""] the goal is white people with way too much time on their hands. |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 1:35am - Alx_Casket ""] :point: |
| __________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 2:34am - narkybark ""] If I'm not mistaken, I believe the original goal of the Tea Party was lower taxes and waste, nothing else- all the loons piggybacked onto it and now it means nothing. I expect the same here, but I was legitimately curious since you see the Wall St demonstrations and whatnot but not an actual goal defined anywhere. Yes, the economy sucks, but what can a mob do about it? Nothing will change until those in power lose it, and we're a long way from that. Amusingly enough, if it does come to that, there will be an enormous crash and then no one wins anyway. |
| _____________________________ [Oct 1,2011 4:32am - Lamp ""] Doomkid said:And Lamp: I'm sorry if this offends you but I truly don't understand the point of living if one has moved beyond the foolishness of faith and yet cannot have any hope for humanity. I figure that there is some small chance that this could be the beginning, and that at least bears investigating. None taken, it's something I'm trying to understand myself right now. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 9:37am - hauptpflucker ""] I think the posibility that over the past couple of years people are coming out of their apathetic shells is promising. I think momentum is building for engagement, and engagement is key to "change". Maybe the goals on Wall Street and here are not clearly established, but the important thing is that there is dialogue, there is an exchange of ideas. And there are clearly things the majority of people want that are being ignored even though they are widely publicised. However, mass protests are one way average people can lobby politicians. They want order and civility, when people cry to themselves but say nothing and accept the shit they are given of course those in power listen to $. But when people begin to remind them who is in charge (in an egaged democracratic society) they start to take notice. |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 10:05am - arktouros ""] hauptpflucker said:But when people begin to remind them who is in charge (in an egaged democracratic society) they start to take notice. this is important. funny thing about activism - paying rent is tough when you're an activist. |
| _________________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 10:10am - ridahsofdizoom ""] I was at the event the other day and my friend, a fellow Lynner, is one of the organizer. He knows his shit for a young dude, he was down in Chile organizing student protests and he was in NYC at Occupy Wallstreet. Basically the goal is to end the corruption of the 1 percent, demands include profits over people, affordable or free health care, education, jobs for all, and end the crimes of poverty, etc. He and the organizers have tried to do their best to keep politics out of it, in fact he has gotten into some heated arguments with a local chapter of Socialist Alternative, who tried to hijack the movement and attach their beliefs onto the fliers...sadly they actually showed up and set their table up, a small group of people...but very loud and assertive... I would say the people there were mostly students believing in some form of of lite democratic socialism, even if they don't know what it's called, something like the nordic countries employ. There were old people, kids, workers, vets, and even business types still in their suits. I saw anarchists, libertarians, communists, socialists, more radical dems, even some local christian youth groups http://www.livestream.com/occupyboston that's a live stream, I left at about 830, from what I heard they planned on a short march near the bars to make some noise last night, wonder if there were any arrests. Police presence at night was actually pretty relaxed, only about three officers hanging out in the distance when I left. Surprisingly the city is cool with tents, tarps, and what not even though there are no permits. http://occupyboston.com/ I guess they got hit hard with the rain, I'm being a bit cynical but I feel like the storm headed this way is going to limit numbers over this week, but there is a core group of a few hundred who are mostly students, jobless, and are fairly committed to keeping the tent city up. also Chomsky is supposed to drop by or something today. |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 10:11am - FuckIsMySignature ""] i drove past the FED last night and didnt see any crowds ..but i def heard them chanting. it was eerie but promising. |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 10:37am - arktouros ""] it's cool it's getting all flavors of the left. i am so fucking sick of hearing about the tea party and GOP circus rhetoric. |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 10:38am - FuckIsMySignature ""] its all bullshit. gut the system. start over. |
| ________________________________________ [Oct 1,2011 12:02pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] bennyhillifier |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 2,2011 4:36am - blah blah ""] While reading about Occupy Boston I noticed Occupy Chicago and L.A. have both begun as well. Occupy D.C.? |
| _____________________________ [Oct 2,2011 4:42am - Lamp ""] I've heard word about it happening in Providence and Hartford too, this must be happening country wide in some not-so-major cities as well. |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 2,2011 5:10am - blah blah ""] after some googling there is occupy providence. first meeting today. there is a FB page. Hartford, Maine (portland), San Francisco and more. Wish there was more media coverage although 700 getting arrested on the brooklyn bridge was a good way to get it. lulz. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 2,2011 6:11am - pathetic ""] GOOD JOB STUPID HIPPIES. WHY DON'T YOU WORK ON SHOWERING BEFORE YOU TRY THIS. HOPE YOU ALL GET MACED. FAGGOTS. GET A JOB!!!!!!!! |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 2,2011 7:40am - goatcatalyst ""] Murder CEOs and rape their children or fuck right off. Ineffective faggots. True revolutionaries of the past are doing 1700 rpm in their graves. |
| _______________________________________________ [Oct 2,2011 11:11am - IllinoisEnemaBradness ""] Lamp said:I've heard word about it happening in Providence and Hartford too, this must be happening country wide in some not-so-major cities as well. urban areas will see this. People in the mid west are too busy farming to give a shit. Where I live is a vacuum, everything is 5 years behind. Technology, finance, everything. It's awesome. Except I can't get higher than 3MPBS download speed, unless I went with Comcast, which is so overpriced I'll never go to them |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 2,2011 1:19pm - aaron_michael ""] goatcatalyst said:Murder CEOs and rape their children or fuck right off. Ineffective faggots. True revolutionaries of the past are doing 1700 rpm in their graves. This. |
| ________________________________ [Oct 2,2011 1:32pm - Doomkid ""] Yesterday NYC police arrest more than 700 in one day (which is more than the number of people arrested over the ENTIRE Battle of Seattle. There is some question whether the police misled protesters into thinking that their route was acceptable. They were all allowed onto the Brooklyn Bridge and then penned in at the end with now-iconic orange nets. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/...g-protesters-on-brooklyn-bridge/?hp Yesterday in Boston there was a (long) march from Dewey Square, through the Financial District and Downtown Crossing, all the way down Newbury Street and back. I'm not sure how many people were there, I started out towards the back and would guess there was several hundred marching. General Assembly tonight at 7PM. Seriously even if you don't give a fuck about shit, its worth coming down to check out. A little tent city has grown up to occupy the square with self-organized sanitation, medical (physical and mental), and security services. |
| ________________________________________ [Oct 2,2011 3:51pm - ridahsofdizoom ""] There will be an anarchist caucus tonight at 10pm at Dewey square. In response the people complaining about a lack of murder/violence. We're trying to keep this legit, a movement based on violence would never work, has never worked. Nonviolence is far more effective, look at all the kings, presidents, and heads of industry that were killed in the early 1900s...and nothing happened but repressive measures against immigrants and dissidents. I'd rather see this stay nonviolent and grow daily, it's only 3 weeks old and we are seeing a new occupation each day, D.C. is on the 6th I believe, or the 10th... My guess is that the cold weather will put a damper on it but after the deep freeze is over it will surge again as we move closer into political elections and as the economy falls even lower, which will happen, this is a jobless "recovery" and by recovery I mean not for us, for the owners. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 2,2011 6:16pm - Mark_R ""] I walked around the camp earlier this afternoon and I'm probably going to come back for their meeting later. |
| _____________________________ [Oct 2,2011 8:29pm - Lamp ""] So apparently Occupy Providence is happening tomorrow at 5pm in Roger Williams Park. I've gotten curious at this point, I think I'll check it out. |
| ______________________________ [Oct 2,2011 8:51pm - yummy ""] Im also going there tomorrow. I'll give you a call Mike |
| _____________________________ [Oct 2,2011 8:56pm - Lamp ""] Sounds like a plan! |
| _______________________________ [Oct 2,2011 10:17pm - eddie ""] I'm angry as hell and i'm not going to take it anymore. |
| __________________________________________ [Oct 2,2011 11:38pm - sixstringcarnage ""] ark said:I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!" Got to the window part and all I could think of was JG Wentworth... "ITS MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOW!" |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 3,2011 12:14am - goatcatalyst ""] do an effete puppet show about it |
| _____________________________ [Oct 3,2011 1:02am - GSS ""] WE WILL OCCUPY BOSTON WITH OUR SHITTY FAG BAND SO FUCK ALL YOU HIPSTER SCENESTER FAGGOTS. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 3,2011 8:30am - hauptpflucker ""] I was thinking a road trip to check out occupy DC could be fun... |