Occupy Boston steps up for peace in the face of horrific violence.

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The pain we feel for those impacted by yesterday’s tragedy is matched only by the love we feel for our city and for humankind.

Let’s come together tonight to send a message:

Peace, Here and Everywhere.

6-8pm
Parkman Bandstand
Boston Common

Bring candles, flowers, banners, song lyrics — whatever feels right for you. There will be no agenda, no speakers, and no nonsense.

Let’s make space to grieve and to reject violence in all its forms. Together, we can look violence in the eye, and we can respond with peace. We can respond with love. We can respond with community.

Boston, we love you. We thought you should know.

(Video) National Day of Action for Public Transportation - #OccupyBoston - 4/4/12 »

 On April 4th, 2012, hundreds of students, union and non-union workers, commuters, and activists, gathered at the State House in Boston, MA, to protest against proposed service cuts, fare hikes, and layoffs for the public bus, subway, and train system (MBTA).

http://www.occupymbta.org
http://www.occupyboston.org

http://carmensunion589.org/2012/03/alert-rally-on-april-4th/

Thurs, 3/22, Harvard Sq, “Protest for Trayvon Martin! Justice for Victims of Racism!”

(Video) Riders of the MBTA mass transit system speak out against fare hikes and service cuts at a MBTA Hearing in Somerville, MA - 2/28/12

(Video) Hundreds of Dorchester residents, protesters, voice angry opposition to proposed MBTA cuts & fare hikes that would disproportionately affect people of color and workers - 2/2/12

Sat, 2/25, Boston, “Protest Against MBTA Service Cuts & Fare Hikes!”

(Photo) 7am, 1/27/12 - Occupy Umass Boston successfully faces down 1/26/12 midnite eviction threat from campus administrators. Proves you can’t easily evict an idea … or even apparently a physical occupation that’s been endorsed by the college staff & professional union!

occupyumb:

This morning we can proudly announce #OUMB has been endorsed by the UMB Professional Staff Union! Solidarity and thank you for your support! 

(Video) Public Forum: “From Occupy to Workers’ Control” - 1/20/12 »  

 Immanuel Ness and Elaine Bernard spoke as part of a panel on workers control hosted by the Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series at Occupy Boston.

Both professors Ness and Bernard are contributors to the recent book “Ours to Master and to Own: Workers’ Control from the Commune to the Present” http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/Ours-to-Master-and-to-Own.

Immanuel Ness is a professor of political science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and a founding member of the Lower East Side Community Labor Organization, an autonomous activist organization in New York City.

Elaine Bernard is the executive director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School.

To learn more about the lecture series see http://zinnlectures.wordpress.com/

http://www.occupyboston.org/
http://twitter.com/#!/OccupyBOS_Media
http://www.occupytogether.org/

On January 3, the MBTA unveiled plans to institute major service-cuts and fare-hikes. On January 10th, just a week after this announcement, more than twenty people met in Somerville to begin organizing against the proposed changes.

“The T cuts are, in effect, a tax on those who can least afford to pay it: workers, seniors, and students in our city,” said Somerville resident Joe Ramsey. “Public transportation should be a public right. The 1% needs people to get to work or school so they can run their companies. They should pay the travel costs.” Many in the audience agreed. It was the first meeting of an initiative now calling itself “Occupy the T.”

Participants in this first meeting of “Occupy the T” included members of the MBTA Riders Union and members of the Service Employees International Union, local high school students, Occupy Boston and Occupy Somerville.

According to the January 3 announcement on its website, the MBTA is currently considering two different scenarios of service-cuts and fare-increases. Under the first scenario, there would be cuts to bus service, combined with a 43% overall increase in fares. For Senior Citizens who depend upon the RIDE, the price would increase from $2.00 to $4.50. Fees at T parking lots would increase by 28%.

(Photo) Advertisement for #OccupyBoston in The Metro, the largest-circulating free daily newspaper in the greater Boston area.

(Video) #OccupyBoston does BAT SIGNAL mic-check during New Year’s Eve celebration - Downtown Boston, 12/31/11