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re: PHOTOS: Thursday's Occupy Boston march joined by Jobs with Justice, the AFL-CIO, more

Chris Walton — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:04:50 GMT

The link to the pics isn't working. They're here: thephoenix.com/.../128467-photos-scenes-from-occupy-wall-street

re: Report From the Front: Occupy Boston gets serious

Reality Sandwich — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:01:27 GMT

If you want to do something, get off your butts and run for office. Get your people elected and then you can push your agenda. Its been done before. Or you can be lazy whining losers who just want "Gimme, gimme, gimme".

re: The whole world is watching: Boston filmmaker releases incendiary #OccupyBoston doc of BPD crackdown

Conan776 — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:10:50 GMT

Thanks for the vid, it really captures what it was like to be there!

Best of the Fest

PageViews — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:03:43 GMT

The Boston Book Festival kicks off tomorrow night. I've made an itinerary for you, you lucky ducks.

re: Rating the Occupations: The Complete Guide to #OccupyBaltimore

flytrap — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:28:27 GMT

Chris, Michael Graham just posted a comment on Facebook that you need to call in to his show. If you are going to call him out on FNX then you should do so. I look forward to hearing both of you debate or your reason why it doesn't happen.

re: In Their Own Words: Video and Voices of #OccupyBoston from Saturday's Police Crackdown

Holly Pelletier — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:42:35 GMT

I Just wanted to say that I had a close female friend who was one of the Vetrans, they were only standing linked arm and arm when the police moved in after telling them to leave. Protesters were not hitting the police to spark the violent actions that the police took. My friend, a female war hero, was grabbed by the throat and flung to the ground. Then shoved into a van and moved from places to place all night not being told where they were taking her. They moved her around all night, and denied her right to see a lawyer before they shoved her into a court room. The whole time she had no shoes and cuts on her feet from being thrown around. Police aren't telling anyone about that are they.

re: In Their Own Words: Video and Voices of #OccupyBoston from Saturday's Police Crackdown

Nicole — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:23:45 GMT

Use spellcheck!

re: This is what civil disobedience looks like: photos and aftermath of the Boston Police crackdown on #OccupyBoston

Chris — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:25:36 GMT

Why isn't the link to the 20 photos working?

re: ‘A Vast Wasteland' revisited: Newton Minow joins Harvard's digerati to ponder the digital future

cities12345 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:37:01 GMT

Newt Minow's Vast Wasteland of TV has produced Newt's

won personal choice for President, President Barack Obama!

I wonder if Newt regrets his sponsorship of Obama at this point in time.

And by the way, Newt, tell us about what you did on behalf of Donald Rumsfeld, while you were pushing Obama at the same time.

Strange bedfellows or like thinkers?

re: Watch the movement: twelve #OccupyTogether videos to inspire and inform

platypusrex256 — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:44:25 GMT

thanks for the link!

re: Rating the Occupations: The Complete Guide to #OccupyBaltimore

Brandie — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:11:11 GMT

Yes, Nick! Thank you. I would also like to clarify that I in NO way ever described/portrayed myself as a leader. Perhaps, I should have explained better that we are leaderless in all aspects of the Occupy movement. The assumption makes me very uncomfortable. We have a very close-knit medical team and I would not want to offend anyone with that implication. If you would have asked me- I would have explained- we are ALL leaders! =0) Other than that- this was a really great article. Thanks! =0)

re: Rating the Occupations: The Complete Guide to #OccupyBaltimore

Brandie — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:10:59 GMT

re: Rating the Occupations: The Complete Guide to #OccupyBaltimore

nick becker — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:33:12 GMT

as an organizer of occupy baltimore i want to say thank you thank you thank you for taking the time to really observe and get a sense of what we're doing, and your kind words are appreciated.

as a member of the medical team i want to point out one qualm with the article, in that none of the groups, teams, committees, what have you, have leaders or "heads" and the woman you spoke to is a new friend and colleague of mine, and i love that you pointed out that she was a doctoral student at hopkins, she is not our "leader." otherwise: great reporting!

re: Rating the Occupations: The Complete Guide to #OccupyBaltimore

beth — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:19:29 GMT

Good article. To follow up on the anarchists - on Saturday night they were rushing the police who had been called on another matter. I was pouring soup at a table right there and I yelled at them to de-escalate. The crowd then turned on me and I had (male) anarchists piled up at the table at least three rows thick and some came on the sides - thus blocking me in. They screamed at me - the usual barrage of foul language emanating from foul folks. When another man finally stopped them they dispersed, but not until leaving a few threatening words. When I confronted the leader of this pack of surly dogs(also a security guard?!) he could not even comprehend that their act of violence against me was not ok. members of the larger group apologized but nothing was actually done about it. So - I need the chill police to protect me from the crazed, need confrontation members of the group? OB is not a safe space for anyone as long as this behavior is condoned.

re: #Occupy your long weekend: three days of #OccupyBoston's main events

Rev. Hank Peirce — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:26:52 GMT

Join Unitarian Universalist clergy for a Vespers Service, Sunday 5:30 pm. We urge our members, friends and others to stand in opposition to the power of finance capital. Unions march and picket. Religious people worship.

Join us and rejoice!