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Occupy Boston was a collective of protesters that settled on September 30, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts, on
Dewey Square Dewey Square is a square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts which lies at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue, Summer Street, Federal Street, Purchase Street and the John F. Kennedy Surface Road, with the Central Artery (I-93) passing underne ...
in the
Financial District A financial district is usually a central area in a city where financial services firms such as banks, insurance companies and other related finance corporations have their head offices. In major cities, financial districts are often home to s ...
opposite the
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, commonly known as the Boston Fed, is responsible for the First District of the Federal Reserve, which covers New England: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and all of Connecticut except ...
. It is related to the
Occupy Wall Street Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a protest Social movement, movement against economic inequality and the Campaign finance, influence of money in politics that began in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Financial District, Manhattan, Wall S ...
movement that began in New York City on September 17, 2011. As of June 2012, Occupy Boston had continued to engage in organized meetings, events and actions.


Overview

On October 10, 2011, the Boston demonstrators expanded a
tent city A tent city is a temporary housing facility made using tents or other temporary structures. State governments or military organizations set up tent cities to house evacuees, refugees, or soldiers. UNICEF's Supply Division supplies expandable ten ...
onto an additional portion of the
Rose Kennedy Greenway The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway is a linear park located in several Downtown Boston neighborhoods. It consists of landscaped gardens, promenades, plazas, fountains, art, and specialty lighting systems that stretch over one mile through China ...
; starting around 1:20 AM the following morning, 141 people were arrested by the officers of the Boston Police Special Operations Unit. Most of these cases were dismissed prior to arraignment with the agreement of the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Tents were pitched in the following days, and by October 15 the camp itself had consisted of about 90 tents on either side of a path the protesters named, "Main Street," plus another two dozen or so tents divided up between the "Student Village" area and a strip of lawn the protesters named "Weird Street".John Stephen Dwyer.
Entrenched in Occupy Boston at the end of week two
Blast Magazine, October 15, 2011 A tent library, later named the Audre Lorde to Howard Zinn (A to Z) Library was set up at the Occupy Boston encampment with the mission to "foster inquiry, learning, critical analysis and information-sharing among Occupy Boston occupiers, participants and visitors in order to better understand, challenge and transform interlocking systems of oppression". Members of Occupy Boston marched with students at
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
on November 9, 2011, to create the
Occupy Harvard Occupy Harvard was a student demonstration at Harvard University identifying itself with the global Occupy Movement. It sought to create a forum for discussing economic inequality at Harvard, in the United States, and throughout the world. It cr ...
in
Harvard Yard Harvard Yard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the oldest part of the Harvard University campus, its historic center and modern crossroads. It contains most of the freshman dormitories, Harvard's most important libraries, Memorial Church, sever ...
. The two groups later collaborated to interrupt a
Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U ...
speech at Harvard on November 18.
Quinn Norton Quinn Norton (born May 1973) is an American journalist and essayist. Her work covers hacker culture, Anonymous, Occupy movement, intellectual property and copyright issues, and the Internet. Early life and education Quinn Norton was born in M ...
,
Occupy Harvard's an exclusive affair, but not by choice
, ''Wired'', Threat Level blog, 30 November 2011. By November 17, 2011 a judge issued an order prohibiting the eviction of protesters from Occupy Boston. On December 7, 2011 a Boston judge rescinded the temporary restraining order, allowing Boston Mayor Thomas Menino to remove the protesters from Dewey Square. At 5:00 AM on December 10, 2011, Boston police moved in and raided the Occupation of Dewey Square, with 46 people arrested. Police officers collected $1.4 million dollars in overtime from the city of Boston.


''The Boston Occupier''

''The Boston Occupier'' was an independent newspaper that was born out of the Occupy Boston movement. The title was originally ''The Occupy Boston Globe'', but was changed shortly before the first publication in order to avoid association with the
Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...
. The newspaper launched in October 2011, with the first issue being released on November 18, 2011 with a run of 25,000 copies. The paper was funded with donations from a
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campaign, which raised approximately $9,300 in donations.


Images

File:Occupy Boston - can't afford.jpg, October 3, 2011 File:Occupy Boston - sign tent.jpg, Sign tent, October 3, 2011 File:Occupy Boston - signs 2.jpg, Atlantic Ave., October 3, 2011 File:2011 OccupyBoston 6October 3828.jpg, October 6, 2011 File:2011 OccupyBoston 6232448715 Oct10.jpg, Media tent, October 10, 2011 File:2011 OccupyBoston 6234101296 Oct10.jpg, October 10, 2011 File:2011 OccupyBoston 6234099814 Oct10.jpg, October 10, 2011 File:Occupy Boston Cold Morning.jpg, October 30, 2011


See also

Occupy articles * List of global Occupy protest locations *
Occupy movement The Occupy movement was an international populist socio-political movement that expressed opposition to social and economic inequality and to the perceived lack of "real democracy" around the world. It aimed primarily to advance social and econo ...
*
Timeline of Occupy Wall Street The following is a timeline of Occupy Wall Street (OWS), a protest which began on September 17, 2011 on Wall Street, the financial district of New York City and included the occupation of Zuccotti Park, where protesters established a permane ...
*
We are the 99% We are the 99% is a political slogan widely used and coined during the 2011 Occupy movement. The phrase directly refers to the income and wealth inequality in the United States, with a concentration of wealth among the top-earning 1%. It r ...
Other Protests *
15 October 2011 global protests The 15 October 2011 global protests were part of a series of protests inspired by the Arab Spring, the Icelandic protests, the Portuguese "Geração à Rasca", the Spanish "Indignants", the Greek protests, and the Occupy movement. The protes ...
* 2011 United States public employee protests * 2011 Wisconsin protests Related articles *
Arab Spring The Arab Spring ( ar, الربيع العربي) was a series of Nonviolent resistance, anti-government protests, Rebellion, uprisings and Insurgency, armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in T ...
*
Corruption Perceptions Index The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index which ranks countries "by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys." The CPI generally defines corruption as an "abuse of entru ...
*
Economic inequality There are wide varieties of economic inequality, most notably income inequality measured using the distribution of income (the amount of money people are paid) and wealth inequality measured using the distribution of wealth (the amount of we ...
*
Grassroots movement A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or economic movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from the local level to effect change at t ...
*
Income inequality in the United States Income inequality in the United States is the extent to which income is distributed in differing amounts among the American population. It has fluctuated considerably since measurements began around 1915, moving in an arc between peaks in t ...
*
Lobbying In politics, lobbying, persuasion or interest representation is the act of lawfully attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of government officials, most often legislators or members of regulatory agency, regulatory agencie ...
*
Plutocracy A plutocracy () or plutarchy is a society that is ruled or controlled by people of great wealth or income. The first known use of the term in English dates from 1631. Unlike most political systems, plutocracy is not rooted in any established ...
*
Protest A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...
*
Tea Party protests The Tea Party protests were a series of protests throughout the United States that began in early 2009. The protests were part of the larger political Tea Party movement. Most Tea Party activities have since been focused on opposing efforts ...
*
Wealth inequality in the United States Wealth inequality in the United States is the unequal distribution of assets among residents of the United States. Wealth commonly includes the values of any homes, automobiles, personal valuables, businesses, savings, and investments, as wel ...
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References


Further reading

* Yount, Scot (October 22, 2011.
"Occupy Boston protesters set sights on Boston Police Department."New England Cable News
Accessed October 2011. * Jess Bidgood. "Boston Police Pass on Evicting Occupy Protesters." New York Times, December 9, 2011 * *


External links


Official website

Occupy Boston Wiki

Boston Occupier
* Flickr
Occupy Boston (Sunday, Oct 3, 2011)
photos by Massachusetts Cop Block * Flickr
Occupy Boston 10-5-2011
photos by Ethan Long * Flickr
Occupy Boston - Police Raid
Oct. 10, 2011, photos by Paul Weiskel * Flickr
Occupy Boston
photos by Sam Marshall
"Occupy" photographs from around the nation
from the ''Denver Post'' * {{Occupy movement Occupy movement in the United States Protests in Massachusetts Organizations based in Boston Culture of Boston History of Boston 2011 in Boston 2011 in Massachusetts Articles containing video clips