Change of T Service? Thank Scott Brown!
Bill McKibben Opens the Global Teach In from Boston
In this interview, Bill McKibben opens the Global Teach In on Wednesday by reviewing the scale of environmental challenges that corporate power and carbon-lobby pose for humanity as a whole. Asked to address economic alternatives, he notes that there are many welcome projects but cautions that the scale and pace of change require an immense social movement to challenge corporations and governments. If successful, these social movements will find that that tomorrow's economy favors decentralized development and job creation.
#99TaxDay: 1,500 Take to Boston Streets to Call out Corporate & 1% Tax Dodgers
**As deadline looms for low-income and middle class families, mass march and rally shine a light on Bay State companies and CEOs whose Tax Day never comes**
Occupy the MBTA Creates "Camp Charlie" on State House Steps to Protest T Fare Hikes, Service Cuts
Since the fall of the Occupy Camp at Dewey Square, which held for 71 days in the shadow of the Boston Federal Reserve building outside of the doors of South Station, a contingent of activists and community members have focused their energy and planning on the debt and budgeting controversy surrounding the MBTA. An offshoot of Occupy Boston called Occupy the MBTA staged demonstrations and organized canvasing missions in which activists and community members rode the subway.
OWS the Peace Movement and War Tax Refusal
It was gratifying to take part, as the more or less self-appointed representative of the war tax refusal community in Eastern Massachusetts, in the planning of the tax day events coming up on April 17th. The idea of war-tax refusal - even while the overall banner is a call for the corporations & the rich to pay their fair share - was well received.
About Occupy Boston TV
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The 2012 Elections: Lesser Evil or Left Alternative?
Lesser evil or Left alternative? In fact, this is not a true either/or. Our task is by definition to build a Left alternative. But this does not mean that we can ignore aspects of the existing framework that may facilitate or obstruct this effort. Whether or not this entails identifying and voting for a “lesser evil” depends on the immediate circumstances.
Alice Amsden - An Economist for the Commonwealth?
Massachusetts lost one of its more important thinkers earlier this month. The economist Alice Amsden passed away suddenly just as colleagues thought she was on her way to recovery. Like many intellectuals who have contributed much to our understanding of the world, hers was not a household name, certainly not in her homeland. This is no accident for several reasons: her work focused on the economic growth of other countries and, perhaps more significantly, Amsden debunked much of orthodox economic development theory.
What is the Matter with the “99% Spring”?
The Occupy movement around the country is gearing up for what some have called the “American Spring.” Still reeling from the hammer-blow of police repression which put an end to the birth phase of the movement, the Occupy movement has been driven underground over the past two months, like many other hibernating organisms.
Their Crisis and Our Response
Howard Zinn would have loved to see you all here today, and to have been part of this historical moment. He believed that we should each do the right thing regardless of whether or not it has a visible impact. When a positive impact materializes, it then comes as a pleasant surprise. But it wouldn’t happen without all the seemingly thankless work that came before.
What the Occupy movement recognizes is that the problems facing the 99% are systemic in nature. They won’t be cured by putting one or other of the two capitalist parties in office.