[Obupdates] Daily Digest - Thursday, December 1st 2011

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*Good Morning from Occupy Boston! *



*Fact of the Day: *City mayors across America criticize Occupations for
housing and feeding homeless people, while city budgets cut funding for
homeless shelters. The money spent to shut Occupations down could be
better utilized
housing the needy<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/27/occupy-wall-street-and-homeless-evictions-cities_n_1111094.html>
.

*News from Occupy Boston.* Today at Suffolk Superior Court the City of
Boston will argue it has a right to evict the movement from Dewey Square.
Come down and show your support; and tell the city that you can't evict an
idea.

*News from other Occupies. *Having militantly raided Occupy Wall Street,
billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg boasts that the JP Morgan financed
<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/02/1022031/-JP-Morgan-buys-NYPD-for-$46-million>New
York Police Department is his "own
army<http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/30/mayor-bloomberg-calls-the-nypd-my-own-army/>."
Point of Information: If this were true, then using the army to attack
protesters would put Bloomberg in the company of Hosni Mubbark and Bashar
al-Asaad. But despite Bloomberg claims, careful research indicates the NYPD
is not in fact an army. And it therefore ought not to be used as one.
*Occupy Boston - Thursday, December 1st, 2011*

*Today's Weather:* Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.

*Event Highlight:* All focus will be on the court hearing today, so please
come to Suffolk Superior Court to show your support! If you cannot be
there, write your local paper or call your elected officials in
support.(617) 340-9905

*There's More: *Check out our Daily
Calenda<http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar/>r
for a list of all events at Occupy Boston.

*Special Note. *Stay in-tuned with Occupy Boston by signing up for our
emergency SMS alert system. Text "OccupyBoston" to 443322 (standard txt
rates apply.) If you do not receive a confirmation, text your phone number
to (617)-340-9905.
*Volunteer Opportunities:*

*Free School University.* Occupy Boston has hosted terrific lectures from
the likes of Noam Chomsky, Glenn Greenwald, Norm Finkelstein, Bill McKibben
and many others. Please help contribute to the continuation of this free
education by volunteering for Free School
University<http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/volunteer-info>
.

*Winterization.* Occupy Boston is preparing for the winter! If you want to
help out with the process please be in contact with ourWinterization
Working Group<http://www.occupyboston.org/wp-admin/sage.radachowsky@gmail.com>
.

*Info Tent *needs volunteers to help staff the tent; a great way to be part
of Occupy Boston and get acclimated into the movement. E-mail
InfoTent at OccupyBoston.org for more information

*Upcoming Events:*

*Saturday:* The Day of Action/ Unity Rally will be this Saturday, Dec 3
(#99Unity). Occupy Boston is working closely with community groups and
activists to create an event that both celebrates diversity and unity in
the struggle for the 99%. Next meeting Thursday 5pm at SEIU Local 615 (26
West St., Downtown). Contact street at occupyboston.org for more info. Or
visit occupyunity.eventbrite.com

*Sunday: *The Occupy Boston Womens'
March<https://www.facebook.com/events/324011287613958>! The
Women's Caucus of Occupy Boston will be joined by local organizations
representing women, people of color and other marginalized voices in a
spirited march starting and ending at Dewey Square on Sunday, December 4th
at 12 p.m. An inclusive celebration of live music and spoken word will
follow the march at the Occupy Boston General Assembly stage from 2 p.m. -
4 p.m. E-mail sdickers1 at gmail.com for more info

*Today's Events: *

*Thursday, December 1*

9:00am MAMLEO - Food Drive Drop Off

9:00am Get Warm with the Breath and Movement

10:00am FOOD BANK DROP OFF

2:00pm FSU Reading Group Planning Meeting

3:00pm Finance and Accountabilty Working Group Meeting

3:30pm WE CAN END AIDS: World AIDS Day Vigil

4:00pm Direct Action Meeting

5:00pm Facilitation

5:30pm Winterizing meeting

6:30pm Safety meeting

7:00pm General Assembly

9:00pm Squawk Coffeehouse: Benefit

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