[Obupdates] Daily Digest - Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

[obupdates at InfoTent]

*Good Morning from Occupy Boston!*
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*Fact of the Day:* The US spends almost as much (or depending on how you
measure, more than) the rest of the world combined in military
spending<http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/04/11/157596/military-spending-doubled-since-2001/>,
including $895 billion
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCUQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fuseconomy.about.com%2Fod%2Fusfederalbudget%2Fp%2FFY-2011-Federal-Budget.htm&ei=MCTLToP4Hsji0QGGuKAz&usg=AFQjCNFxWZZq9vITHPQznsysTvmHQ5qZhg&sig2=yXXIGWe-s-oOvpsIVkEVQw>in
2011. Also, 21% of children
<http://www.nccp.org/topics/childpoverty.html>in the US are living in
poverty.

*News from Occupy Boston:* Police arrested 15
protesters<http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/21/police-arrest-15-at-massachusetts-foreclosure-protest/>who
were occupying a home in Springfield yesterday trying to prevent a
no-fault foreclosure.
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*News from other Occupations:*  With a continuation of a violent
crackdown<http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/11/20111121172949588785.html>on
protests in Egypt which have so far left 33 dead and 1,500 wounded,
Egypt's interim cabinet has offered to resign.

Over at UC Davis; days after police pepper-sprayed students at point blank,
Chancellor Katehi found herself on an eerie walk of shame as students
engaged in a quiet yet poignant protest, lining a path three blocks long
and sitting in complete
silence<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8775ZmNGFY8&feature=player_embedded>as
she walked to her car.


*Occupy Boston - Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011*

*Today's Weather and Events*: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph...becoming southeast in the afternoon.
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Occupy Boston Highlights:* Occupy Boston has formed a Writers' Caucus to
harness the artistic expression and stories of the Occupation. The first
meeting will be today at 5:30pm, meeting at the Info Tent. Email
writers at occupyboston.org for more information.


Check out our Calendar of Events <http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar/> for
today, also posted at the bottom of this email.
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*Volunteer Opportunities:*

- Interested in assisting with *media strategy* for Occupy Boston? E-mail
m2 at OccupyBoston.org to see how you can help


*-* *Free School University* needs your help, especially on-site, web
support and videographers see full list by clicking
here<http://groups.occupyboston.org/wg/free-school-university/files/free-school-university-needs-volunteers-videograohers>.


FSU will have an indoor Working Group Meeting this Friday at 3pm.

Free School for all. Happy Holiday! May you never hunger. Contact:
FSU at OccupyBoston.org

*-Occupy Boston Film Series*: Are you interested in helping to organize an
ongoing film series at Occupy Boston?
There is some energy around this idea, but we need more help to make it
happen.  Please email occupybostonfilms at gmail.com to get involved.


 *Other Working Groups* seeking volunteers include Media, Legal, Food,
Outreach, Info Tent, Logistics, Library and many, many more.
 Click here <http://www.occupyboston.org/working-groups/> for a full list
of Working Groups and their contact information. See where you think your
strengths lay and where you can be most effective. We are looking for
support both on and off-site, so even if you can't come down there is
something to do!

*Donate!*
If you are able to, we are still looking for both
material<http://www.occupyboston.org/get-involved/logistics/>
 and financial <http://www.occupyboston.org/get-involved/donations/> support.
Any help you can give is greatly appreciated.
 For information on how our money is managed, please see our Financial
Accountability Working
Group<http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Finance_Working_Group>
 page.

Today's Events:

*Tuesday, November 22*

9:00am MAMLEO - Food Drive Drop Off

9:00am Get Warm with the Breath and Movement

10:00am FOOD BANK DROP OFF

10:00am Boston Vulcans (Firefighters of Color) Turkey give away

12:00pm Faith & Spirituality WG Meeting

4:00pm Direct Action Meeting

4:00pm **The Case Against America’s Militarized “Pacific Century”: Real
Economic Security and Preventing Yet Another War

5:00pm Facilitation

5:00pm **Culture of Debt, with Michael Denning (FSU - Howard Zinn Memorial
Lecture)

5:30pm Winterizing meeting

5:30pm Writers' Caucus

5:30pm Women's Caucus

6:00pm Citizens United WG Meeting

6:00pm **A Matter of Honor: Veterans & the First Amendment - Jim
Scarborough (FSU Speaker)

6:30pm Safety meeting

7:00pm General Assembly
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