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*Good Morning from Occupy Boston!*

*Stories of the Day. *Feeling pressure from activists and beholden to a
deadline, the Obama Administration has decided to reject a
permit<http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/18-3> for
building the Keystone XL pipeline. Homeless are set to
rise<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/18/homeless-rate-rise-stimulus-study_n_1213952.html>
as
stimulus money continues to fade out. And looking at Greek debt an analysis
finds much<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/greek-rescue-blocked-by-hedge-fund-greed-6291112.html>
of
it was issued by Goldman Sachs and AIG.

*Other Occupies. *Occupy London protesters appeal their eviction
ruling<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/18/occupy-london-protesters-appeal-eviction>.
Wall Street West rises in San
Francisco<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/18/occupy-wall-street-west_n_1214407.html>.
And Occupy SOPA
protests<http://www.technewsdaily.com/3638-occupy-sopa-york-protests.html>
garnered
national attention yesterday.

*Thursday, January 19th 2012*


*“We learned a long time ago that we should never subject ourselves to the
schedules of the powerful. We had to follow our own calendar and impose it
on those above.” – Subcomandante Marcos*


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*Event Highlight. *General Strike Working Group! 5:15pm at City Place Food
Court. Occupy Boston supports the call for an international general strike
on May 1, 2012. Please join us in building of a broad coalition to make it
happen. For more info visit our wiki page:
http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/General_Strike_and_Convergence_Working_Group

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



*Childcare will be provided at this Sat & Sun's GA -* so parents please
bring your children! *
*

*Friday. *“Rally & Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy,” Friday, January
20th 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Cathedral Tremont St. Boston)

*Saturday, January 21st* 10:00AM-4:00PM – day two of “Rally and Summit to
Unite Citizens for
Democracy”<http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit>
at
Suffolk University in Donahue Hall, 41 Temple Street in Boston.

*Friday: *Join Immanuel Ness and Elaine Bernard for a panel discussion on
>From Occupy to Workers Control sponsored by the Howard Zinn Memorial
Lecture Series and Encuentro 5 <http://www.encuentro5.org/home/>. The
Occupy Movement is taking new and exciting steps as it continues to reshape
political possibilities (such as reclaiming foreclosed homes). The
discussion of how to organize a society that represents the interests and
aspirations of the 99% is a debate that is being held across Occupy
sites.What would it mean to really take the Occupy Movement into the
workplace? Into the heart of the economic system itself? And how to do it?
Join us on Jan. 20 at 6 pm for two of the contributors to the book, *O**urs
to Master and to Own: Workers’ Control from the Commune to the
Present* (Immanuel
Ness and Elaine Bernard). For more information about the Zinn Lectures and
our upcoming events please visit ourwebsite<http://zinnlectures.wordpress.com/>
.

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*Thursday, January 19*

MAMLEO - Food Drive Drop Off

3:00pm Financial Accountability WG Meeting

5:00pm Street WG meeting

5:00pm Facilitation WG Meeting

5:15pm General Strike WG Meeting

7:00pm General Assembly


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