Occupy Boston

Occupy Boston
Part of the Occupy movement
People gathered near Boston's Dewey Square during Occupy Boston on October 3, 2011
DateSeptember 30, 2011 (2011-09-30) – December 10, 2011 (2011-12-10)[1]
(70-1/2 days)
Location
42°21′10″N 71°03′20″W / 42.3528°N 71.0555°W / 42.3528; -71.0555
Caused byEconomic Inequality, Democracy, Racism, Sexism, inter alia
GoalsFreedom, social justice, democracy, building a beloved community
MethodsDemonstration, occupation, protest, street protesters, Civil Disobedience, Direct Action
StatusOccupation ended
Arrests and injuries
Injuries0
Arrested186

Occupy Boston was a collective of protesters that settled on September 30, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dewey Square in the Financial District opposite the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.[2][3][4][5] It is related to the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City on September 17, 2011.[6]

As of June 2012, Occupy Boston had continued to engage in organized meetings, events and actions.[7]

  1. ^ 46 arrested as Occupy Boston camp closed - BostonHerald.com
  2. ^ "Occupy Boston Takes Over Dewey Square." Boston Globe, October 3, 2011
  3. ^ "Boston protesters: End corporate control of govt." Associated Press/Wall Street Journal, Oct. 3, 2011
  4. ^ John Stephen Dwyer "Who is occupying Boston, and why? Blast Magazine, October 5, 2011
  5. ^ Andrew Tran. "At Boston's Dewey Square, a protest of varied voices." Boston Globe, October 4, 2011
  6. ^ Occupy Boston
  7. ^ "Occupy Boston: Calendar". occupyboston.org. Occupy Boston. 6 October 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2012.