Occupy Boston Saturday 10-8 (pics)

[rasputin1952]

We did a march on Boston today, it went on for two hours and we actually went through traffic, right along the street passing vehicles stopped in the street because of us. Limo's, buses, tour trolley's...:D

The good people of Boston and the tourists gave us a warm reception, even though we were holding them up. There was little BPD/Occupier friction, in fact, the BPD were excellent through the entire march, very professional, not the slightest hint of a problem.

There has been an upsurge in groups joining/supporting Occupy Boston to include:

Ironworkers Local 7
Teamsters
The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Members of the Boston Synagogue
The Leftist Marching Band
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Various student coalitions
Members of the Teachers Union
Ben and Jerry's
and a few others that I'm embarrassed to say I simply can't recall, (but will add in tomorrow's thread).

Morale is still high, and many "suits" came through, actually telling us they support us. It is in the 80's temperature wise, w/clear skies through Monday...perfect "active" weather. I was working the line for about an hour this morning before the march and had over 100 vehicles honk in support of Occupy Boston. Numerous tourist vehicles passed by, and the tourists were taking pictures, waving and flashing thumbs up and peace signs, some called out, "we love you!"

Now...for some pics...Enjoy:


A somewhat elevated view of Tent City


Yes, yes you are!


Getting ready to march out


The Line


The Line from across the street in front of the Fed


Nice crowd on The line


On the move into the streets


Traffic we held up as we marched


In the street








As we came to one cross street, the BPD had it blocked off. I linked arms with the young lady on the left and an Iraq vet on the right...
the police moved back to the next intersection w/o incident. This was the front rank of the march...:D


Nice sign...:D




L-R, unhappycamper, graywarrior and myself


Occupy Everything!

Peace

edited: dumb typo...:blush:

[virgogal]

1. FANTASTIC pics. Thanks. And beautiful weather too.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Nice DU mini meet-up there.

Great photos. Nice that the weather is cooperating.

:hi:

[Scuba]

3. Thanks for being there - you, unhappycamper and graywarrior!!!

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Hello you three! K&R!

:hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

5. K&R! These just keep getting better and better, my friend! WOW!

Makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck... Excellent job, both with the photos and with the march. And I especially enjoyed seeing my fellow DUers... :D :applause: :yourock: :hi:

[lunatica]

6. Great stuff!

kick'd and rec'd

[graywarrior]

7. Awesome, Raz!

So great to see you two there.

[rasputin1952]

8. The pleasure was all mine...

fantastic meeting you and your husband...:loveya:

[graywarrior]

9. !

:pals:

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Dear Ras..you look so much like my brother.

Great pictures, too, and I hope we will see more.
Bookmarking, K&R, and a hug.
:hug:

[rasputin1952]

11. Thanks...

:blush:

[rasputin1952]

12. Ack...these pics should be back up shortly...

had to go to photobucket pro...:blush:

Edit: OK, thing's are back to normal...:hi:

[unhappycamper]

13. I've walked many protests many times thru the streets of Boston and

yesterday was the first time the BPD did not clear the streets before the march.

I would say about half the cars that got caught up were supportive.

And I will give two thumbs up to the BPD for their restraint. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

P.S.: those two old white men on your last pic are scary.

[Enthusiast]

14. kr

Thank you for your service, rasputin1952! And thank you, unhappycamper and graywarrior, for your service to our nation.

Rasputin, you must have been born in 1952 -me too.