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==Actions==
==Actions==
Action planned for Wednesday January 25, from 4:30-6:30 in South Station.
Action planned for Wednesday January 25, from 4:30-6:30 in South Station.
==MBTA Public Hearings==
January 31, Tuesday Boston (Mattapan)  6:00-8:00 PM  Mildred Avenue Community Center
5 Mildred Avenue
February 1, Wednesday Jamaica Plain 6:00-8:00 PM  Hennigan Community Center, Cafeteria
200 Heath Street
February 2, Thursday Boston (Dorchester) 1:00-3:00 PM and
6:00-8:00 PM Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, Multi-Purpose Room
1353 Dorchester Avenue
February 6, Monday Lowell 5:00-7:00 PM City Hall Council Chambers
375 Merrimack Street
February 7, Tuesday Lynn 6:00-8:00 PM  City Hall Auditorium, Main Floor
3 City Hall Square
February 8, Wednesday Boston (West End) 4:30-6:30 PM Shriners Hospital Auditorium
51 Blossom Street
February 8, Wednesday Hingham 6:00-8:00 PM  Town Hall Sanborn Auditorium
210 Central Street
February 13, Monday Boston (South Station area) 6:00-8:00 PM  Boston Public Library Boston
Rabb Lecture Hall
700 Boylston Street
February 14, Tuesday  Framingham  6:00-8:00 PM  Town Hall
150 Concord Street
February 15, Wednesday Quincy 6:00-8:00 PM Thomas Crane Public Library Community Room
40 Washington Street
February 16, Thursday  Malden  6:00-8:00 PM City Council Chambers
200 Pleasant Street
February 28, Tuesday Somerville  6:00-8:00 PM High School Auditorium
81 Highland Avenue
February 29, Wednesday  Cambridge  6:00-8:00 PM  Citywide Senior Center
806 Massachusetts Avenue
March 1, Thursday  Waltham  6:00-8:00 PM  Government Center Auditorium
119 School Street
March 6, Tuesday Brockton 6:00-8:00 PM Massasoit Community College, Liberal Arts Building, Lecture Hall LA 560
1 Massasoit Boulevard


===Activities===
===Activities===

Revision as of 20:27, 26 January 2012

For the third time in ten years, the MBTA is offering its riders a choice between draconian service cuts and draconian fare increases in an effort to close a budget gap caused by legacy debt...We will not let our government balance its books on the backs of working people any longer... Debt relief for the MBTA can close the budget gaps without asking the poorest among us to carry a heavier burden and is good for T riders, T workers, T management--good for the entire 99%! - from a draft statement we are working on

Fight fare hikes and service cuts

Actions

Action planned for Wednesday January 25, from 4:30-6:30 in South Station.

MBTA Public Hearings

January 31, Tuesday Boston (Mattapan) 6:00-8:00 PM Mildred Avenue Community Center 5 Mildred Avenue February 1, Wednesday Jamaica Plain 6:00-8:00 PM Hennigan Community Center, Cafeteria 200 Heath Street February 2, Thursday Boston (Dorchester) 1:00-3:00 PM and 6:00-8:00 PM Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, Multi-Purpose Room 1353 Dorchester Avenue February 6, Monday Lowell 5:00-7:00 PM City Hall Council Chambers 375 Merrimack Street February 7, Tuesday Lynn 6:00-8:00 PM City Hall Auditorium, Main Floor 3 City Hall Square February 8, Wednesday Boston (West End) 4:30-6:30 PM Shriners Hospital Auditorium 51 Blossom Street February 8, Wednesday Hingham 6:00-8:00 PM Town Hall Sanborn Auditorium 210 Central Street February 13, Monday Boston (South Station area) 6:00-8:00 PM Boston Public Library Boston Rabb Lecture Hall 700 Boylston Street February 14, Tuesday Framingham 6:00-8:00 PM Town Hall 150 Concord Street February 15, Wednesday Quincy 6:00-8:00 PM Thomas Crane Public Library Community Room 40 Washington Street February 16, Thursday Malden 6:00-8:00 PM City Council Chambers 200 Pleasant Street February 28, Tuesday Somerville 6:00-8:00 PM High School Auditorium 81 Highland Avenue February 29, Wednesday Cambridge 6:00-8:00 PM Citywide Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Avenue March 1, Thursday Waltham 6:00-8:00 PM Government Center Auditorium 119 School Street March 6, Tuesday Brockton 6:00-8:00 PM Massasoit Community College, Liberal Arts Building, Lecture Hall LA 560 1 Massasoit Boulevard

Activities

A couple of people are playing with a remix of Charlie and the MTA. Tim would bring instruments but not unless he had actually practiced with some fellow occupiers.

Bechtel and the MBTA

intro: "These are the times that try men's souls. In the course of our nation's history, the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened. Today, a new crisis has arisen. The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, better known as the M.B.T.A., is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the 99% in the form of a subway fare increase. Through service cuts, they threaten to keep our families from going to work and our children from going to school. Citizens, hear us out! This could happen to you!"

       G
Let me tell you the story
     C 
Of a man named Charlie
     G  		D
On a tragic and fateful day
           G
He put his card in his pocket,
           C
Kissed his wife and family
        G           D G
Went to ride on the MTA

Charlie swiped his card
At the Kendall Square Station
And he changed for Jamaica Plain
When he got there they said,
"There's been a fare hike."
and he could not get off that train.


Chorus 1:
           G
    Did he ever return,
          C
    No he never returned
            G               D
    And his fate is still unlearn'd
           G
    He may ride forever
               C
    'neath the streets of Boston
             G       D           G
    He's the man who never returned.


Now all night long
Charlie rides through the tunnels
Saying, "What will become of me?
Crying
How can I afford to see
My sister in Chelsea
Or my cousin in Roxbury?" 

    Chorus 1:

[Instrumental]
Now I'll tell you a story
about the Big Dig Tunnel
And the tragic and fateful way
How a crooked highway project
Came to rob every family
Who rides on the MBTA

It was money motivation
No one watched the corporations
The costs grew day by day
In the state house they had meetings
With the banksters they were scheming
How to get rich 'n have their way

Chorus 2:
    The people got burned
    The banks stole what we earned
    But we won't let 'em steal the T!
    We will ride forever 
    'neath the streets of Boston
    Public trains, they oughta be free.

Bechtel did the job
While the poor working slob
Paid for all their mistakes
The highway its leaking
The people be freakin
Since they billed the MBTA

    Chorus 2:

Enough is enough
The people are saying
Don't you take the busses away
Your games aint a-working
And we aint a-takin
No more cuts to the MBTA

    Chorus:

Now you citizens of Boston
Don't you think its a scandal
That people have to pay and pay
While the banks get bailed out 
The riders get sold out
No more cuts to the MBTA


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Graphics

frameless

Petition

Link to document in process: draft

Pamphlets

Occupy_the_T_and_Free_Charlie_one_page.pdf

OccupyT_Portuguese.pdf

OccupyTFlyer_Quarter_Sheet.pdf

OccupyTFlyer1.pdf

Maillist

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