General Strike! A Day Without the 99%

When: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
Where: various • Boston
2012 May 1 - 7:00am
2012 May 1 - 8:00pm

NO WORK – NO SCHOOL – NO SHOPPING – NO BANKING – NO TRADING. 

GENERAL STRIKE AND BOYCOTT CALLED! 

7am-11am: Financial District Block Party! (corner of Federal and Franklin Streets). Bring a friend and let’s party! Bring whistles, drums, noise makers. Bring street theater !

12:00pm: Boston City Hall Rally. Can’t make it to Boston City Hall at Noon? Well how about: The Chelsea City Hall? – Gather at Noon – March at 2pm (For More information please contact La Colaborativa (617) 889-6097). 

2pm: LoPresti Park Rally/March (Blue Line: Maverick Square) (For more information contact Dominic at City life/Vida Urbana (617) 710-7176).

4pm: Everett – Glendale Park (For more information please contact La Comunidad (617) 387-9996). 

7pm: Death of Capitalism Boston Funeral March (Copley Square). We invite people to participate in this piece of street theater which includes puppets, a marching band, and other creative surprises. People will begin gathering at 7pm at Copley Square Park (by the steps of Trinity Church) to put on costumes, puppets and face-paint and get info on their respective role in the funeral procession. We ask that people participate as: mourners (dressed in black), celebrators (wearing neon/bright colors/glow stuff), skeleton block (bring your own skeleton costume). The funeral procession will leave Copley Square Park at 8pm and will travel through areas of wealth and commerce.   

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