Word: tented
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...inhabitants of the tent city, many sharing Rae’s sense of solidarity, regularly held meetings and events together. Last Sunday afternoon, the campers held a barbecue. On Monday morning, they held an instruction session with an organizer from the Ruckus Society, which trains activists in non-violent civil disobedience...
...that was left were patches of yellowed grass where the tents had been and a heap of trash, including the torn-down facade of “Tent City Hall,” where notices had been posted for the camp-out community. Parked outside Mass. Hall was a truck from the A.M.-P.M. Cleaning Corporation. Vacuums whirred inside the building...
...happened a little suddenly for Samaria (who preferred not to use her last name), who left in the morning and came back at night to find the tent city had been dismantled. She said she was “not satisfied” with the agreement that PSLM and the University reached and was not ready to leave the tent city...
...Though it came and left without fanfare, one squatter, Alex Rae, says he believes the tent city was more than just a display of support...
...recent days, emergency plans had been discussed in case police arrived to shut down the protest and round up the tent city occupants. That scenario never came to pass. In fact, the campers gave local police officers rounds of applause at several of their meetings...