Ed Hatfield photographed a solidarity protest on the Cambridge Common yesterday in support of growing protests in Brazil, originally sparked by plans to raise bus fares in Sao Paulo and Rid de Janeiro.
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Where were these idiots
By anon
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 9:45am
when the MBTA increased OUR fare?
And where were you when people protested T increases?
By adamg
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 9:54am
I gather you missed this protest, among others.
I did
By anon
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 10:13am
i was in a full leg cast.
Excuses. By being rude
By Hayli
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 10:48am
Excuses. By being rude calling protestors idiots, you don't get any support for your causes. And I bet many of them were there, just not wearing a green shit.
I hope you meant
By joehp
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:38am
"green shirt"
"Sorry for the inconvenience
By anon
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 10:23am
"Sorry for the inconvenience we are trying to change Brazil" might be the most polite protest sign I have ever seen.
I support everyone's right to
By anon
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:36am
I support everyone's right to protest but fail to see the reasoning in holding a sign in Cambridge because of what is happening in Brazil.
What do they think is going to be achieved?
... awareness?
By greenlinetobrooklyn
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:34pm
... awareness?
Out country is to
By anon
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:44pm
busy arming terrorist in Syria and fighting with Russia over what side we are taking to give a shit about Brazil.
This protest definitely
By anon
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 1:21pm
This protest definitely raised my awareness and I want to help; where can I send some money? Also, beginning today I'm boycotting Brazil nuts.
Because drawing attention to
By anon
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:45pm
Because drawing attention to oneself while not actually having do something has been a pastime for guilty rich liberal people since the 1960s. See no nukes (though that was to a large extent a commie funded sabotage movement), end apartheid, free Tibet, etc. for details.
Yeah, whatever happened with
By Scratchie
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 2:27pm
Yeah, whatever happened with that whole end apartheid thing, anyway? Just a big nothing.
I dunno some people in South
By anon
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 3:07pm
I dunno some people in South Africa actually risked their lives and did something about it. Meanwhile the bunch of people with signs, having done nothing but stand around safely thousands of miles away, claimed credit.
They are what we refer to as
By anon
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 3:25pm
"The Intelligent Idiots"
Erm
By anon
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:22pm
These people are Brazilian. They are clearly concerned about what is going on their home country, and want to spread awareness of it.
" originally sparked by
By kvn
Tue, 06/25/2013 - 8:45am
" originally sparked by plans to raise bus fares in Sao Paulo and Rid de Janeiro ''
There is a time and place for everything, only in Cambridge ! We have are own troubles here funding public transportation. You can''t charge operating costs, so it must come from the public trough. There is a lot of competition there.