Protesters plan on planting themselves outside of Symphony Hall today during the President’s campaign-fundraising visit to Boston.
At least fifty protesters said on Facebook they intend to rally outside of the music hall, where President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech and meet with supporters.
Members of Occupy Boston have organized the anti-Obama event along Massachusetts Avenue, and will hold signs voicing their discontent with the Democratic elected official.
“People will be protesting different things,” said John Dwyer, member of Occupy Boston. “We want to send a message to the President and his supporters…the disgraceful acts of his administration are in no way acceptable.”
Dwyer said in a statement that he campaigned for Obama in 2008, but certain decisions carried out by the president and his administration over the years have changed his view.
“He promised a lot of things, and for a lot of people he still embodies these promises. But we can’t ignore the facts. Obama, like George W. Bush, has abused executive power to commit war crimes against the people of Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Dwyer.
Dwyer said Obama is also “a huge friend of Wall Street and the fossil fuel industry.”
According to the Facebook event page, the group will also be protesting war tactics such as “unmanned drones” and “kill lists.”
Obama is coming to Boston for a fundraiser. Have a problem with kill lists and drone attacks? Obama’s pandering to Wall Street and his support of NDAA 2012? Make a sign expressing a message so that Obama and those attending this fundraiser know what’s on your mind.
Obama is making a visit to New Hampshire on Monday morning and is expected in Boston later in the afternoon. Air Force One will be arriving to a horde of reporters and media at Logan International Airport before the President makes several stops throughout the city.
Obama is scheduled to dine at Hamersley’s Bistro in the South End with more than two-dozen supporter for a private fundraising event. According to reports, people attending the fancy dinner paid upwards of $40,000 to grab some grub with the President.
At Symphony Hall, where Obama will speak, general admissions tickets started at $250. According to reports, cheaper tickets were on sale for younger supports, going for around $144. The number of those tickets available was limited, however.
Protests planned against the President are expected only outside of Symphony Hall, where he will be speaking with the public and a limited pool of press late Monday evening.
