Activists Seek to "Occupy Malden"

A group of activists one member described as a “a determined group of 99%'ers” will be bringing the international “Occupy Wall Street” movement home to Malden next month.

A Facebook group for “Occupy Malden, MA” had just under 75 “likes” Wednesday afternoon, with members discussing a time and place to hold their first “general assembly,” the consensus-based legislative body popularized by the movement's first encampment in Manhattan's Zucotti Park.

The plans don't necessarily suggest a permanent encampment is coming to Malden – other occupations, such as Occupy Boston, continue to hold such meetings to plan marches and other actions, despite

Whatever their tactics, one organizer said she was determined to raise the movement's visibility at the local level.

“Now that Occupy Boston doesn't have a solid location in Boston anymore, it is harder for the public to help the movement grow,” Robin Nelson said. “The only real solution: Create an Occupy movement in every town. - that way the movement comes to the 99%, not the 99% going to the movement.”

She said the group will likely develop a website and other resources after its first meeting next month. 

Localizing the movement outside of large urban centers is both a national and local trend – Somerville, Quincy, Jamaica Plain, Cambridge, Arlington and others are also home to burgeoning “occupy” movements.