In the next week, a few Occupy London activists will be in Tunisia to participate in the World Social Forum (WSF). We will not be representing anyone but ourselves, but[...] Continue reading
24 March 2013
by Hazel
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20 March 2013
by Clive Menzies
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London Occupy Economics Working Group (EWG) budget response – “a missed opportunity”
The current financial crises (Eurozone, US and UK public and private sector debt, banks’ insolvency) were precipitated by the sub-prime mortgage crisis of 2008 which was the culmination of a[...] Continue reading
20 March 2013
by Clive Menzies
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Rebalancing Austerity – a modest alternative budget 2013 – from Occupy Birmingham
We can’t do everything in one budget, but we can make a start. This is a start, by scrapping the austerity agenda, and starting a programme to reinvest in people[...] Continue reading
23 January 2013
by Vica
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What – as a diverse movement – must we do/accomplish in 2013?
Members of the International Organisation for a Participatory Society (London and Southampton chapter), Anti-capitalist Initiative, Peoples Assemblies Network, Occupy London activists and The Friern Barnet Library occupation called for[...] Continue reading
23 January 2013
by Press
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Latest updates on occupation to save Battersea Park Adventure Playground
Updates:
4pm Friday 25 January – Video of demolition of Battersea Park Adventure Playground – ‘Death of Adventure’
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3.11pm Friday 25 January – Update on pictures of tree damage[...] Continue reading
11 January 2013
by Press
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Battersea Park Adventure Playground occupation: almost 9 out of 10 parents and carers said NO to current plans in Wandsworth Council’s own survey
Update as at 13.14 11 January – Legal papers have just been served for a Possession Order of the protest site at Battersea Park Adventure Playground – courtdate is Thursday[...] Continue reading
6 January 2013
by Hazel
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Battersea Park Adventure Playground occupied! Wandsworth Against Cuts & Occupy London supporters defend against demolition
UPDATE, evening of Monday 7 January:
The defenders of Battersea adventure playground have been told that demolition will begin Monday 14 January. Occupiers remain in situ; a small camp (up[...] Continue reading
18 December 2012
by Press
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Today – ‘Capitalism’s Last Christmas Carol Tour’; New Move Your Money Santa video!
Bonus-rich bankers and Christmas shoppers in the City of London will today experience ‘Capitalism’s Last Christmas Carol Tour’.
Beginning at 3pm at Liverpool Street station, the tour will see[...] Continue reading
16 December 2012
by Hazel
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Occupied Friern Barnet Library in court Monday; faces potential closure
Supporters of Friern Barnet People’s Library in Barnet, North London, are to return to court at 09:30 on Monday 17 December as Barnet council seeks possession of the building[...] Continue reading
14 December 2012
by Press
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18 December – Capitalism’s Last Christmas Carol. London & elsewhere
If this is not Capitalism’s last Christmas it might be the National Health Service’s last one…
Come and join anti-capitalist Carol singing on the 18th of December – a Europe-wide[...] Continue reading
8 December 2012
by Press
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Barnet Starbucks turned into library by Barnet residents, UK Uncut & Occupy London supporters
Pictures at https://twitter.com/OccupyLondon
Barnet Starbucks turned into library by Barnet residents, UK Uncut & Occupy London supporters
Barnet residents, anti-cuts campaigners and Occupy London supporters have just transformed a Starbucks[...] Continue reading
7 December 2012
by Press
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‘One Barnet’ Council meeting occupied (video), UK Uncut Starbucks Barnet action this Saturday
Residents to turn Starbucks Barnet into a refuge from the cuts – a library and crèche - as part of UK Uncut’s national day of action against corporate tax avoidance[...] Continue reading
7 December 2012
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Breaking: ‘One Barnet’ Council meeting occupied, UK Uncut Starbucks Barnet action this Saturday
Residents to turn Starbucks Barnet into a refuge from the cuts – a library and crèche - as part of UK Uncut’s national day of action against corporate tax avoidance[...] Continue reading
5 December 2012
by Press
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Responses from Occupy London supporters to Osborne’s #AutumnStatement
Below are a variety of the responses coming in from Occupy London supporters to the Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Budget Statement.
Occupy London’s Economics Working Group: Minor restructuring of deckchairs[...] Continue reading
21 November 2012
by Mark W
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REFUGE FROM THE CUTS – North London!
ON DECEMBER 8TH IN NORTH LONDON
North London residents and campaigners, supporters of the Occupy movement and UK Uncut will transform a tax-dodging Starbucks’ store into a library and a[...] Continue reading