Members of Occupy London met Occupiers from around the UK in Edinburgh at the second National Occupy Conference, 16-18 December. The event was unanimously described as “inspiring” and “a total success”. Occupy London members returned ebullient, with a spring in their step.
Occupiers from established camps in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London (OccupyLSX at[...]
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By December 23, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Statement, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 2 Comments 
Some of you may have seen the headline “Protesters call end to occupation in St Paul’s” in The Independent, Monday 19 December, or seen or heard similar in other media including the BBC. [1]
We would like to clarify that there is a range of views about the future of the occupation.
There are occupiers[...]
By December 21, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Statement, Working Groups 5 Comments
Occupy London set to welcome thousands of visitors across Christmas and New Year with a host of events planned plus some special surprises too!
Expect irreverent fun and a continuation of the fight against social and economic injustice. All invited to get involved.
This evening looks set to be busy at Occupy London as the[...]
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By December 21, 2011 Tags: artists, Christmas, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Lowkey, mu, occupy london, OccupyLSX, SERTUC, TUC
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On Thursday 15 December, Occupy London was thrilled to welcome legendary civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson to St Paul’s Churchyard, alongside Bishop Wayne Malcolm (leading representative of the progressive majority black churches), Lee Jasper (co Chair of Black Activists Rising Against the Cuts (BARAC)) and 12-year-old blogger Libdemchild, who examines and unpacks how capitalism[...]
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By December 21, 2011 Category: News, Press, Statement, Working Groups 1 Comment
As the Occupy London Stock Exchange (OccupyLSX) occupation prepares to present its case at the High Court today, members of Occupy London alongside a group of military veterans – Occupy Veterans – have liberated a disused court house in London’s East End. The opening of Occupy London’s fourth occupation, will see the movement conducting “trials[...]
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By December 20, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Statement, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 10 Comments
As Occupy London Stock Exchange occupation prepares to present its case at the High Court today, Occupy London supporters have liberated a disused court house – Old Street Magistrate’s Court – in London‘s East End alongside a group of military veterans, Occupy Veterans.
The opening of Occupy London’s fourth occupation, will see the movement conducting[...]
By December 20, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Statement, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 17 Comments
City of London Guildhall Cleaners have declared support for Occupy London – part of the global movement for social and economic justice – as it prepares for the High Court today to defend its tented occupation at St Paul’s Churchyard just by the London Stock Exchange, against the legal action brought by the City of[...]
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By December 19, 2011 Tags: bank of ideas, city of london corporation, guildhall cleaners, high court, london living wage, occupy london, occupy-london-stock-exchange, OccupyLSX, sodexo, solidarity
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GA minutes, 18th December 2011
Facilitator: Ben
Co-facilitator: Vica
Minutes: Tina
Location: TCU
Start time: 19:20
End time: 22:20
Proposals that achieved consensus:
• mini-dome to be used as interim women’s shelter (proposed by Shelter working group)
• Shelter working group to become the frontline welcoming group at OLSX (proposed by Shelter working group)
Ben[...]
By December 19, 2011 Tags: General Assembly, minutes
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Minutes of the General Assembly (St Paul’s), 7pm Saturday 17th Dec 2011
Update from working groups
New working group: Environmental and economics. Every Saturday @ cafe Nero basement. Starts 7th January 3.30pm.
Shelter working group: Trying to make camp look neat and functional. Rota-every morning someone is clearing up. Lifting up tents for periods of[...]
By December 18, 2011 Category: General Assembly Minutes No Comments
