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#OccupyLSX – General Assembly Minutes 3/11/2011 7pm

Working group feedback
- Shelter
Green pegs will be used to mark empty tents, making it easier for new coming to join. The group is meeting at 10am tomorrow (4 November), if anyone would like to volunteer.
- First aid
Call for volunteers. Everyone needs to work together to keep the environment clean, make sure[...]

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Important Occupy London call for welfare assistance

After just over two weeks, our tented city standing in the protective shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral is a becoming a real community. But we are still part of London and we share some of the problems of that great city.
London is the 5th wealthiest city in the world and one of the world’s[...]

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Occupy London's reaction to Canary Wharf injunction

Occupy London was intrigued to learn this morning that Canary Wharf Group plc has obtained a high court injunction preventing “any persons unknown remaining on the Canary Wharf estate in connection to protest action.” We understand that this court order will remain in place indefinitely.
We would like to take this opportunity to reassure Canary[...]

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Occupy London solidarity protest with Syria: St Paul’s – The Road to Damascus

Today visitors and occupiers at Occupy London Stock Exchange (OccupyLSX) will get to take part in a cross-cultural joint solidarity protest with the Syrian people. During the course of this event there will be the first ever live broadcast in the UK of a Syrian protest from an undisclosed location in Syria.
Aimed at promoting[...]

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Occupy London says "Let the G7billion decide our future, not the G20"

Occupy London says let the G7billion decide our future, not the G20
As G20 leaders meet in Cannes this week, Occupy London Stock Exchange (OccupyLSX) has released a statement to occupations across the world to spark the process of creating a unified global statement that reflects the grievances and goals of the movement.
At OccupyLSX’s[...]

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OccupyLSX weighs up offer from Corporation of London

Occupy London Stock Exchange (OccupyLSX) today met with the Corporation of London at their request.  There were seven representatives from OccupyLSX including its legal representative, Paul Ridge of Bindmans, and two representatives from the Corporation.
The Corporation said that they had no objection to the camp continuing until New Year, with the only condition being[...]

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Portraits from Occupy London – Ed Thompson

With this work I aimed to show another side to the Occupiers, to illustrate the level of organisation and compassion that is happening. There are no villains in this photo-series; the only city worker I photographed is depicted donating cheese to the occupiers. Instead I want the images to provoke a wider respect and understanding[...]

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Occupy London says let the G7billion decide our future, not the G20

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Occupy London says let the G7billion decide our future, not the G20
As G20 leaders meet in Cannes, Occupy London Stock Exchange (OccupyLSX) has[...]

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G20 Statement from Occupy London

With the G20 starting today, Occupy London General Assembly has agreed on its proposal for a shared statement of the global occupy movement to the G20 counter-summit and worldwide occupations.This statement is a work in progress. It is therefore offered as a beginning of a dialogue. We want assemblies around the world to collaborate and[...]

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