Occupy London – part of the global movement for social and economic justice – today highlighted the corporate greed endemic in the UK and called for a change within society.
About 60 protestors gained entry into the offices of mining company Xstrata, a ‘leading light’ of the FTSE 100 and British industry to highlight the[...]
Archive for ‘News’
By November 30, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Previous Action, Statement, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 72 Comments 
occupy supports the strike
come join us at 7am, liverpool street station on november 30th!
on the day, follow @occupylsx, #occupyn30 for updates and instructions
[...]
By November 29, 2011 Tags: action, n30, olsx, strike
Category: News, Press, Previous Action, Working Groups 7 Comments
Bankers organisation Bankers4Boris today called on Chancellor George Osborne to adopt a range of Boris Johnson’s policies in his autumn budget statement.
The group of bankers believe that, given the long-standing friendship between Osborne and Johnson, they should keep learning from each other on how to deal with the bottom 99%.
Bankers4Boris spokesman Ivor Lotadosh[...]
By November 29, 2011 Tags: bankers4boris, boris barometer, boris johnson, budget statement, george osborne
Category: News, Press, Press releases, Working Groups 1 Comment
For full event listings, please visit:
http://occupylsx.org/?page_id=176 (for events at OccupyLSX – St Paul’s and OccupyLFS – Finsbury Square)
http://www.bankofideas.org.uk/events/ (for events at the Bank of Ideas)
This week’s General Assemblies: 7pm every day at Occupy London Stock Exchange site by the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral
Tuesday: Decentralisation (initial discussion) – The first chance[...]
Read more →
By November 29, 2011 Tags: Alex Fanghanel, bank of ideas, conform, danny dorling, finsbury square, gene sharp, how to start a revolution, Jason Lim, london, martin wilding davies, n30, occupy, occupy london, occupylfs, OccupyLSX, robert skidelsky, Ruaridh Arrow, st pauls, sturdyblog
Category: News, Press, Press releases, Statement, Upcoming Action, Working Groups No Comments
The Bank of Ideas were at the High Court this morning to challenge a UBS ex parte injunction against “protest activities” being held at the Occupy London-associated community centre on Sun Street.
A second hearing had been scheduled for Friday 2nd December to hear arguments related to a UBS possession order on the property. In[...]
By November 28, 2011 Tags: bank of ideas, high court, injunction, possession order, sun street, ubs
Category: News, Press, Working Groups 8 Comments
Occupy London Stock Exchange camp at St Paul’s Churchyard got a surprise visit from Alan Bennett, when he dropped in for a tour of the camp on Friday and had a cup of tea at the Tea and Empathy Tent.
To the camp’s delight, Alan was able to spent a little time and read a[...]
By November 28, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Working Groups 9 Comments
On Sunday 27 November, Tanya and Mark, representatives from Occupy London’s Multifaith and Belief working group, went to speak to the congregation of St Peter’s Church in Bethnal Green as part of an ongoing invitation from the Church to the camp.
The Revd Angus Richie and Revd Adam Atkinson facilitated this as a friendly interview[...]
By November 28, 2011 Category: News, Press, Statement, Working Groups No Comments
Sitting in Tent City University earlier today, we suddenly heard the revving of lots of bikes and lots of people ran out to see what was happening.
In a surprise visit, about a 100 or so bikers came to Occupy London, to show their solidarity and stopped for 10 minutes or so, revving their engines[...]
By November 26, 2011 Category: News, Press, Statement, Working Groups 5 Comments
On Sunday 27th November, socio-political comedian Benjamin Crellin will perform two free back-to-back comedy shows for Occupy London supporters at St Paul’s Cathedral (5pm) and Bank of Ideas on Sun Street (6.10pm).
Benjamin said: “I’ve visited the site several times now and I’ve decided I really want to contribute. Unfortunately, due to my limited skill [...]
Read more →
By November 26, 2011 Category: News, Press, Working Groups No Comments
