Finsbury Square eviction imminent
The potential forceful eviction of the Occupy London Finsbury Squarecamp is expected to happen in the early hours in the next few days, with residents choosing to mark the eviction with peaceful resistance. The potential eviction follows Justice Hickinbottom ruling on Friday at the High Court that Islington Borough Council has[...]
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By June 6, 2012 Tags: Carnival of Dirt, Finsbury Square eviction, Folk the Banks album release, Pilgrimage for Justice tomorrow
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Demands distributed en masse at UN meeting in New York
Sign-on petition website launched
Occupy London has joined with other members of the global Occupy movement to issue a radical sign-on statement calling on negotiators at the UN Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development to raise their ambition to the level that the science demands. Noting[...]
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By June 2, 2012 Tags: Ban-Ki Moon, exploitation, financial instituitions, Governments, growth, Malawi, Occupy Boston, occupy london, people, Petition, planet, profit, Rio Plus, Rio+20, UN, United Nations New Yorkk
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This Jubilee weekend, at noon on Sunday 3 June by the steps of St Paul’s, Occupy London invites you to its Occupy Democracy event. With speakers including John McDonnell MP, Donnachadh McCarthy, Peter Tatchell, Alberto Durango (IWW City Cleaners Branch), Dr Louise Irvine (NHS); plus representatives from the Jubilee Debt Campaign and Occupy London’s Real[...]
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By June 1, 2012 Tags: Alberto Durango (IWW City Cleaners Branch), Chartists, dance, debate, Democracy, Digger, discuss, Donnachadh McCarthy, Dr Louise Irvine (NHS), John McDonnell MP, Jubilee, Jubilee Debt Campaign, Levellers, listen, Occupy Democracy, occupy london, Occupy the Jubilee, participate, Peter Tatchell, Pirate, pirates' picnic, Punk, Real Democracy Working Group, Sufragettes
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The June edition of The Occupied Times is out this week, with a new format and the same dose of critical commentary and analysis our readers have come to expect.
The OT is switching to a magazine front-cover with illustrative artwork by returning artist Alex Charnley that depicts the havoc huge corporations are wreaking across[...]
By May 30, 2012 Tags: 56a, anti-horoscope, Banner Repeater, Black Gull Books, Blockupy, Carnival of Dirt, civil disobedience, community, corporocracy, criminal, crossword, Dan Hind, design, eviction, finsbury square, Folk the Banks, Glencore, Greenwash Gold, Housemans, Jubilee, London Review Bookshoop, Occupied Times, Occupied Times of London, Olympics, OT, PCC, Pilgrimage for Justice, protest, QAlex Charnley, Ray's Jazz Cafe, Richard Solly, Tales from the Grind, The Cockpit, Venezuela, Xstrata
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On the 22nd of May #OccupyOil will be holding a funeral procession for Dutch Shell Oil. In a turnaround we are calling for the end of Shell’s destructive behavior throughout the world, from the west coast of Ireland to the Niger Delta.
Many people have lost their lives resisting the behavior of this unethical company.[...]
By May 16, 2012 Tags: Shell #occupyoil
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This Saturday – #ConnectTheDots at St Paul’s; Today – Climate Justice Collective’s Big 6 Energy Bash
Supports Climate Justice Collective’s day of action against the Big 6 Energy companies today
Announces participation in international #ConnectTheDots environmental awareness day this weekend
Today – Big 6 Energy Bash
Following an eventful and inspiring May Day, Occupy London supporters are out in force today in support of Climate Justice Collective’s day of action. The[...]
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By May 3, 2012 Tags: #connectthedots, #occupymay, 350.org, big 6 energy bash, climate justice collective, st pauls
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Occupy London announces an Open Day on Tuesday 10 April as gets ready for Occupy May. Occupy London Stock Exchange was just the beginning. Calls you to help make May the beginning of a summer the one per cent will not forget.
Occupy London is set to strike back this May as people around the[...]
By April 5, 2012 Tags: 12m 15m, may, may 12, may 15, may day, occupy london, spring
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The following statement was passed at tonight’s General Assembly, which was held outside Westminster Abbey just across the road from the Houses of Parliament:
We send our support and warm wishes to Occupy Oakland from Occupy London. We unreservedly condemn the deliberate and planned police brutality and violence inflicted on non-violent Occupy protesters, including those[...]
By February 3, 2012 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Statement, Working Groups 2 Comments
Occupy London would like to clarify that the building mentioned in today’s Evening Standard is not an Occupy London building.
We have received the following statement from the group that occupied the building, which they have posted on the Evening Standard’s comments section (Please note that the first paragraph of the statement has been removed[...]
By February 3, 2012 Tags: evening standard, occupy london, squat, st pauls
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