Occupy London has highlighted how our right to the city is being undermined by the privatization of space which puts much the City out of bounds to ordinary people and protest. We must reverse this process of enclosure and create our city together.
Reimagining the city is a day of walking, exploring, playing, and mapping[...]
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By November 17, 2011 Category: Press, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 8 Comments 
Bankers4Boris, who held a thank you party for Boris Johnson outside the Mayor’s office yesterday morning (Wednesday) have been distressed by some of the press coverage they have received.
They have written to us asking that we give their side of the story. Occupy London is an inclusive movement and, as such, we are of[...]
By November 17, 2011 Tags: bankers4boris, boris johnson, mayor of london
Category: Press, Working Groups 5 Comments
WHEN: Today 5.00pm
WHERE: OccupyLSX, between St Paul’s Cathedral and the London Stock Exchange
WHO: John Cooper QC, Occupy London supporters tbc
WHAT: Occupy London will mark the passing of the City of London Corporation’s ‘notice to leave’ deadline today with a statement to occupiers, friends and assembled media. Occupy London’s barrister John Cooper QC[...]
By November 17, 2011 Category: Press, Press releases, Working Groups No Comments
November 17th 1973: Greek people stood up against the military dictatorship
November 17th 2011: Greek people are standing up against the dictatorship of financial markets
Occupy London and the Tent City University invite you to attend an event on Thursday 17th at 8:00 pm, to shed light on the current situation in Greece through films[...]
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By November 16, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 31 Comments
Occupy London acknowledges receipt of the ‘notice to remove’ issued by the City of London Corporation. Our legal team is studying the document carefully. [1]
Last week, Occupy London presented our formal response to the City of London Corporation. We have never received a response to this offer. Instead, the Corporation has opted to break[...]
By November 16, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Statement, Working Groups 36 Comments
As expected, today the Occupy London Stock Exchange site (OccupyLSX) has been served with eviction notices by the City of London Corporation. We will be posting our response shortly but thought it important that you see the documents themselves as soon as possible. To aid in review of the text, here is a transcript.
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By November 16, 2011 Category: News, Press, Working Groups 82 Comments
Today the City of London Corporation announced that they intend to recommence their legal action against us under the Highways Act.
As a movement, Occupy London believes in bringing divergent views together in a spirit of open discussion, with the intention of reaching consensus. We are therefore disappointed that the City of London Corporation has [...]
By November 15, 2011 Tags: city of london, highways act, occupy, occupy london, occupy-london-stock-exchange, OccupyLondon, OccupyLSX, statement, stuart fraser, welfare
Category: Press, Press releases, Working Groups 117 Comments
Occupy London held a solidarity demonstration outside the US Embassy today (Tuesday) following the eviction of Occupy Wall Street protestors from Zucotti Park in the early hours of this morning. Occupiers unfurled a banner reading, “They cannot evict an idea” as police blocked access to the embassy.
Six American citizens from Occupy London wanted to[...]
By November 15, 2011 Tags: assad, denver, eviction, hilary clinton, justice department, mubarak, new york, oakland, occupy london, occupy wall street, OccupyLSX, state department, US embassy, usa, wall street
Category: News, Press, Working Groups 17 Comments
David Harvey, Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York spoke last week to the occupiers outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Here’s a video of his speech, in which he argues “one of the things that I think we’re learning over the last few years actually and particularly over the last few[...]
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By November 15, 2011 Category: Press, Working Groups 3 Comments
