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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 [...]
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November 26, 2011 Category: News, Press, Working Groups No Comments 
Today (Saturday) police were called when a 77 year old man scaled the front of the UBS office on Sun Street, London – not to be confused with the UBS-owned office building just opposite, which currently houses the Occupy London-associated community centre, Bank of Ideas.
At around 3pm a group of pensioners assembled outside the[...]
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November 26, 2011 Tags: brian, direct action, john mcdonnell, pensioner, pensioners, shared appreciation mortgages, ubs
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In light of the continuing, highly disturbing, intimidation of Egyptian activists and journalists, Occupy London has issued a second statement of solidarity with our friends fighting for democracy in Tahrir Square.
“We, Occupy London, send our solidarity to the revolutionaries in all of Egypt’s Tahrir Squares, and support their demands.
We denounce the killing of[...]
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November 26, 2011 Category: Press, Working Groups 1 Comment
We are very excited to have John Holloway (Professor, Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla), one of the world’s leading theorists of capitalism and resistance, come to speak to us tomorrow at 5.30pm in front of the steps of St. Paul’s.
His book Change the World Without Taking Power has[...]
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November 25, 2011 Category: News, Press, Working Groups No Comments
OccupyLSX to host solidarity rally on 17th December
A beefed up City of London police presence greeted Occupy London activists demanding the freedom of Bradley Manning on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral in London yesterday (Thursday). US Ambassador Louis Susman was attending the annual Thanksgiving service at the cathedral along with a sizable number[...]
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November 25, 2011 Tags: 17 december, article 32 hearing, bradley manning, occupy london, OccupyLSX, solidarity rally, UN special rapporteur on torture
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The largest strike action of a generation will take place on Wednesday 30th November.
Occupy London wholeheartedly supports the strike action by over 3 milion workers fighting for their pensions and a better society.
The government is attacking the people with unjust, unequal and unneccesary austerity measures. The banks got bailed out, we got sold[...]
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November 25, 2011 Category: Press, Working Groups No Comments
2pm Friday 25 November, Tent City University, Occupy London Stock Exchange site at St Paul’s Churchyard
Speaker: Selma James, Global Women’s Strike. Co-author of the women’s movement classic,Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community, and Marx and Feminism, and Sex, Race and Class.
Followed by discussion.
SELMA JAMES is a women’s rights, anti-racist[...]
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November 24, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Working Groups 4 Comments
Peaceful carol singing and present delivery for the bankers as we approach that special time of year for them, bonus time. This will take place outside bailed out banks with the singing led by the 3 Kings of the 1 per cent: David Cameron, George Osborne and Boris Johnson
When and where?
Meet 2pm –[...]
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November 24, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 7 Comments
