This action has the potential to ignite a movement for democratic change in this country. Democracy and the way it is practised, has always been a key principle of the Occupy movement. We want to campaign for a genuine democratic government free from corporate influence.
We would like to invite all the movements that have[…]
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By April 11, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective 6 Comments 
Not On the BBC. Livestream footage of Tony Benn’s Funeral.
#TonyBenn. #TurnoutforTony.
Parliament Square, Outside St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey. Supporters of Tony Benn coming down to pay their respects.
http://bambuser.com/v/4481121
Arrival of funeral procession.
http://bambuser.com/v/4481186
30 minutes after I stopped livestreaming, we found out that the BBC was not covering the funeral, so I[…]
By March 28, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective No Comments
(I’ve re written the poem ‘if’)
If you can keep your footing when all about you
Are losing theirs and being battered by the tau
If you can trust yourself when all others attack you,
But make allowance for their attacking too;
If you can wait for lorries,and not be tired by waiting,
Or being[…]
By March 25, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective No Comments
Two events that inspired our Accidental Anarchist; two reports with pics and film footage.
International Day Against Fascism
(Click through to the Accidental Anarchist blog)
Bob Crow – What a Man
(Click through to the Accidental Anarchist blog)[…]
By March 24, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective No Comments
Polly Higgins spoke at the London School of Economics at an event aptly called What Is to Be Done?. With a line of speakers likened by Andrew Simms from Global Witness as being in a ‘sweetie shop full of my favorite people’, Polly began the evening talking about Ecocide and why implementing it as[…]
By March 5, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective No Comments
Dear Occupiers,
On the second anniversary of the violent eviction of OLSX camp, bathed in sunshine, mercifully free of keening wind, the steps of St Paul’s were filled with occupiers old and new. We had one of the best general assemblies ever, with an astonishing 4 proposals unanimously passed, working group feed back, speakers, discussion[…]
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By March 2, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective No Comments
The meeting room used for the consultation on water cannon only has room for 160 people.
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/mayor/webcasts
The Metropolitan Police are asking Mayor Boris Johnson to allow the use of water cannons on protesters in London. Apparently there are more protests expected in the coming years, due largely to the impact of austerity cuts on[…]
By February 17, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective No Comments
Greater Manchester Police arresting Barton Moss Protectors for Aggravated Trespass on Public Footpath?
I got up to site to see the GMP up there, threatening my tribe.
Graham was on top of the lorry, bless him, and happy, but they then began to move the tanker with him on top of it. It was pouring[…]
By February 15, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective No Comments
Being a stylist as well as an activist, I decided it was time to take the fracking protest to London Fashion Week (LFW). I think it is time the media and the public realise that activists come from all walks of life and not just the fringes of society. It is all of our duty[…]
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By February 13, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective No Comments
