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Saturday 10 December is the International Day of Human Rights. On this symbolic date, Occupy London wants to answer a recent call for an International Day of Action.
At OccupyLSX by St Paul’s Cathedral, we will devote the WEEKEND to explore the state of human rights around the world, and to rethink them critically for[...]
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December 10, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Statement, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 5 Comments 
Updated with transcript of interview at bottom
Occupy London invites people to get involved in global movement for social and economic justice
Calls people to get involved and submit witness statements in support of legal case for St Paul’s occupation – deadline 3pm today
Following the surprise thank you gig by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Massive[...]
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December 9, 2011 Tags: massive attack, occupy, occupy everywhere, occupy london, OccupyLSX, radiohead, thom yorke
Category: News, Press, Press releases, Previous Action, Statement, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 6 Comments
When: Sat 10th December, 2011 – From 12.30 onwards (NB. time may alter slightly)
Where: Occupy London Stock Exchange at St Paul’s Churchyard
This Saturday Professor Kevin Dowd and Gordon Kerr of Cobden Partners (consultancy firm seeking to help small to modest size nations whose banking systems have either collapsed or are in great difficulty)[...]
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December 9, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 2 Comments
For full event listings, please visit: http://occupylsx.org/?page_id=176 (for events at St Paul’s and Finsbury Square), http://www.bankofideas.org.uk/events/ (for events at the Bank of Ideas)
General Assemblies: 7pm every day at St Paul’s. Do check website for changes.
Monday 12 December
The Play of the Nation-State and the Play that Comes After it That isn’t Neo-Liberal
Where:[...]
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December 9, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Statement, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 1 Comment
At this Saturday’s lunchtime General Assembly at 1pm at at St Paul’s we will be preparing for Occupy Everywhere Day (Thursday 15 December).
We’d like to invite you to come along and get involved and help to plan together to anything from info stall to guerilla gardening, flashmobs to teach outs with the aim[...]
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December 8, 2011 Category: News, Press, Statement, Upcoming Action, Working Groups No Comments
*** Update – minutes for the meeting with the FSA are now available at Occupy London meets FSA – Minutes 7 December 2011 ***
Following meeting with FSA, Occupy London’s Economics Working Group publishes first statement calling for banks and financial institutions to be accountable to society, a clampdown on tax avoidance and the need[...]
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December 8, 2011 Tags: ango-suisse capital, City of London police, financial services authority, fsa, hector sants, john wilkes, london stock exchange, occupy london, OccupyLSX, Polly-Toynbee, richard chartres, richard paton, treasury select committee
Category: News, Press, Press releases, Working Groups 19 Comments
The Bank of Ideas was at the High Court today to hear Mr Justice Roth’s verdict on the two separate cases launched by UBS against the arts and community space, the Bank of Ideas. [1]
Mr Justice Roth did not set aside the injunction or the possession order but accepted that the claims made by[...]
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December 7, 2011 Tags: bank of ideas, high court, injunction, possession order, sun street, ubs
Category: News, Press, Press releases, Working Groups 6 Comments
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Massive Attack’s 3D & Tim Goldsworthy of UNKLE played a surprise thank you gig last night at Occupy London in support of the global movement for social and economic justice.
Occupy London’s alternative UBS office Xmas party featuring poets, dancers and comedians was joined by some very special anti-corporate entertainment in the[...]
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December 7, 2011 Tags: #occupywallstreet, #ows, 3d, adam fitzmaurice, albert hammond junior, babyshambles, bank of ideas, massive attack, occupation records, occupy, occupy everywhere, occupy london, occupy radio, OccupyLondon, OccupyLSX, public repossession, radiohead, robert del naja 'd, sun street, the strokes, thom yorke, tim goldsworthy, ubs xmas party, unkle
Category: News, Press, Press releases, Previous Action, Statement, Upcoming Action, Working Groups 6 Comments
Conservative Future will hold their ‘Back Boris Student Bootcamp’ today, with Tory Mayor of London Boris Johnson, telling students how they can support his bid for re-election in May.
Occupy London’s ‘Boot Out Boris’ peaceful protest will take place outside the event today from 5pm-6.30pm. Protesters will assemble outside the main entrance of King’s College[...]
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December 7, 2011 Category: News, Press, Press releases, Statement, Working Groups 3 Comments
