The Occupy Gandhi Three Update by Donnachadh McCarthy
(Update on my Gandhi arrest!)
At 11.30am on Monday – three things were happening for me simultaneuously.
RUNNYMEDE TALK
I was giving the talk that I was invited to give about The Prostitute State at the Runnymede Eco-Village Festival of Democracy which was surrounded by police, illegally[…]
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By June 17, 2015 Category: An Occupier’s Perspective, Democracy Action Working Group, Livestream, News No Comments 
Runnymede Festival of Democracy Lives!!
I contacted the Festival organisers last night to see if they still wanted me to do my talk on The Prostitute State – How Britain’s Democracy Has Been Bought at the Festival on Monday at 11am and this is the text I got back:
“Yes we do! Determined festival goers[…]
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By June 14, 2015 Category: An Occupier’s Perspective, Democracy Action Working Group, News No Comments
In The Shadow of Magna Carta by Donnachadh McCarthy
“Brutal, really. Bloody Brutal.”
Runnymede Eco-village which was the subject of this lovely pictorial article on this week’s BBC Online and which is staging the Runnymede Festival of Democracy at which I am to speak about the The Prostitute State and the corruption of Britain’s democracy[…]
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By June 13, 2015 Category: An Occupier’s Perspective, News No Comments
My / our rational reaction to irrational corporate insanity? by Donnachadh McCarthy
On Monday morning I have my first preliminary hearing in court for the criminal offence of chanting in a tiny pop up tent at the feet of the Gandhi statue in Parliament Square. The meditation protest was calling for the criminalisation[…] Read more →
By May 30, 2015 Category: An Occupier’s Perspective, Fracking News, News No Comments
How ironic on the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the “right to a trial” has now been made a “right to a fair trial for the rich”….by Donnachadh McCarthy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32078676
This has very serious consequences for the right to democratic protest.
It is pretty gut-wrenching that this one of the last acts[…]
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By April 2, 2015 Category: An Occupier’s Perspective, Democracy Action Working Group No Comments
Tuesday 24th March – Democracy Theme Day
10am: Taking The Space – 1 London Bridge Street, SE1
11am: History of the Wapping Dispute – Paul (News International Dispute Archive)
Nicola Branch Hillsborough Justice campaign speaking at Occupy Rupert Murdoch 24-03-2015
1pm: Delivering Local Actions Nationally – Gail Bradbrook (A Compassionate Revolutionary)
3.00pm: The Media &[…] Read more →
By March 25, 2015 Category: An Occupier’s Perspective, News No Comments
Every cause is hindered, many truths are held back and disharmony, mischief, divisiveness and far worse, caused by corporate controlled media. When facing the clear danger of technologies like fracking and issues like nuclear waste disposal – we face the hurdle of the media every step of the way. NO-ONE who had access to facts,[…] Read more →
By March 25, 2015 Category: Democracy Action Working Group, Livestream, News No Comments
Wrongful arrest update! Good News. By Donnachadh Mccarthy
Just a quick note to say that the police have informed my solicitor that no charges will be laid against me after their aggressive over the top mauling of me at the Occupy Democracy peacful protest in Tarpaulin Square on Saturday evening.
Huge thanks to the huge[…]
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By February 18, 2015 Category: An Occupier’s Perspective, Democracy Action Working Group, News No Comments
Barnet Greens Talk: The Prostitute State by Donnachadh McCarthy.
This video explains the Prostitute State and what happened to the mainstream neo-liberal parties. How they were bought by the corporations. It also points to the problems faced by the Green Party, especially when they get closer to the seat of power.
LINKS:
The Prostitute State[…]
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By December 9, 2014 Category: An Occupier’s Perspective, Livestream No Comments
