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December Call Out from #occupydemocracy…
Many Happy Returns!
Occupy Democracy will be returning to Parliament Square at least once a month until the General Election in May 2015.
The next occupation will take place over the weekend of the 20-21st December.
Join us, from 11am on Saturday 20th December, to remind[…]
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December 3, 2014 Category: Democracy Action Working Group, News No Comments 
A few of the streams from the November Occupy Parliament Square.
Free Nelson Mandela.
East End Howler
Natalie Bennett, Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Lock On and Talk about the Prostitute State
Divest London
Jeremy from Quebec Student Movement. Part 1
Jeremy from Quebec Student Movement. Part 2[…]
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November 28, 2014 Category: Democracy Action Working Group, Livestream No Comments
Invitation from FuelPovAction:
On the day the government reveals how many people died last year from the effects of fuel poverty, join Fuel Poverty Action and Reclaim the Power to demand ‘No More Deaths from Fuel Poverty: Energy Rights Now!’
We’ll be meeting outside the Institute of Directors, on Pall Mall before marching to Energy[…]
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November 28, 2014 Category: Livestream, News No Comments
Crossposted from Craig Murray, Criminal
Here I am making an illegal speech to an illegal gathering.
Craig Murray FCO Whistleblower Occupy Democracy
I was witness to an extraordinary example of the use of “anti-terrorist” laws to deny democracy. The whole of Parliament Square, College Green and Canning Green were closed off with high Heras fencing,[…]
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November 25, 2014 Category: Democracy Action Working Group, Guest blog, Livestream No Comments
I had the privilege of being invited to a film screening about Palestinian lives. The film was screened by the Islington Palestine Solidarity Group, which made many in the audience weep.
The Israel propaganda machine is running overtime to keep stories like those of Mona Samouni and Fida Qishta from the mainstream media.[…]
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November 25, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, Livestream No Comments
#OccupyDemocracy to re-occupy Parliament Square 20-21 December; invites pro-democracy supporters to get involved
Following an eventful weekend, #occupydemocracy ended the occupation of Parliament Square peacefully, announcing an intention to return to Parliament Square over the weekend of 20-21 December.
At an open assembly on Sunday evening outside the Houses of Parliament, supporters of […]
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November 24, 2014 Category: Democracy Action Working Group, News No Comments
#OccupyDemocracy ‘s programme of talks continued today, undeterred by over-policing, the enclosure of Parliament Square and the late November chill.
At about 3:30pm this afternoon Occupy supporter Arran locked on to the railings of the Houses of Parliament.
The focus of the #occupydemocracy demonstration has now moved directly in front of the Houses of[…]
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November 23, 2014 Category: Democracy Action Working Group, News No Comments
Donnachadh McCarthy, author of ‘The Prostitute State’, former Deputy Chair of the Lib Dems and supporter of Occupy, was arrested last night at the protests at Parliament Square. [1] The arrest happened when more than 200 #occupydemocracy demonstrators descended on Parliament Square, with the aim of creating a peaceful, solutions-focused occupation to highlight the democratic[…]
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November 22, 2014 Category: Democracy Action Working Group, News, Press releases No Comments
Occupy Democracy returned to Parliament Square on Friday November 21. Solidarity with the Big NHS Sleep Out was followed by an attempt to welcome newcomers to Parliament Square ahead of an Occupy, consensus-based assembly where every voice counts. Peaceful people seeking an opportunity to demonstrate real democracy were faced with rows upon rows of police.[…]
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November 21, 2014 Category: Democracy Action Working Group, News No Comments
