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Black Against Empire: Joshua Bloom Interview

Black Against Empire: Joshua Bloom Interview

The OT recently spoke in depth with Joshua Bloom, co-author of the 2013 award-winning book ‘Black Against Empire’, about the history, politics and thought of the Black Panther Party.  The OT One of the central arguments in Black Against Empire is that what lay behind the Black Panther Party’s growth and […]

Black Against Empire: Joshua Bloom Interview 3/3

Black Against Empire: Joshua Bloom Interview 3/3

The OT recently spoke in depth with Joshua Bloom, co-author of the 2013 award-winning book ‘Black Against Empire’, about the history, politics and thought of the Black Panther Party. We have split the interview into three sections – Part 1 / Part 2 and the final part: OT The time in which the BPP were […]

Black Against Empire: Joshua Bloom Interview 2/3

Black Against Empire: Joshua Bloom Interview 2/3

The OT recently spoke in depth with Joshua Bloom, co-author of the 2013 award-winning book ‘Black Against Empire’, about the history, politics and thought of the Black Panther Party. We have split the interview into three sections. The first part of this interview can be found here. Here is the second part: OT The […]

Black Against Empire: Joshua Bloom Interview 1/3

Black Against Empire: Joshua Bloom Interview 1/3

The OT recently spoke in depth with Joshua Bloom, co-author of the 2013 award-winning book ‘Black Against Empire’, about the history, politics and thought of the Black Panther Party. We have split the interview into three sections. Here is the first part. The OT One of the central arguments in Black […]

Book Bloc: A Collective Development

Book Bloc: A Collective Development

The book bloc has been a visible feature of a number of protests since 2010, appearing in actions in a number of countries. Gavin Grindon is co-curating a new exhibition called Disobedient Objects at the V&A, which collects a number of “the objects of movements”. He spoke with Luther and […]

Interviews: Life On the Streets

Interviews: Life On the Streets

As part of this section focussing on homelessness, we spoke to two homeless occupiers about the reality of life on the streets and what society should be doing to tackle the problem. The Occupied Times: How long have you been homeless? Kay: Well this is the second time I became […]

Interview with George Barda, Litigant-in-Person

The Occupied Times: What was the legal substance of the case? George: The legal position I advanced was that the alleged harms accompanying the presence of the camp were negligible compared with the actual and potential benefits. Three brilliant witnesses showed that Occupy has benefited society by bringing focus to issues […]

On ‘Real Democracy Now’ with Arcadi Oliveres

The Occupied Times speaks to Spanish economist Arcadi Oliveres about the Real Democracy Now movement and the failure of neoliberalism. Laura Alvarez: What is ‘Real Democracy Now’ (RDN)? Arcadi Oliveres: I think it is a movement that came to light on May 2011, although it probably originated a long time […]