Punk-inspired designer Vivienne Westwood has told occupiers to regain their fighting strength through art. Westwood spoke to occupiers at St Paul’s on Saturday, and said what they were doing was “absolutely wonderful.” She spoke out against consumer culture, and said people should put more effort into appreciating the arts. “An […]
Legal action against OccupyLSX protesters is underway, but occupiers remain unfazed. At the time of print, the City of London Corporation was planning on taking occupiers to the high court to start an eviction process. The City considered the St Paul’s occupation a trespass on its public highways and said […]
Occupation activists were left reeling this week after a London court quashed video evidence from the Fortnum Fifty, ruling that police made “no explicit or implicit promise” not to arrest them.The first 10 defendants sat in stunned silence at Westminster Magistrates’ Court as a district judge convicted them of aggravated […]
The day after OccupyLSX protestors were told they would be going to court over the St Paul’s occupation, they defiantly took a new space in Hackney. An abandoned office block – once used by investment bank UBS – will be turned into a Bank of Ideas and opened this Saturday. Occupiers intend […]
Campers, construction workers and student activists alike have been left steaming over heavy-handed policing at last week’s protests. An estimated 10,000 university students, schoolchildren and parents swarmed through the city centre last Wednesday to protest the government’s higher education agenda — described by organisers the National Campaign Against Fees and […]
Westminster’s war on squatters will hit protest camps next, housing activists have warned. Members of Squatters’ Action For Secure Homes issued a call for solidarity this week after 15 appeared in Westminster Magistrates Court charged with unlawful assembly for their part in an overnight protest outside Parliament. The activists’ lawyer […]
Thefts, drunken abuse, paranoid schizophrenics, argumentative bankers, copious amounts of coffee and plenty of pacing is all in a night’s voluntary work for one of the toughest roles in the OccupyLSX movement. I just discovered a convenient option for cannabis enthusiasts in Calgary – yyc weed delivery services offer a […]
A movement is bubbling away in the supply tent at OccupyLSX to get a marginalised voice in society heard. They are Occupy our Future, a youth movement using OccupyLSX as their base to gather momentum and reach out. ‘We were sitting in the General Assembly in the first week, but […]
While the City of London Corporation itches to rid St Paul’s of OccupyLSX campers, Finsbury Square campers are getting advice on how to make their camp more sustainable – from the landowners. The occupation has been in talks with the Islington Council, whose land the camp is on. Finsbury Square […]
“What better place than here? What better time than now?” The words roared through the frosty air around St Paul’s last Wednesday as anti-capitalist rocker Tom Morello led campers and student demonstrators in a literal rage against the machine. Morello, best known for playing guitar in activist band Rage Against […]