From occupation to an army on the march — Occupy London’s student activists are to take to the streets again today over the Con-Dems’ education cuts. Up to 15,000 students, schoolchildren, parents and educators are expected to storm the Square Mile today, rallying outside the University of London in Malet […]
OccupyLSX is trying to establish itself as a place to help and protect society’s most vulnerable. This week, members of the occupation announced plans to set up a Welfare Centre at the camp to help the homeless, mentally ill and those with addiction problems. Already, the occupation has readily taken […]
OccupyLSX has spoken out against the G20 summit that began in Cannes, France today. The G20, a group of the world’s most powerful finance ministers and central bank governors is a controversial force, and is met by huge protest every year. The G20, which began in 1999, was set up […]
Tax the banks, Archbishop Rowan Williams said yesterday in what appeared to be an olive branch to campers after last week’s eviction uproar. The head of the Anglican church had until recently refused to comment on the occupation, now nearing its third week in St. Paul’s Square after police barred […]
Alessandro Petruzzi has become a familiar face to participants of the London occupation, who he feeds us daily. Working from a small, camp kitchen,a tent tucked on the right side of St Paul’s Cathedral, he provides at least 400 meal a day using food donated by supporters of the movement. A […]
The “Capitalism Is Crisis” banner might have come down, but there is a new centerpiece of (self-) expression at the St. Paul’s camp: A giant monopoly board that plays on discussions of greed and bailouts. The piece was donated to the camp by an unnamed artist ahead of the Monopoly Bike Ride […]
LONDON (OPC) — Activists in London celebrated Tuesday as St Paul’s Cathedral and city councillors pulled out of plans to break up the protest camp on the church’s doorstep. More than 250 campers from Occupy London Stock Exchange have held St. Paul’s Square for more than a fortnight after police barred them from the […]
St. Paul’s Cathedral have suspended joint legal action with the Corporation of London against protestors. The move comes following the resignations of Canon Giles Fraser last week and the cathedral’s Dean, Graeme Knowles, yesterday. Occupier Wail Qasim said on hearing the news, “the church’s move is a culmination of their own internal debate and […]
Camp residents voiced anger this week as clergy and councillors alike threatened legal action to force them from a public square. Between 200-300 campers from Occupy London Stock Exchange have held St Paul’s Square for more than a fortnight after police barred them from the privately-owned Paternoster Square directly outside […]
After weeks of ignoring the occupiers camped outside St Paul’s, the cathedral has agreed to open dialogue, but only after it sought legal action to evict occupiers. On Sunday, the Dean of St Paul’s Graeme Knowles and the Bishop of London Dr Richard Chartres met with the occupiers to listen […]