Environmental activists occupying the West Burton Gas power plant in Nottinghamshire have so far prevented 10,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions from reaching the atmosphere. One of the No Dash for Gas activists, Ewa, said, “When we did the maths this morning and realised what an environmental impact we’re making, it suddenly […]
The Occupied Times has joined with The Anticapitalist Initiative, Ceasefire Magazine, Globalise Resistance, New Left Project, The Platypus Affiliated Society and Pluto Press to organise Up The Anti: Reclaim The Future. The not-for-profit event will take place on Saturday December 1 at Queen Mary University, not far from Mile End […]
A new fund set up to support communities, campaign groups and activists was launched earlier this month. The Edge Fund has been set up by donors, activists, and people from communities facing injustice and aims to make “grants with a difference, supporting justice and seeking change from below,” while prioritising […]
From October 27 until November 11 2012, the New Putney Debates will tackle a wide range of issues including the economy, finance, real democracy, food, the law and democracy, capitalism and land ownership. Held 365 years ago, the original Putney Debates were a high point of the English Revolution, focusing […]
This year’s Anarchist Bookfair will be held at Queen Mary, University of London on the Mile End Road on Saturday October 27, 10am-7pm. The Anarchist Bookfair is one of the bigger public events in London’s radical calendar, providing an opportunity for people interested in the anarchist tradition to find out […]
Four days of action by anti-nuclear protesters culminated in a mass trespass at Hinkley Point power station in Somerset on October 8. Activists occupied common land close to the power station, securing a protest camp site and erecting a tin-roofed wooden headquarters and solar panels overnight. Kitchen, campfire and a […]
In July of last year, a new hashtag began multiplying across Twitter. A few months passed by, bringing with it the beginnings of a new ”mental environment”. Saturday 17 September 2011 marked the physical birth of Occupy Wall Street as people gathered in Manhattan’s financial district of New York City […]
On 21 August 2008 local musician Sean Nicholas Rigg was killed by police at Brixton Police Station. On the 4th anniversary of his death, over 200 people attended the Sean Rigg Public Memorial held at Lambeth Town Hall organised by the Sean Rigg Justice and Change Campaign and in association with Black Mental […]
John Ranson, one of the arrestees from November 30, gives an account of his experience of the case. Eight months after being spuriously charged with burglary, imprisoned overnight and deprived of our clothes and shoes before being released to find our way home in the small hours, the sixteen of […]
On July 21st 2012, residents of the Carpenters Estate in Stratford, East London, were denied access to their home by BBC security personnel and police, who refused to explain their actions. After an hour of obfuscation, the police admitted that they had no legal powers to prevent families entering their own […]