The Up The Anti (UTA) conference on 1 December aimed to budge the entrenched positions of ‘the Left’. Activists from a broad range of political backgrounds attended and engaged in healthy debates during panel discussions, Q&A sessions and in breakout groups, and united around a number of specific issues, such […]
In the run up to the Energy Bill published on 29 November 2012, which leading environmentalists agree gives covert subsidies to the nuclear industry, activists blockaded two of EDF Energy’s nuclear power stations. Subsidies for nuclear power will come via two sources: ‘contracts for difference’ that allow utilities to claim […]
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 […]