“Communication from the top came exclusively in the company’s own specialised brand of corporate Klingon, and often contained examples from the very top drawer of management drivel” It started with a call from the temp agency. I had a telephone interview the next day and the recruiter recommended I do […]
As a response to Israel’s incessant expansionism, attacks on the Palestinian people and violations of international human rights agreements, Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) until Israel complies with international law and Palestinian rights. This call, made in 2005, was endorsed by […]
Four million Britons have financed their Christmas using payday loans. This is not a statistic about greed or a lack of ‘personal responsibility’. On average, people have spent less on festivities this year. Instead, the figures point to an economy built upon debt. Unsecured loans with staggeringly high interest rates […]
Alan Moore is a writer and anarchist, and the author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Having written for us back in January, Moore returns to the OT to discuss anarchy, war, and the roots of the modern education system. OT: Having previously suggested that many of the problems humanity faces […]
As The Occupied Times reaches its first birthday, it is a good time to reflect on the past 12 months. We set out to use print and digital platforms to publish a plurality of views; not simply those of established writers and professional ‘journalists’ invested with credibility by the mainstream […]
It has been a pretty life-changing 10 months since I took a tent and became part of the Occupy movement in London. Following eviction, I came home to Blackpool in Lancashire and found the mining company, Cuadrilla, breezing through plans for shale gas exploration and exploitation of the Bowland Shale in the region […]
Every day millions of people struggle against the conditions capital imposes on society. People are confronted by economic and social injustice, environmental degradation, and the threat of war. Popular democracy appears when people begin to act together to organise protests, demonstrations, strikes, occupations, and revolutions. The appeal of democracy is universal […]
“I was ushered silently towards one of our larger conference rooms where a file was placed on the desk” The media production industry is not glamourous. It is the sound of air conditioning. The smell of organic herbal teas. Rows of silent men sitting in darkened rooms hunched over graphics tablets. […]
Why would King James, famous for his anti-democratic machinations, his shameless financial extravagance and his costly military misadventure, want the following in the Bible?: “The meek shall inherit the earth” This is spin that would make Peter Mandelson blush. “Inherit” implies a delay, even a patient wait for something to […]
Humans are innately inquisitive. Curious about the world around us, we yearn to explore and, by extension, to learn. We now live in an information age, something to be celebrated. Instead, what is spreading isn’t free education and the ideals behind open access for all, but monopoly and privatisation. Academic […]