Grow Up and Occupy Your Life Occupy is not so much a new phenomenon as the latest incarnation of a trend in political movements, a trend which sees the politics of protest rejecting hierarchy and centralised control while diverging from leftist rhetoric and its focus on the state. This trend […]

Since the Occupy movement arose spontaneously in September 2011, it has reignited political debate across the world. Its hundreds of tent city occupations have revealed an internationally shared sense of discontent on an unprecedented scale. The movement boasted a collection of anarchic features including direct methods of disruptive protest, explicit rejection […]

The Problem with Moralism In confronting many of today’s problems we hear a lot of talk about immorality, corruption and unethical behaviour. Bankers, traders and other capitalists are regularly called out in the media for corrupt and immoral behaviour in the wake of successive financial crises. Individuals and companies are […]

From Martin Luther to Martin Luther King, Archbishop Tutu and the liberation theologists, the Holy Spirit flows fast in activist veins. The protest of the Protestants began as a leafleting campaign attacking the Vatican think-tank at the centre of a transnational extortion racket, dictating how rulers and ruled should conduct […]

This month’s Great Debate concerns the promotion of a ‘Manifesto for a Global Democracy‘ by some high-profile academics. The Global Suffragettes, a student society that launched the manifesto make the case for it, while the OT editorial team argue that global manifestos are not the way forward. For – The Global […]

At ease private… Last month I shared some top-secret intelligence on the impending invasion of allied territories. The enemy was primed for an advance, employing shock and awe tactics, but thanks to us, we’ve managed to halt their progress. I’ve spent the last month holed up in an undercover operation […]

McKenzie Wark is a writer and teacher interested in media theory and new media, whose works include ‘A Hacker Manifesto’ and ‘The Beach Beneath the Street’. Having visited Occupy sites in the US and Australia he describes the movement as a ‘weird global media event’. His writing on Occupy features […]

If any doubt remained, the LIBOR scandal has shown that we’re living through a crisis of capitalism itself. There are many out there who cling to the belief that late capitalism still operates under a set of basic rules. When it is revealed, however, that an interest rate central to […]

Corporate personhood gives corporations both rights and responsibilities, and has been used to prosecute corporations for crimes, but also to give them lobbying power. This month’s Great Debate takes a closer look at the implications of the concept, and asks whether it serves people, profit, or power. For / Andy […]

This issue the OT locks horns with one of the libertarian movement’s most eminent ethical thinkers – Professor Tibor Machan of the Argyros School of Business and Ethics, Chapman University, California,  whose views can be found on his blog, A Passion for Liberty. Whilst Prof Machan’s views are provocative, and many […]