The Occupied Times pokes the corpse of Keynesianism with eauntrepreneur and precious metals guru, Turd Ferguson, editor of tfmetalsreport.com OCCUPIED TIMES: You say that we’re witnessing “the end of the Great Keynesian Experiment”, what exactly do you mean? TURD FERGUSON: To me, Keynesianism is an idea that you can centrally control an […]
Occupy is based on a few basic principles of economic, social and environmental justice. But some of us want to tweak the system while others want more sweeping change. This week we ask: do we need a revolution, or should we follow the path of systemic reform? FOR REFORM/ KIT MARSTERS Revolutions […]
Consumer boycotts have a long and honourable history in social movements: The bus boycott of the US Civil Rights Movement succeeded in desegregating buses in the South; the campus-based boycott of Barclays Bank was a successful campaign of the Anti-Apartheid movement and a factor in helping to isolate Apartheid South […]
As Britain enters its fourth year of ever-deepening austerity measures since the onset of the global financial crisis, the sails of the good ship Westminster seem primed to catch only the breath of economic tradition – of unwavering fidelity to the City, unchecked ‘free trade’ and a blind eye towards […]
Famed civil rights lawyer Mario Joseph will be making a special appearance at Tent City University for an important talk on conditions in his native Haiti as part of a rare trip to the UK. This week marks the two year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, and captured […]
You are at dinner, feeling self-conscious. You haven’t been out in months – it’s a luxury you cannot afford since you struggle weekly to meet your living expenses – but it’s an old friend’s birthday who you haven’t seen in over a year and you’ve been feeling guilty about this. […]
One day, every child learns that Father Christmas doesn’t exist, but how do you recover from discovering that he was put to work as a Coca-Cola poster boy? Hark ye! It wasn’t singing angels heralding the birth of our lord but dancing Santas, festive bargains and Christmas number ones, followed […]
The Occupied Times meets leading non-orthodox economist, David Ruccio, Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. His Occasional Links & Commentary blog can be found at www.anticap.Wordpress.com. OT: You’ve been following Occupy Wall Street, what are your thoughts on it so far? DR: My first reaction was: […]
Talk has begun on whether we should take St Paul’s offer to have a permanent, scaled down camp. Should we agree? Pack up and leave altogether? Or bed in at our ‘spiritual home’? FOR: Peter Dombi There has been much discussion recently about the future of our St Paul’s site, and whether it […]
A New Year is a natural time for reflection and planning for change. Time magazine’s choice of ‘The Protestor’ as person of the year owes much to the gallant struggle of our brothers and sisters in the Middle East and Northern Africa – but here in the west, we too have witnessed civil […]