Overwrought conspiracy theories are gaining popularity amongst the peace and social justice counterculture. Political cartoonist Polyp wonders what’s driving this strange witches’ brew of irrationality and paranoia, and reveals disturbing links with far-right holocaust deniers. ‘9/11 WAS AN INSIDEJOB! VACCINATIONS ARE A BIG PHARMA PLOT! OBAMA WAS BORN IN KENYA, NOT HAWAII!’ […]

If there’s one conclusion I’ve come to after five years of suffering from it, it is that mental illness doesn’t happen in isolation. We know that 1 in 4 Britons will suffer from a mental disorder in their lifetime. The World Health Organization even predicts depression will be the second […]

Ask ten people – occupiers, bankers, journalists, company directors – not whether they agree with capitalism but instead “What is Capitalism?”. The ten different answers proffered suggest that the ‘are we anti-capitalist?’ question is moot. Those who identify with the anti-capitalist label describe capitalism as necessarily exploitative. They see it […]

“All day, all week, we sleep on London’s freezing streets.” – Occupy LSX placard Let me start with a confession: I have not spent a single night sleeping at any of the occupations. If that appalls you, I can only apologise. However, I was one of two protesters that successfully […]

In 2011, a group of 16/17 year olds got access to the corridors of power and talked to top people in business, finance, politics and the media, and asked them who ran the place? Lots of people are asking the question ‘Who runs this place?’ Is it the bankers, the […]

We exist in a precarious space, tucked into the collarbone of the London Stock Exchange. What we choose to fill this space with, in the little time we’ve made for ourselves, is what will decide our success or failure as a movement once we’re history. Consider that, precisely because we […]

As thousands of students march through London today and impose themselves, as we have, on unscrupulous corporations, the real reason we are here is brought back to us. The issue concerning Higher Education is not one of privatisation (most universities are in fact already private, though run as charities) but […]

As the Cathedral caretaker explained the impact the occupation was having to the gathered crowd, he was on the verge of tears. We were, he said, disrupting a number of plans and activities that normally took place, including a children’s fair and a wedding complete with horse and carriage. Such […]