Money is an expression of power relations. The current financial crisis reflects a much deeper crisis, which has to do with the exhaustion of the late twentieth century model of development. By model of development I mean a combination of technology, patterns of production, consumption, communication, infrastructure, and a specific […]
I haven’t seen a lot of my house recently. For most of the last four months I’ve been on the road (or rather the rails) visiting different towns and cities to run workshops and seminars looking at the methods adopted by movements for change. I tend to begin by asking […]
On March 5th, the OLSX Quaker Meeting for Worship sent a letter to Friends, supporters and occupiers. It brought a tear to the eye of one occupier, who suggested that the Quakers are like wise elders to the stroppy teenagers of Occupy; they don’t attempt to preach or instruct their […]
A short walk away from St Paul’s Cathedral, from the stained glass bank buildings and the streets where London’s Occupy movement made its mark, there’s another temple. Just across the river that divides our city stands the Tate Modern, a veritable place of worship, where the faithful gather to revere […]
What do you think your child’s life will look life in 10 years? My daughter is 12 years old now and in 2022, at the age of 22, she will have taken her place in the world as an adult. My hope is that she will be living in a […]
The increasing frenzy around the 2012 Olympics masks a hidden bailout and a dubious social legacy, says Anna Minton. Landmark events always reflect the social and economic realities of the time which in this case is the tax-payer funded bailout of an economic model in crisis. In 2008, as the […]
With each day now taking us further towards Spring and the warmth of the year ahead, the plans and blueprints drawn up in wintry months by Occupy London’s working groups are thawing to fruition. Multiplying. Gaining traction. Beneath the bells of St. Pauls and through the wires of e-mail groups […]
With Occupy camps around the world threatened by eviction, it is easy to pack up and go home. But many of the issues that drove dissenters into the streets of Athens, Madrid, New York or London remain unsolved. ECONOMIC CHANGE While Occupy has helped to put the issue of inequality […]
The occupations were brilliant. They created facts on the ground—many grounds. They pumped oxygen into the global atmosphere. They are, or were, not only symbols of a need (community, shelter, expression) but public spaces for contact, information, and conversation, as well as attractors of the curious. At their best, they […]
Anyone who spends more than a few hours at the St. Paul’s occupation camp is familiar with Dan’s face. Curly dark hair, thin and tallish, with a look which is permanently enthusiastic yet frazzled. Besides his involvement in the livestream working group he tells me he helps out with “the […]