Paul Mason is Economics Editor of BBC Newsnight and the author of several books including Meltdown and Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere. The OT caught up with Paul to get his views on the trajectory of the financial crisis and the unrest it has helped spawn, the Occupy movement’s successes […]

Mark Fisher is an author, political and cultural theorist and a visiting fellow at Goldsmiths. The OT asked Mark about the concept behind his book ‘Capitalist Realism’, his thoughts on the culture of neoliberalism and his assessment of the global unrest that has sprung up over the last two years. […]

Mark Serwotka is General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), the trade union for British civil servants. Occupied Times: Union membership is shrinking. What is the role of trade unions today? Mark Serwotka: While union membership overall has been falling, in some areas where we organise, despite job cuts, the percentage […]

Nawal El Saadawi is one of Egypt’s most prominent activists and feminists. She has been working for equality and an end to gender discrimination since the 1950s, and has been jailed and exiled for her writings and protests. She has been a presence in Cairo’s Tahrir Square since January 2011. […]