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 […]
Following a new report from Save the Children, Stefan Simanowitz assesses the state of malnutriton across Africa. “When you arrive in a village, everything may seem normal at first but then you start to notice things”, explains Kenyan, Assumpta Ndumi. “It is lunchtime but there is no food on the […]
Clive Menzies, who’s been involved in the investment management industry for over 30 years, argues that monetary reform is inevitable if we want to survive. The Corporation of London may be quaffing champagne having evicted OccupyLSX, but they, and the rest of the 1%, need to recognise the growing threat […]
Speaking recently on BBC 5 Live, Occupied Times editor Michael Richmond was debating the Occupy movement when one of his opponents shrilly suggested, “no one suffers in this country, we have a welfare state”. I felt like I had just run into a brick wall. This sort of view could […]
On February 12, 2012, just days before the eviction of Occupy London, Athens was in flames. The majority of over 40 buildings that were set ablaze by angry crowds were banks, government offices and branches of commercial chains – but not only. Similar scenes were seen across the country. Why […]
How Multinational Corporations Can Be Held Accountable For Human Rights Violations If the story of human rights were a book, 2012 might be seen as the end of one of its most promising chapters. But first we need to go back to the very first page to understand how this […]
We live in an age of austerity. No, that is wrong. We are continually told that we need to live in an age of austerity. Better. The difference between these two statements is crucial. The first message is the one that is repeated so often that we have come to […]
The legal system is part of the ‘system’ which Occupy London rightly identifies in its initial statement as both undemocratic and unjust. To remedy this, we must radically reorient our legal structures everywhere, so that they foster meaningful human relationships and the flourishing of life on this planet. At the […]
What does ‘work’ mean today? Anyone looking for work, anyone in low-paid or non-permanent work, or being pressured into one of the five kinds of workfare that Boycott Workfare identify (Mandatory Work Activity, The Work Programme, Community Action Programme, Sector-based Work Academies and Work Experience) will have firsthand experience of […]
We are living through a particularly ugly period in world history. As Naomi Klein explained in her book “Shock Doctrine”, in late stage capitalism deregulated corporations and financers don’t just seek to maximise profit at the expense of both people and the planet, they actively exploit disaster. We can see […]