“I stood on this platform only a year ago and said that Europe could recover its dynamism. I still believe we can. But only if we are bold. Only if we fight for our prosperity. Get to grips with the debt. Take bold decisions on deregulation, on opening up the […]
A few weeks ago Westminster MP Mark Field, one of Britain’s most prominent cheerleaders for tax havens and the City of London, cited a couple of interesting statistics, to bolster his argument that people should go easy on tax havens. “The UK has a constitutional relationship with half of the […]
“Don’t fall in love with yourselves, with the nice time we are having here. Carnivals come cheap-the true test of their worth is what remains the day after, how our normal daily life will be changed. Fall in love with hard and patient work – we are the beginning, not […]
The 1% solution to the economic crisis includes the prescription to work harder. The 99% caused the crisis by their insolent attitude to work and their debt-fuelled greed, now they need to recognise it’s payback time. Young people will work longer for fewer rights and it will be easier to […]
All flourishing Christian organisations need to steer a careful course between mammon and morality. On the one hand there is the wealth, power and influence that flow out of such success, especially if it is millennia old (as with the Roman Catholic church) or backed by the state (as with […]
It pays not to stare too long at the Credit Default Swap system, in case your brain melts and your eyebrows fall off into your lap. This issue, the Occupied Times is going to dip a careful toe into the maelstrom; next issue we’ll look closer at the darker secrets […]
Hungary’s new media laws have been criticised for showing contempt for democratic principles by introducing the creation of a strong censorship authority and a separation of powers. In particular, the law gives the government the power to control the internet, endangering the freedom of speech and journalism in general. Whilst […]
The fault lines within modern capitalism are widening. What once seemed tiny fissures, barely visible to the Western eye, have now become deep chasms threatening to engulf entire nations. Between the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the rise of the financial crisis in September 2008, capitalism’s […]
Occupy Sheffield hosted the third national Occupy UK Conference over the weekend 20-22 January. Around a hundred Occupiers from the north, south, east and west of Britain, plus visitors from Geneva and Australia, came together to share experiences and plan future strategies. The conference was, for many, a much needed […]
I was a little disconcerted on my first couple of visits to OccupyLSX by the number of people walking around with their faces entirely covered. There is a healthy contingent of Anonymous UK occupiers who wear the iconic Guy Fawkes mask from the V for Vendetta film but they can […]