“This piece is no criticism of anyone involved – rather an attempt to inspire some thought on the challenges that confront us if we are really serious in our intention” – Give Up Activism, Do Or Die #9, 2001 Museums and galleries weren’t always the grand institutions we experience today. […]
This issue of the Occupied Times was hand-folded at the London Action Resource Centre (LARC) in Whitechapel. For a little over two years now, following the eviction of the St Paul’s protest camp and moves by the OT towards full independence from any affiliation, we have been meeting at LARC […]
Following a prolonged hiatus from publication, the Occupied Times returns with a new issue available online and in print from this weekend. This is our 25th issue, and we are proud to be continuing our humble efforts towards production in common with a publication free from cost and copyright. In […]
Throughout the course of Mathieu Kassovitz’s seminal realist film, La Haine, the writing on a billboard in the streets of Paris is altered. What at first promised “The world is yours” is reappropriated, with spray paint, to counter-propose: “The world is ours.” Our considerations of these statements explore the basic assumptions, […]
The twenty-second edition of the OT comes out this Monday 29 July. This issue focuses on the importance of the city as a site of anti-capitalist resistance. OT22 features a number of articles, graphics and a front cover by Christos Kourtoglou exploring the role of the urban in political, economic […]
Gary Wagaman vs. Anita Alvarez and The State of Illinois On 6th June, 2012, Chicago resident Gary Wagaman was arrested along with nearly a dozen protesters during a peaceful march in solidarity with Quebec’s striking students. Gary sustained ligament damage during the arrest and wore a hard splint on his right […]
I didn’t know much about Aaron Swartz before news of his death started making waves on the internet in January. At most, there was half-realised recognition of a guy who I’d heard had been involved in the grassroots campaign to challenge the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). But in the […]
The twentieth edition of the OT comes out this Monday 18th February. This issue is particularly focused on gender and features a number of articles exploring this theme in contexts including street harassment, gaming, sex-work and a piece by Professor Raewyn Connell discussing the various scientific theories surrounding the topic. […]
“Shut Down Wall Street” still has a certain ring to it, even one year on. But #S17 was never going to succeed in matching the occupation that came to define last year’s movement, despite a four-figure turnout and a well publicised, wide-reaching plan of action. (Transparency in planning may be […]
The eighteenth edition of The Occupied Times comes out this Monday, 365 days after the occupation at St Paul’s began. The one year anniversary gives us a chance to look back at those days when we dared to dream in public; to assess what progress has been made and to […]