The Media Lens media analysis service was established in 2001 by political writers David Cromwell and David Edwards. The service aims to raise awareness of the systemic failure of the corporate media to report the world honestly and accurately, and to increase rational awareness, critical thought and compassion. Its output includes news analyses in […]

Protests erupted near Syrian embassies and consulates around the world this weekend after an incident in the city of Homs in which state forces are said to have taken the lives of at least 200 people – in what appears to be the most brutal episode since the uprising began. […]

A High Court possession order against Occupy London’s Bank of Ideas was enforced last week with an eviction of activists in residence at the free-for-all community space. Protesters behind the ‘public repossession’ of the Sun Street site were forcibly evicted in the early hours on 30th January after two months’ […]

The High Court this week ruled in favour of the City of London Corporation’s calls for the eviction of the Occupy London protest camp outside St. Paul’s Cathedral. Mr Justice Lindblom pointed to the extent and duration of the obstruction of the highway at St. Paul’s as factors behind his […]

Following reports that a number of the UK’s biggest cultural organisations have renewed millions of pounds worth of sponsorship deals with BP, Occupy London collaborated with art activist collective Liberate Tate to stage a mourning over the environmental destruction propelled by the oil industry – with an art installation and […]

Occupy London’s Bank of Ideas has been granted permission to take its case against a possession order to the Court of Appeal. Building owner UBS was criticised by Lord Justice Lloyd for failing to give adequate notice to occupiers ahead of last month’s ruling on the order by the High […]

In September of next year, thousands of young people from across England will follow in the footsteps of their older siblings and previous generations by moving out of home and starting university courses. The yearly student exodus has for decades been a familiar calendar event, but 2012 will mark a […]