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Activism & Protest
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The Occupations of 2011 Proceed Greater Resistance
From Athens to Lisbon, Madrid to London, Frankfurt to New York, a much delayed popular response to the 2008 financial crash took shape in 2011. Assurances [...] -
Occupying 2012 and Beyond
Looming evictions are competing with a desire to stay on and engage more people into kicking the system. There’s a vertiginous sense of standing [...] -
A Tale of Two Courts
ON TRIAL IN THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE, FLEET STREET – THE OCCUPYLSX CAMP Through airport-style security into a hallway of imposing arches and [...]
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Banking & Economics
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The Market is not Enough
These days, if you sit down to watch the news, you’re almost guaranteed to hear someone talk about ‘the market’. ‘The markets are down today’, [...] -
The Mauritius Miracle
Suppose someone were to describe a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school [...] -
Who Gets the Free Lunches?
I have named the way wealth moves in our society as The Lottery Principle. In this system the poor create the rich: a tiny number of winners, with [...]
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Environment
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Capitalism in Context
While corporations are busy marketing themselves as environmentally responsible global citizens, scientists warn that global ecological systems are [...] -
Biofuels & the Economics of Deforestation
Forests for People 2011 was the International Year of Forests, with the theme ‘Forests for People’. I think more and more people are coming to [...] -
Nature Takes The Toll – Why Linking the Economy to the Environment in Occupy Matters
To many, Occupy is primarily a movement that fights economic inequality. “I am all against bankers, but not an environmentalist!” – this quote [...]
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International
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Changing The World One Step at a Time
Western Sahara may be the forgotten country of the Arab Spring but Stefan Simanowitz takes hope from its latest victory in the European Parliament. According [...] -
What You May Not be Hearing About Egypt…
As headlines roll with stories of ‘deadly clashes between protestors and the military’ on the 26th of February, 9th of March, 9th of April, 28th [...] -
“We Have a Weapon Whose Name is Tahrir Square”
Stefan Simanowitz reflects on his time spent in Tahrir Square over the election period For an activist like me the sensation of walking across [...]
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Media & History
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Then & Now: A Letter to Occupy from David Osler
Ever asked your mum if she did anything more constructive in the Thatcher years than dressing up in ra-ra skirts and pixie boots and dancing to Duran [...] -
How I Learned to Start Worrying and Hate Louis Armstrong
If the festive season is any indication, storytelling would seem to play an important part in our lives. In keeping with tradition, Christmas Day [...] -
The End is Nigh! Occupy!
“The End is Nigh!” Delightful words, written in bold on a sandwich board or screamed out on a street corner in the ecstasy of doom. But what [...]
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Political Theory
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Flee the State, Don’t Seize it! A response to the Idea of ‘Citizen Politicians’ in UK Government
Andreas Whittam-Smith recently wrote about the possibility of ‘a group of like-minded citizens running for election for one term only’ in order [...] -
Building to Win: Reaching Beyond the International Anti-Capitalist Elite
Recently had the good fortune to interview Newsnight economics editor Paul Mason at a comedy gig. His message wasn’t funny. He drew analogies with [...] -
The Demise of the Neoliberal Eurozone Project
The sovereign debt crisis has put forth for all to witness the true nature of the European Project. Its banner of solidarity is pierced with the dagger [...]
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Society
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How do You Solve a Problem like TINA?
For decades leading up to 2011, the year of great occupations, there has been a different kind of occupation. Our collective imagination has been [...] -
Political Consumerism
We are What we Buy. Political Consumerism as Everyone’s Business At the heart of the global Occupy movement is the call for radical change based [...] -
Providing Solutions With ‘Puzzle’
In one of Rome’s degraded suburbs, the Tufello neighbourhood, project ‘Puzzle’ was born. In areas like this one, local politicians are unable [...]
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On The Soapbox
On The Soapbox: Tim Hardy asks: ‘Who Pays the Bill?’
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On The Soapbox
On the Soapbox: The Reverend Nemu on Prophecy for Profit
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Money Talks
Money Talks: David Ruccio
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The Wisdom of:
The Wisdom of: Nick Pickles
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Occupied Elsewhere
Occupied Elsewhere: Roma
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Asking the Occupiers
Asking The Occupiers: How should Occupy progress in 2012?
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The Great Debate
The Great Debate: Time to Downscale?
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Stalwarts of Occupy
Stalwarts of Occupy: Joey
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Preoccupying
Preoccupying: Salil Shetty
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Asking the Occupiers
Asking the Occupiers: What has Occupy London Taught You?
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On The Soapbox
On the Soapbox: Charlie Skelton
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The Great Debate
The Great Debate: Euro Treaty Veto
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Occupied Elsewhere
Santa Rosa: A Message to Occupy London from Mike Ruppert
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