UK UK Newswire Archive
Advisory Service for Squatters fund raiser
27-10-2011 16:55
A great evening!
Thanks to everyone who helped organise, and attended last saturdays fund rasier for the advisory service for squatters, the evening went smoothly, with a lovely vibe and some excellent tunes.
We raised 220 quid for the ASS!
LSX Occupation: What is this Machine?
27-10-2011 16:09
Glasgow comes together on George Square
27-10-2011 14:55
Saturday was a good day. No rain, some sunshine, and 500 people on George Square to celebrate one week of Occupy Glasgow!
Report on the London camps
27-10-2011 14:55
Dispite the rain over night the two camps in London are holding strong and continue to function well. Yesterday's Telegraph story about all the tents being empty is clearly untrue and can be seen by any quick visit to either sites, as the occupants get up and start eating breakfast in the camp kitchen. Keep reading ...
People are talking about the fact that St Paul's Cathedral is talking about taking legal action to evict the protesters that even though there is no grounds on Health and Safety or Fire Risk that they used as the reason that the Catherdral was closed down last week. As St Paul's is run by the City of London Corporation it would be them that take the action, which is likely to be a long process.
In the evening there was the first publication to come out of the camp called: Occupied Times, a twelve page A4 newssheet with interviews and comment from those around the occupation. 2000 copies were printed and handed out around St Paul's square to passing onlookers, creating a buzz, and some good copy. This was something that was really needed as there is an expectation that you must be on Twitter or other such corporate tools to hear what is actually going on, at last a genuine voice from the streets. People involved in the paper indicated that it would be a weekly publication with next weeks being bigger and better.
Banksy Apparently gave a gift to the Occupy London movement outside St Paul’s Cathedral to show support for their protest against the greed and corruption of the corporations. A Monopoly Board with Rich Uncle Pennybags looking for a handout.
Upcoming this week at the occupations:
Thursday 27th October: 7.30am – The Finsbury Square campus of Occupy’s Tent City University is planning a ‘teach out’ at a secret venue early Thursday morning, marking the 25th anniversary of Big Bang deregulation. Bring a book and a flask of tea.
Thursday 27th October: 9.30am – Independent health and safety auditors invited by OccupyLSX will inspect the camp at Saint Paul’s
Friday 28th October: 2pm – Monopoly bike ride starting from St Paul’s.
In other occupations round the world:
Occupy Oakland evicted violently
On Tuesday 25th October; police violently raided the Occupy Oakland encampment in California. This first video shows a protester, an Iraq Veteran, getting hit in the face with a tear gas canister. When other protesters came to the aid of the victim, this video shows clearly an Oakland police officer throwing concussion grenades at the people who come to the aid of the person who was hit in the face with the hot, dangerous tear gas canister.
See: http://occupywallst.org/
Or if you dont mind being tracked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZLyUK0t0vQ&feature=player_embedded
St Pauls Canon resigns over attitude to occupation
27-10-2011 14:55
Rev Dr Giles Fraser a Canon at St Pauls resigned today over plans to forcibly remove Occupy London Stock Exchange protesters from outside cathedra.He was seen as a sypathetic ear within the St Paul's establishment and has decided he "could not support the possibility of violence in the name of the church". On the first day of the occupation he confronted the police and moved them off the steps of St Paul's in support of the right to peaceful protest, after a court injunction stopped them from setting up camp in Paternoster Square.
Statement from Occupied London
At the same time is sounds like the catherdral will open to the public again on Friday as the church realised its own stupidity in closing itself down in the first place!
In other discsions about what the state might do about the camp; The new Metropolitan Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe is reported to have said that "under Section 14 of the Public Order Act police could move the protesters outside St Paul's and those gathered in Finsbury Square, if it was decided they were causing "serious" disruption to the public."
Occupy Movement - an opportunity for demilitarisation
27-10-2011 14:12
The 15-M movement - which began occupying city squares on May 15 - has not emerged as a movement with necessarily overt antimilitarist, pacifist or nonviolent overtones. It has, however, from its very inception declared itself as “pacifist”, and conducted its protests through “peaceful means” and “without violence”. Without having carried out a detailed analysis of what this means exactly I can say that the many thousands of people in the squares of the Spanish State, have opted to carry out actions and raise their voices without using violence.The murder of Kaddafi by lynch mob and a dark start to “new” Libya
27-10-2011 13:38
The killing of Muammar Kaddafi and the victory of the rebel forces have been quickly celebrated by Obama and other leaders of the NATO, whose warplanes massively bombed the cities of Libya over the past eight months under the guise of “protecting civilians”. The manner in which Kaddafi was killed has, however, been considered by many in Africa as a return to what they called the dark days of colonialism and slavery where captured victims were treated with disrespect and in a dehumanising manner.Telegraph & Daily Mail OLSX smear based on "rubbish science"
27-10-2011 13:29
A military scientist specialising in camouflage and thermal imaging techniques has confirmed that The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail claims smearing OLSX are based on "rubbish science"; while Daily Express hack Matt Wilkinson (
matt.wilkinson@express.co.uk) has libeled OLSX protestors as "a rabble who succeeded where Hitler failed" and launched an extraordinary smear campaign against OLSX protesting ex-Tory councillor Robin Smith -
Occupy West Midlands Police HQ 4 Justice
27-10-2011 13:01
From 5th to 7th November 2011, we will be occupying West Midlands Police Headquarters in support of the Burrell family. To date they have been waiting 6 months to have Kinglsey Burrell's body released for burial due to the IPCC investigation. They say they are still interviewing witnesses.Occupy Birmingham Gets Notice to Vacate from Birmingham City Council
27-10-2011 12:15
Breaking news, two representatives of Birmingham City Council have handed to the group occupying Victoria Square on behalf of Occupy movement, a notice to vacate the square, the message is as follows:St Paul's Canon who supported OLSX has resigned
27-10-2011 11:22
2012 Green Light Festival
27-10-2011 11:19
Booking stall holders and speakers...needed NOW for 2012 Greenlight Festival.Visa issues: EU risks credibility as human rights actor
27-10-2011 09:58
27 October 2011 – A European coalition of human rights NGOs expressed concerns over the EU’s pressures on the countries of the so-called Western Balkans to cut down the influx of asylum seekers. Reacting to a letter by EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström to the ministers of interior of the five Balkan countries, which have been recently granted a liberalization of their visa regime with the EU, the NGOs said, that the EU was gambling its credibility on human rights.“Corporate greed,” or just plain old capitalism?
27-10-2011 09:21
Pamphlet for participants in the "Occupy" aka "99%" movement, explaining why the problem is not "corporate greed," but capitalism, and what is meant by capitalism, crisis, anti-capitalist struggle, and "occupation" in a (libertarian) Marxist sense.
Pdf of illustrated pamphlet for printing here.
Calls Grow For Global General Strike Following Oakland Declaration
27-10-2011 08:18
Since that declaration twitter and social media have been abuzz with calls for a US General strike, and also a GLOBAL GENERAL STRIKE ON NOVEMBER 2nd!!
Smash EDO Halloween Demo
26-10-2011 23:18
Independent media accounts of attack on Occupy Oakland in US
26-10-2011 23:04
Homeless Debacle in North America
26-10-2011 22:27
Remembrance procession in London against deaths in custody - Saturday 29th October 12:30pm
26-10-2011 20:47
