- Refections from participants in the Finsbury Square Occupy camp, which is due for eviction in the near future



- A discussion about the social impacts of default, specifically looking at the parallels between contemporary Greece and the Argentina of 10 years ago



- An interview on 'take the flour back', an upcoming mass action against genetically modified wheat in the UK happening on 27 M…

On 12th May, the City of London police (and some of the met police too) were acting rather stupidly, randomly trying to throw cordons across a march of around 700 people, sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing, mostly pissing people off.



As part of the 12M Global Day of Action that occurred in over 350 cities, around 700 protesters gathered at St Paul's to take a tour of the financial institutions…

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The road to SHELL is paved with bad intentions....... BLOODY MONEY, Tar Sands, Rossport, Niger Delta

In expectation of 'First International Conference on Social Transformation' in July this year on the theme of money and alternative currency systems, Crom Alternative Exchange Association has allowed to each man to express his opinion regarding our coming collective destiny currently entwined between debt horror and radioactive insecurity from Fukushima.

City of London police split, cordon and block the 700 strong 12M march. The style of policing caused an awful lot more problems than it solved - in fact it didn't solve anything, it just pissed people off.



As part of the 12M Global Day of Action that occurred in over 350 cities, around 700 protesters gathered at St Paul's to take a tour of the financial institutions responsible for much of the cris…

Video of cops arresting ppl who were sat down outside the bank of england / royal exchange during the Occupy London 'Meet the 1%' protest on the 12M global day of action.

Full info here: http://london.indymedia.org/articles/12209

Pics of some of the 11 or so arrests at the Meet the 1% 12M Occupy London demonstration [pics] which ended with an assembly at the Bank of England [pics] before the police moved in to make violent arrests when people refused to leave.

A crowd of 300 with banners including “Love, breathe, hope Occupy” - “Bank of England is the St Paul’s of Money” and “A Line of Tents guards our future” camped out at the Royal Exchange, after taking in targets including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, RBS and Santander.

People reached the Royal Exchange at about 4pm. There was a Metropolitan police presence at all points along the …

Meeting outside St Paul's at 1pm there were updates from what was going on in other countries today before we set of on a slightly chaotic tour of some of those responsible for the crisis. The police kept stopping the march with cordons and there were lots of attempts to break through the police lines, some successful, others beaten back - though when it came to running we tended to win... Our gro…

As part of the 12M Global Day of Action that occurred in over 350 cities, around 700 protesters gathered at St Pauls to take a tour [map | pics] of the financial institutions responsible for much of the crisis. Throughout the march, City of London police repeatedly tried to slow and halt the march and there were clashes as people pushed through police lines. The tour concluded at the Bank of E…

In February 2011, Climate Camp produced a statement which contained the following: “As a movement, to be relevant, we need to move with the times. Therefore the Camp for Climate Action has decided, after much discussion and reflection, to change.”

This meant no more national Climate Camps, with the intention being to “allow new tactics, organising methods and processes to emerge in …

Occupy London has published a map with 49 crisis criminals listed ahead of tomorrows "Meet the 1%" demonstration, which is part of a global wave of protests on May 12th and the month of May in general.

The map gives locations for Banks, Crisis Profiteers, Financial Services Funds, Hedge Funds, Lobbyists, Ratings Agencies, Stock Exchanges and Tax Dodgers and the background to their contributions t…

Islington council has issued an eviction notice under the Open Spaces Act 1906 ByeLaw 17 demanding that Occupy Finsbury Square leave in one weeks time - by 4pm on Friday 18th May - or face court proceedings...

The site was occupied on October 22nd 2011 after hundreds took part in the Tour of Corporate Greed demonstration.

See also Occupy London [twitter 1,2]

We will first meet in Russell Square at 11am and then go to the BBA (British Bankers' Association, Pinners Hall, 105-108 Old Broad Street, EC2N 1EX)

International ‘Global Spring’ Assembly: releases manifesto in preparation for mass world-wide protests this weekend

As hundreds of thousands of people around the world prepare to take to the streets this weekend as part of a global call for change, the International ‘Global Spring’ Assembly – an international and inter-movement assembly formed of supporters of Occupy, Take the Square and La…

Today many activists including; envirionmentalists, occupiers and supporters, gathered at St Paul’s for Climate Impacts Day and International Stop the Tar Sands Day to #ConnectTheDots between people, polluters, power and profit. The Occupy General Assembly heard from communities impacted by the extreme flooding in Pakistan, explored the most devastating industrial operation on Earth, endangering…

Anti-workfare protesters brought chaos to London’s West End yesterday after the annual Trade Union May Day march and demonstration. A roving mob of around 350 people successfully shut down countless shops and businesses who use forced labour under the Government’s workfare schemes.

A roundup of the Big 6 Bash mass action at the UK Energy Summit, targetting the big corporations and government who are pulling in profits while people suffer from fuel poverty, climate change and cuts.

Today is the Big 6 Energy Bash- an action against the Big 6 energy companies and the government raking in billions of pounds while people suffer from fuel poverty, climate change and the cuts. Over 300 people are trying to shut down the UK Energy Summit.

Quick article roundup and some links about the global spring protests around the world...

Mayday - 3M - 12M - 15M - 16M - 18M - 20M

In May, the 99 percent will open up new avenues of resistance as activists around the world gear up for the intensification of popular protest and direct action.

For the realization is slowly beginning to dawn upon the people that nothing less will do than a revolu…

The original intended occupation site of Occupy London - Paternoster Square - adjacent to the stock exchange, has been occupied by Occupy London on Mayday since around 6.45pm

They're calling for people to get down there as soon as possible and intend to hold a generral meeting.

A City of London police (chief?) inspector has been informing people that the injunction (against protest/camping) is s…

After the London Mayday trade union march up to 300 people took part in a roving anti-workfare demo with a banner reading "Workfare is Stealing Your Jobs", shutting down various branches of MacDonalds, Greggs, Topshop, BHS, Holland and Barrett and others including Boots, Pizza Hut, Greggs and more all along Oxford street and beyond. The protest was called by the London Solidarity Federations and…

Occupy celebrate MayDay this morning giving out roses to communters on the tube and at Liverpool Street station. Each rose has a small message attached saying "There is something better out there" and links to their website. Further events continue later in the day with a march around the London Stock Exchange and actions against Workfare.

One of the early Mayday protests and celebrations has been taking place at Liverpool St station, with people from Occupy London and supporters spreading their mayday message with roses, informing people about the workfare protests and the global protests happening throughout the month of may.

The Olympic Delivery Authority, Waltham Forest Council, Lea Valley Regional Park Authority and Nussli AG put the building site workers and community at risk to save face.

What to do in the aftermath of the Occupy Wall Street movement, when the protests that started far away – in the Middle East, Greece, Spain, UK – reached the centre, and are now reinforced and rolling out all around the world?

In a San Francisco echo of the OWS movement on 16 October 2011, a guy addressed the crowd with an invitation to participate in it as if it were a happening in the h…

Meet 1pm: St Paul's Cathedral BRING A TENT!

Starting at 1pm, St Paul's Cathedral, with a teach-out organised by the Tent City University before we visit those who:

- Gambled with our pensions and savings,

- Created financial nonsense to make money out of thin air,

- Brought the global economy to the brink of ruin and forced ordinary people to pay for their mess,

- Paid hundreds of thousands to wine…

At noon Occupy London will be joining the thousands coming together for the May Day March in London. Assemble at Clerkenwell Green from noon, then at 1pm moving off to Traflagar Square where there will be a rally. More info at http://www.londonmayday.org/.

On 31st March 2012, Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) & Stop the Arms Fair (STAF) launched a campaign to ‘Disarm the National Gallery' in Trafalgar Square, London. A video of this action including never seen before footage of protests & discussions inside the National Gallery and an interview with BBC correspondent & Channel 4 reporter Paraic O'Brien at Stop the Arms Fair 2011 can be viewed …