John Catt and his daughter Linda have brought a case against ACPO and the Metropolitan police to challenge the legality of the publicly funded, secret 'domestic extremist' intelligence database run by the NPOIU. Since 2005 they have been recorded over 80 times in the database for exercising their democratic right to protest. London, UK, 09/02/2012.

Occupy London has squatted at a derelict school and are calling the free community space the 'School of Ideas'. It is to host the events and educational workshops, which were running so successfully at the Bank of Ideas. UK. 2nd February 2012

There's quite a lot that nonprofits, activists, community workers and creative people can learn from corporate media and advertising in order to make a well-meaning video "go viral."  Much of the advice on viral video is common sense. Follow these simple steps in order to promote your viral video:

On Wednesday 18th December, OccupyLSX or Occupy London St Paul’s as it has become, lost its highcourt battle against eviction.  The Judge - Sir Keith John Lindblom ruled in favour of the Corporation of the City of London on all counts and failed to grant an appeal.  The City of London Corporation has granted a stay of eviction for 7 days whilst Occupy take their own appeal to the Court of Appe…

From comic strip to symbol of world rebellion, the V for Vendetta mask is an iconic image of our times. Channel 4 News takes author Alan Moore to meet some of the protesters he inspired.

I remember first showing up to the Bank of Ideas as a wide-eyed supporter soon after its inception in mid-November. Like so many other comfortably middle-class, college-aged demonstrators taking part in their first protest, it was appealing to me not only because of the building’s symbolic importance but also what was, quite honestly, a sense of boyish excitement. I’d been smacked by a cop du…

The question of demands infused the initial weeks and months of Occupy Wall Street with the endless opening of desire. Nearly unbearable, the absence of demands concentrated interest, fear, expectation, and hope in the movement. What did they want? What could they want? Commentators have been nearly hysterical in their demand for demands: somebody has got to say what Occupy Wall Street wants!…

As Ireland reels from yet another austere budget and a year of economic pain, a group of young activists have begun to take over empty properties spawned by the boomand abandoned by banks and property developers across the country.

The squatters, linked to Ireland's Occupy movement, say they plan a mass occupation of houses and flats owned by the Irish government's "bad bank", National Asset…

Anonymous UK, are now in talks with Cobden Partners, a company that advises governments on the banking crisis, THIS MUST GO VIRAL ! these guys are already in talks with the many governments and can PROVE that the simple solutions are being surpressed...

Wired: How does that work?

Neuwirth: Basically, they hire a middleman. Procter & Gamble, for instance, realized that although Walmart is its single largest customer, System D outposts, when you total them up, actually account for more business. So Procter & Gamble decided to get its products into those stores. In each country, P&G hires a local distributor-sometimes several layers of local distri…

Just in case you missed yesterday's news, next year will see the inauguration of the first Military and Security Olympics. They will take place over 17 days in London and other venues around the country.

That's how it felt when defence secretary Philip Hammond announced that 7,500 military personnel would work as security guards checking visitors to Olympic venues. Another 5,000 military, includi…

You've heard about the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, Los Angeles, London, Toronto, Berlin, Tel Aviv and elsewhere around the world. But did you know that huge demonstrations have been taking place in Tokyo as well? We certainly didn't until a SOTT forum member sent us the details. The general lack of awareness of the protests in Japan is probably due to the fact that there has been…

Invisible Circus brought the recently occupied Old Street Magistrates Court back to life on Friday holding a mock trial in front of a packed house.

The group of talented artists and performers had the crowd in stitches as they were put on trial in court one for entertaining people before being sent to the cells on conviction.

They later displayed their talents on the magnificant stairwell and co…

Undoubtedly 2011 has been an especially eventful year for news. We have seen the deaths of Osama bin Laden, Muammar Gaddafi and Kim Jong-il, earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, the Arab Spring, and riots in the UK as well as Occupy movements propping up all over the world.

What has really stuck out this year has been the prominence and growth of citizen journalism. Social media and its use…

NAXALITE rebels in India have demolished a newly-built police station in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.

Reports IBN Live: "A group of 50 Naxals assembled at the police station near Geedam area and asked the labourers present there to leave. They blasted the building using huge amount of explosives, police said, adding there were no reports of any casualty."

According to The Economic Times: "…

RIOT shields that project a wall of sound to disperse crowds will reduce violent clashes with police, according to a patent filed by defence firm Raytheon of Waltham, Massachusetts.

The device looks similar to existing riot shields, but it incorporates an acoustic horn that generates a pressure pulse. Police in the US already use acoustic devices for crowd control purposes that emit a loud, un…

More than 140 people have been arrested at a protest in central London over the bitterly contested elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Link to my self made and uploaded video describing events of #n30 from my perspective on the ground.

The 99 percent movement, which has been evicted from many of their encampments across the country, is finding common cause with thousands of homeowners who are also being evicted from their homes.

Even though the movement has often been criticized for a lack of defined goals, Tuesday’s “Occupy Our Homes” action in at least 20 cities makes it clear that they are standing up to banks to rev…

Mainstream media discovering what squatters knew all along

I have written repeatedly on the structural crisis in the world-system, most recently in New Left Review in 2010.2 So, I shall just summarize my position, without arguing it in detail. I shall state my position as a set of premises. Not everyone agrees with these premises, which are my picture of where we are at the present time. On the basis of this picture, I propose to speak to the question…

Mixes from the Massive Attack Channel.

we did some mixes in support of the occupy london movement.

we don't see it as left versus right or anarchy versus order. but people taking action and applying pressure on a problem that politicians are unable to fix as they are also the shareholders.

look forward to your comments and criticisms. robert

This week’s public sector strikes over proposed changes to the current pension system won the support of many affiliated but non-affected groups. The 30th November saw UKUncut, NCAFC, and Coalition of Resistance as well as student groups and charities, march across the UK in solidarity with the major unions. Though David Cameron was quick to brand the action as a ‘damp squib’, the…

snapz from Sky news interview and footage shows storming of building/

Officers and a dog unit had held the campaigners in Dalston Lane, Dalston, after they gathered there to participate in the pubic sector workers’ strike over proposed government cuts to their pensions.

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Up to two million trade union members are expected to strike this Wednesday, in protest against the government's attack on pensions and cuts in public services. Their grievances are real. But their solutions don't go far enough.

A grassroots live timeline of the UK's largest strike since 1926. Citizen reporters give the real story, as it happens, when 2 million people take direct action against the Government's austerity agenda. Embed this story above in your site or blog, and get all the best anti-cuts videos: http://visionon.tv/web/grassroots/embed (Most recent posts at the top.)

The "Occupy" movement is one of several in American history to be based on anarchist principles.

Almost every time I'm interviewed by a mainstream journalist about Occupy Wall Street I get some variation of the same lecture:

"How are you going to get anywhere if you refuse to create a leadership structure or make a practical list of demands? And what's with all this anarchist nonsense - the co…

Author Owen Jones spoke to Socialist Worker about how the 30 November strikes have the potential to transform perceptions of the working class.