So, apparently, if you release a report claiming that older people are contributing to the housing shortage by living in homes that are too big for them, some of those older people get quite annoyed. If you were inclined to be cynical, you might even wonder if controversy was exactly what the author – or [...]
A self written, consensus piece by anarchists at Dale farm, attempting to correct the lies propagated by elements of bourgeoisie media and in response to the state repression being faced. So you describe yourself as an anarchist, what do you mean by that? We believe in a society based on mutual aid, social responsibility and [...]
I have to first apologise about the vague title of this post, but I found it somewhat resembling the confusion on which direction these occupations might take. While I disagree with some of what Jacob has written previous to this post on here, I will say that we must remain thinking, all the time, about [...]
The prolific young protest journalist, Gilly Pound has sent us this report of yesterday’s protests. It will shortly appear in the blog section of the New Statesman’s website. I must admit that yesterday a part of me did not want to go and protest. I was worn out and hungover after spending last night being [...]
To simply list all of those occupiers of the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral to whom I hold political objections would not be to say much about the problems of #OccupyLSX. Yesterday was undoubtedly an important day, as mass anti-capitalist protests took control of public spaces in cities around the world. The Ministry of Defence [...]
Guest post by Matt Mahon In June, the government announced a 22 percent cut in early years spending. At the time, the effect that was most widely discussed was the closure of SureStart centres, but now the direct impact on state schools and primary education is also becoming clear. Another ‘saving’ announced at the time [...]
Bernie Sanders is perhaps my favourite democrat senator in the United States. Not only is he uncompromising in backing the Wall Street Occupation. He has also torn into president Obama’s free trade agenda. Obama has recently signed a rash of free trade agreements wit h low wage economies, tax havens and place with terrible trade [...]
Previous Summers in my activist life have brought me into conflict with the police. The storm and thunder of the protest camp, however cyclical and, perhaps, predictable, nonetheless still manages to bring the police to bear down upon it. Currently the protesters near Wall Street (and, in London this weekend, near the Stock Exchange) are [...]
According to the Evening Standard, the Young Foundation’s new report on incivility is calling for Tube staff to “learn politeness from John Lewis”. It says that “despite being under pressure London’s transport officials should try being overly polite”, and tells us that “London-based companies like John Lewis already include teaching empathy as part of their [...]
It’s been a busy year of university occupations. Last year we put up some advice for organising student occupations. Anyhow, we’ve been involved with rather a lot of them in the last year, and so have updated our advice and ideas and created a shiny new occupation cheat sheet, which you can now DOWNLOAD HERE. [...]
