New Putney Debates are holding their final event at St Marys Church this Sunday. Sunday 16 November - Finale event - Re-making Democracy 1pm - 4pm

In case you missed, New Putney Debates are holding their final event at St Marys Church this Sunday.  Very apt venue, being the place where the original Putney Debates took place! Would seem like a good opp to support Occupy Democracy's work for a London / wider network of local assemblies (and maybe to start debating /  working out the ideal organisational structure..) Sunday 16 November - Finale event - Re-making Democracy 1pm - 4pm Ultimate participative event exploring how can we re-constitute a society to create a real democracy for  social, economic & environmental justice. With speakers setting the scene from the Scottish Radical Independence Campaign, Iceland's pots & pans revolution, Spanish Podemos party for democracy , and Kurdish self government, followed by a participative discussion using Open Space Technology. Held in the same venue as the original debates in 1647 when soldiers and officers of Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army, including civilian representatives of the Levellers, held discussions on the constitution and future of England. Venue - St Mary's Church, High St. Putney, SW15 1SN http://thenewputneydebates.com/2014/10/23/re-making-democracy/ Re-posted at http://www.peoplesassemblies.org/2014/11/re-making-democracy-london-sunday-16th-nov/

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Documentary on shaman Lakshmi Love's journey to the world's toughest devotional ceremony. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/suspending-belief

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/suspending-belief

My name is Phil Stebbing and I am unashamedly interested in the weird and wonderful. This curiosity led me to living in a house full of modern day shamen in London in 2005. By trade I am a Producer and Cameraman making documentaries for broadcasters such as BBC and Discovery, but never in my 25 years have I filmed something as extraordinary as this.  
This strange journey began as these shamen gave me free access to film them accessing the spirit world and to witness their amazing feats of endurance.
The central character of the film Suspending Belief is a British shaman called Lakshmi Love.  With his motto - "Life is just an illusion"  - he believed we can all change our reality at any moment to heal ourselves.

                                          

Occupydemocracy.org.uk follow us for latest events - next assembly at Parliament sq.Nov 21-23 Reclaim Democracy,reclaim the power

Interference Archive: Building an Archive from Below Friday 14 November, 6.30-8.00pm Tin Tin Room http://openschooleast.tumblr.com/post/100668408092/friday-14-november-6-30-8-00pm-tin-tin-room

22 Oct

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Friday 14 November, 6.30-8.00pm
Tin Tin Room
Interference Archive: Building an Archive from Below

An evening to discuss archiving on a political, localised level, with very special guest speakers visiting from USA.
The Interference Archive (IA) in New York is an ‘archive-from-below’, exploring the relationship between cultural production and social movements to popularise both archives and politics at a community level. Three representatives of IA will visit OSE for an opportunity to discuss the immediate, practical relevance of their work to community and activist groups working in London today.
This event is one of several in a short visit by the IA to London. The previous evening they will give a presentation at London College of Communication with parallel London Institutions. Some of the ideas raised there will be taken up again at this event.

**TONIGHT** DAISY BEAU plus support @ The Workshop, 243 Old Street 19:30 || £5 tickets on the door

**TONIGHT**

DAISY BEAU plus support

@ The Workshop, 243 Old Street 

19:30 || £5 tickets on the door

Section 6 A documentary looking at 6 squatters. Examining how they became squatters, why they do it, whether they became squatters by choice or necessity and telling the amazing stories that each of them have.

wow some old crew faces in here,one of many documentaries on squatting over the years........keep squatting,keeep protesting keep networking,Shelter is a basic Human Right 1.5 million empty buildings in the UK

Squatting in London, short documentary from save our squatting exhibition 2011

A Toolkit For Occupy Everywhere network this usefull manual Globally

http://www.auerfeld.com/images/occupyewleaflet.pdf

Campaigners occupy Fenton Town Hall and invoke the 'Magna Carta' http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/campaigners-occupy-fenton-town-hall-and-invoke-the-magna-carta-2753721.html

Campaigners occupy Fenton Town Hall and invoke the 'Magna Carta'

 

REPORTS are coming in that campaigners fighting to save Fenton Town Hall for the local community have blockaded themselves into the building and invoked Article 61 of the Magna Carta.
The historic building, which was formerly the City Magistrates' Court, is currently being sold off by the Ministry of Justice.
Its doors were opened today, on Remembrance Sunday, to allow people to view the unique tiled memorial to more than 498 men of Fenton who gave their lives fighting in the Great War.
It is understood that more than 40 people are currently occupying the building.
Updates to follow.

Campaigners occupy former Fenton Town Hall in Stoke-on-Trent http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-29980910

November 2014 Last updated at 17:43

Campaigners occupy former Fenton Town Hall in Stoke-on-Trent

The protesters say they are prepared to spend the night in the building

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Some 30 campaigners have occupied a former town hall and magistrates' court in Stoke-on-Trent.

Save Fenton Town Hall say they are protesting because the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is selling the building.
They say a World War One memorial is at risk of being destroyed if the building is sold.
However, the government has said "a legal covenant" means any buyer would have a duty to preserve the memorial.
The group said they wanted to see the building preserved for community use and were prepared to stay there all night.
The magistrates' court, which was built in 1886 as a town hall, closed in December 2012 as part of government plans to shut 93 courts in England and Wales in a bid to save £41m.
The Great War Memorial, which contains 498 names of soldiers from Fenton, is built into the wall of the court.
An MoJ spokesman said: "We are aware of the issue at the court. We understand the police are in attendance and the protest will be a matter for them."

Facebook killed the internet star: reflections on radical media http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2014/10/518603.html?c=on#c301465

In September, the SchNEWS radical media collective issued a statement saying they had decided to call it a day. Although SchNEWS might publish one-off articles in the future, the direct action newsheet will no longer be published regularly.
This article is a personal reflection by a one-time SchNEWS contributor. It's not a statement from SchNEWS itself, neither is it attempting to be a full post-mortem of it. Rather it is highlighting some key areas which affected it and other radical media collectives..

 

http://www.studiostrike.com/

http://www.studiostrike.com/

About

studioSTRIKE is a small and friendly creative space for emerging and established artists. It lives on the top floor of the Bread and Roses, a former coach house now owned by the Workers Beer Company. The building takes its name from a line in a James Oppenheim poem, later sung by female textile workers on strike in Massachusetts 1912.
studioSTRIKE took over the disused top floor of the building in July 2010. It’s now a professional community of 15 artists from a variety of disciplines. Together they host and run events, live music, talks and screenings.

Adrian Arbib book on road protest http://www.solsburyhill.org.uk/

http://www.solsburyhill.org.uk/

With a foreword by George Monbiot and Paul Kingsnorth 'Solsbury Hill' is a unique record of an early part of a protest movement that changed Government Transport policy.
To coincide with the 15th anniversary of the 1994 Solsbury Hill road protest, Bardwell Press have published a book of 71 duotone images by photographer Adrian Arbib.
At the time of the protest Margaret Thatcher's "largest road building programme since the Romans" was in full swing under John Major.

A rising tide of non-violent protest emerged across the country.

'Pete the Temp vs Climate Change' comes to London, Fri 21 Nov. Double header with Danny Chivers 5 star Edinburgh show 'Arrest that Poet'. Free Word Centre, Farringdon. Book early advised x http://tinyurl.com/jwmc8zb

Heads up! Last leg of my tour 'Pete the Temp vs Climate Change' comes to London, Fri 21 Nov. Double header with Danny Chivers 5 star Edinburgh show 'Arrest that Poet'. Free Word Centre, Farringdon.  Book early advised x  http://tinyurl.com/jwmc8zb

Campaigners occupy Fenton Town Hall and invoke the 'Magna Carta' http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Campaigners-occupy-Fenton-Town-Hall-invoke-Magna/story-24501436-detail/story.html

Campaigners occupy Fenton Town Hall and invoke the 'Magna Carta' http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Campaigners-occupy-Fenton-Town-Hall-invoke-Magna/story-24501436-detail/story.html



CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Fenton Town Hall for the local community have occupied the building and invoked Article 61 of the Magna Carta.
The historic building, which was formerly the City Magistrates’ Court, is currently being sold off by the Ministry of Justice.
Its doors were opened today, on Remembrance Sunday, to allow people to view the unique tiled memorial to more than 498 men of Fenton who gave their lives fighting in the Great War.
It is understood that more than 40 people are currently occupying the building.
 

Amnesty free msg: IRAN-Free Ghoncheh, 1 yr in prison for protesting ban on women watching sport. Rply FREEDOM + yr name http://bit.ly/1zAFh9m 2OptOut rply Stop

Amnesty free msg: IRAN-Free Ghoncheh, 1 yr in prison for protesting ban on women watching sport. Rply FREEDOM + yr name http://bit.ly/1zAFh9m 2OptOut rply Stop

Sunday 9th Nov - Open Community day at Rochester Square Garden with 'Give us space' screening. People's Kitchen at 1pm and dinner at 6.30. Yoga 11.30. Healing Space from 2pm. 'Give us space' film at 7.30 followed by open discussion on housing issues. Where: 1 Rochester Square (off Camden Rd) NW1 9SD. Please come and pass it on! x

Sunday 9th Nov - Open Community day at Rochester Square Garden with 'Give us space' screening. People's Kitchen at 1pm and dinner at 6.30. Yoga 11.30. Healing Space from 2pm. 'Give us space' film at 7.30 followed by open discussion on housing issues. 

Where: 1 Rochester Square (off Camden Rd) NW1 9SD. Please come and pass it on! x

SUNDAY HEALING OPEN DAY at ROCHESTER SQUARE GARDEN NW1 9SD. On the menu: morning yoga at 11pm (ish) massage, reiki, accupuncture sessions, raw cakes, treats and music healing beats. Come along and invite a friend to support our growing community centre with a suggested donation on entrance £5. One <3 xx

SUNDAY HEALING OPEN DAY at ROCHESTER SQUARE GARDEN NW1 9SD. On the menu: morning yoga at 11pm (ish) massage, reiki, accupuncture sessions, raw cakes, treats and music healing beats. Come along and invite a friend to support our growing community centre with a suggested donation on entrance £5. One <3 xx

Saturday 9 November , 12 noon - 5 pm NEW PUTNEY DEBATE - Extreme Energy & Sustainable Solutions The Elizabeth Fry Suite, Friends House, Euston Road, London

Saturday 9 November , 12 noon - 5 pm 

NEW PUTNEY DEBATE -
Extreme Energy & Sustainable Solutions

The Elizabeth Fry Suite, Friends House, Euston Road, London

Full Programme below: 

Commencing with the recent report by Corporatewatch entitled To The Ends of The Earth, we will examine the desperate and harmful lengths that governments and mining and energy companies will go to, to extract fuel, both fossil and organic, so that they can maintain their profits and support our wasteful and reckless habits. We will then move on to examine community resistance and socially viable alternatives to the lethal neo-liberal model of energy provision.

12.00 Chris Kitchen, Director of Corporatewatch, will lead a workshop based on the recent Corporatewatch report, To The Ends of The Earth: A Guide to Unconventional Fossil Fuels

1.45 Pete Deane from Biofuelwatch will present a film entitled Biomass Emergency and will talk about the scourge of biomass energy generation and biofuels.
2.15 Suzanne Dhaliwal, co-founder of UK Tar Sands Network will present a talk on tar sands extraction and issues around climate justice.

3.00 Philip Davidson will present his film Autumn Diary, about the Balcombe community resistance to Cuadrilla’s local fracking operation last year.  An Autumn Diary
3.35 Tisha Brown from Frack Off London will talk about resistance to fracking in the U.K.
3.50 Campaign Against Climate Change will speak about the Million Climate Jobs booklet and the Time To Act campaign
4.05 Fuel Poverty Action will make a presentation about the Energy Bill of Rights

TATTOO CIRCUS!! Prisoners Support Benefit SAT NOV 8/ 10AM-10PM Get a tattoo@Arch 325 /Barrington rd /SW9 7JJ Brixton Kids Space/Live Bands /Art exhibition/Circus Performance and More!!!

TATTOO CIRCUS!!

Prisoners Support Benefit

SAT NOV 8/ 10AM-10PM  

Get a tattoo@Arch 325 /Barrington rd /SW9 7JJ Brixton 

Kids Space/Live Bands /Art exhibition/Circus Performance and More!!!

Anonymous nov5th mmm traf sq #occupydemocracy #olsx

Anonymous nov5th mmm traf sq #occupydemocracy #olsx

Anonymous nov5th mmm traf sq #occupydemocracy #olsx

Anonymous nov5th mmm traf sq #occupydemocracy #olsx

Anonymous nov5th mmm traf sq #occupydemocracy #olsx

Anonymous nov5th mmm traf sq #occupydemocracy #olsx

Anonymous nov5th mmm traf sq #occupydemocracy #olsx

Anonymous nov5th mmm traf sq #occupydemocracy #olsx

http://www.ukanonymousevents.com/

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Anonymous UK November 5th #MillionMaskMarch #OpVendetta 2014 (promo)

Social Centres Gathering , 8th / 9th November A weekend of talks and skill shares for anyone interested in or involved in autonomous social centres and spaces.

Social Centres Gathering , 8th / 9th November

Sumac | 30.10.2014 17:48 | Free Spaces

A weekend of talks and skill shares for anyone interested in or involved in autonomous social centres and spaces.

Social Centres Gathering flyer - application/pdf 395K

Info and skill-sharing on
setting up social centres
making social centres last
making autonomous spaces in unusual places
strengthening autonomous networks

8 - 9 NOVEMBER 2014 THE SUMAC CENTRE, NOTTINGHAM, UK

Ideas for the gathering, such as the list of themes above, are the ideas of a small group. But we want this weekend to be created by all who participate; a space that is filled and held by everybody.

If you want to come to the gathering, then we would love your contribution to making the event happen now.

IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A WORKSHOP, WOULD LIKE TO BRING OTHER THINGS TO
THE EVENT - SUCH AS FILMS TO SCREEN, MUSIC TO PLAY – PLEASE GET IN TOUCH

For more information on the event, including a draft programme, visit socialcentresgathering.noblogs.org
or

The Illegal Drug That Could Help Ease Anxiety About Death A new study looks at MDMA for treating anxiety related to life-threatening illness.http://www.alternet.org/drugs/illegal-drug-could-help-ease-anxiety-about-death

The Illegal Drug That Could Help Ease Anxiety About Death

A new study looks at MDMA for treating anxiety related to life-threatening illness.

October 31, 2014  |  

 

 http://www.alternet.org/drugs/illegal-drug-could-help-ease-anxiety-about-death

 

Phil Wolfson is a psychotherapist who lost his 16-year-old son to leukemia more than three decades ago. He wrote the book Noe: A Father-Son Song of Life, Love, Illness and Death about the experience of watching his son navigate adolescence while succumbing to the terminal disease. His personal experiences, he says, place him in a strange position of “too much knowledge” when he works with patients who are dealing with devastating loss, as well as anxiety and PTSD symptoms that often come with life-threatening illness.

Could we have just 24 hours to stop England's beautiful woodlands being sold off to private developers? The government is trying to sneak through a law which would clear the way for woodland getting built over. [1] We need to act fast to protect our beautiful wild spaces. We need to act fast - the vote’s tomorrow at 3pm. Can you take a minute to sign the petition? https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/infrastructure

Could we have just 24 hours to stop England's beautiful woodlands being sold off to private developers? The government is trying to sneak through a law which would clear the way for woodland getting built over. [1] We need to act fast to protect our beautiful wild spaces.

Tomorrow afternoon, the House of Lords starts voting on giving the government new powers to privatise public land. The could mean beautiful woodland gets sold to developers, and precious havens for wildlife are lost forever. [2] We urgently need to persuade members of the House of Lords to protect our countryside by voting against the sell-off clause.

 We need to act fast - the vote’s tomorrow at 3pm. Can you take a minute to sign the petition?
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/infrastructure

Occupy Democracy Return to Parliament Square 21 November at 18:00 Occupy Democracy Please share widely https://www.facebook.com/events/697553266979460

Occupy Democracy Return to Parliament Square 21 November at 18:00 Occupy Democracy Please share widely https://www.facebook.com/events/697553266979460

Reminder: Practical Squatters on tonight at LARK, Whitechapel 7pm. On every 1st and 3rd Tuesday at Lark and every 2nd and 4th 56A x

Reminder: Practical Squatters on tonight at LARK, Whitechapel 7pm. On every 1st and 3rd Tuesday at Lark and every 2nd and 4th 56A x

TATTOO CIRCUS London SAT NOV 8! 10am-10pm!diy prisoner support benefit!come get tattooed and/or pierced!ALL DAY vegan cakes

TATTOO CIRCUS  London SAT NOV 8! 10am-10pm!diy prisoner support benefit!come get tattooed and/or pierced!ALL DAY vegan cakes, drinks,letter writing,tunes/djs,film,distro etc.11am-3 kids fun w/disco at 1!4pm pizza! 3pm bands(hot dog girl,rags rudy,3rd class carriage,bleach mtbc)8pm qna 9pm circus!madness!info line open afternoon NOV 7.07831077261*07831077262 PASS IT ON

No politics outside Parliament…http://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/britains-tarpaulin-revolution-green-party-return-occupy/

Britain’s Tarpaulin Revolution: the Green Party and the return of Occupy

In the debate / 27/10/2014

The UK’s new ‘Tarpaulin Revolution,’ led by a revived Occupy movement and featuring many Greens, hopes to capture the imaginations of people across Europe – in cities and countries also suffering the impacts of inequality, austerity and ‘democracy’ weighted to benefit the 1%.

Author

Amelia Womack is one of the Deputy Leaders of the Green Party of England & Wales after being elected in 2014.

In the shadow of Parliament’s Big Ben, a global symbol of democracy, I spent the evening of the 23rd October holding hands with protesters standing together to reclaim Parliament Square outside the Palace of Westminster in London to fight for a fairer democracy in the UK. The event was part of the Occupy Movement – a peaceful protest taking place across nine days to show solidarity with protesters in Hong Kong and to highlight the impacts of austerity, inequality, neoliberalism and a lack of liberty on our society.

No politics outside Parliament…

Despite being peaceful, the protesters have been constantly harassed by the police, resulting in a number of warnings being issued for a range of acts including having an umbrella, wearing a hood, and sitting on a sheet of tarpaulin. As a result, the protesters have dubbed the event the “#TarpaulinRevolution”. But why have the police been so heavy-handed, and what has the role of the Green Party been in this movement?
Parliament Square has long been used as a site of protest and is both historically and symbolically an important site of demonstrations. The square is directly visible from the Houses of Parliament, meaning that the space is relevant to protesters to communicate their message to the decision makers inside. Despite the symbolic role that this area holds to the British public, it has been illegal to demonstrate here since 2005, after a new by-law was created to stop an ongoing demonstration by long-term activist Brian Haw who camped out in the square against the Iraq war. Brian’s protest lasted 10 years until his death in 2011. Brian was able to stay at the camp due to the wording of the by-law which said that protesters need permission from the police when the “demonstration starts” – and since Brian’s protest started in 2001 he won a judicial appeal that allowed him to remain on the square – although his life there was filled with constant police harassment.
This law inhibits citizens’ rights to free speech and the right to assemble within a half-mile radius of the Houses of Parliament, and has been challenged under the European Convention on Human rights. The experience of Brian and the current Occupy protesters have shown that the laws that protect the square and property in the area have been given preference over the civil rights of citizens. Fundamentally, while policing Parliament Square, the police do not take a human rights approach to policing, but instead use a property rights approach, such as evicting people to ensure that the grass of the square was protected, and arresting anyone who stood against this order.

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November Actions/events Wednesday 19 - No Fees No Cuts national student demonstration http://anticuts.com etc

Here's some stuff coming up in November

Saturday 15 - Cyclists Mass Die-In on Oxford Street http://stopthekilling.org.uk (Donnachadh McCarthy is one of the main organisers)

Sunday 16 - "Remaking Democracy" New Putney Debates final event 1-4pm in Putney - http://thenewputneydebates.com/2014/10/23/re-making-democracy/

Wednesday 19 - No Fees No Cuts national student demonstration http://anticuts.com

Thursday 20 - 24 Hour Vigil for the NSH (Parliament Square) https://twitter.com/peoplesvote4nhs/status/52540069082354483

Support needed at 1 Rowland Hill St NW3 2AD; place is surrounded by security w dogs. Emergency resistance tomoz 6am as they're planning on forcing their way in.

Support needed at 1 Rowland Hill St NW3 2AD; place is surrounded by security w dogs. Emergency resistance tomoz 6am as they're planning on forcing their way in.

Fwd: Yo guys emergency resistance tomorrow 6am!! Vps get paid £31,000 if they get in and we gonna stop it! Address: 1 Rowland hill street nw3 2ad please spread the word far and wide!!! hopefully see u there

Fwd: Yo guys emergency resistance tomorrow 6am!! Vps get paid £31,000 if they get in and we gonna stop it! Address: 1 Rowland hill street nw3 2ad please spread the word far and wide!!! hopefully see u there

Tonight at 9pm film screening of lilya4ever, at downtown squat on odessa street se16 5lu. Come at 8 for pumpkin soup. Call 07758451780 for directions if lost.

Tonight at 9pm film screening of  lilya4ever, at  downtown squat on odessa street se16 5lu. Come at 8 for pumpkin soup. Call 07758451780 for directions if lost.

@SchNEWS: Why isn't Occupy Democracy front page news? http://t.co/YM0RQNngve/s/gQ2W http://t.co/6gPqgxFEBB/s/PlIC m.twitter.com/SchNEWS

@SchNEWS: Why isn't Occupy Democracy front page news? http://t.co/YM0RQNngve/s/gQ2W http://t.co/6gPqgxFEBB/s/PlIC

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#occupydemocracy Music sunday#olsx

#occupydemocracy Sun GA #olsx

'Give us space' documentary launch party. film starts at 9. followed by q&a and Radical housing Network updates, Pete the Temp with Jane on violin, 52 commercial road with live visuals on housing + Djs -Squeaky Grinder, Buster, Recursive, EK50, Everyday Junglist. Call 07749932726

'Give us space' documentary launch party. film starts at 9. followed by q&a and Radical housing Network updates, Pete the Temp with Jane on violin, 52 commercial road with live visuals on housing + Djs -Squeaky Grinder, Buster, Recursive, EK50, Everyday Junglist. Call 07749932726

occupydemocracy.org.uk schedule for thurs 23 oct 2014 Ken Loach ,Artist Taxi Driver and Peter Tatchell

Schedule for Thursday, 23rd of October

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Justice, Equality and the Media – why the poor are criminalised and the rich get away with it.
9:30am Camp assembly/Whole site work
1pm Lunch
2pm Workshop Hannah Dee (Defend the Right to Protest)
3pm “We Need to talk about Editorial Power – alternative ways forward for the media” by Dan Hind (author of Return of the Public)
4pm Workshop “How the legal system was captured and how we can reclaim democracy through the law” by Melanie Strickland (Occupy Law) and Nina Owen (Earth Lawyer)
5pm A Briefing on the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act (which came into force on Monday) by Matthew Varnham (Occupy London legal advisor)
Ken Loach (director, Spirit of 45) is likely to be coming down to meet people between 3-5pm and may say a few words at some point.
6pm: Speakers including performance artist Mark McGowan (aka The Artist Taxi Driver) and human rights activist Peter Tatchell; followed by supper feast (bring food) and Occupy Democracy’s General Assembly, where people demonstrate what real democracy looks like.
9pm Entertainments

@SchNEWS: Occupy Democracy - still in Parliament Square http://t.co/6gPqgxFEBB/s/ymAX m.twitter.com/SchNEWS

@SchNEWS: Occupy Democracy  - still in Parliament Square http://t.co/6gPqgxFEBB/s/ymAX

m.twitter.com/SchNEWS

Occupy London Livestream links on bambuser

Main Streamer Channels with Occupy
Obi
http://bambuser.com/channel/OccupyLondon
Kris
http://bambuser.com/channel/OccupyMayDay
ONN
http://bambuser.com/channel/occupynewsnetwork

Dan Cole
http://bambuser.com/channel/dancole
De Padey
http://bambuser.com/channel/De+Padey

SiletAnon
http://bambuser.com/channel/thesilentanon
Andria2Milly

http://bambuser.com/channel/andria2milly
23Protector
http://bambuser.com/channel/23protector
Istandbyyou
http://bambuser.com/channel/istandbyyou
Beaty Pea
http://bambuser.com/channel/beaty+pea

Twitter Feed for all streams
@ OccupyLondon
@ Occupynn

Twitter Feed for all streams
@OccupyLondon
@Occupynn

Artist Txi Driver Occupy Democracy occupy parliament 1/2 #occupydemocracy

Artist Taxi Driver on #occupydemocracy Occupy Democracy occupy parliament 2/2

http://occupylondon.org.uk/ occupy democracy updates

DAY 5 – ABOUT 20 PROTESTERS ARRESTED.
WE DID NOT VOTE TO PRIVATISE THE NHS.
WE DID NOT VOTE FOR FRACKING.
ITS YOUR DEMOCRACY TOO.
SEE YOU THURSDAY 23rd OCTOBER 6pm
OCCUPY DEMOCRACY HAS BECOME ABOUT THE RIGHT TO PROTEST – OUR DEMOCRACY IS BROKEN AND WE ARE UNWITTINGLY SHOWING THAT MORE THAN WE EXEPCTED TO! 
 

Join Occupy Parliament Square! #occupydemocracy

London Assembly Green Party member Jenny Jones arrested at Westminster Occupy protest

Jenny Jones was arrested and "de-arrested" at an Occupy protest in Parliament Square

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Green Party peer Jenny Jones was arrested at a protest in Parliament Square, said the Green Party.

Baroness Jones was then "de-arrested", although it remained unclear whether she was subject to a police summons, said a Green Party spokesman.
One of Baroness Jones's close friends was being questioned by police and she held his arm as he appeared to be in distress, said the spokesman.
Police said they would decide whether to prosecute a 64-year-old woman.
The protest by Occupy was being held in defence of civil liberties and the right to protest.
'Out of sight' Baroness Jones, who is also a London Assembly member, told BBC London 94.9 it was the first time she had been arrested despite years of protesting, "and I got a bit anxious".
Surrounded by police, with people shouting and her wrists being held, "I had a feeling just for a moment what it's like to be completely powerless", she said.
"All I'd been doing was supporting a friend," she said. "I was just there trying to support their civil liberties and their freedom of speech."
The Metropolitan Police said a 64-year-old woman was arrested in Parliament Square at about 11:00 BST "for obstructing police", and was then "de-arrested after giving details suitable for a summons".
The Met will decide "whether to proceed with a prosecution", the statement added.
Officers said they had arrested 15 other people sleeping on tarpaulin in Parliament Square after they failed to leave the area following requests from the police.
The Met said the group was prohibited from sleeping on the square under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act of 2011.
The group was taken to a central London police station.

Watch police clear Occupy protesters from Parliament Square Occupy Democracy protesters continue to rally on Parliament Square in London, as police move to clear the site. Protesters have been rallying for five days to oppose the “corrupt and unrepresentative system” in the country.

Watch police clear Occupy protesters from Parliament Square

 Occupy Democracy protesters continue to rally on Parliament Square in London, as police move to clear the site. Protesters have been rallying for five days to oppose the “corrupt and unrepresentative system” in the country.

"Mass call out for the defence of democracy approved by the General Assembly this evening. Join us in Parliament Square at 6pm on Thursday 23rd Oct to defend democracy." (This has gone out on Twitter and FB this evening) #occupydemocracy #olsx

"Mass call out for the defence of democracy approved by the General Assembly this evening. Join us in Parliament Square at 6pm on Thursday 23rd Oct to defend democracy."

(This has gone out on Twitter and FB this evening) #occupydemocracy

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Democracy closed for repairs parliament sq fenced off #occupydemocracy

 Democracy closed for repairs parliament sq fenced off #occupydemocracy 8 am this morning sq cleared by police 21 arrests by now.including Jenny Jones of London assembly arrested and de arrested. Harris fencing put all around sq for repairs.clearly politically motivated.new by laws say u need to ask permission for banners or written material.yet no reply to two days of request by phone email etc.

Electronic interference by authorities,Twitter and face book accounts not working in the area.

Moscow Peking,Azerbaijan dictatorships.no welcome to Britain tory Tyrrany  2014

#occupydemocracy livestream from Parliament square now network it

#occupydemocracy livestream from Parliament square now network it
http://bambuser.com/v/5014201

@chunkymark: #occupydemocracy imagine this scene outside any parliament in the world and state media never reported it http://t.co/C5eXiYv0vj

@SchNEWS: Proposed coal bed methane site occupied in Wrexham #frackoff http://t.co/mxbnGgTXHw/s/s2Up m.twitter.com/SchNEWS

@SchNEWS: Proposed coal bed methane site occupied in Wrexham #frackoff http://t.co/mxbnGgTXHw/s/s2Up

m.twitter.com/SchNEWS

Hundreds of police officers attack Occupy Democracy participants because they don't want them to sit on tarpaulins.#occupydemocracy

http://youtu.be/3Nb1J8JsR3w

Battle of the tarp parliament square #occupydemocracy

https://t.co/5PQsY14C0V/s/Sphf

#occupydemocracy trending at no 2

#occupydemocracy trending at no 2

Less freedom in Westminster's Parliament Square than in Hong Kong!! Donnachadh McCarthy 19th October 2014

Less freedom in Westminster's Parliament Square than in Hong Kong!!

Donnachadh McCarthy

19th October 2014

Donnachadh McCarthy went to Parliament Square yesterday to address a peaceful rally about the failings of British democracy. The intimidatory, violent and inflammatory police reaction only confirmed everything he had to say - as did the dignified restraint of the Occupy Democracy protestors.

Please go and support these brave protesters today or during the week if you can.

Yesterday I was invited to speak about 'The Prostitute State - How Britain's Democracy Has Been Bought' - at the Occupy Democracy Rally in Parliament Square.
The plan was to give the talk (which went well - despite being nervous) and meet up with a friend later for dinner.
Instead I ended up being threatened with arrest not once, not twice but six times and ended up sleeping rough in the open all night in Parliament Square with the amazing people seeking to establish the weeklong democracy Occupy Democracy forum !
The first near arrest was for holding on to a placard stating that "Occupy Democracy is a drug and alcohol free zone".
Three policemen nearly broke my fingers to take it off me, whilst refusing to tell me on what grounds a peaceful protester could not have such a placard.
The second near arrest was when about 60 of us were sitting around in a circle on the grass discussing democracy and occupy. About 40 riot police surrounded about 20 of us and kettled us in. They then threatened us with arrest for refusing as peaceful citizens to give our names.
The third near arrest happened when I helped rescue one of the peaceful democracy debaters from a snatch squad.
The fourth near arrest happened when I saw the private security guard boss who disgracefully now police Parliament Square (AOS) , indicate uglily three peaceful democracy debaters whom he wanted arrested and helped grab them out of the way.
The fifth near arrest was when I argued that the police were guilty of unnecessary harassment and making a farce of the Metropolitan Police, in seeking to wake up one of the democracy debaters who was asleep, as they claimed the plastic bag he was using to keep himself dry was "an object assisting him to sleep" and that this was illegal in Parliament Square!
The sixth and final near-arrest was this morning when the police sergeant and four policement dragged me away from Occupy Democracy for the heinous crime of holding a placard with their values:
"Peaceful non-violence
No discrimination of any sort
No drugs or alcohol on-site"
They eventually tore it off me, after I exercised peacecful direct action in seeking to hold on to it, whilst asking on what grounds it was illegal to have such a sign and the sergent tore it to shreds.
Hundreds of police - but whatever for?
There were literally hundreds and hundreds of police surrounding the democracy debate.
Then another police cordon around the squares footpaths - within which the press were banned.
Then the entire boundary of the square was surrounded by police vans.
A police helicopter hovered over-head. Hundreds more police were in vans spread all around the vecinity.
This massive over-policing and attempts to shut the democratic forum down was truly shocking and outrageous.
However, despite repeated provocation the democrats remained peaceful, and with huge help from the legal team, Occupy faced down all of the attacks and is now proceeding peacefully with talks and workshops all week, including today.
Please go and support these brave protesters today or during the week if you can.
I am now going to crash ... grateful for not being in jail and grateful for helping claim this space for open demoractic debate for nine days, outside the Whore of Parliaments.
 http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2600887/less_freedom_in_westminsters_parliament_square_than_in_hong_kong.html

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Information on the week-long protest, 17th-26th October.
Evening Standard article: standard.co.uk/news/london/occupy-london-protesters-start-week-long-demonstration-9803689.html
Donnachadh McCarthy FRSA is a former Deputy Chair of the Liberal Democrats. He can be reached via his website 3acorns.

Copies of his book 'The Prostitute State - How Britain's Democracy Has Been Bought' are available from theprostitutestate.co.uk.
E-book version available from www.Lulu.com.

Police move to clear Occupy protesters from Parliament Square but fail.More rights to protest in Hong Kong than parliament square

Police move to clear Occupy protesters from Parliament Square

Between 50 and 100 Occupy Democracy protesters remain after police arrest one and evict others after three days in square

• Chris Johnston
• The Guardian, Sunday 19 October 2014 22.39 BST
• Jump to comments (149)

Police officers and Occupy protesters in Parliament Square on Saturday night. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Police made one arrest after hundreds of officers converged on Parliament Square in London on Sunday night in an attempt to remove Occupy Democracy protesters.
A Metropolitan police spokesman said that officers were enforcing a notice to desist. The demonstrators, who were in the third day of occupying the square, were given 30 minutes to leave or face arrest.
Possessing items that could be used for sleeping in Parliament Square was made illegal under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
One protester used a smartphone to send a live video stream of the eviction to the Bambuser website as others condemned the police action on social media.
Officers could be seen dragging away some of the protesters after they refused to leave.
An Occupy spokeswoman described the police action as “absolutely crazy”.
She said offficers told them that they could not sit on tarpaulins, which were deemed to be “structures”.
Officers did not remove all of the protesters and between 50 and 100 remained in the square late on Sunday night.
The person who was arrested was being held in custody at Charing Cross police station.
Occupy London said on its Twitter feed: “David Cameron supported HK pro-democracy protests but is intent on crushing them in UK w[ith] violence.”
The group planned to remain in Parliament Square for another week. According to its website, the goal of the Occupy Democracy campaign is to “direct the energy from current single-issue struggles into a critical mass that can radically challenge the corrupt and unrepresentative system”.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/19/occupy-protesters-parliament-square-london

Call out support the occupation of parliament sq. Today + next 9 days, talks,workshops,GAs,music, bring instruments,umbrellas,camp chairs n waterproofs.major victory to stay last night despite 200 police operation.www.occupydemocracy.org.uk pass it on

Call out support the occupation of parliament sq. Today + next 9 days, talks,workshops,GAs,music, bring instruments,umbrellas,camp chairs n waterproofs.major victory to stay last night despite 200 police operation.www.occupydemocracy.org.uk pass it on

Criminal Justice Act 20th Anniversary E vent coming up at MayDay Rooms (London) today 2-10 pm

Criminal Justice Act 20th Anniversary Event coming up at MayDay Rooms (London)

Daily Star, 10 October 1994 (from Datacide archive)

Revolt of the Ravers: The Movement Against the Criminal Justice Act, 1994

Sunday October 19th 2014, 2 pm –  10 pm,  at MayDay Rooms, 88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH

(Admission free)

Twenty years ago, on 9 October 1994, a huge demonstration against the Government's Criminal Justice Act ended in London's Hyde Park with riotous clashes, police horses charging, and people dancing to sound systems. The Act brought in new police powers against raves, squatters, protestors, travellers and others, and was passed amidst widespread opposition.

Tonight the party is at the clayton arms pub on clayton road se15 5aj . C u there

Tonight the party is at the clayton arms pub on clayton road se15 5aj .  C u there

Parliament square occupied now come and support

Www.occupydemocracy.org.uk

Tonight despite the best efforts of the GLA and the police an occupation is happening in parliament.a new law was passed about no tents or sleeping structures. However when the police were challenged about the by laws they claimed to be enforcing.they could not find a reason for which the bye laws came into effect.after a few hours of legal wrangling.the chief inspector was left stuttering on the phone to Bindmans solicitors.saying there was actually no reason why the bye laws should be enforced.the police stood down dropped their cordon  and a direct democracy GA ensued. 

Well done to all the crew who resisted.check the website for Nxt 9 days of workshops,talks and activities.we need chairs umbrella and food to the frontline.come and support network it viva the resistance 

Amnesty free msg: GAMBIA- New anti-gay Bill could mean life in prison 4 HIV+ people. Rply REJECT and yr full name http://bit.ly/ZHTFgo 2OptOut rply Stop

Amnesty free msg: GAMBIA- New anti-gay Bill could mean life in prison 4 HIV+ people. Rply REJECT and yr full name http://bit.ly/ZHTFgo 2OptOut rply Stop

Parliament Sq occupydemocracynow

Family with 3 kids facing eviction tomorrow (fri 17th). help them resist the bailiffs at 8am. Flat A, 9 Hainault rd, E11 1ED. Solidarity much appeeciated.

Family with 3 kids facing eviction tomorrow (fri 17th). help them resist the bailiffs at 8am. Flat A, 9 Hainault rd, E11 1ED. Solidarity much appeeciated. 

Http://radicalhousingnetwork.org/mpim-uk/counterconference thurs Oct 16 from 1500 Fri Oct 17 all day @ 67 Guilford street, Russel Square pass it on. Yay success of block Boris demo on wed!

Http://radicalhousingnetwork.org/mpim-uk/counterconference thurs Oct 16 from 1500 Fri Oct 17 all day @ 67 Guilford street, Russel Square pass it on. Yay success of block Boris demo on wed!

We need to Occupy Democracy - George Barda

http://occupydemocracy.org.uk network it

 http://occupydemocracy.org.uk network it

#OccupyDemocracy network it

#OccupyDemocracy network it

Welfare Not Warfare: join the peace bloc on the TUC march 18 October

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Welfare Not Warfare: join the peace bloc on the TUC march 18 October

Stop the War will join the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and other peace campaigns on the 18th October as part of the peace bloc at the TUC's Britain Needs A Pay Rise march. The TUC national demonstration will call for a properly enforced minimum wage, higher wages from employers, a commitment to the living wage and a crackdown on excessive executive pay.

We will join the march to point out the hypocrisy of imposing increasingly harsh austerity measures on ordinary people whilst increasing money spent on new wars and bloodshed. We believe the government should spend the money on welfare not warfare. We will demand an end to the bombing campaign in Iraq, and protest against the British government intervening in Syria.

• Assemble 11am, Saturday 18th October
• Zone 12, Blackfriars Embankment, London (see map)
  
• Can you volunteer on the day? We need your help! Email office@stopwar.org.uk

The latest news stories from the Stop the War web site:

• Ten reasons why bombing Iraq and Syria is no way to defeat ISIS Lindsey German
• History boomerangs and ISIS bounces us back into the quagmire we created Jason Hirthler
• Report from the 4 October demonstration against bombing Iraq Lindsey German
  

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Stop the War Coalition | office@stopwar.org.uk | 020 7561 4830

David Cameron wants to change the law so fracking companies can drill under our homes without permission. https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/fracking-law

David Cameron wants to change the law so fracking companies can drill under our homes without permission.

But the plans can't go through without MPs votes, so if we can get them to see how unpopular Cameron's idea is, they'll think twice before voting it through when the time comes.

I've just told my MP to resist this change to the law, and vote against it when the time comes. Will you help me?

https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/fracking-law

Occupy film by Bedsit Palace Phoenix at 1.31mins in ish

Occupy (01:52:13) from Bedsit Palace on Vimeo.