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Published in: openDemocracyUKOccupy London: not in decline, preparing for SpringThe mainstream media is itching to ring the funeral bells for Occupy London. Here, an occupier argues the movement...
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Published in: HomeOccupy – free, educating theatre coming to a town near you
We are seeing today the first widespread global popular uprising in history that shares a name-tag and an idea: an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhose network?
Reflections on Paul Mason's new book, 'Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere'.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs there such a thing as ethical capitalism?In response to a growing realisation that neo-liberal capitalism is morally and literally bankrupt, Britain’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Epic Win’ for Anonymous? Hacktivism and the 99%The Anonymous 'V for Vendetta' mask is an icon of the Occupy movement. But how does this band of deviant web pirates...
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Published in: HomeOne to Another: the Occupy movement challenges the media
The Occupy movement challenges the deflection tactics of current media circumambulations: social media and sheer...
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Published in: HomeWho got left behind? How rising inequality is affecting countries across the G20
The correlation between economic growth and inequality is not as strong as many would like to believe. Combating...
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Published in: HomeThe Occupy Movement - a revolution in our sense of selfThe Occupy Movement, far from having no programme, has revolutionized our sense of self. The Citizen of the World...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOccupyLSX, unruly politics and subversive ruliness
Any social movement that challenges the state but leaves streets unsafe and refuse uncollected will rapidly lose...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGoodbye, year of new movements: bring on 2012 and Occupy EverythingThe editor of our Networked Society debate concludes the project by sharing his reflections on the last tumultuous...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAct now to defend Occupy London and the right to protest
The authorities are acting swiftly to outlaw protests of the kind seen outside St Paul's. Speak out now against this...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOccupy: rediscovering the general will in hard timesTimes of economic crisis call into question our systems of democracy. Today's global occupy movement is a call to...
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Published in: HomeSocial contract theory for Occupiers: what law, culture and history tell us
No legitimate social contract can be devoid of stewardship, responsibility and duty. Recognising this allows us to...
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Published in: HomeRevolt of the meritocrats
There was a time when privilege, social responsibility and public service went together. Could it return?
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Published in: openIndiaChronicle of a non-violent protest: Jobat, Madhya Pradesh (India)
For more than three weeks over 130 people have carried out the longest occupation of government-owned land ever...
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Published in: HomeFumbling for changeIf politics is “the art of the possible” then 2011 has left us, as artists, with suddenly a much larger canvas and a...
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Published in: HomeThe Long and the Quick of Revolution
This is the Raymond Williams Annual Lecture for 2011, coinciding with the publication of a new 50th anniversary...
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Published in: HomeWe live in revolutionary times ... but what does this mean?
Encouraged by the Spanish movement for ‘Real Democracy Now!’, the Occupy network and above all the Arab Awakening,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRape and the Occupy movement
Failure to take collective responsibility for rapes at camp sites springs from the ideological tension at the heart...
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Published in: HomeWhat’s good for the goose and gander is at some point for the Occupiers
When legitimate protesters are showered with contempt by those whose job it is to serve the community, humanity is...
