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Published in: 50.50The Occupy movement and the women of Greenham CommonFeminist experience and input into the theory and practice of nonviolence has much to offer a new generation of...
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Published in: 50.50Occupy: you can’t evict an idea
The Occupy movement has changed the national conversation in America, and challenged the rightward tilt of the...
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Published in: HomeTunisia: Occupy Bardo
Despite Tunisia's successful election in October, there has emerged a remarkable ideological split in the ranks. In...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAudio: Anthony Barnett discusses the rise of social movements in 2011
Audio: Founder of openDemocracy, Anthony Barnett, discusses the Occupy movement and its antecedents on Resonance FM...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOccupying the offices of the 1%
The occupation of the offices of Xstrata, home to the highest paid FTSE chief executive in the UK, shows the radical...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReform, rupture or re-imagination: understanding the purpose of an occupationIn 2011 occupations have become the tactic of choice for popular movements worldwide. But how exactly does the...
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Published in: HomeHope from below: composing the commons in Iceland
Never again can the world be told by the custodians of the old that the people cannot be relied upon to write the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIf things are so bad in Britain, where's the uprising?Given the obvious harms being inflicted on the population of the UK, in the name of austerity, why did the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOccupy London and the unions: brothers in arms or a marriage made in hell?Occupy London came out in support of the N30 public sector strike over pension reform - but there was disagreement...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA mass strike in Britain – is this a new era for organised labour?
Yesterday's day of action saw over two million public sector workers take to the streets, in response to far more...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKN30 strike: a new chapter in Britain's history of collective action
Today's strike, November 30, will mark a new chapter in Britain's historic struggles for workers and ordinary people...
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Published in: HomeOccupy Wall Street is All Over The Media: But for How Long?
The important role of the media in making or breaking political movements has not been changed that much by the...
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Published in: HomeLiberty Park can be anywhere
The Occupy movement has much to gain from its symbolic eviction. But only if it evolves beyond Zuccotti.
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Published in: HomeHow Occupy Wall Street must adapt its strategy after the Zuccotti Park eviction
They've lost their space, but not their momentum
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Published in: HomeThe movement moves on: what happens after Zuccotti Park
From Manhattan, what happened in the aftermath of the New York Mayor's action to clear the Occupy Wall Street...
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Published in: HomeClearing Zuccotti Park: the strange resilience of democracy with a thin skin
The occupation of Zuccotti Park was only the visible tip of a movement whose significance and power goes well beyond...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy Britain needs direct action
Britain is a democracy, with freedom of speech and the right to protest. There is no need to be 'disruptive' and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOccupy London: keep your nerve, your unity and your integrity
The London occupation is nearing its one month anniversary, and the cracks are beginning to show.
