The right criticises OWS because it lacks order ... or surreptitiously injects hierarchy; because it respects private property ... or doesn't ... What drives the rhetorical sniping against OWS is the need for scapegoats. The media that offers them up is playing a dangerous game
The Occupy protest site at St Paul's Cathedral has become a thriving community. But errors of judgment have left it lacking the same level of openness and accountability it seeks of others.
The lack of demographic diversity amongst the protestors and uncertainty about their demands make Occupy Wall Street difficult to take seriously, argues Shilpa Kameswaran from a migrant's perspective
A letter of solidarity to those in the United States currently participating in the 'occupy' protests. Citing a common struggle, the letter calls for continued occupations from a global youth that have grown weary with the 'current order of things.'
The political class want the London occupation to make demands of them - but the protestors aren't accepting this power dynamic. They are instead assembling publics: the first step towards understanding the present and building for a better future.
In Occupy Wall Street old forms of protest and new forms of media are bringing in new players and new political pressures asking the American republic to declare its independence from the market forces that are driving the old journalism and governing the government.
When is a square 'occupied' and when is it 'seized'? Is the Occupy movement on behalf of the 'multitude' or the 'working class'? The tyranny of structurelessness or the tyranny of tyrannies - or can we choose neither? In this historic moment, we must revisit the old questions and rethink our answe
London's tent city is on sacred land - the skirts of St Paul's Cathedral. The Cathedral's position on the occupation will be crucial for its future. Will it remember Christ's mission to free the oppressed and bring good news to the poor?
The mass popularity of the Wall Street occupation is almost uncanny - so where have the protesters got it right?
Occupy London is fundamentally different in nature to the occupations in Madrid and Greece. It is small, but determined, and is on sacred ground: the skirts of St Paul's Cathedral. But how long will the anti-city in the City last?
