The Distant Thunder of Water Cannon
Over the last couple of years the conversations I’ve had with friends in the city have been defined by their unremitting gloom. Just this week a neighbour who works as…
Bright Green hero: Senator Bernie Sanders
Today we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of an eight-and-a-half hour filibuster by independent, socialist US Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Bernie's day-long speech, against extending Bush's tax cuts for…
You don’t need anonymity to have power
Pete Speller wrote a piece "Why I don't mask up", to which Majsaleh responded "We don't need martyrs" - this is Pete's reply. In response to the article We Don’t…
Caroline Hoffmann: a Tribute
Dr Caroline Hoffmann (1964-2011) was a member of the Scottish Green Party and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, an ecologist, a sailor and an LGBT rights campaigner. She died on the 4th…
We Don’t Need Martyrs
In this response to Pete Spellar's article "Why I don't mask up", majsaleh defends the tactic and argues that solidarity is different from martydom. It is unsurprising that people are…
Why I don’t mask up
During the protests over the last year and a bit certain trends have cropped up amongst both those newly radicalized and those old hands that have been involved in protest…
Disciplined by Birmingham University because I was assaulted…
by Simon Furse Last week I took part in a peaceful sit in to try and raise awareness and dialogue about the effects of the white paper. My university responded…
Occupy to Support the Strikes.
On November 23rd students at universities across the country occupied their institutions as part of a day of action called by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts. Here we…
This is what democracy looks like – learning from Latin America
This piece first appeared in this week's issue of the Occupied Times Stretched across the tent town by the London Stock Exchange is a banner spelling out the slogan of…
From monotony to farce: my Fortnum and Mason’s trial
“Which judge have you got?”. That this is the first question asked by anyone familiar with the justice system perhaps says all you need to know about its operation. Throughout…