Early blog posts & news reports on the #Occupy movement, especially in London
Like the title says. This is only about the early days of the St. Paul's / #OccupyLSX affair. By no means do I endorse all links given here, or do I agree with all points of view presented.
white space life: The *Very Unofficial* 11-Point Guide To #OccupyLondon / #OccupyLSX ...In the last few days I've been involved in so many tweet-battles over my support of @OccupyLondon , in reply to some of the trolls and cr...
Occupy protesters should target governments not City, LSE chairman saysChris Gibson-Smith insists irresponsible politicians rather than City institutions to blame for global financial crisis The chairman of t...The Steps of the Cathedral
Well hello ladies and gentlemen, I am reporting to you today from a tent here in front of St Pauls cathedral, London, well actually I'm i...
#Occupy the Church Porch - Future Shape of ChurchThoughts and reflections from Edward Green on the Future Shape of Church. Read the series of posts 'Showing my Colours' for more about me...My Jesus?
When interviewed on BBC Radio 2 last week Andy Flannagan, Director of the Christian Socialist Movement, was asked ‘what would Jesus do' a...
Bishop Alan’s Blog: Showing off? shutting shop? showing up?Even amid a forest of high towers, St Paul’s Cathedral remains, architecturally, the heart of the City of London. It could be a key...
Lay Anglicana Blog - Capitalism and the Church of EnglandThe Church of England has been inextricably linked to the rise of capitalism from the very beginning, according to the seminal work by th...
Lay Anglicana Blog - Why ‘Keep Calm And Carry On’ Is Sometimes Not EnoughSeen here from the Millennium Bridge, this picture makes it very clear that St Paul's Cathedral is at the heart of the City of London. Th...
Giles FrazzledWhen every day is full of back-to-back meetings and events it is not easy either to keep up with what's going on in the world or to write...
PRetty unprettyAn explanation is not an excuse. Let me repeat that: an explanation is not an excuse. So, what I am about to write is an explanation of w...
St Paul’s response to the peopleI was listening to UCB this morning and a discussion came up about the Anti-Greed/Capitalist Protestors (Occupy Wall Street demonstration...- Vic the Vicar!: Not What Jesus Would Do?It is sad that today I have heard more about the Church of England, St Paul's Cathedral in particular, today that I have heard for some t...
- Elizaphanian: Occupy London, St Paul's and the RebelOne of my formative philosophical influences - and I can say that without being pretentious because I was about 17 when I read it, and pr...
LLM Calling: St Pauls' Unsaintly BehaviourSt Pauls London has hit a new low by accepting the resignation of Canon Giles Fraser, was there no way to mediate inside the church in or...
Of Course, I Could Be Wrong...: WHAT IS REALLY GOING DOWN AT ST. PAUL'S(?)This is cartoonist, Steve Bell's take on the situation. It's funny, but cynic as I am I still have to admit is unfair. The chapter of St....
Of Course, I Could Be Wrong...: MEANWHILE ON THE STEPS OF ST. PAUL'SFrom Kathryn Rose ( THE ARTSY HONKER ): On Friday we will have Evensong outside St Paul's. While the Cathedral has said they will be open...
Cranmer: The Dean of St Paul’s throws Jesus out of the templeIt beggars belief that the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral have surpassed the disruption to Divine Worship which Hitler inf...
Cranmer: Canon Giles Fraser loses St Paul’s £20k a dayLast weekend, when the Metropolitan Police began to clear the ‘ Occupy London ’ protestors from the steps of St Paul’s ...
Cranmer: Canon Giles Fraser accuses his critics of 'talking complete nonsense'Following the continued closure of St Paul's Cathedral, the Canon Chancellor the Rev'd Giles Fraser has issued a tetchy statement: Statem...
Significant Truths: Thinking about idealismI did not blog earlier in the week on the events at St Paul's; one of the reasons for this is that I think the issues at stake ...
Listen : Think : Act: hears about a 'Flash Evensong' occuring at St Pauls, as part of #OccupyLSXIf two or three Christians gather in a room, at least one is destined (rightly or wrongly) to say that 'the media ignores us'. This certa...
New Statesman - Closing the doors at St Paul's CathedralThe doors of St Paul's Cathedral are now closed to all visitors. No tourists or worshippers are allowed in. One of the finest ecclesiasti...
Tax Justice Network: The City of London Corporation: the state within a stateWhen people ask - as they often do these days - which is the biggest tax haven in the world, our answer is almost invariably the City of ...
Occupy London empty tent claims based on 'rubbish science'Claims that nine in 10 tents at Occupy London remain empty overnight are based on "rubbish science", a military scientist specialising in...
What kind of church is St Paul’s?I wasn't entirely surprised that St Paul's Cathedral announced it would close to visitors in the presence of the #OccupyLSX Occupy the Lo...
