Occupation is a Stinking, Putrid, Agent of Decay
At a recent meeting at the Bank of Ideas I overheard one keen contributor hailing the ‘death of capitalism’ – a worthy aspiration perhaps, even if capitalism might have answered back, to borrow Mark Twain’s quip, that ‘reports [...]
Canvas or Concrete – Is Occupy A TAZ?
With the shift from a tented village towards the solid structure of the Bank of Ideas, it seems that the Occupy London movement has another step forward in the quest to be taken seriously. It’s been months now since the first protests began, [...]
Pirates, St Pauls, and the Roots of Anti-Capitalist Protest
In May 1724, in a small bookshop just a stone’s throw from St Paul’s, Captain Charles Johnson’s A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates went on sale, and became an instant hit. Though pirates’ bodies [...]