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What Is The OT?

Since coming to life in the first week of the UK's incarnation of the global Occupy phenomenon, The Occupied Times of London newspaper has played a major part in the movement, building a platform for the many occupiers' voices.

We provide an intellectual space for new ideas to germinate and act as a crucial communication tool for connecting with the wider public. We cover what's happening in the UK Occupy movement, publish wider analyses of UK society, and also cover protest and revolutionary movements across the world. We bring perspectives to the debate that the corporate media rarely, if ever, provide.

Amidst the chaotic buzz of social and mainstream media the OT has helped the movement stay focused, while debunking lies and misleading information put out by the mainstream media. The paper has continued to grow and evolve over the previous eleven issues: We have expanded to A3 after the first issue, increased each edition to twenty pages from an initial twelve, and have regularly added fresh features and radical design experimentation. In addition to news and regular features, we showcase some of the most talented political cartoonists in the country, we have a space for political poetry and a subversive crossword on a different theme for each edition.

What Do We Publish?

Since we began publishing over five months ago, we have published some brilliant and distinguished writers including Alan Moore, Joseph Stiglitz, Nicolas Shaxson, Melissa Benn, Anya Schiffrin, Dorian Lynskey and Dan Hind.

We've interviewed Nawal El Saadawi, Mark Serwotka, Max Keiser, Richard Murphy and Amanda Palmer, and featured articles on economics by Herman Daly, Tim Jackson and the New Economics Founation, as well as publishing a range of insights from economics experts in our 'Money Talks' column.

The OT has been proud to feature some of the best young, political writers from the UK's online community: the likes of Owen Jones, Guy Aitchison, Zoe Stavri, Aaron Peters, Hanna Thomas, David Wearing, Adam Ramsay and Nishma Doshi.

The paper has continued to grow and evolve over the past eleven issues: expanding to A3 after the first issue, increasing to twenty pages from an initial twelve and always adding fresh features and radical design experimentation. In addition to news and regular features, we showcase some of the most talented political cartoonists in the country, have a space for political poetry and a subversive crossword on a different theme for each edition.

How Can You Help?

Like the Occupy movement itself, we are dedicated to sociopolitical, economic and environmental justice. But these issues existed before Occupy, and will no doubt continue to exist long after the last camps have been evicted. For that reason we will continue to produce The Occupied Times as a free, not-for-profit newspaper. Yet to do this we need your help. By donating to support the OT you will be helping to keep independent alternative media alive in a time when the existence of such platforms is crucial to the emerging social movements across the world.

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I support your project and wish you success in getting the sponsorship to keep going,but i have to say, this video is just...wrong..it couldn't have been done better if the chap in it was in fact a banker or agent ,with the mission to alienate those sympathetic to your cause.to me it sends out all the wrong signals. (dark,mean,depressing ,sinister,exploitative of children,authoritarian,untrustworthy..Yes thats them...surely not you too,pull the vid or lighten up.

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Solidarity!

£1.00 + : We appreciate that many people who would like to support us might not have a lot to spare. We can't offer anything for a one pound donation due to postage costs, but if you are somebody who can afford no more, your donation is as appreciated as any other.

 

Thank You!

£10.00 + : The eternal gratitude of the OT team. Your contribution will help to keep the newspaper genuinely independent and able to produce high-quality news and articles from a wide range of experienced writers.

 

Post Eviction Edition

£20.00 + : A copy of OT11, the first issue published after the eviction of the camp at St Paul's. The issue engages with news from the London movement, looks ahead to the future, and brings a critical perspective on developments in Egypt, Syria and Greece. We also have a special feature on homelessness, an issue that has become inextricably linked to the Occupy movement.

 

Our Next Three Issues

£50.00 + : We will send you copies of our next three issues - OT11, OT12 and OT13. In these issues we will continue to cover the Occupy movement as it moves beyond the camps, as well as analysing the growing social unrest and various movements springing up globally. We will continue to cover the real social, economic and environmental issues relevant to ordinary people today.

 

Post Court Ruling Issue Featuring An Article By Alan Moore

£100.00 + : A copy of OT9, printed just two days after the high court ruled against Occupy London. This edition's headline read 'Judge Rules Against OccupyLSX', with the back page slogan 'Face Of The 1%' with a constructed image made up of Rupert Murdoch, David Cameron, Christine Lagarde and Hosni Mubarak. The edition also included an article by Alan Moore, creator of V for Vendetta and Watchmen.

 

First Edition

£200.00 + : A copy of OT1, printed just eleven days after the camp was established at St Paul's on October 15th. This issue was the only one printed in A4 size, and is extremely hard to get a copy of. The front page headline was 'Here To Stay' with the same text repeated on the back page placard. The issue included an interview with Max Keiser and an article plotting the history of protest camping by novelist Tim Gee. It is now featured in the collection of the Museum of London.

 

Special 'Pink' Edition

£300.00 + : A copy of the special 'pink' OT4 edition. This issue poked fun at The Financial Times, adopting their salmon coloured paper and featuring the slogan 'Financial Crimes' to a backdrop of financial market graphs on the back page. The front page headline read 'Govt Targets Squatters', with articles of note by former senior economist at the World Bank's enviromental department, Herman Daly, and Professor Prem Sikka.

 

Special Limited Edition

£400.00 + : We're making a special limited edition OT consisting of every front page and back page design from the first eleven issues, with pieces from the editors charting the short history of the OT's existence and the story of how it came into existence. Only 15 of these will ever be printed, with ten owned by the OT editorial team.

 

Issues One to Eleven

£500.00 + : A copy of each edition of The Occupied Times printed so far, from issue one to issue eleven. Only 2000 copies of each edition were printed, and very few people have a copy of all eleven.