Support The Occupied Times

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.