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  • 17 May 2012
    Speaking about the Occupy movement on Sunday

    There's more than three months to go until the Greenbelt Festival gets underway, but a pre-Greenbelt event will take place this Sunday in London. I'm really pleased to be one of ten speakers who will talk for 8-10 minutes each on an aspect of the theme of Greenbelt 2012, ?Paradise: Lost & Found.

  • 11 May 2012
    Trusting in what is not real

    The Bible says more about money than about almost any other ethical issue. In a world where critics of capitalism are described as "unrealistic", Christians can point to a greater reality than the dominant values of our own time and culture. We can recognise that capitalism depends on faith in the idols of money and markets.

  • 26 Apr 2012
    Quaker disrupts Vince Cable's speech to arms dealers

    A Quaker has interrupted a speech by Business Secretary Vince Cable to deliver his own impromptu speech against the government’s support for the arms industry.

  • 24 Apr 2012
    Capitalism: have we had enough?

    The Rev Dr Giles Fraser, Priest-in-Charge at St Mary Newington in London, and formerly Canon at St Paul’s Cathedral, is taking part in a chaired discussion on the future of capitalism in the aftermath of Occupy at St Paul's.

  • 11 Apr 2012
    The Occupy movement and the challenge to take sides

    I was dragged by police from the steps of St Paul's Cathedral as I knelt in prayer during the eviction of Occupy London Stock Exchange. The occupiers had arrived on the cathedral's doorstep after they were prevented from protesting closer to the Stock Exchange. The Occupy movement attracted a surprising degree of public sympathy and Christians, like others, were challenged to choose sides.

  • 23 Mar 2012
    St Paul's Cathedral refuses to meet Christians evicted from steps

    The Canon Pastor of St Paul's has refused to meet with Christians who were dragged by police from the cathedral steps as they prayed during the 'Occupy' eviction.

  • 15 Mar 2012
    An open letter to St Paul's Cathedral

    Tammy Semede, part of the Occupy movement, who met regularly with representatives from St Paul's prior to the recent eviction in London, reflects on the way the cathedral behaved and illustrates the disillusionment that this has caused among a good number of people who had hoped for properly Christian behaviour from a Christian institution.

  • 14 Mar 2012
    Anglican clergy back Christians evicted from steps of St Paul's

    St Paul’s Cathedral have received a letter from five Christians who were removed by police as they prayed on the cathedral steps during the 'Occupy' eviction.

  • 12 Mar 2012
    Invulnerable people

    Regular readers of my blog (a small but much appreciated group!) may wonder if I've got a bit obsessed with the Occupy eviction and my forced removal from the steps of St Paul's Cathedral. Looking back now, I realise that my last five blog entries have been about it.

  • 12 Mar 2012
    New Dean of St Paul's critcised over comments on Occupy

    The newly appointed Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London has defended the forced removal of the Occupy London Stock Exchange camp.