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OCCUPY DEMOCRACY - 17th - 26th OCT - NO TTIP

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WHAT OCCUPY DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT

DEMAND REAL DEMOCRACY. OCCUPY PARLIAMENT SQUARE.

Our time is now.

In Hong Kong, hundreds of people are fighting 
courageously for the right to a real vote. They 
know that a system where candidates are decided by the state is no democracy.

In Scotland, 45% of people rejected Westminster 
rule. They know that a system that takes the 
power to make local decisions out of their hands is no democracy.

We know that democracy is not just about having a 
vote every four, now five years. It is about 
having the power to make your voice heard. We 
know that a government that answers to profit before people is no democracy.

In the UK today, record numbers of people are 
homeless, record numbers rely on food banks to 
feed their families, and record numbers face fuel 
poverty as energy prices rise eight times faster than wages.

At the same time, inequality is back on the rise, 
making us one of the most unequal countries in 
the developed world. The amount we ask businesses 
to contribute to our social services in tax is 
set to be the lowest of any of the G20 countries. 
Tax evasion and avoidance costs the UK £95bn a 
year, enough to fund the NHS in England.

Nobody voted to be made homeless, hungry or 
unemployed.  It is clear whose voices are being heard.

We need to start a movement for real democracy. 
The voices of the majority have been ignored for 
too long. We need to give ourselves the tools to 
hold our politicians to account, and to end the 
corporate lobbying power that drowns our voices out.

To do it, we need a movement that cannot be 
ignored. That is why we are occupying Parliament 
Square from the 17th  26th of October, to begin 
a fight for a real democracy 
<http://johnsinha.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/a-call-to-action-the-case-for-occupying-parliament-square/>(see 
the original call to action). There, in the 
shadow of Nelson Mandelas statue, we will 
transform the Square into a civic space where we 
can re-envision what our society could be like, 
with talks, workshops, community assemblies, music and theatre.

There is one thing that every successful social 
justice movement has had to overcome: the 
prevalence of the belief that the status quo is 
how it has to be. That there is no alternative. 
All of us can feel weakened and ground down by 
that belief, but all of us must have the courage 
to overcome it. To imagine a different future for 
ourselves. To show each other that there is an 
alternative. Because the current system relies 
entirely on our believing that there isnt.

The austerity measures imposed on us for the sake 
of economic growth, our continued reliance on 
dirty coal and oil, our hospitals closing, our 
transit systems worsening while fares rise, our 
children attending under-funded schools with 
exhausted underpaid teachers  we only accept 
these things because we let ourselves believe 
there is no other way of doing things.

But please, join us for the Occupation. Try 
imagining there is another way. Do it with people 
you love, people you trust, with experts and 
activists and people to be inspired by. If youre 
reading this, youre invited. Your friends, 
family, colleagues are invited. Now is the time 
to produce our vision of a sane, workable, 
inspiring alternative, together. Come to learn, 
discuss and participate. Dare to believe that there is an alternative.

We are the ones weve been waiting for.

Rise, like lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number!
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you:
Ye are manythey are few!

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GET INVOLVED

The planning of the camp and keeping it alive 
depends on the help of our volunteers. We welcome 
anybody to join, and can find something useful to 
do for any skill set. To find out the details for 
our next meeting, or to suggest a way in which 
you can give a hand, get in touch via email: 
<mailto:occupydemocracy at riseup.net>occupydemocracy at riseup.net. 
Alternatively, you can join in the work once the camp has started.

The occupation will be an 
<http://occupydemocracy.org.uk/2014/09/24/latest/>alcohol-free, 
safe space and any major decisions will be 
achieved through 
<http://occupydemocracy.org.uk/2014/09/25/consenus-meetings/>consensus.

We have produced a <http://wp.me/a52T2l-56>flyer 
and a <http://we.tl/adJBelQ6sX>poster that can be 
freely distributed. The most recent updates and 
information can be most easily found through our social-media presence.

<https://www.facebook.com/events/531711723600543/>Join 
our Facebook event and share the content

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PROGRAMME

We are putting together a 9 day programme of 
speakers, workshops and assemblies. Each day will 
have a different theme. Programme subject to change. Check for updates.
<http://occupydemo.wordpress.com/#friday>Friday 
17 Oct:  Opening event followed by overnight 
vigil for the Eradication of Poverty
<http://occupydemo.wordpress.com/#saturday>Saturday 
18 Oct: A Revolution in Democracy
<http://occupydemo.wordpress.com/#sunday>Sunday 19 Oct: Money, Tax & Finance
<http://occupydemo.wordpress.com/#monday>Monday 
20 Oct: Public services 1: The Corporate Takeover
<http://occupydemo.wordpress.com/#tuesday>Tuesday 
21 Oct: Public services 2: Privatisation and Trade Deals
<http://occupydemo.wordpress.com/#wednesday>Wednesday 
22 Oct: Life, Environment & Equality
<http://occupydemo.wordpress.com/#thursday>Thursday 
23 Oct: Justice, Equality and the Media
<http://occupydemo.wordpress.com/#friday2>Friday 24 Oct: War & Peace
<http://occupydemo.wordpress.com/#saturday2>Saturday 25 Oct: Solutions
<http://occupydemo.wordpress.com/#sunday2>Sunday 26 Oct: Means of change

Friday 17 Oct: Overnight Vigil for the 
Eradication of Poverty  why do billions still 
want for food, water and basic medicine?
The occupation starts at 5pm on Friday 17 October 
with an overnight vigil to mark the UN Day for 
the Eradication of Poverty. Speakers at the vigil 
include: John Hillary (War on Want), Ruth London 
(Fuel Poverty Action), Keith Hebden (End Hunger 
Fast), Kofi Mawuli Klu (Pan-African Reparations 
Coalition in Europe). Plus speakers corner 
including Jamie Kelsey-Fry (New Internationalist).

This will be a candlelit event with speakers and 
acoustic entertainments where we will stand in 
solidarity with the victims of the widening 
wealth inequality that we see in the UK today as 
a result of our broken democracy. We will also 
stand in solidarity with the victims of our 
foreign policy which impoverishes and exploits 
many parts of the world through economic, 
diplomatic and military means. We invite members 
of faith and development groups as well as those of no faith to join us.

Bring a candle in a jam jar and, in case of rain, 
an umbrella (yellow if possible). As a gesture of 
solidarity with those suffering homelessness we 
feel we should not have shelters in the square that night.

<http://occupydemocracy.org.uk/2014/10/12/friday-17-oct-opening-event-and-overnight-vigil-on-poverty-and-faith/>Read 
more about the Friday opening event

Saturday 18 Oct: Why we need a revolution in 
democracy and what might that look like?
With speakers including Asad Rehman (Friends of 
the Earth), Donnachadh McCarthy (former Deputy 
Chair LiberalDemocrats, author The Prostitute 
State), David Graeber (Occupy Wall Street, author 
The Democracy Project), Natalie Bennett (Green 
Party), John McDonnell MP, George Barda (Occupy 
London), Richard DeDominici (artist).

Sunday 19 Oct: Money, Tax & Finance  Why the 1% 
have even more Power & Money than before.
With speakers including UK Uncut, Robin Hood Tax 
campaign, Ann Pettifor (New Economics 
Foundation), John Christensen (Tax Justice 
Network) and James Meadway (New Economics 
Foundation). Plus: An assembly on the topic of 
The 45% plus The 99%  how can we come together 
to challenge the Westminster elite?

<http://occupydemocracy.org.uk/2014/10/19/schedule-for-sunday-19th-of-october/>The 
full schedule of Sunday

Monday 20 Oct: Public services 1: Privatisation 
and the corporate takeover  why theyre 
murdering the NHS, the welfare state and our 
public services. With Andy G. (Disabled People 
Against the Cuts), Dr Louise-Marie Irvine (Save 
Lewisham Hospital) and Caroline Molloy (OurNHS) 
with Peter Pannier (Gloucestershire Save our NHS).

<http://occupydemocracy.org.uk/2014/10/20/schedule-for-monday-20th-of-october/>The 
full schedule of Monday

http://occupydemocracy.org.uk/2014/10/20/schedule-for-monday-20th-of-october/

Tuesday 21 Oct: Public services 2: Privatisation 
and trade deals- how theyre trying to kill 
democracy before werealise what theyre up to  
for good! Education, homes, trade deals. Luke 
Martell (University of Sussex/Free University) 
and Nick Dearden (World Development Movement).

Wednesday 22 Oct: Life, Environment & Equality  
why a revolution in democracy is needed to safeguard our future.
With Speakers including Jenny Jones (Green 
Party), Jeremy Leggett (Solar Century, Carbon 
Tracker), Jonathan Neale (One Million Climate 
Jobs) Mothiur Rahman (Community Chartering 
Network),  Ruth & Clare (Fuel Poverty Action) and 
Suzanne Dhaliwal (UK Tar Sands Network).

Thursday 23 Oct: Justice, Equality and the Media 
 why the poor are criminalised and the rich get away with it.
With Hannah Dee (Defend the Right to Protest), 
Melanie Strickland (Occupy Law) and Nina Owen (Eradicating Ecocide).

Friday 24 Oct: War & Peace  War, what is is good 
for? Why we need to redefine our national 
interests and bring an end to resource wars. 
Featuring Mika Minio-Paluello (Platform), Chris 
Nineham (Stop The War) and Penny Rimbaud & Louise Elliot (words and music).

Saturday 25 Oct: Solutions  what are the answers 
they dont want you to know? What would real 
democracy look like? What would our ideal society 
look like? Featuring Sarah Allan (Constitutional 
Convention Campaign), Donnachadh McCarthy (21st 
Century Great Reform Act), David Malone (author, 
The Debt Generation) and Dilar Dirik (University of Cambridge).

Sunday 26 Oct: Means of change  a better world 
is nice in theory, but how do we make it happen? 
We are the ones weve been waiting for.
A day of assemblies to answer the question: 
where do we go from here? With interventions by 
Ewa Jasiewicz (Reclaim The Power) and others.

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