Occupy London

The Occupy London movement grew out of an attempt to camp outside the London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square on 15 October 2011. The protest was organised in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. After police cordoned off Paternoster Square, the protestors set up camp in tents outside St Paul's Cathedral. The protestors made common cause with the wave of pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt and other countries known as the 'Arab Spring'. The camp remained outside St Paul's until it was evicted by the Corporation of London on 28 February 2012.

In the Occupy movement decisions were taken collectively at daily 'general assembly' meetings. On the second day of the protest on 16 October 2011 an assembly of more than 500 people formulated an initial statement on the steps of St Paul's. The text of the statement is reproduced on this publicity leaflet which also makes a visual reference to the Transport for London logo.