What began in the financial district of New York City in mid September under the name Occupy Wall Street has become a movement that is spreading across the globe. But what do they want and how do they intend to achieve their goals? Are their aims realistic? Can they have any impact?<\/p>\n
Join us at the Frontline Club<\/a> tomorrow 2 November at 7pom to debate the aims and objectives of the Occupy movement and to discuss whether it can bring about any change.<\/p>\n The tent cities springing up across the US, the UK, Australia and elsewhere have been compared to the scenes we saw earlier this year in Tahrir Square but is there a common bond?<\/p>\n With:<\/p>\n Harry Cole<\/a><\/strong>, a political journalist and media commentator. He set up Tory Bear in 2008 whilst studying at Edinburgh University. He is now News Editor of Order-Order.com and writes for The Daily Beast and Total Politics and The Commentator.\u00a0Twitter:\u00a0@MrHarryCole<\/a><\/p>\n Naomi Colvin<\/a><\/strong>, supporter of\u00a0OccupyLSX<\/a>. \u00a0She set up\u00a0UK Friends of Bradley Manning<\/a>, the UK support group for the accused Wikileaks whistleblower.\u00a0Twitter: @auerfeld<\/p>\n Richard Murphy<\/a><\/strong>, a chartered accountant and economist. He is the author of\u00a0The Courageous State: Rethinking Economics, Society and the Role of Government<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0Twitter:\u00a0@RichardJMurphy<\/a><\/p>\n Aaron Peters<\/a><\/strong>, a PhD candidate at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is\u00a0co-editor of\u00a0Fight Back!<\/a>,\u00a0host of Resonance FM's'Novara'<\/a> and student activist. He is also on the National Committee of\u00a0NCAFC<\/a>, one of the organisations behind last years students walkouts and street actions.\u00a0Twitter:\u00a0@aaronjohnpeters<\/a><\/p>\n Additional panelists to be confirmed.<\/p>\n Our First Wednesday events bring together experts and commentators and mix their views with contributions from our audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"