Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global
Americans aren’t the only people fed up with their financial system. The Occupy Wall Street movement officially went global this weekend as people from Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, and every state in America planned demonstrations.
The Huffington Post reports that tens of thousands of people joined the Occupy Wall Street movement, marching in several European cities while the Group of 20, made up of finance ministers and central banks, held a meeting in Paris.
In Rome, the peaceful protests took a violent turn as a small group of protesters smashed cars and broke store windows. Police in Rome used a water cannon to disperse the protesters who were hurling rocks, bottles and fireworks at police.
Reuters reports that 3000 people gathered in Auckland, New Zealand, to denounce corporate greed. 2000 protested outside the central Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney. Another 5000 protested in Frankfurt, continental Europe’s financial capital, in front of the European Central Bank.
Julian Assange, who spoke to protesters in Europe, said:
“The banking system in London is the recipient of corrupt money.”
Assange also promised that his Wikileaks organization would launch a campaign against financial institutions.
Tokyo, Manila, and Taiwan also saw protests. Morris Chang, one of Taiwan’s top businessmen and the Chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (TSMC), said:
“I’ve been against the gap between rich and poor. The wealth of the top one percent has increased very fast in the past 20 or 30 years. ‘Occupy Wall Street’ is a reaction to that.”
Here’s a video from the Occupy protests around the world.
The Huffington Post reports that 100 prominent authors have also signed a petition declaring support for the Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy movement around the world. The group included Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman, Jennifer Egan and Michael Cunningham.
Do you agree with the Occupy Wall Street movement? Have you gone to a protest?
Tags : occupy protests, Occupy Wall Street, occupy wall street goes global, we are the 99%
Posted: October 15, 2011
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Oct 15, 2011
We live in a country no longer represented by the people but by the interests of major corporations and the money they use through lobbying to pay off our elected officials. These politicians no longer voice the opinion of the voters who put them in office but instead speak for the special interests which pay them more and more money to turn a blind eye to the destruction of our environment and the extinction of the middle class. How long will the occupations have to last before a SINGLE government official asks what WE the PEOPLE want changed? Visit my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/09/occupywallstreet.html to see my art for the movement and also see videos of the protests and police brutality as well as get other sources for coverage of the movement.
Oct 15, 2011
ABSOLUTE SUPPORT….YES YES YES!
Oct 15, 2011
WE THE PEOPLE R MOST IMPORTANT-WE VOTED THEM IN WE NEED TO VOTE THEM OUT-WHO IS WATCHING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? PRAYERS FOR THE NORTH-SOUTH-EAST AND WEST ALL DIRECTIONS THAT THE PEOPLE BECOME NUMBER ONE-SO MUCH WRONG IN THIS WORLD-I PRAY THE NEXT RIGHT THING HAPPENS TO WRONGS.BLESSINGS THROUGH THE WIND TO ALL DIRECTIONS FOR ENUF-
Oct 15, 2011
All those people are so brave. I'm behind them 100 %. Stay Safe
Oct 15, 2011
I wonder if they are protesting in China, North Korea and Russia? Likely not cause they would all be DEAD.
Oct 15, 2011
101% support the movement. Just returned home from the protest here in Medford, Oregon.
Oct 15, 2011
We need to stop letting the corporations from running our so called elected officials. Its our country. Take a stand against corporate and government greed! Give the country back to the people, for the people and of the people!
Oct 15, 2011
Just attended the Occupy Phoenix at the Phoenix City Hall. About 3,000 protesters. Well organized. There sure are plenty of grievances against the government. Rally was attended by a Navajo Nation coalition, which was cool. Continue the movement. Help make change for us middle classers!
Oct 15, 2011
How wrong you are@ William Kent.
Oct 17, 2011
It is long oerdue that the silent majority in this country becomes simpliy the majority!
Oct 21, 2011
It is a small movement in downtown San Diego right now. It was going gang-busters for a week or two but just a few hundred die-hards show up on weekends now. Maybe 50 during the week in Civic Center. One tent as a symbol of the movement but unoccupied. It isn't even in the news these days.