Protesters hit the City of London
Protesters descended on the City of London today as part of worldwide demonstrations against corporate greed and cutbacks.
Inspired by America’s “Occupy Wall Street” and Spain’s “Indignants”, people took to the streets in Sydney, Hong Kong and Tokyo in the opening hours of the unprecedented global outcry.
by America’s “Occupy Wall Street” and Spain’s “Indignants”, people took to the streets in Sydney, Hong Kong and Tokyo in the opening hours of the unprecedented global outcry.
Anger over unemployment and opposition to the financial elite hung over the protests in 951 cities in 82 countries, which coincided with a Paris meeting of G20 financial powers pre-occupied by the eurozone debt crisis.
In London, about 1,000 protesters gathered outside St Paul’s Cathedral and struggled against police officers on horseback to enter Paternoster Square, the home of the London Stock Exchange.
Speaking at the protest, political campaigner Peter Tatchell proposed a one-off 20pc emergency tax on the net wealth of the richest 10pc of the UK population, as well as the introduction of a “Tobin Tax” on financial transactions.
Rome protest against corporate greed turns violent
ROME — Protesters in Rome smashed shop windows and torched a car as violence broke out during a demonstration in the Italian capital, part of worldwide protests against corporate greed and austerity measures.
Black smoke billowed into the air in downtown Rome as a small group of violent protesters broke away from the main demonstration Saturday.
Police were out in force as some 100,000 protesters were expected a day after Premier Silvio Berlusconi survived a confidence vote in Parliament. Italy is rapidly becoming a focus of concern in Europe’s debt crisis.
Protesters nicknamed “the indignant” also marched in other European cities.
Frankfurt, Germany
In Frankfurt, 5,000 people took to the streets to protest in front of the European Central Bank
2,000 march in Cairo unity rally
CAIRO – At least 2,000 people rallied in Cairo on Friday in a show of unity between Muslims and Christians and to express anger at the ruling military council after 25 people died when a protest by Coptic Christians led to clashes with the army.
Sunday’s violence, the worst since the fall of former president Hosni Mubarak in February, prompted criticism that the council was resorting to the same brutal tactics that Mubarak’s police force had used against dissenters.
Activists said armored vehicles had sped into crowds on Sunday and that troops had used live ammunition to disperse the protest in Cairo which took place after an attack on a church building in southern Egypt.
The incident sparked nationwide fears of growing sectarian tension in the Muslim-majority country.
Those idiot occupiers need to check out the financials on the very same elitists in government, who are praising the occupiers. Talk about greedy, evil financial elite!!!