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17/10/2011
'Occupy' Protest Enters Day Three
The London branch of the world-wide 'Occupy' movement against corporate greed have camped in London's financial district for a second night.
Occupy the London Stock Exchange (OccupyLSX) joined branches in almost 100 countries around the globe in a choreographed protest on Saturday, with an assembly of some 300 people on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral while hundreds remain in tents.
The protests started over a month ago in New York as the 'Occupy Wall Street' demonstrations, before spreading throughout the world by viral social networking.
A website by members of the OccupyLSX released a statement on Sunday saying they refused to pay for the banks’ crisis.
"We want structural change towards authentic global equality. The world’s resources must go towards caring for people and the planet, not the military, corporate profits or the rich.
"We stand in solidarity with the global oppressed and we call for an end to the actions of our government and others in causing this oppression."
On Sunday, a police line separating the protestors from the cathedral were asked to move on by the St Paul's Dr Giles Fraser, who said he "didn't feel that it needed that sort of protection".
Protestors occupied the area outside St Paul’s cathedral from just after 12pm on Saturday 15th after the police blocked entry into their intended location of Paternoster Square. According to the protestors website, Police used force to clear the steps of St Paul’s in the early evening, despite calls from occupiers saying that police actions were intimidating and disproportionate.
Anna Jones, a supporter of Occupy London Stock Exchange said: “We have seen people kettled, grabbed and thrown off the steps forcefully by the police. This was entirely unnecessary. No-one came here to have a fight with the police. The only crime that the police can pin on people is one of having a conversation about real democracy and the unfair and unequal economic system that favours the rich and powerful.”
The protestors around the world have been posting videos on the internet of alleged police brutality, which have led to the opening of several investigations in New York so far.
(DW)
Occupy the London Stock Exchange (OccupyLSX) joined branches in almost 100 countries around the globe in a choreographed protest on Saturday, with an assembly of some 300 people on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral while hundreds remain in tents.
The protests started over a month ago in New York as the 'Occupy Wall Street' demonstrations, before spreading throughout the world by viral social networking.
A website by members of the OccupyLSX released a statement on Sunday saying they refused to pay for the banks’ crisis.
"We want structural change towards authentic global equality. The world’s resources must go towards caring for people and the planet, not the military, corporate profits or the rich.
"We stand in solidarity with the global oppressed and we call for an end to the actions of our government and others in causing this oppression."
On Sunday, a police line separating the protestors from the cathedral were asked to move on by the St Paul's Dr Giles Fraser, who said he "didn't feel that it needed that sort of protection".
Protestors occupied the area outside St Paul’s cathedral from just after 12pm on Saturday 15th after the police blocked entry into their intended location of Paternoster Square. According to the protestors website, Police used force to clear the steps of St Paul’s in the early evening, despite calls from occupiers saying that police actions were intimidating and disproportionate.
Anna Jones, a supporter of Occupy London Stock Exchange said: “We have seen people kettled, grabbed and thrown off the steps forcefully by the police. This was entirely unnecessary. No-one came here to have a fight with the police. The only crime that the police can pin on people is one of having a conversation about real democracy and the unfair and unequal economic system that favours the rich and powerful.”
The protestors around the world have been posting videos on the internet of alleged police brutality, which have led to the opening of several investigations in New York so far.
(DW)
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