Authoritarian Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) Hilarious video of a clueless protester outlining his demands Proteser wants free stuff but can't explain why Edited October 18, 2011 by Authoritarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpewLabour Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Walked past this morning and there's quite a few more tents than the last few days. Plus saw 100s of protestors getting out of Blackfriars station. These were the usual union anti-cuts mob. Things might start to liven up today.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmarks Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Hilarious video of a clueless protester outlining his demands Proteser wants free stuff but can't explain why Ask 100 different protestors why they are protesting and you'll get 100 different answers, but you can be sure that a common thread is the behaviour of the banks and the bailouts they received. It shows how poorly educated the masses are in respect of banking and how poorly developed the vocabulary is for them to express their indignance. Until the crisis broke you simply never even heard high quality news and factual media mention fractional reserve banking, mortgage backed securities or credit default swaps, let alone the ordinary man or woman in the street. What is needed is a one stop shop - ideally a website - where ordinary people, in particular protestors, can find the resources on the subject matter speedily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyHead Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Some incredible photos of the worldwide Occupy movement. http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-spreads-worldwide/100171/ including: Occupy Madrid Occupy Berlin Edited October 19, 2011 by worst time buyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Awesome pictures. Yet so little on the news... Good, some anger at what is and has been done, effectively without consent. Edited October 20, 2011 by tinker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dances with sheeple Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) I consider all these 'occupy city XXX' events a total failure. A few hundred turn up from a population of several million in each country, what does that say? It says that most of us actually have it quite good, despite cooked inflation figures, government corruption and the greed of the financial sector. If we truly are in a state of abject poverty or have no hope for the future, we'd feel we have nothing to lose and would join in these protests. As it is, most of us are working and haven't got the time, or can't afford a few days or weeks in jail. Anyone who remember the anti war protests before 2003 will remember that millions who made the effort to travel to London to protest were completely ignored. Why should a few hundred make a difference? They won't, unless they emulate the recent riots and torch the place. Far better, if you think the powers that be are ignoring us, is to go down to the bank and take your cash out and either put it under the floor boards, convert it into gold or at the very least, move it into a building society account. That will have a far greater impact, but I doubt it is something that enough will do to make a difference. A recent action along these lines failed miserably. I agree with you, if everyone everywhere lost all their deposits, then the kick off would start, until then it won`t. No more loans for me, and live within my earnings, wear clothes until they fall apart (remember a child probably sweated for peanuts somewhere to make them?) and cook from scratch. If everyone did the same, bankers wouldn`t be making much bonus? Edited October 19, 2011 by dances with sheeple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlu Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Worth a read. Naomi Wolf arrest occupy Wall Street (Guardian) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/ Stories of the young and old screwed by the system Edited October 20, 2011 by Money Spinner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyMe Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/ Stories of the young and old screwed by the system Look at all that student debt, a seriously screwed system. There's a generation here who have got nothing to lose but liabilities! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 St Pauls now telling em all to Eff Off! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15380205 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sossij Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 St Pauls now telling em all to Eff Off! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15380205 "officials" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlu Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 St Pauls now telling em all to Eff Off! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15380205 I think you *might* be misreading it. I think they are just trying to up the ante - i.e. "look, we're having to close the cathedral and we're still going to do that rather than chuck the protesters out" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiCasaSuCasa Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) Some interesting pictures of protestors and their signs: http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=4334 Some more pictures here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/oct/18/occupy-movement-protest?INTCMP=SRCH#/?picture=380590867&index=0 Edited October 20, 2011 by MiCasaSuCasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I think you *might* be misreading it. I think they are just trying to up the ante - i.e. "look, we're having to close the cathedral and we're still going to do that rather than chuck the protesters out" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 "officials" ? These two: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopGun Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Capitalism doesn't have to be evil Indeed, however just like socialism, it invariably ends up being so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_w_ Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 St Pauls now telling em all to Eff Off! http://www.bbc.co.uk...ngland-15380205 Meanwhile in the Commons, MP for Harrow east Bob Blackman called for benefits to be stripped from protesters outside St Paul's. I think protesters and their family should also be barred from using NHS services. And A levels should be denied to their children. Nazi rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_w_ Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I think protesters and their family should also be barred from using NHS services. And A levels should be denied to their children. Nazi rule. We should also send the brown shirts ... I mean the Met, to burn down their neighbours' houses. Communities need to be taught a lesson that they must choose their members more carefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_w_ Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The best articulated message yet. Let's jail him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone baby gone Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 And A levels should be denied to their children. Good god man, think of the effect on the pass rate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_w_ Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Good god man, think of the effect on the pass rate! They would just end up being ... *shivers* ... student protesters ... *shivers* ... anyway. This is a genetic disease you know. It's all been studied and proved by ... Malcom Rifkind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caractacus Holmes Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m376mkdacKc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SleepyHead Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Good interview of Bill Black and 2 OWS protesters here. Follows on from the Dylan Ratigan TV Show mentioned earlier in this thread. Whole podcast focuses of the criminality of the banks and how they can be brought to justice. http://www.dylanratigan.com/2011/10/19/prof-bill-black-nyc-occupiers-this-is-not-a-red-stateblue-state-issue/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyHead Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Occupy London: St Paul's Cathedral is to close to visitors for the first time since World War II http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15406865 Occupy the London Stock Exchange Says: "An emergency meeting takes place. We will update when we know more." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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