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Occupy London

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rebelgran · 11/10/2011 21:28

This movement takes place on the 15th Oct at the Stock Exchange. People should watch News on Russian channel as it is covering the Wall st Occupy movement so this will be informative, also Kaiser Report excellent. Our News must be censored as we only got coverage of the demo on Westminster Bridge. I think we are about to see big changes globally- see Obama's facebook page and also check out the Occupy FB page too. It would be good to support the movement as this is Democracy in action. We all want a peaceful protest so don't miss this opportunity. There are many different groups & individuals protesting at bankers greed, bad goverence, democracy now etc.
Hope you make the effort to come.

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HeadlessLamAAARRRGHHHH · 14/10/2011 07:32

The video in this link explains quantitative easing and how it devalues yer actual money in words even those like me can understand.

glasnost · 14/10/2011 08:24

roundtree7.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/social-media-influence-sock-puppets-and-government-trolls/

glasnost · 14/10/2011 08:25

occupylondon.org.uk/

rebelgran · 14/10/2011 23:55

The stock exchange is symbolic of the immoral behaviour of the banks, coporate greed and rampant capitalism. This movement is to unite those who are suffering and to demand better democracy as the goverment is not representing the people - we have to represent ourselves. The AV referendum was a waste of money, the referendum on Europe wasn't held and less than 40% voted in England, they had to rely on the higher turnout in Scotland, N Ireland and Wales to make it valid. We have a European dictatorship thats a gravy train,protecting itself. The banks and trans national companies are still awarding themseles big salaries/bonas and the banks have got away with passing the debt onto ordinary people. Politicians are crapping themselves as they are also guilty of the mess the country is in. Represent yourself,come to the occupation and listen to debates/ideas as this country needs all the help it can get.

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smallwhitecat · 15/10/2011 17:32

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Solopower · 15/10/2011 20:07

Isn't that a bit catty, small white cat?

rebelgran · 16/10/2011 23:42

Very successful occupation. Hope people go along to find out about the movement themselves.

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Hatwoman · 18/10/2011 16:05

"That's why Labour couldn't get arrested until 1997" great typo!

kelly2000 · 18/10/2011 16:17

How is sitting in a tent in central London doing something, it just seems to be a way of sitting on your arse whilst feeling good about yourself for doing nothing. I would have more respect if they marched down the country, but I suspect they cannot be bothered to actually make much effort. And I wonder if the food that is being donated to the protest is being passed on to the homeless or those in poverty or if it is just being scoffed by the middle class protestors.

And I find the phrase "educate the masses" patronizing, especially considering this appears to be a mainly white middle class movement. The idea of people telling those who disagree with them that they have these opinions because they lack education is not democracy in action. It is patronization in action.

CogitoErgoSometimes · 18/10/2011 17:58

(Is it only me that still uses the phrase 'couldn't get arrested' for meaning 'deeply unpopular'?.... )

CogitoErgoSometimes · 18/10/2011 18:04

But... back to the point... does the occupation protest (in the UK at least) strike anyone else as being a little vague? I can certainly see echoes of old sixties campaigns like the US civil rights movement, Anti-Vietnam marches, 'Summer of Love' etc. But when they ask the current protesters what they are unhappy about, everyone seems to have a different gripe. I just wonder how successful a movement can really be if it doesn't have a particular objective beyond a broad-brush expression of discontent ...

aliceliddell · 18/10/2011 18:21

Bet you'd feel the love if it was calling for a democratic worker's party. No? You don't say...

CogitoErgoSometimes · 18/10/2011 20:09

I'm as democratic a worker as the next woman...

aliceliddell · 19/10/2011 13:00

Cogito - it was a reference to the original 'Social Democrats', later Communists

CogitoErgoSometimes · 19/10/2011 13:03

Oh yes, we don't want any nasty communists cluttering up the place with their red flags. Nicely democratic workers are always welcome, however.

aliceliddell · 19/10/2011 17:36

P'raps we'll come back to that, then

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