Rallies Across the Globe Protest Economic Policies

[Dover]

Maybe we can help corporations/financial institutions grasp this worldwide movement if we talk about it in terms of 'economies of scale'.

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October 15, 2011


Rallies Across the Globe Protest Economic Policies

By CARA BUCKLEY and RACHEL DONADIO


Buoyed by the longevity of the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Manhattan, a wave of protests swept across Asia, the Americas and Europe on Saturday, with hundreds and in some cases thousands of people expressing discontent with the economy, with drumming, chanting and occasional clashes with the police.

In Rome, a rally thick with tension spread over several miles. Small groups of restive young people turned a largely peaceful protest into a riot, setting fire to at least one building and a police van and clashing with police officers, who responded with water cannons and tear gas. The police estimated that dozens of protesters had been injured, along with 26 law enforcement officials; 20 people had been arrested as of Saturday night, they said.

At least 32 people were arrested in New York, including 24 accused of trespassing in a Greenwich Village branch of Citibank and three who tried to take down barricades at a raucous rally in Times Square, the police said.

The worldwide protests were not coordinated but were not quite spontaneous, either, with plans congealing online several days in advance. Other than Rome’s, the demonstrations across Europe were largely peaceful, with thousands of people marching past ancient monuments and gathering in front of capitalist symbols like the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Similar scenes unfolded across cities on several continents, including in Sydney, Australia; Tokyo; Hong Kong; Toronto; Chicago; and Los Angeles, where several thousand people marched to City Hall as passing drivers honked their support. ..cont'd

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/world/occupy-wall-street-protests-worldwide.html?ref=business

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1. London: One demonstrator, dressed as Jesus Christ,

held a sign that said that said, “I Threw the Money Lenders Out for a Reason.”

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