Occupying Wall Street gave an expression to a wave of global rage against corporations. Protest inspired by the movement has spread to cities around the world. More than 950 demonstrations against the global financial system have taken place in more than 80 countries now around the world. Tens of thousands of people went on the march in New York, Rome, London, Madrid, Frankfurt, Sydney and Hong Kong. The organizers are aiming for a global response against capitalism and the various austerity measures.
Protesters are expressing their anger about the greed of the financial sector and about the corporates. Not one banker has had a case filed in the courts against their risk taking any of the regulators.
As well a group of 100 prominent authors including Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman and Pulitzer prize-winning novelists Jennifer Egan and Michael Cunningham signed an online petition declaring their support for “Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy Movement around the world.”
It is remarkable to see the big names of literature lending their support to the protesters.
Wiki leaks founder Assange made an appearance in London near St.Paul’s where the cathedral became an unexpected focal point of debate over the future of capitalism and attacked a greedy and corrupt financial and political system. A sign of the anger that has been building up and the politician have chosen to ignore.
Protesters in the US saying, that they are defending 99% of the US population against the wealthiest 1%. While the protesters highlighted number of causes, the overarching theme remained the same, populist anger over out-of-touch corporate, financial and political elite.
History shows that it is usually a disparate, unorganised few that have a profound impact on the system. It is no coincidence that for weeks the mainstream media in the USA kept the news of the demonstrators off the front pages or in some case the networks refused to cover the story.
I could not but help wondering that as the winter season approaches that in the West, could we be witnessing the beginning of a perfect storm. With financial system melting with likes of Greece finally allowed to default as the Euro tanks and the price of gold takes off.
The golden dawn of populist wise movement for the many and not the few have a vested interest to see the continuation of a status-quo.
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