Anti-wall Street Movement Has Begun World Wide

Occupy-Wall-Street-activists in New York as a model for Europe

The protests of the anti embankment Street movement have arrived in Zurich. Some hundred persons have occupied the parade ground in the Zurich finance quarter since Saturday at 10 o’clock. You demonstrate peacefully against the financial system and the political elite. The by the majority young demonstrators did not let themselves be stopped from the low temperatures. You issued camp-chairs to the place or ceilings spread before they sat down on the cold ground.  

“We will not buy freely”

A group stuck a self-made Monopoly the paste jewellery on. About one of most central Zurich Squares rock music and reggae tones resounded. The café «Rebel slide» offered warm drinks. Some participants held banners or posters up, approximately with the label «we do not ransom you» or «for a new Switzerland without drain trade». Among other things the cause was organized by the Young Socialists (Young Socialist) which were represented from the beginning with a large delegation. 

Protest on Wall Street: Several protesters were arrested

Juso expects 1000 participants

We calculate «, that to the noon against 1000 persons come », Young Socialist president David Roth said opposite the news agency sda. He is pleased that the cause proceeded peacefully for the time being. «This confirms our feeling that it does not come to riots.» In the front-end you had speculated in different media about this, whether it comes to riots. The demonstration is not allowed since no grouping applied to the police for a permission. The declaration proceeded peacefully for the time being. The tram lines ran regularly, the transport services Zurich (VBZ) employed several account executives on the place. The outraged ones criticize the banks, the economic system and the established politics. The protests serve the activists as an example against Wall Street in New York (USA). Representatives of the controversial groups also took part next to the Young Socialist and the young Green in the declaration real democracy «changes We ares» and « now ». 

Starting in the Far East

Demonstrators have made the prelude for the global protests of capitalism critics in New Zealand and Australia. On Saturday, both countries set the ball into motion for the demonstrations which Berlin, Washington and New York should find their continuation in the day in towns like London, Frankfurt. Hundreds assembled on the Strassen, to move for the main declaration with about 3000 participants together in the largest town of New Zealand in Auckland. About 200 demonstrators came together in the capital Wellington. About 2000 people protested – under this numerous natives of Australia after the example of the anti embankment Street movement in New York in front of the central bank of Australia in Sydney. A spokesman of the actions in Melbourne said: The people wish I think « a real democracy ». You are against the influence of enterprises on politicians. People participated in the worldwide day of action also in Tokyo and the Philippine capital Manila against a boundless capitalism. 

Philippine demonstrators protest modeled after the Ocupy-Wall Street before moving the U.S. Embassy in Manila.

ECB in sight

We «are» with the slogan!99 per cent they oppose a greed felt by them of the finance markets which drives millions of people in the poverty. You plan in more than 50 cities of demonstrations and declarations in Germany. More than 1000 demonstrators want to protest about the European financial policy according to authority information in Frankfurt in front of the European Central Bank (ECB.) The globalisation critical network Attac organizes one «crisis hearing» for the consequences of the financial crisis in Berlin. In the afternoon demonstrations are planned in front of the Federal Chancellery and in the district Kreuzberg.