Eventos colaterales, notas sobre protestas locales

Occupy LA march draws thousands downtown

Shouting and waving signs, a wave of demonstrators made its way through downtown Los Angeles, condemning big banks for helping trigger the nation’s financial crisis.

Corporate greed protests hit Sydney CBD

Hundreds of people inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York have taken to the streets in Sydney’s CBD to protest against corporate greed.

United for #globalchange

Occupy Berlin group took part in a global day of protest in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

The ‘99 Percent’ Movement Goes Global

The Occupy Wall Street movement and its “We Are the 99 Percent” theme went global on October 15, with protests springing up in Japan, China, Europe, and Mexico, as well as numerous U.S. cities.

Occupy Goes Global

Occupy Tampa rallied in coordination with the 15 October United for Global Change.

Occupy London protests in financial district

Up to 3,000 people have been demonstrating in London’s financial district as part of a worldwide protest against alleged corporate greed. Demonstrators, inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement in the US, are protesting outside St Paul’s Cathedral.

France hit by anti-austerity protests

French trade unions have staged a string of strikes to protest the government’s austerity measures, leaving school and public transport services disrupted.

Occupy Wall Street Can Stay Indefinitely

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that he’ll allow the Wall Street protesters to stay indefinitely, provided they abide by the law, marking his strongest statement to date on the city’s willingness to let demonstrators occupy a park in Lower Manhattan.

UK Uncut Block The Bridge Protest

Anti-cuts protest group UK Uncut organised a very visual display of civil disobedience to block Westminster Bridge to save the NHS.

Greek workers hold 24-hour strike

Thousands of civil servants and other workers walked off the job in Greece, part of a 24-hour protest against austerity measures imposed by the government in a bid to avoid debt default.

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Remain Defiant After Brooklyn Bridge Arrests

Days after the police took custody of an estimated 700 marchers on the Brooklyn Bridge, protesters in Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park said those arrests would only strengthen their resolve to demonstrate against corporate power.

Protests spread from New York to LA

After several ‘Occupy Wall Street’ demonstrations in New York by anti-corporate activists, other Americans who feel unfairly treated in today’s economy have been inspired to start protests of their own. A group of diverse protesters camped out in front of Los Angeles City Hall, bearing the slogan ‘We are the 99%’.

Portuguese protest deep austerity cuts

In Portugal, thousands of people took to the streets of Lisbon and Porto on Saturday to denounce falling living standards amid deep government austerity measures.

700 Protesters arrested On Brooklyn Bridge

Hundreds of people protesting Wall Street abuses were penned in and arrested by police Saturday, two weeks into an ongoing demonstration that has become known on Twitter as #OccupyWallStreet.

The Tipnis conflict

A forty-one day indigenous protest was violently repressed by the Bolivian police. The protest demanded that the Bolivian Government stop construction of a highway that would literally sever the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS) in two, causing dire consequences for the indigenous nations living in the park and also the integrity of the ecosystems within it.

Pope met by protesters in Germany

A few thousand protesters, some dressed as condoms and nuns, marched against Pope Benedict XVI, attacking his views on issues ranging from gay rights to the paedophile priest scandals.

Palestinians rally in support of statehood

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Ramallah and Nablus in the occupied West Bank in a show of support for a Palestinian bid to secure full membership at the United Nations.