Occupy together Oct 15th

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/new...s-20111012

Nice article. What kind of demands do you think the uk movement could make?

This is a particularly good idea

No public money for private lobbying. A company that receives a public bailout should not be allowed to use the taxpayer's own money to lobby against him. You can either suck on the public teat or influence the next presidential race, but you can't do both. Butt out for once and let the people choose the next president and Congress.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/new...s-20111012

Nice article. What kind of demands do you think the uk movement could make?

The Tobin tax is the one. The end of Breton woods in 71 signalled the end of the new deal approach to fiscal management and if it had been implemented when it was proposed in 72, we wouldn't be in this mess now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_tax

If we (as in "the majority" or "the 99%") succeed in forcing politics to tell the bankers to STFU and become reasonable again, we will have taken care of one of the biggest threats to peace on this planet in history.
We can't let a few super greedy people destroy the very foundations of society. Period.

I guess I was in a bit of a dramatic mood there But it's still true

Btw, if you haven't already, go and watch "Inside Job". Very entertaining (I felt like smashing something afterwards ).

There's another large protest scheduled for 12th November in Germany (in Berlin and Frankfurt) - its purpose is to encircle banks with huge amounts of people

I see the propaganda machine is in effect, St. Pauls having to 'close' for safety reasons even though the main protest isn't infront of the building.

The City Of London is a strange place. Its a place of its own, seperate to the United Kingdom (or is that just one of the 'bars'), like a registry office for all the countries in the world, with its own rules & regulations and negliable council tax (everythings funded by the big institutions), and its own private police force.

I see the propaganda machine is in effect, St. Pauls having to 'close' for safety reasons even though the main protest isn't infront of the building.

I see the propaganda machine is in effect, St. Pauls having to 'close' for safety reasons even though the main protest isn't infront of the building.

some of the press are covering the story with the fact the tents are empty during the night....although it was the sun/the times covering it like this

Tory MP Mark Field has a sensible suggestion: “It appears it’s a daytime protest that dies off at night – so that would be the time for police to go in and remove them.”

Cock. Implicitly slagging off the protesters for not being "hard enough".

Police should remove his ass from bed at night to have him make thermal photographs of the tents.

The end of Breton woods in 71 signalled the end of the new deal approach to fiscal management and if it had been implemented when it was proposed in 72, we wouldn't be in this mess now.

Before that it was The Wizard of Oz

Cé?

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2006/05/w...of-oz.html

and/or

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7933175.stm


Before the Breton-Woods attempt to unhinge the economy from gold, silver entered the debate in the 1890s

Great piece about the Irish protests. Good to see Adam Boulton picking up 'they're a bunch of Nazis' meme from this thread:

"So instead I’d like to talk about something rather more primal and petty and childish, which is this; that anyone criticising it, so far, has looked like an arsehole."

http://www.realreview.ie/?p=416&utm_sour...n=occupied

Just watched that interview by Adam Boulton for the first time, what a dick

I don't get that attitude. Marking protest as non-relevant, just because it's not carried out to the extreme? A bit like asking someone, whether "his heart is truly in it", even though he's not using weapons and taking hostages

Great article, btw.

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Interesting interview with the Bishop of London:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/01...-direction

It seems the occupation is definitely having some effect in getting the issues talked about seriously.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/new...s-20111012

Nice article. What kind of demands do you think the uk movement could make?

The Tobin tax is the one. The end of Breton woods in 71 signalled the end of the new deal approach to fiscal management and if it had been implemented when it was proposed in 72, we wouldn't be in this mess now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_tax

Thats twice I've seen this 'tobin tax' referred to on television now - This Week last night and the news this evening. No mention of it being limited to currency conversions though, rather a more plural 'robin hood' tax levyed on all financial transactions. Have I misunderstood something?


Regarding the wall street occupy, I came across this link that seems to be 'their' demands of what they want, some sort of retort of sorts to the media's need for a one line soundbyte which does seem to be an impossiblity. Does any of this make sense to you:
http://wilderside.wordpress.com/2011/09/...ne-demand/

another link, with some interesting discussion on the US situation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/...et-protest

Interesting interview with the Bishop of London:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/01...-direction

Just watched a 4thought with a Dr. Eve Poole on it, she
mentioned the St. Paul have a portfolio of £8 billion amassed in conjunction with the financial institutions of the City Of London... Wow I did think that they were all in it together...

Slightly off topic here, but it's all related down the line.
Someone told me this joke this morning and it made me chuckle:

. . . . . . . .Some years ago a small rural town in Italy was twinned with a similar town in
Greece.

The Mayor of the Greek town visited the Italian town. When he saw the
Palatial mansion belonging to the Italian mayor he wondered how he could
afford such a house. The Italian said; "You see that bridge over there? The
EU gave us a grant to build a two-lane bridge, but by building a single lane
bridge with traffic lights at either end this house could be built".

The following year the Italian visited the Greek town. He was simply amazed
at the Greek Mayor's house, gold taps, marble floors, it was marvellous.
When he asked how this could be afforded the Greek said; "You see that
bridge over there?"

The Italian replied; "No."

I said it made me 'chuckle' though, not 'laugh'

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it made me laugh