Protestors march in Manhattan and camp before London’s St Paul cathedral

Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 04:28 UTC

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Occupy Wall Street inspired protestors were on the move on Friday in two emblematic places of both New York and in London: in the financial heart of Manhattan and before St Paul’s Cathedral. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
“What started as a few dozen tents soon grew to a self-styled city - with its own university, library, canteen and toilets - governed by a burgeoning bureaucracy.”

A university created out of nothing on the steps of St Pauls!
I KNEW open-source was the way to go!

Who needs plant, bricks and mortar, when the mortar-boards can be thrown in the air by studying in the cloud.

Long way to go, though to match the Uni of Phoenix or the OU.

But of course the downside is the closing down of the religious heart of the nation.
Tents and unarmed protesters succeeded where Hitler's Luftwaffe bombers, flying bombs and rockets failed.
Unresilient religion - what IS the world coming to?
Oct 22nd, 2011 - 07:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ElaineB
They picked a pretty spot for their designer tents by St Paul's. They have a nice Jamie Oliver restaurant, Starbucks and they can keep up with the news on their I-Phone or Blackberry. Are they anti-capitalist protesters? Good for them, making a statement but it would be more effective if they actually MADE a statement.

Actually, this is very interesting to watch as the big media corporations struggle to cover the protest but in as minimum a way as possible without giving the protesters much of a voice. And the St Paul's Foundation trustees seem rather strongly linked to large corporations so their eagerness to close the church is suspect.

I believe an interesting battle is being played out.
Oct 24th, 2011 - 03:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Keep the details coming, Elaine.
All I'm getting is BBC World Service anodynity.
Oct 24th, 2011 - 09:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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