Occupy Wall Street protest spreads
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011On Saturday there was a wave of protests across Asia, the Americas and the Europe. Thousands of people showed their discontent with the economic tides through marches, tallies and some clashes with the police.
The demonstrations in Europe were peaceful, except in Rome, where youngsters turned a peaceful protest into a riot. They set fire to a building and a police van and the police in turn used canons and tear gas. Thousands of people marched past ancient monuments like the European Central Bank in Frankfurt and Germany. There were similar scenes in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Despite the difference in language at all these protests, they were united in their frustration with the widening gap between the rich and the poor. This weekend’s protests come in the wake of the G20 industrialised nations meet in Paris, to discuss economic issues and ways to tackle Europe’s sovereign debt crisis.
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