‘Occupy’ camps provide food, shelter for homeless. By Nigel Duara associated Press PORTLAND, Oregon When Occupy Wall Street protesters took over two parks in Portland’s soggy downtown, they pitched 300 tents and offered free food, medical care and shelter to anyone.
They weren’t just building, like so many of their brethren across the nation, a community to protest what they see as corporate greed. They also created an ideal place for the homeless. Now, protesters from Portland to Los Angeles to Atlanta are trying to distinguish between homeless people who are joining their movement and those who are there for the amenities. However, many homeless say the protests have helped them speak out against the economic troubles that sent them to the streets in the first place. “The city wasn’t giving us what we needed,” said Joseph Gordon, 31, who trekked his way from Cincinnati two months ago and noted that there is nearly always enough food but never enough shelter. In Portland, the protest has swallowed up two square blocks. Worldwide Agora in #Brussels #oct15 #15oct. Between the 8th and 15th of October the marches started in Spain, France, Holland, UK and Germany, along with hundreds of confirmed people from Sahara, Switzerland, Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, Poland, Israel, Palestina, EEUU, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, México, Egipt and many other countries to confirm, will arrive in Brussels.
This meeting was born as a consequence of this revolutionary and unpresidented Worldwide historical moment. We will unite in Belgium in order to try to understand the causes of this dramatical situation, that is leeding us towards an uncertain future, and the common ilusion of all, in contributing to a social and concious change. The aim of the meeting is the coordination of this re-evolution at an International scale, thru the creation of a network in order to build a society that priorizes life before economic or political interest. As we know that no one should miss this, we´ve created an idea inbox so we can all be represented even if we can´t assist. Global revolution: protests in 1,000+ cities — in videos. Millions of people took to the streets of over 1,000 cities across the world yesterday to protest against corporate greed and for a real global democracy.
Please share videos from your city in the comments below! Note that if you are reading this post in your inbox or RSS feed, you will have to visit our website to be able to see the embedded YouTube videos. Compiling this incredible list of videos was probably the single most exciting thing we’ve done since we started ROAR. When we set up the blog in August last year, we knew something was in the air but we never even dared to expect anything like this.
Just 10 months after Tunis and Tahrir, this weekend we witnessed the globalization of the resistance: millions of people in 1,000 cities in over 80 countries on 6 continents uniting for global change. Everywhere: 15th october: #United we will re-invent the world. Protesters take anti-greed message to world's streets - WORLD ECONOMY. Anti-bank protest spreads around the world - WORLD ECONOMY. Anti-capitalist protesters set up camp in London - FINANCIAL CRISIS. Rome counts costs of worst street violence in years - FINANCIAL CRISIS. Takethesquare. [This post continue to be updated everyday days as we collect and filter the information] We’re collecting data (videos, press release, photos…) from October 15th in a unique Site.
You can view this data in Global Info 15OPlease, send us your info by this form: Send 15OYou are part of History. Now, write history! Say what happened in your city in wikipedia - Vienna 1.000 people marched through Vienna’s busiest shopping street, with smaller protests around the country. video - Prague About 400 people participated in the demonstration called Real Democracy Now and demanded participatory democracy, social justice, decent life and sustainable development. GERMANY Around 40.000 people demonstrating in all the country. - Berlin videos photos The day started with 10.000 people in the street.
. - Cologne 3000 gathered - Frankfurt There were 8.000 people in the demonstration, as estimated by the organizers, or 5.000 by the police. . - Stuttgart 300 people in “Occupy Börse”. Action “Place d’Armes” video. Anti-capitalist protests held in 951 cities worldwide - FINANCIAL CRISIS.