OccupyGermany.org - Start. Occupy germany. Germany takes part in global economic protests. As more global support mobilises for Spain’s Indignado movement and Occupy Wall Street in the United States, it was Germany’s turn to show its anger about economic injustice. Protesters gathered outside the European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, holding banners with slogans against tough austerity measures and corporate greed. All over the world, ordinary people feel that they are bearing the brunt of the global economic crisis and suffering disproportionately. One protester said she felt it was time for change: “We always have to take the blame for what the financial markets are doing.
It can’t continue.” Another man at outside the ECB building said radical action was needed: “Now is the time for a revolution.” “We are the 99 per cent and we’re here for our freedom. Taking a Cue from Wall Street: Will Frankfurt See Birth of 'Occupy Germany' Movement? - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International. In Germany, the revolution against the financial system is already raging -- at least on the Internet. A cyber class war with photos, videos, texts and plenty of symbolism is in full swing. In the video messages calling for a nationwide protest in Germany this Saturday, images of the Frankfurt bank skyline are juxtaposed against paintings of the German Revolutions of 1848.
Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is mixed with the orchestral pomp of the "Requiem for a Dream" movie soundtrack. "Something is going to happen on Oct. 15," the cyber revolutionaries pledge. Thousands of outraged Americans have occupied Zuccotti Park near Wall Street in New York for weeks now, and protesters in a growing number of cities in the United States are joining the revolt, starting their own protest camps. The statements in the protest announcements are in no way modest. Sympathies in Germany for American Movement More Difficult to Mobilize Germans 'Thousands Have Joined Our Movement'
Anti-Wall Street Movement Ready To "Occupy" Germany. Worldcrunch *NEWSBITES MUNICH -- For weeks in New York, the "Occupy Wall Street" movement has been protesting the power of the banks and social inequality. The movement has now gone European – in fact, global: on Saturday, Oct. 15, people in nearly 50 German cities and some 70 countries will gather to make their voices heard against the financial markets, “the system,” and more. On Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, groups like “Real Democracy Now,” “Occupy,” “We Are The 99%,” “United for Global Change,” and “Anonymous,” are calling for Oct. 15 to be a day of world protest. "We‘re part of an international democratic movement, it’s a global thing,” says Mike Nagler, a coordinator for “Attac Deutschland.” “This concerns all of us. We all want more say. Another group protesting on Oct. 15 is “Occupy Frankfurt,” which is affiliated with “Occupy Germany.” But neither organizers nor authorities are venturing to say just how many people will show up.
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