Call out made to Occupy Australia: People of the world rise up on October 15th! As the Occupy Wall St protests continue to spread, a call out has been made for Melbourne, Brisbane , Perth, Adelaide and both a rally and occupation in Sydney to join the global day of action United for Global Change on October 15th.
Regional centres are now joining with events announced in Townsville, Cairns and Bryon Bay. Occupy Melbourne has stated the aim of "NON-VIOLENTLY sending a message to the financial sector worldwide. Australia too is under the same bind of freedom because of monetary policy and corporate greed. Show your support for Occupy Wall Street! Occupy Australia!!! " The relevance of such an anti-corporate, anti-capitalist demonstration to Australia cannot be doubted.
This is a country where a few multi-national mining companies orchestrated the sacking of a serving Prime Minister to avoid the paying a mining tax. Melbourne Organisational Links Occupy Melbourne WebsiteOccupy Melbourne On FacebookCall out made on Indymedia to Occupy MelbourneOccupy Melbourne on Twitter. City by city, the old economic order is challenged - The Drum Opinion - The fundamental thread of current protests in the US, UK and South America seems to be popular rejection of the neo-liberal economic model.
Find More Stories City by city, the old economic order is challenged Kellie Tranter Since September 17 a wave of young people, later swelled by older generations, has been Occupying Wall Street . It's a campaign described as a leaderless resistance movement with people of many colours, genders and political persuasions. These people are no longer prepared to tolerate the greed and corruption of what they call "the 1 per cent". Protesters on the ground explain their participation by saying "I'm taking back my community to have a true home on this planet"; "I'm exercising my long-sleeping democracy muscle, participating in conversations about the world we want to create and doing it in practice"; "We need togetherness and balance"; "I live on nothing.
Some commentators, in my view correctly, point out that "... But they have made a start and that's very praiseworthy. Protests almost invariably require a single burning issue to unite people. More occupies their minds than the media trots out. Standing for something ...
Occupy Sydney demonstrators are an example of the new activism. Photo: Adam Hollingworth WHAT do Occupy Sydney and Occupy Melbourne want? Now in its 65th day, the protest against corporate greed and its effects on the 99 per cent is under pressure. Some dismiss the Melbourne movement as a front for the ''Trots'' - socialist and Marxist splinter groups that have been around for yonks. Last Sunday I cycled to Occupy Melbourne to chat to the protesters and have a look around. I don't agree with everything Occupy Melbourne has to say. Advertisement For those I spoke to, it was not just the aims of the movement but the process by which these were determined that mattered. Consensus building demands wonderful listening skills and other habits conducive to building on the ideas of others, rather than tearing them down. It is true that Occupy must eventually advance solutions to the problems it describes or wither on the vine.
Our choice is simple.
OccupySydney. OccupyPerth. OccupyBrisbane. Occupy Adelaide.