Occupy Melbourne
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The Occupy Melbourne protest started on Saturday 15 October 2011. The protest was a random gathering of people concerned with outcomes from the Global Financial Crisis such as governments bailing out banks.
Other concerns include:
- Corporate greed - company and shareholder profits take precedence over social justice and environmental concerns and executive salaries continue to rise.
- Banks - dishonest and illegal banking practices contributed to the Global Financial Crisis. Taxpayers bailed out the banks yet many of their bad practices continue.
- Democracy - many elected representatives to do not reflect the wishes of a significant proportion of the population.
- Wealth distribution - 1% of the population hold a large proportion of total wealth.
Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle stated that the protest should be terminated on Friday 21 October 2011.[1]
The Occupy Melbourne protest was inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protest that started in New York on September 17 2011.
It was forcibly ended by Police on [2] when they evicted protesters from Melbourne's city square. Several arrests were made.
External links
- occupymelb on Justin.tv
- Occupy Melbourne, Facebook
- Who Rules America: Wealth, Income, and Power
- Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for American Revolution
- Wikipedia:Occupy Wall Street
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