Tuesday 11 October 2011
Occupy the London Stock Exchange
Keep up to date at http://occupylondon.org.uk/
On October 15th we will be Occupying the London Stock Exchange. At the same time thousands continue to occupy Wall Street and hundreds of cities from Paris and Madrid to Buenos Aires and Caracas are staging actions and occupations together for a global day of action.
By reclaiming space in the face of the economic systems that have caused terrible injustices across the world, we can open up and engage our communities into public discussions. These assemblies will allow people to voice their ideas for how we can work towards a better future and help us create concrete demands to be met. A future free from austerity within a context of growing inequality, unemployment, tax injustice and a political elite who ignores its citizens. So it’s time for citizens to represent themselves. To work together to resist the government’s plans and to do this in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of others around the world on the same day.
The problems we face in the UK echoes across the world. We are linked by the same root causes, so we cannot solve these problems in isolation. October 15th will be a global day of action calling for global change.
‘O-15: Unite for Global Change’ has been called by the ‘indignants’ movement in Spain, where thousands camped out in the squares for weeks, building massive popular pressure on the government. It inspired the current Wall Street occupation in New York, providing a space for the majority to resist the wishes of the greedy minority.
Join us at the London Stock Exchange to reclaim space and take part in workshops on topics ranging from Debt and The Spanish Indignants Movement to Fuel Poverty and Climate Justice. Contribute in the Open Assemblies and chant songs of solidarity with Samba bands. Exact times and locations to be announced soon.
OccupyLSX Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/o
Twitter: @OccupyLSX (www.twitter.com/OccupyLSX)
hashtags #OccupyLSX #OccupyLondon
占領倫敦交易所（Occupy the London Stock Exchange）活動，10天前在臉書（Facebook）開始發動，號召支持者15日中午在倫敦交易所附近的聖保羅大教堂前集合，再展開遊行，但具體路線目前仍未確定。
參加活動策劃的柯文（Naomi Colvin）接受中央社記者訪問時說，參與策劃的人來自不同背景，大家都關切金融服務業在英國及全世界扮演的角色，例如2008年爆發的金融危機，以及多家金融機構嚴重經營不善，同時政府負債也因此增加。
對於目前保守黨與自由民主黨聯合政府為防止金融危機再爆發所採取的措施，柯文說，民眾也有很多疑慮，因為政府可能無法保護99%的一般民眾，大家要藉由抗議活動，讓政府也聽到民眾的心聲，並為人民謀福祉，而不是被遊說團體、有權勢的捐款人和他們在金融城的朋友左右。
15日不滿貪婪金融業的民眾將占領倫敦交易所，拿回對金融體系的主導權，並表達如何讓未來更美好的建議，包括減少社會不公平現象、降低失業率、稅賦公平以及政府菁英不應忽視人民福利與需要。
隨著響應的人數增加，柯文表示，占領倫敦交易所活動會依參與者的意願決定後續的行動與方向，目前沒有設定結束的日期。
主辦單位呼籲大家呼朋引伴一起參與，由於倫敦天氣日漸轉冷並偶而飄雨，也提醒參與者帶防水布、帳篷、睡袋、紙箱、食物、飲水及保暖的衣物到現場。
7000多名支持者在臉書留言，表達對占領倫敦證交所行動的支持，很多人忙著製作標語和海報，要藉這個活動展現人民的力量。
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