We The People: Occupy The World

Protesters gathered in Tokyo

Today what has been started may be the biggest organized protest that the world has yet seen. From Tokyo to London, Seattle to New York, South Africa to Australia, protests are being carried out in just about every major city across the globe. In Italy the protests have gotten violent. Downtown Rome resembles London a few months ago with cars in the streets torched and windows of building smashed in. Italian protesters have also entered the Goldman Sachs office in Rome and vandalized as much as they possibly can. Whether it be throwing eggs or spray painting the walls. This is because the Italian people are angered towards Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. People in Europe are also sick and tired of the big banks doing whatever they please with Greece most likely collapsing in the next month or two. Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Belgium, and many other countries overseas are experiencing a financial crisis. London is also participating in a peaceful protest of about 4,000 people.

Yesterday, New York City was chaos when the protesters were marching down a street which was blocked off by police at the other end. When protesters saw what was happening they tried going passed the fences the NYPD put up. Many people were run over by cops on scooters and motorcycles, plenty were tackled to the ground and arrested. All of this happening after J.P. Morgan donated $4.6 million dollars to the NYPD, the biggest donation ever by J.P. Morgan. Lech Walesa, former president of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize winner that got rid of communism in Poland and made possible a free market economy in Poland is expected to show in the next few days. Well known people like Kanye West, Russel Simmons, Tom Morello, Dylan Ratigan, Lupe Fiasco and many other have shown up for support. The movement is getting bigger and bigger everyday and spreading like a wild fire. There are about 951 cities, in 82 counties now participating. Below are pictures and a videos from what is happening around the world.