Tahrir-Style Anti-Regime “Occupations” Go Global
The year 2011 began with the scent of jasmines carried along by the Tunisian revolution that rocked the roots of the regional and global nations, which woke up to the suppressing reality they're being subject to, and therefore revolted against their regimes, demanding democratic changes.
Egypt followed Tunisia, and later Libya, Yemen, and Bahrain joined in the slogan to demand the "departure of the regime". The center of the world, the Arab World, also played an important role in triggering democratic demand in Asian, European, and American countries.
The USA was one of the countries to face mass protests, where in New York; Americans came up with their own slogan to occupy areas that represent the unjust capitalist system of the government. The "Occupy Wall Street" movement proved to state the "people's demand", as the Arabs did in their uprisings.
Other areas in the US, such as Boston, also organized an "Occupy Boston" movement, during which demonstrations assembled to demand the change of the capitalist bank system, all in Tahrir Square-style.
As the occupying movement began to spread throughout the US, many countries around the world witnessed mass protests urging governments to listen to the peoples' demands.
From "Occupy Wall Street" to "Occupy Denmark, some 3000 people gathered on Saturday, blaming the ruling systems for taking money and taxes from people and exploiting for war expenses.
Also, Norway witnessed a mass protest outside the government building, in an "Occupy Oslo" protest held on Saturday, also to demand the shift in regime capitalist unjust system.
Belgium on its part saw another occupy-style protest in Brussels, during which the some 7000 protesters accused their government of using the taxes of the people for personal interests. Police reports stated that clashes took part between protesters and the police, and a protester has been arrested.
In Italy, Rome was in a state of chaos after clashes erupted between protesters and police officers. Protesters in Rome went to the streets to join the international day of peaceful protests witnessed around the globe.
The Netherlands also participated in the international protest day, and more than 2000 people gathered in Amsterdam to call against the capitalist system ruling their country.
Some protests did not only protest their government's internal policies, however, they called against the US and "Israeli" practices against Palestine and Lebanon, affirming their support to all the peoples of the world.
In this context, Spain witnessed a mass protest, where peaceful protesters in Madrid called against the internal ruling system, which exploits the people's money to build their own interests. The Spanish people also staged anti-US and anti-"Israel" slogans, calling in support of the Palestinian detainees, and resistance movement in Lebanon.
People in Switzerland moreover gathered in Zurich to call against the banking structure and industries in their country, also protesting the US authorities' practices and meddling around the globe.
While money is involved in the protest, and demonstrators are calling against the financial structure in their countries, people in Germany assembled outside the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, protesting the vague system carried on by the rulers of the bank.
The UK furthermore embraced thousands of protesters in
London, who warned the ruling administration against any further
exploitation of people's rights.
Sweden's Stockholm was also occupied by protesters who held banners saying "We refuse to pay the crisis of capitalism".
On another part of the world, Chinese protesters gathered in the Hong Kong to take part in an occupy-like demonstration against their own financial regime.
South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, also stressed on their demands against the ruling economic structure of their banks, which take advantage of the people's taxes and money to develop their own benefits away from the people's needs.
Eventually, people have become aware of their governments' greed which pushed them into exploiting their own nations to develop personal interests. This situation should not stay long, as awareness should be spread in this regard.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org team
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