I've just heard that the former United States Poet Laureate Robert Hass and his wife have been beaten up by police at Occupy Oakland.
The Occupy Movement is present in over 1,000 cities globally. Oakland and New York Occupy protestors have been beaten up, pepper sprayed and variously roughed up as literally hundreds have been arrested for opposing Capitalism's neoliberalism - the notion that the market is God.
It is excellent that Church of England Bishops have come out publicly against the British coalition's programme of austerity - cutting the jobs of nurses, teachers and public servants to line the pockets of city billionaires. This is what Occupy groups oppose around the world: the utter inequality of capitalist neoliberalism.
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Since writing this I see the Bishop of Norwich is one of those afore mentioned bishops, quoted in the Evening News today. Many Norwich churches are busy feeding those on benefits facing rising fuel costs on top of high food costs, hence it is entirely right that all religious leaders stands up for those their calling defends.
The Occupy Movement is present in over 1,000 cities globally. Oakland and New York Occupy protestors have been beaten up, pepper sprayed and variously roughed up as literally hundreds have been arrested for opposing Capitalism's neoliberalism - the notion that the market is God.
It is excellent that Church of England Bishops have come out publicly against the British coalition's programme of austerity - cutting the jobs of nurses, teachers and public servants to line the pockets of city billionaires. This is what Occupy groups oppose around the world: the utter inequality of capitalist neoliberalism.
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Since writing this I see the Bishop of Norwich is one of those afore mentioned bishops, quoted in the Evening News today. Many Norwich churches are busy feeding those on benefits facing rising fuel costs on top of high food costs, hence it is entirely right that all religious leaders stands up for those their calling defends.
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