Occupy London Camp

Occupy London

Occupy London is an on going peaceful protest. They are demonstrating against social injustice, corporate greed and the lack of affordable homes in the UK. The protest started on the 15th October 2011 with two encampments one in Finsbury Square and the other one located outside St Paul's Cathedral. The camps were set up to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall street protests that had started in America early in the year.

I visited St Paul's over the Christmas period to see the tents and protesters for myself. There were quiet a lot of tents mainly to the west side of the cathedral ranging from one man tents to small marquees. A lot of these tents were zipped up and closed. There was not much sign of life going on within them like they were out for the day. The bigger tents were occupy with a wealth of information about what the demonstration and occupancy was trying to archive and what it was all about . The protesters are trying to say that the current system is unsustainable and undemocratic and unjust. There is a need to work towards alternatives ways. They are all from different backgrounds ethnicities, genders, sexualities, disabilities and faiths and they want to stand together across the world. They do not want to pay for the banks crisis that was creative by the economy. They do not accept the cuts that the government are planing and implementing which are not necessary and they want an end to global tax injustice. They also are saying that our democracy represents corporations and not its every day people. These are some of the demands and statements that the Occupy London Group have said and issued on 16th October 2011 and 500 protesters of Occupy London collectively agreed upon this.

We are living in trouble times and people and family's are finding harder and harder to survive. This system as be around for along time and works very well when it works. Banks lend money to business to help them make money and set businesses up. This has been going on for years and years as society as evolved. Why do people think that by change this system things will change. I do agree with some of the statements that occupy London have made but not all of them. The managing directors of the banks earn a lot of money and a lot more in bonuses. This seems not to be a big issue when everyone else is doing well, fully employed and have a future to look forward to. I think if the banks were to take note of this and reduce they salary and bonuses when times are hard and the economy is not doing well, people would think more of them and would be less likely to complain.

These are some of my views on this subject. Some people may not agree with me and some people will. The time is not right for a revolution things are not the same as there were in the past. People of today are too interested in their self and what’s good for they family’s and scared on losing their jobs. There is no solidarity these days Margaret Thatcher saw to that with the destruction of the unions in the early eighty's. There are far too few people these days who would be willing to stand up and force changes on the government that are necessary for the country and the world. The governments policies need to change so the less well off get a better deal in life.

I do not know if things will change in the near future or in the distance future I can not predicted that. Occupy London are due back in court on the 11th January 2012 to see if thy have to leave the area around St Paul's. I think they will lose their fight unfortunately but lease some people would have heard what they are all about and maybe things might change. If not the next protest will be big because people will only take so much before there is a revolution