Yesterday was October 15th - the first worldwide day of the Occupy Movement.
Rome, Italy: (100K-200K) Riots or near riots - tear gas, burned cars, smashed windows. Demonstration possibly hijacked by 'Black Bloc' instigators.
Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, London, Berlin, Moscow, Madrid: - peaceful.
New York City: the home of Occupy; lots of marchers, lots of marches. Yes, some arrests but one has to wonder when those are necessary and when its just the power structure flexing their old stereotypes.
San Francisco: bigger (10,000) and longer lasting protest with several marches still going on into the evening.
Berkeley: My first hand report from the streets of Berkeley, California. A couple of hundred for the noon rally. SF and Oakland drew much bigger crowds but this is Berkeley so I am a bit surprised that there were not more older protesters here to support Occupy. The crowd did grow as the afternoon wore on.
Thousands show up to Occupy Las Vegas
High estimates from the left: 951 cities in 82 countries
Low estimates from the right: a few dirty hippies with no coherent message
Rome, Italy: (100K-200K) Riots or near riots - tear gas, burned cars, smashed windows. Demonstration possibly hijacked by 'Black Bloc' instigators.
Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, London, Berlin, Moscow, Madrid: - peaceful.
New York City: the home of Occupy; lots of marchers, lots of marches. Yes, some arrests but one has to wonder when those are necessary and when its just the power structure flexing their old stereotypes.
San Francisco: bigger (10,000) and longer lasting protest with several marches still going on into the evening.
Berkeley: My first hand report from the streets of Berkeley, California. A couple of hundred for the noon rally. SF and Oakland drew much bigger crowds but this is Berkeley so I am a bit surprised that there were not more older protesters here to support Occupy. The crowd did grow as the afternoon wore on.
Thousands show up to Occupy Las Vegas
High estimates from the left: 951 cities in 82 countries
Low estimates from the right: a few dirty hippies with no coherent message
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thanks to Pauly for the graphic
