London bankers, leave your Porches and Behtleys at home tomorrow. Get ready to close your eyes and think of England: protesters are preparing to set up camp outside the London Stock Exchange, expanding Occupy Wall Street demonstrations that began in New York according to a Bloomberg report.
About 4,000 people have signaled their intent to attend a peaceful demonstration that will start at noon on Oct. 15, Kai Wargalla, one of the organizers of Occupy London Stock Exchange, said in a telephone interview today. The group plans to mass in Paternoster Square, close to the London offices of both Bank of America Corp. in King Edward Street and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) on Fleet Street.
“We are protesting against social and financial injustices,” said Wargalla, a student, who declined to give further information about her background. “If you look at the financial sector and the political and regulatory system they don’t work for us, the common man.
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Read more at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-12/protesters-to-occupy-london-stock-exchange.html
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