Thousands of Spaniards fed up with economic misery and waving
banners against bankers have marched to mark the first
anniversary of the grassroots "Indignados" movement that has
sparked similar protests around the world.
Bailiffs began evicting British anti-capitalism activists
from a protest camp outside St Paul's Cathedral in London in
the early hours of this morning.
Prof Robert Patman puts planned assets sales into an
international context and warns that the Key Government must
be wary of the growing questioning of the global economic
system and disparities of wealth.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters was briefly denied
the chance to address asset-sale protesters at Parliament
today during an argument with the rally's organiser over
whether he was allowed to speak.
Occupiers may have been absent from the Octagon yesterday,
but it is expected they will return, and when they do the
Dunedin City Council will be watching, Mayor Dave Cull says.
The power to do something about protesters occupying
Dunedin's Octagon lies with the city council, not police, and
the council now has the ammunition it needs to act, an Otago
University law professor believes.
