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foreigncorrespondent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-11 01:51 AM
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Occupy Melbourne (Australia) update!
Occupy Melbourne activists have staged rowdy rallies outside the Melbourne Stock Exchange on Collins Street this afternoon.

About 50 police guarded the doors to the building as the protesters, waving banners and signs, chanted in the street.

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"Also, only one per cent control the decisions. Our democracy in Australia isn't genuine democracy, it's perverted.

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"We're not trying to cause disruption to ordinary individuals because we want ordinary individuals to group together as part of the 99 per cent so we can put forward their demands."

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/stock-exchange-bank-hit-by-rowdy-rally-20111017-1lsmc.html#ixzz1b1VJdTcW

A few pictures are included at link. :)


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