Thousand on the streets on London

[malaise]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7975597.stm
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housands of anti-capitalist and climate change protesters are taking part in a series of demonstrations in London to coincide with the G20 summit.

Police are carrying out a huge security operation in the City of London and anti-war groups are due to gather near the US Embassy and at Trafalgar Square.

Thousands of noisy protesters have converged on the Bank of England.

Most protests are expected to be lawful but four people have been charged. All police leave has been cancelled.

Hundreds from various protest groups under the G20 Meltdown banner had set off on "Financial Fools' Day" marches from four Tube stations.

They had urged many who had lost homes, jobs, savings or pensions to join them in following four "horsemen of the apocalypse" to "lay siege" to financial institutions.

With the global economic downturn gathering pace, police have said plans for the protests are "unprecedented" in their scale and that 5,000 officers were on the capital's streets.

[lonestarnot]

1. Reporting 6 arrests now. And CNN tried to read a Tshirt. :)

They apparently thought better of it. Wasn't the nice message you know.

[vaberella]

3. On MSNBC they moved up arrests to 10. n/t

[lonestarnot]

5. Someone is bleeding now or red ketsup or something. Peeps getting rowdy.

Bunny suit arrested.

[cali]

2. CNN reporting that it's a "big, big crowd" and growing by the minute

[malaise]

4. Massive crowds particularly outside the

Bank of England.

Saw one placard - tie up the bankers, throw them on a bonfire and light!!!

sp

[ShareTheWoods]

6. tie up the bankers, throw them on a bonfire and light

Hard to take someone seriously that advocates murder.

[cali]

8. ugh. I hate that kind of stupid shit

witch hunts just aren't my thing. And signs like that hardly help.

[blindpig]

7. What we ought to be doing...

[malaise]

9. That's beautiful

:D

[TBF]

10. Here's another -

[CBR]

12. Love that one...

I HATE the commodification of everything!

[malaise]

13. LOL

Lots of clashes outside BOE now. The police can't handle those crowds.

[Cid_B]

14. Seems ironic to me...

He's wearing blue jeans, he probably ate food he didn't grow himself, took a car or a tram somewhere. He is a consumer as much as anyone else.

[TBF]

18. Would you rather he wear a loincloth?

Everyone does a certain amount of consuming, but the thing these folks are protesting is the rampant consumerism that is the norm of just a small, but very wealthy, segment of our world populace at the expense of so many that barely have food to eat.

That I have to explain this on a democratic website boggles the mind.

[KillCapitalism]

11. I couldn't agree more with that sign! n/t

[barbtries]

23. or maybe

[Mari333]

15. live feed

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/G20-Protests-In-London-Live-From-Our-Reporters-At-The-Scene-Via-Twitter/Article/200904115253146

and on the link, bottom right, click on skynewslive... they are covering it as it happens..getting ugly

[cali]

16. Bank of Scotland windows smashed

protesters enter the bank through windows. Met with police inside the bank.

[Mari333]

17. police on horses with batons

crowd is booing

[TBF]

19. Doing what it takes (pics from the Guardian) -

[spanone]

20. m$nbc is oohing and ahhing about this....i NEVER saw protesters when you know who was prez

if they were mentioned, the numbers were always played down

now they have the sid vicious looking character with the blood running down his head in every report

[Mari333]

21. you betcha...i was in DC protesting and both times never saw it on the news

and the protests were HUGE! but now, oh, they suddenly fucking discover protests..assholes.

[TBF]

24. Not to worry - most US papers aren't covering it. Wouldn't want to give the peasants ideas.... n/t

[barbtries]

22. viewer's pictures of the protests:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7976658.stm

personally i wish the people in charge of it all would start paying attention to the people in the street, and i wish i was one of the people in the street.