Global Day of Rage: Hundreds of Thousands March Against Inequity, Big Banks, as Occupy Movement Grows

From Buenos Aires to Toronto, Kuala Lumpur to London, hundreds of thousands of people rallied on Saturday in a global day of action against corporate greed and budget cutbacks, demanding better living conditions and a more equitable distribution of wealth and resources. Protests reportedly took place in 1,500 cities, including 100 cities in the United States—all in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement that launched one month ago in New York City. We go to Athens for a report from a protest at Syntagma Square against austerity measures and corporate greed, speak to an activist in Rome where 200,000 rallied, and go to Japan for a report on the Occupy Tokyo demonstration. We also air excerpts of a speech by Julian Assange of WikiLeaks at Occupy London Stock Exchange.

Guests:

Vincenzo Fiore, Italian activist and member of the left-wing party Sinistra Ecologia e Libertà.

Julian Assange, founder and editor of WikiLeaks, speaking at Occupy London Stock Exchange.

Gerome Rothman, field director the Tokyo General Union, the largest foreign-led labor union in Japan. He’s lived in Japan for more than five years and is participating in the Occupy Tokyo movement.

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/10/17/global_day_of_rage_hundreds_of