Nottingham Occupation continues: Saturday Day 8

Published: October 24, 2011 02:58 by neilant

Thanks again NottmIndymedia for your great coverage, including the brilliant photos....

I noticed a placard saying "Blame Banks not Disabled".. & its rather relevant of course..

As we all know, there are all sorts of cuts planned & already implemented by our ConLib Demolition government.. None of which seem to have taken any longer than a few months to be enforced..

But, isnt it very predictable that the proposed regulatory measures for Banks wont be in force until 2019.. Please correct me if Im wrong with this..

If in fact it is correct, I think we can very safely say that is most definitely One Rule for the Rich & Powerful (Bankers), & A rather different Rule for the rest of us..

Published: October 24, 2011 07:52 by Class war

I noticed that there are quite a lot of conspiracy theory placards citing Zeitgeist and Rothschild banks, etc. around the occupation. There also seems to be an element of individualist Freemen on the Land oriented non-politics as well. I hope that these trends aren't gaining ground too much and encourage class struggle people to challenge their presence. We need to counter this nonsense:
http://paulstott.typepad.com/911cultwatch/2011/10/countering-nonsense-in-the-occupy-movement.html
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20111022freeman

Published: October 24, 2011 09:56 by Nottingham resident

If all those people who are protesting got jobs and started paying taxes that would go a long way towards improving the economy.

Published: October 24, 2011 10:36 by Reaction watch

UK jobless figures are the highest they've been for 17 years (8.1% unemployment). Youth unemployment is over 20%.

The reality is that, as a result of the latest crisis of capital, there are nowhere near enough jobs to go round. If you've just left school or uni looking for work, your chances are slim.

Check the figures before you unleash your prejudices.

Published: October 24, 2011 19:45 by Anarchist

Nottingham Resident you are a sad b****ard. Get back to your miserable life of exploitation by bosses and the state and leave freedom to people who know what the word means.

Published: October 24, 2011 23:54 by embooty

the flying soup service is working reely well <3

Published: October 25, 2011 18:43 by Tash

Campers were on a phone in show on Radio Nottingham this morning. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00kwjt9/Mark_Dennison_25_10_2011/ interviews start at about 7mins in.

Published: October 27, 2011 00:14 by neilant

Hi Tash,
just had a listen to that for a couple of minutes.. That was enough for me, rightly or wrongly....

The presenter came across to me like a typical politely disinterested inoffensive narrow minded fence sitter.. Who would ask a few pointed questions, most of which would totally miss the point of the matter..

Because basically, he has very little understanding of what is happening in the world, & because of his own comparitive affluence, very little empathy with the victims of our greed (& corruption) culture.

So, needless to say, I didnt waste any more time listening to him or his programme..

Published: October 27, 2011 00:49 by neilant

Sorry if my perceptions or opinions expressed in my last post were incorrect in any way..

Its now the start of Day 13, & I for one hope that Occupy Nottingham are going to be there a long time..

I fully support the protest, & thankyou again for your excellent coverage & news of it ..