Occupations in Sydney and Melbourne have been violently broken up by police in the past few days, but the camp at Post Office Square is going well so far.
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Occupy Melbourne released the statement below on October 24.
The Darwin Asylum Seekers Support and Advocacy Network (DASSAN) released the statement below on October 23..
Between 80 and 100 people gathered for an open-air general assembly in Perth on October 22. It began at 11am and finished around 5pm. The main purpose of the assembly was to make plans for establishing a Perth occupation at the end of the Chogm Protest (taking next Friday, October 28) that would last at least throughout the CHOGM summit. There was quite a constructive discussion and a lot of enthusiasm to begin an occupation next weekend. Eleven working groups were established.
The Refugee Action Coalition Sydney released the statement below on October 23.
This is a full video coverage of Noam Chomsky's address to Occupy Boston protesters on Oct 22, 2011 by a NewsParticipaton.com citizen reporter.
On October 15, about 4000-5000 of protesters in London descended on London's financial sector as part of the 鈥淯nited for Global Change鈥 actions that took place in more than 1000 cities and towns worldwide. Occupy London Stock Exchange is occupying an area in front of St Paul's Cathedral and holding people's assemblies to discuss the goals, demands and direction of the movement.
The overwhelming success of the October 15 鈥淯nited for Global Change鈥 demonstrations (which took place in more than 1000 cities and towns in about 90 countries) is having powerful positive feedback on the indignados (15-M) movement in Spain.
October 15 was the first time since February 2003, with the huge demonstrations in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, that a call for an international action on a specific date has met with such a response.
The latest wave of the bloodshed that has taken place in Yemen since September 18 shows the country鈥檚 hated President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has no intention of leaving power peacefully.
At least 35 people were killed and many more were wounded in government attempts to crack down on protesters between October 15 and 18, The Guardian said on October 18.
Government forces also battled tribal fighters and defected soldiers loyal to anti-Saleh political forces.
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