Just checked out ‘Bloomsbury Occupy‘ the latest franchise in the global Occupy brand. Sadly the building was guarded by a highly trained SAS style man in a yellow jacket (cunningly disguised as a minimum wage worker hoping for the easiest shift possible).
Communism!
I had hoped to pop in for a chat but I didn’t fancy shinning up onto the balcony – cat burglar stylee – so I’ve browsed the internet about them instead.
Occupy Bloomsbury protesters look down from the balcony
Bloomsbury Occupy is part of a national wave of student occupations designed to give solidarity to the pensions strikes this coming Wednesday as well as riffing off the anti-capitalist vibe of the Wall Street and St Paul’s posses. Of course ideologically they are located somewhere around 1917 with their anarchist logos proudly proclaiming COMMUNISM rather than the more modern desire for ‘fairness’ you find at the Stock Exchange but it’s all part of the mix so all power to their elbow I say.
Solidarity, Education, Communism and a secret message on a back to front banner
If you’d like to hear what it’s all about from the horse’s mouth then check out their initial statement. Click the pics to enlarge in glorious Technicolor.
Update: Bloomsbury Occupy by night. Check out the pulpit on the balcony, the fact you can now read the big banner and the same guard freezing his hi-res jacket off.
My infra-red detector shows that... oh bother... I didn't turn it on!
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