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SBS News takes a look at some of the media coverage - mainstream and social - of the protests in New York.
Australian Occupy protests fizzle out as protesters return to their jobsWeather: Melbourne 11°C - 18°C . Shower or two clearing. But it seems Australia's version of the Occupy protests that have made waves around the world are fizzling out after a couple of days here. A protest at the City Square in Swanston St, Melbourne, barely caused a splash.
#OccupyOz lands in capital cities: Anti-corporate protesters are been planning to echo the Occupy Wall St prote... t.co/vYeu4zed
Bank on it - Occupy Wall St's a global phenomenonTHE Occupy Wall Street protest has become a permanent fixture of lower Manhattan in New York since September 17. Now the movement, a largely peaceful protest against corrupt politics and the uneven spread of wealth in the US, is starting to build international momentum.
Occupy DublinOccupy Dublin - Description: END CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT GREED. AND, SOCIAL INJUSTICE!! | Facebook
Defend the Occupy Wall Street protesters from eviction by Mayor Bloomberg: t.co/S7akNiHm #ows #occupywallstreet #p2NY
RT @abdulsmith: Bloomberg's Girlfriend sits on the board of Brookfield, the company trying to evict #OWS protesters from Zucotti Park | t.co/rMNZAxm8- is the medium the message? All hailing the twitter hashtag, below.
Greek PM supports US protests, urges pragmatism at homeBy Agence France-Presse, Updated: 10/12/2011 Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou expressed solidarity Wednesday with the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States but urged anti-austerity protestors at home to show pragmatism. "We fight for changing the global economic system, like many anti-Wall Street citizens who rightly protest against the inequalities and injustices of the system," he said at a cabinet meeting to discuss new public spending cuts.
#OWS: The human mic | Al Jazeera BlogsThousands of voices, conversing, debating, speechifying, united in a kind of call and response cadence that crescendos in waves. The New York Police Department prohibits the use of electronic sound amplifiers - megaphones, microphones and loudspeakers - without a permit. The occupiers do not have one.Everyone's favourite Hegelian philosopher, Slavoj Zizek, turns up and benefits from the human microphone technique being deployed, below. And above, a blog from Al Jazeera explaining the phenomenon.
- A lot has been made about similarities - and differences - between the Occupy Wall St movement and the Tea Party. Feel free to have your say below.
- Anonymous have been involved since the start - one protester with the trademark mask below.
Pelosi Supports Occupy Wall Street Movement - ABC NewsHouse Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she supports the growing nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement, which began on the streets of downtown New York City in mid-September. "I support the message to the establishment, whether it's Wall Street or the political establishment and the rest, that change has to happen," said Pelosi in an exclusive interview with ABC News "This Week" anchor Christiane Amanpour.- Glossy promo seeks to deliver the message in thirty seconds, below.
GOP congressman: Wall Street protests are ‘attack upon freedom’Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) on Thursday slammed the Occupy Wall Street protests, saying they are an attack on businesses and freedom. "They don't know why they're there. They're just mad," Broun said on ABC's "TopLine." "I see people angry in my district too.
