Thousands of people take part in a demonstration on November 1, 2011 in Nice, France, two days ahead of the G20 summit (AFP Photo / Anne-Christine Poujoulat)
As protests kick off in France ahead of the G20 Summit, RT goes to the biggest Occupy Wall Street camp in the US to find out what the demonstrators on both sides of the Atlantic have in common.
From France to the US – from an alternative G20 Summit in Nice – to Occupy Wall Street in New York.
"A lot of the protests at the G20 Summit are motivated by the fact that it's a very undemocratic system that doesn't allow for people's voice, and that's a lot of what this is about too," said Graduate Sociology student Amanda Maull.
The biggest Occupy camp in America has been standing united with the G20 protests in demanding greater participation in making decisions that affect everyone.
"Some of the objectives of the G20 nations make sense. Things like stopping global warming, stopping world hunger and all that, are things everyone would be on board with. It's just the process, the way in which they go about actually making these decisions is the thing that people feel excluded from, and rightfully so," said William Scott, a university professor.
The protesters have been calling for a total re-vamp of the system that, they say, excludes the 99 percent, while those in power play dangerous games.
"They keep printing money, they keep spending money, they keep killing people in wars," said real estate agent Giorgio Sanchez.
Inequality across the globe is what keeps people out on the streets on both sides of the Atlantic.
"It's a really big crisis. When they are living in luxury and not sharing it, and other people are struggling to find somewhere to stay warm or to eat food. This is a huge discrepancy that all of our world leaders and all of us should rise up to deal with this crisis," said OWS press team working group volunteer Jason Ahmadi.
G20 leaders are set to concentrate on ways to prevent a Greek default and get Europe through a crisis. Protesters want these to not just be quick fix band-aids on what they see as a broken system.
"If they prevent these economies from failing, that would be a good thing. I just hope that they would do so in a way that provides for a lot-term sustainable economy that benefits everyone," said occupier and Catholic worker Loran Hart.
"Hopefully they can look at all of these uprisings, or occupations, or movements across the world and take a cue from that," said occupier Haywood.
If the leaders don't hear this message, protesters are said to continue.
"Mass movement of resistance still has a lot of potency. It happened in the Middle East," said Professor of English Jess Row.
G20 protesters and Occupy Wall Street protesters are in different locations, but have similar goals. As protesters in France are being kept at a safe distance from where the leaders are gathering, global demonstrations against wealth inequality and financial irresponsibility are unified for the voices to break through to those in power.
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THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS ON NEPALI SENTIMENT, GORKHALAND, KUMAON AND GARHWAL ETC.and BAMCEF UNIFICATION!
Published on Mar 19, 2013
The Himalayan Voice
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BAMCEF UNIFICATION CONFERENCE 7
Published on 10 Mar 2013
ALL INDIA BAMCEF UNIFICATION CONFERENCE HELD AT Dr.B. R. AMBEDKAR BHAVAN,DADAR,MUMBAI ON 2ND AND 3RD MARCH 2013. Mr.PALASH BISWAS (JOURNALIST -KOLKATA) DELIVERING HER SPEECH.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLL-n6MrcoM
http://youtu.be/oLL-n6MrcoM
Mr. PALASH BISWAS DELIVERING SPEECH AT BAMCEF PROGRAM AT NAGPUR ON 17 & 18 SEPTEMBER 2003
Sub:- CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT 2003
http://youtu.be/zGDfsLzxTXo
THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS BLASTS INDIANS THAT CLAIM BUDDHA WAS BORN IN INDIA
THE HIMALAYAN TALK: INDIAN GOVERNMENT FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM RISKIER
http://youtu.be/NrcmNEjaN8c
The government of India has announced food security program ahead of elections in 2014. We discussed the issue with Palash Biswas in Kolkata today.
http://youtu.be/NrcmNEjaN8c
Ahead of Elections, India's Cabinet Approves Food Security Program
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http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/indias-cabinet-passes-food-security-law/
THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS TALKS AGAINST CASTEIST HEGEMONY IN SOUTH ASIA
THE HIMALAYAN VOICE: PALASH BISWAS DISCUSSES RAM MANDIR
Published on 10 Apr 2013
Palash Biswas spoke to us from Kolkota and shared his views on Visho Hindu Parashid's programme from tomorrow ( April 11, 2013) to build Ram Mandir in disputed Ayodhya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77cZuBunAGk
THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS LASHES OUT KATHMANDU INT'L 'MULVASI' CONFERENCE
अहिले भर्खर कोलकता भारतमा हामीले पलाश विश्वाससंग काठमाडौँमा आज भै रहेको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मूलवासी सम्मेलनको बारेमा कुराकानी गर्यौ । उहाले भन्नु भयो सो सम्मेलन 'नेपालको आदिवासी जनजातिहरुको आन्दोलनलाई कम्जोर बनाउने षडयन्त्र हो।'
http://youtu.be/j8GXlmSBbbk
THE HIMALAYAN DISASTER: TRANSNATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT MECHANISM A MUST
We talked with Palash Biswas, an editor for Indian Express in Kolkata today also. He urged that there must a transnational disaster management mechanism to avert such scale disaster in the Himalayas.
http://youtu.be/7IzWUpRECJM
THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS CRITICAL OF BAMCEF LEADERSHIP
[Palash Biswas, one of the BAMCEF leaders and editors for Indian Express spoke to us from Kolkata today and criticized BAMCEF leadership in New Delhi, which according to him, is messing up with Nepalese indigenous peoples also.
He also flayed MP Jay Narayan Prasad Nishad, who recently offered a Puja in his New Delhi home for Narendra Modi's victory in 2014.]
THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS CRITICIZES GOVT FOR WORLD`S BIGGEST BLACK OUT
THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS CRITICIZES GOVT FOR WORLD`S BIGGEST BLACK OUT
THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALSH BISWAS FLAYS SOUTH ASIAN GOVERNM
Palash Biswas, lashed out those 1% people in the government in New Delhi for failure of delivery and creating hosts of problems everywhere in South Asia.
http://youtu.be/lD2_V7CB2Is
THE HIMALAYAN TALK: PALASH BISWAS LASHES OUT KATHMANDU INT'L 'MULVASI' CONFERENCE
अहिले भर्खर कोलकता भारतमा हामीले पलाश विश्वाससंग काठमाडौँमा आज भै रहेको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मूलवासी सम्मेलनको बारेमा कुराकानी गर्यौ । उहाले भन्नु भयो सो सम्मेलन 'नेपालको आदिवासी जनजातिहरुको आन्दोलनलाई कम्जोर बनाउने षडयन्त्र हो।'
http://youtu.be/j8GXlmSBbbk
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