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At least four arrested at Reclaim the banks demo in Bristol

Last Hours | 18.09.2009 11:51

A demonstration to repossess the banks, as part of Bristol co-Mutiny has already seen several arrests.

An arrest is made in Bristol outside RBS

Last Hours is reporting mobile updates from the demonstration at

http://twitter.com/lasthours along with photos.

Lloyds TSB has been graffitied, RBS 'pied' and Barclays has received some paint bombs.

The demonstration is continuing

There will be a larger report on Last Hours (

http://www.lasthours.org.uk) at the end of the day.

You can find out more about Co-Mutiny at

http://comutiny.wordpress.com/

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If you don't want to faff w/ Twitter

18.09.2009 12:13

If you don't want to faff around w/ Twitter etc. the photos and reports so far are on the Last Hours blog:

http://www.lasthours.org.uk/blogs/reclaim-the-banks-arrests/

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Fantastic action, it was about time people reacted to this greed and injustice

18.09.2009 12:43

Banks have been having a shower of cash for failing to keep with reality and living in their fantasy greed castle, made with ordinary people's hard work and cash. Now we are paying the price of their failure with unemployment and the reduction in public services to bail them out, while they still pay themselves astronomical bonuses for failure and take no responsability for their criminal greed, so well done and good luck with your action, it's need it and I hope it escalates to the whole country.

Well Done Bristol!

Reclaim The Banks?

18.09.2009 16:06

What would be the point of reclaiming the banks? For who and for what reason?

@ A

18.09.2009 20:12

To transcend capitalism? To stop free market capitalism profiting from exploitation?

Big up to the mutineers in Bristle

18.09.2009 20:43

here's a few reason we should smash the banks

RBS is the world’s leading creditor to the arms industry
having given 44.6 billion in loans over the last ten years.

Barclay bank are the market maker for ITT/ EDO MBM and invest 7.3 Billion in the Arms trade worldwide they are a valid target for any anti militarist action.

Lloyds TSB – Lloyds TSB – Lloyds hold shares in the UK arms sector worth 717.5
million and serves as principal banker to BAE Systems.

for more info check out

http://www.waronwant.org/attachments/Banking%20on%20Bloodshed.pdf

unfortunately i do bank with a high street bank is the co operative any better???

anti-militarista
Homepage: http://www.targetbrimar.org.uk/

RBS fund climate chaos

18.09.2009 21:11

RBS have also given millions of pounds in loans to Eon, an energy company who want to build the first of a new generation of coal fired power stations.

I think a load of fake coal has been tipped inside BT (they own Miller Argent, who are developing Ffos y Fran, the largest open cast coal mine in Europe).

Kia

@ Me

19.09.2009 15:02

'Reclaim The Banks' isn't a very good demand for an anti-capitalist movement. Why would we want to take over the banks for ourselves? We surely want to get rid of them all together. That slogan is a confused one.

To anti-militarista

19.09.2009 19:02

I'm sure the co-op are not flawless, but yes, they are better. They are the only UK high street bank which does not invest in the arms trade (according to the War on Want report you yourself quoted : )

serial disarmer

The co-op do invest in arms

20.09.2009 19:03

but not to 'oppresive regimes'. I think

Co-opted

repossess

21.09.2009 08:05

it was repossesss not reclaim - and was come up with in the light of house repossessions - with the idea to connect the bank bail outs, their power, unaccountability and their investements in he arms trade etc

co-mutineer

weak slogan etc

24.09.2009 11:13

"Repossess" the banks is an even weaker slogan than "Reclaim".

another A

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