Corporate tour of Sydney

The Occupy Sydney collective conducted a “Corporate Tour” of Sydney last Saturday, protesting outside the premises of a number of institutions that epitomise the inequality of our current economic system.  Stops included the Commonwealth Bank, where the CEO earns in one week close to what the average Australian full time worker earns in a year, Coles, where protestors rallied in support of striking workers at Baiada Poultry, and the US consulate, where protestors highlighted the gross unfairness of that nation’s excessive spending on the military (including stationing troops in Australia) while so many of it’s citizens languish in unemployment without access to healthcare or education.

Following my recent motion in support of occupy Sydney I was asked to address the rally.  The speech I delivered is below.

Support for Occupy Sydney

The global Occupy movement has done an amazing job of highlighting issues of social and economic inequality that are widespread across the world.