St Paul's protesters issue statement on G20

placard at St Paul's

Following the decision by the Chapter of St Paul's and the Bishop of London not to proceed with a legal eviction of the Occupy London Stock Exchange protesters, discussions are taking place to ensure that the camp does not interfere with Remembrance Sunday, a Memorial service and other events at the Cathedral. Today the group also issued the following statement about the G20 meeting which is beginning in Cannes:

With the G20 starting today, (2 November) Occupy London General Assembly has agreed on its proposal for a shared statement of the global occupy movement to the G20 counter-summit and worldwide occupations.This
statement is a work in progress. It is therefore offered as a beginning of a dialogue. We want assemblies around the world to collaborate and develop a vision together.

* Our global system is unsustainable. It is undemocratic and unjust, driven by profit in the interest of the few.

* An economic system based on infinite growth, but which relies on finite resources, is leading humanity and the environment to destruction. As long as this system remains in place, people of the world continue to suffer increasingly. Resources must not go to the military or corporate profit, but instead go towards caring for people’s needs: water, food, housing, education, health, community.

* An international, global collaboration has started, and is working on a statement that will unite the occupy movements across the world in their struggle for an alternative that is focused on and originates from people and their environment.