Worldwide Demonstrations from uk indymedia

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16:30 Protesters take over Parliament Square and ressit police attempts to move them on. Clashes between asian youth and riot police ensued after police arrested a young asian protestor. Up to 5000 people is now in Parliament Square.

15:00 Cambridge city centre is now blocked by protestors, whilst central Bristol is now gridlocked. People is still arriving at central London with thousands of people currently blocking most roads around Westminster and Holborn.

14:00 Hundreds blocking downtown Birmingham - health workers due to walkout of 4 hospitals; demo of 600 in Edinburgh; 300 outside Manchester town hall; over 400 school kids in Walthamstow blocking traffic and causing mayhem; 150-200 students from London Metropolitan university heading for parliament square, where around 1,500 are already demonstrating; sit-down protest at Tottenham Court Road; arrests as mass protest brings Hereford to a standstill.

12:00 Labour Party South-East Regional HQ Occupied in Reading
Violence at student demo in Lewisham
M621 closed cause of blockade also A8, A272 & A58 blocked.
A peace camp has been set up in Lancaster town centre.

Early morning: Bengali school students demonstrate in the Whitechapel area of Tower Hamlets.
Students blockade Keele university.
People blocking roads in Newcastle (pic)
Around 40 blocking roads with lock-ons in Leeds
Schoolchildren protesting at Tube Station North London
Roads blocked in Sheffield
50 people blocked Parliament Square, while 100 blocked Whitehall.

Around the world: 100,000 demonstrators reported in Athens, as well as demos in Moscow and Holland; riot police attack protesting lawyers in Jordan; tens of thousands of students leave school to protest in Germany; 15,000 block motorway north of Barcelona as 10,000 protest outside US consulate; thousands more protest in Rome, and Madrid.

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