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Jesse Jackson Addresses Occupy London Protestors At St Paul's Cathedral

Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 15/12/11 18:10 Updated: 15/12/11 18:46

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Civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson addressed protesters at St Paul’s Cathedral protest camp today.

The Baptist Minister told the Occupy London movement to “stand up and fight back” as the eager crowd chanted in agreement.

He added: “We fight back, we win, let nobody break your spirit.

“We keep our hope alive, so stand tall, fight back, stand up. Keep hope alive.”

Before his visit he told The Evening Standard: ‘Those protests, they are like canaries in the mine. They are warning us that there is gas below down in the mine.’

Rev Jackson, who worked for Martin Luther King added he hoped police and bailiffs would not be sent to break up the protests, as they had on Wall Street in America.

More than 200 tents have been pitched outside the famous domed church since 15 October in a protest against capitalist excess and was inspired by New York’s Occupy Wall Street.


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Civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson addressed protesters at St Paul’s Cathedral protest camp today. The Baptist Minister told the Occupy London movement to “stand up and fight back” as t...
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It's cold and it's wet out. That London drizzle, a phenomenon that lies somewhere between fog and sleet which London will suffer from nearly everyday until May has begun to come down. I'm in a queue of around 2,000 that has wrapped around St. Paul's for midnight mass, snaking through Occupy London's first tent city. I'm not a Christian, I left the church 15 years ago, but I've been feeling homesick lately, and find myself here, cold, and wet, and sick.

 
 
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Lilyskye
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23:55 on 17/12/2011
Yawn.. Isn't it about time these muppets went back home and got jobs like the rest of us? There will always be a divide, accept it, stop wasting our public money and get over yourselves! Incidentally, does anyone know whether Thom Yorke who just so happens to fall into the 1% category will be donating any of his £45 million personal fortune to the cause or was his Occupy London support stunt last week just really all about his own self-promotion? Seems Jesse Jackson has jumped on the train too. Kind of sums the whole farce up really - all a bunch of parasites.
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yintwin
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05:32 on 16/12/2011
Albert Einstein saw the direction the world was heading when he wrote the following article...
"I have now reached the point where I may indicate briefly what to me constitutes the essence of the crisis of our time. It concerns the relationship of the individual to society. The individual has become more conscious than ever of his dependence upon society. But he does not experience this dependence as a positive asset, as an organic tie, as a protective force, but rather as a threat to his natural rights, or even to his economic existence. Moreover, his position in society is such that the egotistical drives of his make-up are constantly being accentuated, while his social drives, which are by nature weaker, progressively deteriorate. All human beings, whatever their position in society, are suffering from this process of deterioration. Unknowingly prisoners of their own egotism, they feel insecure, lonely, and deprived of the naive, simple, and unsophisticated enjoyment of life. Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous as it is, only through devoting himself to society."
Its time we looked after the 'whole', and received joy from helping our fellow humans.
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davidprosser
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06:18 on 16/12/2011
It's amazing how well Einstein understood not just science but human nature as well. The current anthropologist Michael Wesch says something similar too, "“What I would consider the tragedy of our times is that we are more connected than ever, and yet, we don’t realize it and don’t truly live it.”

Being connected more and more implies greater and greater dependence upon one another.
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LondonDavid
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04:22 on 16/12/2011
"Keep Hope Alive"

"Ok! I'm gonna need 50mg of Adrenaline, shock-pads, sternum brace, and a sh__ load of whiskey".

But seriously - good to have Jackson in town. Amazing guy.

Fight the Power!!

:-)
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chindit623
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01:53 on 16/12/2011
Who is Jesse Jackson?
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lokiesteve
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23:45 on 15/12/2011
Where there is a camera you'll find Jesse Jackson.
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LondonDavid
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04:23 on 16/12/2011
Gosh, he must be PERMANENTLY in Japan then!
:-)
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Reality always bites
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21:09 on 15/12/2011
The man has lost it completely. The people are living in small tents- If they stand up they will ruin their homes! If the fight back, 1, who are they fighting? (Not St Pauls obviously) and 2. How does that not conflict with the ideal that this is a peaceful protest.
Jesse Jackson please reflect on your own future!
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Stefane
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20:52 on 15/12/2011
....anywhere there's a camera...
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eric14
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19:15 on 15/12/2011
Jesse Jackson! Welcome!
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Reality always bites
Sometimes just a bit peckish
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21:10 on 15/12/2011
Why? what difference will he make. Capitalism supports and sponsors people like Jesse Jackson!
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eric14
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21:33 on 15/12/2011
He's not going to make any difference and he's always been ambiguous but he's been through the mill. He's the last real famous connection to the civil rights movement of the '60's.

Life is complex. Being harsh achieves nothing.
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