Viva La Revolucion!!! or The Day the People Woke UP to being $%@!! = Stike Back Forcefully

Dozens of people have been arrested in New York as thousands of anti-corporate greed protesters marched to the city's famous Times Square at the culmination of a day of global demonstrations inspired by the 'Occupy Wall Street" movement.


Police, some on horseback, packed 71 protesters in vans after they marched, while thousands of demonstrators mixed with tourists converged on the major commercial intersection, divided by police barriers.



The clashes took place at the corner of 46th Street and Seventh Avenue amid a heavy police presence after day-long marches that began in the Financial District.

Earlier, around 2,000 protesters marched through New York's financial district on Saturday afternoon, before moving on to Time Square.

The demonstrators in lower Manhattan banged drums and chanted "We got sold out, banks got bailed out," "All day, all week, occupy Wall Street," and "Hey hey, ho ho, corporate greed has got to go."

Protests were also held elsewhere in the United States and Canada, notably in Washington DC, the US capital.

Violence in Rome

Violence broke out in Rome as tens of thousands nicknamed "the indignant" marched in European cities in protest against capitalism and austerity measures.

Black smoke billowed into the air in the centre of the city as a small group of violent protesters broke away from the main demonstration. They smashed shop windows, set vehicles on fire and assaulted two news crews. Others burned Italian and EU flags.

"On October 15, people from all over the world will take to the streets and squares ... to initiate the global change we want," proclaimed the website United for #GlobalChange.

Assange addresses protesters

Meanwhile, in Berlin, around 4,000 people marched through the streets, with banners that urged the end of capitalism. Some marchers scuffled with police as they tried to get near the country's parliamentary buildings.

In Frankfurt, continental Europe's financial capital, about 5,000 people protested in front of the European Central Bank.

Outside London's iconic St Paul's cathedral, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke to about 500 demonstrators.

"The banking system in London is the recipient of corrupt money," he said, adding that WikiLeaks would launch a campaign against financial institutions in the coming months.

Scuffles broke out in the UK capital between police and protesters, who raised banners saying "Strike  back!"; "No cuts!" and "Goldman Sachs is the work of the devil!"

In Paris, the French capital, about 1,000 protesters rallied in front of city hall, coinciding with a G-20 finance chief's meeting.

In the Bosnian city of Sarajevo, hundreds walked through the streets carrying pictures of Che Guevara and old communist flags that read "Death to capitalism, freedom to the people."

Another 500 people gathered to hear speakers denounce capitalism at a peaceful rally in downtown Stockholm, holding up red flags and banners that read "We are the 99 per cent" and "We refuse to pay for capitalism's crisis."

In Spain, where groups that have become known as the Indignant Movement have been holding "occupation" protest camps in cities and towns since May, marchers converged on Madrid's Puerta del Sol plaza on Saturday night.

Tens of thousands of Portuguese, angry at their government's handling of the economic crisis, also took to the streets of Lisbon. Other protests were staged in Geneva, Amsterdam, Athens, Brussels, Geneva and Zurich.

Authors sign online petition

A group of 100 prominent authors, including Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelists Jennifer Egan and Michael Cunningham, signed an online petition declaring their support for "Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy Movement around the world."

Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, saw the day's first demonstration, when at least 1,000 people gathered at City Square.

In Sydney, about 2,000 protesters including representatives of Aboriginal groups, communists and trade unionists, protested in the city's central business district.

Demonstrations of various sizes took place in Asia, namely in Japan's Tokyo, the Philippines' Manila, Taiwan's Taipei, South Korea's Seoul and China's Hong Kong.

Despite heavy rains in Seoul, the South Korean capital, members of more than 30 civic groups congregated in the city's financial district.

In Manila, about 100 members of Bayan, an alliance of various left-wing groups in the Philippines, marched to the US embassy, waving banners that read: "Down with US imperialism" and "Philippines not for sale", broadcaster APTN reported.

In Hong Kong, more than 200 people gathered at Exchange Square Podium in the city’s central shopping and business district.