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The “Occupy Wall Street” protests that in New York on September the 17th have now around the world. Demonstrations have spread to more than 60 cities worldwide. Protesters were out in at the weekend in Tokyo, Rome, London, Buenos Aires, Helsinki and other and financial centres. Protests in the Italian capital saw between protestors and police in which were injured, shop windows smashed and cars torched. The protests are against corporate and corruption, government cuts, and social inequality. In Japan, protestors marched “Occupy Tokyo" banners and protested outside the headquarters of the of the Fukushima nuclear power plants.

Occupy Wall Street was started in New York the Canadian activist group Adbusters. The movement is now being to the Tahrir Square protests in Cairo earlier this year and the Arab Spring. Jesse LaGreca, a leader of Occupy Wall Street, spoke U.S. television about the spread of the protests the world. He said: "We are seeing our future away from us while the wealthiest one percent get and richer, and I'm glad people are taking a and participating in their democracy." He added: “The is happening very organically. There is communication protesters worldwide through Twitter, through Facebook, through social media, and through friends who are concerned about each other."