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Reverend Jesse Jackson to visit occupylsx on Thursday 15 December at 3pm!

Occupy London stock exchange | 14.12.2011 18:18

Occupy London is delighted that Rev Jesse Jackson will be visiting the OccupyLSX camp at St Paul’s Churchyard at 3pm on Thursday to show his support for the Occupy movement. Facilitated by Lee Jasper, Co Chair of Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (BARAC) along with other invited guests.

Jesse will be speaking about the global financial crisis, the need for social and economic justice alongside the necessity of forging international links that have diversity and anti racism at their core. This is an event which is not to be missed. For those who don't know who he is, he is an African-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a candidate for the American Democratic Party presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. Full story here:  http://occupyLSX.org/?p=2416

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Jackson: "We represent Jesus standing outside the temple" (07:51)

15.12.2011 21:39


Download: Jesse Jackson 15 12 2011 OLSX - mp3 2.7M

Here is the full speech - some encouraging liberation theology and a rather pushy people´s microphone performance.

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  1. Have a word with yourselves! — Anarchist
  2. lee jasper - be careful of him you impressionable young activists folk — common ground
  3. Just keep going. — anon
  4. exclusive anarchist snobbery — sara
  5. @sara — Another Anarchist
  6. a bit over the top — sara
  7. Lots of reasons to be negative about Lee Jasper — A
  8. sara — x
  9. fair point — sara
  10. to sara — emigre
  11. whatawaytorunacountry — whatawaytorunacountry
  12. Whinewingewhinewinge — anonymous
  13. Good report. — anon
  14. lee jasper — long-term anti-racist activist