as were arrested sparking accusations of heavy handed policing the finance a wall street activist refused to back down saying more marches against corporate greed and social inequality are in the pipeline is more important i've caught up with some of those involved. the new season in a different nation the arab spring has become america's autumn and on saturday new york's brooklyn bridge reminded many of a scene from egypt to here square. nearly eight hundred protesters were trapped cuffed arrested and jailed as thousands of activists continued their second week of occupy wall street demonstrations the grassroots movement is campaigning against social inequality and corporate influence over u.s. politics in the interim police conduct against peaceful protesters has come into question. just last week

a new york city police officer attacked occupy wall street protesters with pepper spray prompting public outrage and an internal affairs investigation many didn't believe that there would be another dramatic congregation this weekend after what happened last weekend after four women were pepper spray while they were corralled by the police after the n.y.p.d. used heavy handed tactics punching some protesters i think many people didn't expect that there would be something like that again this weekend though i am no reports pepper spray being used there were thousands of people stopped and hundreds arrested arrested activists were charged with disorderly conduct and summons to appear in criminal court. by sunday hundreds appeared back on wall street determined to continue their fight against corporate domination once you are not afraid to be arrested anymore the whole entire control of the police state

disappears and when that happens they are hard a credible possibilities that are open to us and suddenly you can imagine a different world and you believe you can be an agent of change the group says it aims to raise national awareness and change on the. because economic disparity occupy wall street describes itself as a resistance movement inspired in part by a few counterparts we can volunteer other believe over our brothers and sisters all over the world in the arab spring in greece and spain and we can see that it did send a powerful message ordinary people are not going to stand for corporate greed anymore and that we're getting up and we're doing something about it. and the reason these activists are doing something on wall street rather than washington is because they say you have to follow the money begin where the largest campaign contributions donations and lobby groups come from its corporate president and we were told obama was for. four more you know maybe four years old boy. bush. before that

his father the bush dynasty i mean corporate greed goes all the way up to the president i think this is or that they are doing to demean pulcifer it starts with that wall street it is true that these demonstrators come here with a variety of different messages but what is uniting not what unifies them is a growing frustration over the u.s. economy social inequality and corporate influence on u.s. politics these protesters say if american leaders can't act it will be the american citizens that stand up for their rights reporting from wall street more important part see here. both a crackdown on wall street and the way existing financial institutions are ran shows that u.s. democracy is just an empty phrase and that's according to u.k. based investigative journalist tony austin. i think we're dealing with people who are absolutely in denial they're not interested in what the ordinary people want and i think this tells us the scales are falling from our eyes this shows us that

america is not a democracy they're not listening to what the people have got to say and these are ordinary people coming up with their solutions because those people charged with running our financial system have not just made a mess of things they have actually orchestrated that system in their own interest it's absolutely inexcusable for the police to be wading in in a democracy note in a democracy the police do not whiting to peaceful demonstrators as they have been in new york so i think this is another indication that america's democracy is actually failing a certain moment is failing in the world and it's absolutely not on for them to be going around the world so-called spreading democracy when they haven't even got democracy in their own country in their own government institutions they need to be listening to what these people have got to say in the course they're not listening to james corbat editor of independent news website says the main question now is whether the largely supported anti wall street movement is likely to turn to a strong political force. as we see now of course these protests are not just

taking place on wall street but are now starting to spread across the country which is a sign that there really is something going on here that will start to spread even further i see that there there could be that possibility of escalation at this moment i would say that the the momentum and the probably the the p.r. win is on the protesters side because no one likes to see the police going in and and breaking up peaceful protests movements like that and especially now that we're getting reports that the protesters were actually lured on to the bridge and then trapped so so it's very interesting to watch how this will play out and i think at this point as i say the protesters are probably winning in the p.r. game but but again i think there's a there's a much larger political movement at stake here and it really does remain to be seen whether there can be some sort of coordinated action on on the on the federal reserve in the at the privately owned banking so the central banking system of the united states. and another showcase of public anger is bubbling in the u.k. . joy good people post what we do closely locals are taking tens of thousands

of people descended on manchester to take part in a march against government cuts also a little later in the program identity crisis parents and teachers across france are enraged by new school books that revised story on towns in the name of political correctness. the greek debt crisis has taken a sharp turn for the worse as its government declares it won't be able to meet mandated deficit deadlines for this and next year the revelation signals that the shocking degree of a stare any imposed by athens on its people has failed while sending the economy into an unmanageable contraction it's especially worrying given that a u. debt inspectors in greece are currently deciding on whether to release more bailout funds for the country the country's government has said that unless it gets that money it won't be able to pay its bills for this month r.t. sarah first looks a just worthless now puts the embattled country. will greece now default that's the

million dollar question well to be more exact the four hundred fifty billion a year a question to take to that greece now. but could never be. let's. you think greece over for. europe's government there you need to be. or or i don't know what to believe something like the greek government is running out to vote and they can keep trying to impose these but they'll start that would likely lead to more of the violent clashes we've seen between riot police and protest the in the last week the month or they can instead choose to default that year as they need to have insisted that default is not an option that concern that was greece to. he say it could spark a financial meltdown in the usa there's now a growing recognition that behind closed doors other options are being considered

a good hold is different from the cards has been on the cards now for a year and a half or two have been in the cards because when you have a dead hot hand over the exorbitant size that we have here in greece it is impossible to imagine that the steady state of the can be a means by which you can reduce it so the default was always going to happen as a full speculation rumbles on it's become clear there are fundamental flaws in the year isn't operation i think europe citizens have the right to know what the causes are at the moment they're being deflected from the real causes and they are being asked to blame little greece little greece however idiotic it may have proved in the past. and never was incapable of spearheading a global financial crisis he just he was to blame but what we are experiencing in greece today it is a financial. using new kind of war it is an international base from

all of the international financial crime syndicate for the past eighteen months the greek government has cut wages raise taxes just pensions and in return received billions of year in bailout funds now as they await the next eight billion cash injection many are left wondering if it's all been worth it just to give you another number when we first. was about nineteen of them seem to be now with this over one hundred fifty in the latest. series that it's going to be next year one eight hundred nine so just two years after all of this for the people in this thread. of course. this includes. protest and strike action now an almost daily occurrence

greek government faces a huge crisis of confidence amongst its electorate financially in the red politically in the duck greece's population leasing their patients if greece does the folk the future of the euro is an extremely uncertain indeed that many people here feel but not to be say is to risk their country sinking deeper into financial and economic ruin. athens and coming up later today are. crossed are gas whether social perspiring and a strong economy are still pillars of western democracy here's a taster we have governments that. hinder creation they hinder innovation anybody but me but steve it's not clear to me it's fair to say that it's taking me seriously going to do the same thing and take i'm going to go into everyone on the panel is that you know we have electric state voted for

these kinds of programs for decades ok so don't say governments i mean if we're talking about people voting for politicians that say give me more and more and more and make other people pay for it later or maybe we can supply in some commonality there i agree with that but i didn't think i mean to really answer the major bridges you're up here go ahead i want richard in new york to go ahead yeah let me just respond to one thing that this notion that governments act as if they are the origin of what they do governments are elected and under enormous pressure from their constituencies and to explain what governments do without in the atl izing who's pushing them to do what is a very strange logic. and. russia has launched another satellite into orbit as part of its global navigation project

this means the system is now fully operational and can provide global coverage are the spear all over tells us more about the new arrival to the u.s. produced g.p.s. system. this is the twenty fourth subtle eye that's being launched as part of the glue in us system twenty four the number the minimum number the glowing us needs to be able to provide full global coverage now we will see four more cloner satellites launched throughout the rest of the next year and not of the required amount which they set out to provide the best service to customers they'll be looking to use this now it's been a long old road for a glow in us from its first development back in the eighty's as a development project by the u.s.s.r. it was then taken over by russia and they've been trying to get it up to speed to make it a valid rival to the g.p.s. system produced in the united states now it has been

a rocky road as well just there last december three grown our satellites plummeted out of the sky into the pacific ocean and in fact this launch this twenty fourth launch that was delayed itself it has been put back by the crash at the end of august of this year of a progress module so this is finally happened now the twenty four satellites are in orbit it gives us global coverage they've got to see what they can do with it the target for glow that's now is to convince consumers and convince manufacturers of products that nice global positioning technologies that glow naps is the one for them and that they should move away from g.p.s. . dollar reporting there and if you're still curious got tons of material covering every aspect of the human race to the final frontier both on our website and at you tube dot com slash our team from all the manned space launches the last few years to the final missions of the now retired american space shuttle fleet plus all the

failed attempts along the way all that and more at you tube dot com slash r.t. . if you. knew. this is our tens of thousands have marched through the northern british city of manchester in another protest at a steady codd's to public services and pensions the rally in opposition to the governing coalition and organized by trade unions coincided with a ruling conservative party's conference in the city party's lore and it was their . golden eyes estimate that thirty thousand people are turning out for this march

through the streets of manchester to protest what the coalition government is doing in the way of cox and you've literally got full sorts of people hey you've got the older generation saying hands off of pensions you've got the sort of middle aged generation who failed that their job see because as money to public services is last you've got a very very young who are worried that some things like necessary means that its provisions for education will be caught and of course manchester has a massive student population you've got a lot of students turned out much like in all the marches that we've seen across the country turned out to protest against the rising cost of education i spake to some of the people who are here to us and just why they thought it was important to turn out pretty simple no we send a message to the government to covering all sporting particularly the people on really to poor woodies course and calls to police overseas and. to put we should

let the government know that majority of people who are opposed to what we do oppose the social situation. of the pages to show about it to join the ticket which i still say that what it meant to try and build a movement up that would bring this government down and bring in a government that doesn't offer working people now look to the finest that you can see here around me are calling for a strike on the first if they've made them but they're calling for a general strike the public sector workers to down to leave was sure the government just exactly what it would be like if public sector workers didn't in fact show up for work in the morning so that's what they're planning to do a lot of the biggest unions in the country right unison yes they have all turned out here today to say we will down tools on the thirtieth of november unless you promise that you're going to make these deep cuts in public sector funding that you'll put paid that you don't get a medal say for prime minister david cameron resignation. laura am is reporting there now is take a look at some of the stories from around the world finding has. yes besieged city

of syria after a two day trip is to allow civilians that leave the battlefield expired nato warplanes have carried out new airstrikes while revolutionary fighters continue their offensive against defined khadafi loyalists on the eastern front lines the city is facing a humanitarian crisis with people being driven from their homes by fierce fighting and a lack of essential supplies aid agencies say those trapped are in desperate need of medical help. pakistan is strongly denied afghan claims that the state's by agency was involved in the assassination of former afghan president bor hunted dina rabbani called the allegations baseless and said rabbani was pakistan's friend he was kabul's chief negotiator with the taliban or was killed in a suicide bombing last month afghan officials says that islam is behind the murder and claimed they have already provided pakistan with supporting evidence. the palestinian bid for statehood is being considered now in the u.n.

security council a total of nine out of fifteen votes are needed to push the application through meanwhile the u.s. defense secretary leon panetta on his trip to the middle east has warned israel that it is becoming increasingly isolated in the region he urged israel to restart peace talks with the palestinians and restore relations with turkey and egypt palestinian leader mahmoud abbas told r.t. arabic his fears his fears that the u.s. will pressure the u.n. security council members to vote against a bit of a full interview is coming next hour here on r t but here's a preview. just for the right to veto we knew in advance that we were the fish we notified that washington will use its veto joining the voting and all of the it's clear that the u.s. as the dominant world power wants to extend its support to israel what concerns us most is that the u.s. wants to force all the countries that took part in the general assembly big and small like you to kill. the members of the un security council to vote against

palestinian membership in the un this is the key concern for us all the member states all the security council have the right to use all as i would put it misuse their right to veto them of course such a decision will be regrettable. whether they realize it or not french school kids are learning a serious lesson and the power of political correctness across the country parents and teachers are enraged by new textbooks which carry a revised historical accounts to avoid insulting minority pupils as are teasdale bushell reports many french fear their identity will soon disappear along with their history. twenty pages on the history of black slavery and just six on the time of napoleon shown here sitting on a toilet france's new history school books are inbreeding parents and teachers who

cool it's political correctness gone mad this author's bestseller on the banned figures of front of boylan's ahead saw their journey if we didn't teach our own minorities the history of their adopted country they don't feel french we are already seeing riots in our streets the crusades the called insulting to muslims the sun king louis the fourteenth to imperial and the pony and smoked as the colonel gadhafi of his day focus is now on the previously little known king came kumu thought of thirteenth century west africa. the purge even extends to reuters studied round the world including les miserables all to victor hugo france is already breaking up things professor casale because it's young people have no sense of identity parents are concerned we have to study even the worth pages of our history because you can't understand what happened for politics now in france

because of understand the history. they want to understand and to avoid properly legal action seen as the only way to stop the removal of national history of all of our schools now give ten percent of their share the old to the medieval african moline point i've studied it and what exactly is it contribution to world development. thousands of signed a petition of the french revolution lessons were replaced by the african kingdom of more than multiple which many say they've never heard of the ministry of education refused to be interviewed but gave us this statement. where change in the school curriculum to reflect globalisation one of the thomas being taught because it's important to have a view. another world cultures such as egypt china and india the new european parliament reports but compulsory school lessons on the benefits of the e.u. from quote a very young age critics want kids learning less and less about their own country

states which stop teaching the polls they say can so in themselves to history. the new push to altie paris. well and that brings us up to date here on our to remember we have our website r.t. dot com we have more on the stories that we cover here for you i'll be back shortly it was with an update on the headlines before that we'll take a look at what's happening in the world of this. thanks mari and hello and a very well welcome to the business update the recent spike in economic uncertainty has resulted in a heavy selloff in the russian market fear of risk has been hitting it even harder than all the march in markets chris with from troika dialogue but he starts to to structural weakness in the country's economy. we have a relatively weak domestic economic base compared to other big emerging markets are just we are much more vulnerable to

a global recession because of the potential weakness in the oil price and the price and demand for other commodities and the second reason why we see more volatility is because russia doesn't have a strong enough domestic capital base. you know because we don't yet have you know extensive structured pension funds and structures they have new schemes as is the case in most other markets we are very reliant on foreign capital flows to a much greater extent than other emerging markets so when there is any reason for investors to be nervous about global events they will take their money out of emerging markets and we do not have the substitution of domestic money which countries like brazil india and china do have first take a look at the markets now current is extending losses from a one year low on kind of slowing u.s. economy and europe's debt fuel demand investors expect reports to show manufacturing in these you has barely current september what's we're just trading at seventy seven dollars per barrel while breadlines is a one hundred one dollars

a barrel. and european stocks of pulling shopping on monday after the greek government acknowledged over the weekend that it will miss its deficit target this year despite austerity measures. and finally here in moscow the markets the trading deeply in the red tracking overseas losses a report by merchant puts food fund research says the funds investing in russian stocks have seen cash flow almost triple in one week waiting on the sentiment out concerns trinkle global economy could hurt the country produces this take a look at some of the individual share moves in the my six energy major among the main retreat is here with both gas from losing over two percent on financials also under pressure with the country's biggest lenders more than three percent in the red. well the russian markets have ended their worst quarter since the financial crisis of two thousand and eight where it's still not the end of the volatility

with no clear signs of stable recover in europe and the us so investors are preferred to part cash in defense of stocks in the markets going to try and stay with companies that have a relatively low correlation to fluctuations in commodity prices normally those are stocks like mobile telecoms names like m.t.s. . have relatively high dividends decent cash flows transparent liquid probably stay away from mining name is that normally the opposite they have relatively high levels of debt very high beater plays or swings in global global commodity prices. and russians are rushing to sell the country's congress see as the ruble gets weaker sales reached one hundred forty five billion rubles equal to foreign help billion dollars that's the highest level since two thousand and nine

where there is still much lower than during the financial downturn has dropped from a two year low against the dollar as a community concession to invest to advertise for risky assets. and russia's rising over gas from cut gas prices turkey has decided not to renew a supply contract because gazprom wouldn't agree to provide a bigger discount the contract provided a third of the eight billion cubic meters of gas shipped from russia annually the turkish energy minister says this should not cause disruptions as the country's private companies could come to terms with gas from if they want and cries complaining that the price of russian gas has risen thirty nine percent in two and a half years. that's all we have time for knowledge join me for another business update in less than one hours time here on r.t. .

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welcome back you're watching r t here's a look at the top stories backs against the wall street brutal crackdown supporters for social and financial justice sparks accusations that u.s. democracy is just an illusion. happens prepares for the plunge as severe as terry fails to save a green economy with the government admitting it won't be able to meet key e.u. dictated deficit deadlines for this year. russia's orbit ambitions rose another satellite ford's global tracking system grown us launches into space to rival u.s. produced g.p.s. systems. up next r.t. says down with a man who reaganite a palestinian aspirations for independence on the world stage president mahmoud abbas to discuss his views on the future of his bit and that of palestine.