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    Posted October 15, 2011 by
    sarae51
    Location
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
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    This iReport is part of an assignment:
    Occupy Wall Street

    sarae51 and 14 other iReporters contributed to Open Story: Occupy Wall Street protests

    Occupy Amsterdam

     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     sarae51 shot this photo on October 15 of demonstrators in Amsterdam, Netherlands, who are participating in a global protest movement in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. The protesters are demanding 'an end to corruption in the financial world and more attention for the middle class,' she said. 'I totally agree, which is why I was there.'
    - jmsaba, CNN iReport producer

    The crowds swelled later at the Beursplein in the afternoon, aided by sunny weather.  There were between 2000 and 3000 people in attendance.  Ordinary folks took turns at the microphone speaking both in Dutch and English.  The complaints were as varied as they were poignant.  A refugee from the Philipines, a student from Amsterdam, older protesters remembering a similiar protests years earlier and young organizers making it clear that change needs to happen for the world to become a safe, cleaner and less corrupt place.   A few children spoke, an environmentalist, a man who claimed himself as a banker who believed that change within the financial world was necessary.  A few Dutch television celebrites showed up and the media was there in full force too. 

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