M’aidez-May-Day protest! Rally against economic disparity & financial oppression.

Join the protest. Share your voice, make history by helping use the internet to impart change. Between 20:00-21:00 GMT, post the following tweet into Twitter and tweet repeatedly! Make it a trending topic, make it a top tweet, and show the world that the time for change is now!

M’aidez-May-Day protest! Rally against economic disparity & financial oppression. http://bit.ly/kxKHFo #changetheworld

Tomorrow, on May first, there will be the annual May-day protests. However the sad reality is that if the protests are marred with violence they will be vilified and dismissed; if they are not, they will be ignored. Neither is acceptable. Furthermore, large-scale social protests are swiftly forgotten and there must be an alternative to the violent unrest currently spreading across the Middle East. It’s time for change; it’s time to use the internet to vote for change. To this I propose volume, not violence. United we stand, divided we fail. So spread the word en masse via Twitter. This is a global problem and one which requires a global solution. So let’s put an end to economic repression. No one needs to get hurt, everyone can have a chance to join the protest and the message won’t rely on the whims of global media for dissemination.

I propose a peaceful global online protest burst against economic disparity. Join the protest: copy and paste the tweet highlighted in bold at the top of the page and tweet freely and repeatedly between 20:00-21:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) tomorrow May 1^st. Retweet my tweets to your followers, or this tweet by any others who may also be tweeting, thereby boosting the chance for the tweets to become top tweets and for the hash-tag notes to become trending topics thereby making the protest global. Share this opinion to the world. Let the world leaders know that the masses are becoming united and desire action to impart change that benefits the majority of the globe, not just the affluent minority. The time window is chosen to enable as much of the globe to take part as possible. This is a global challenge and one which must be voiced as widely as possible. If we all shout in unison, maybe then the governments will hear and recognise that change is imperative.

Reports in the media, tweets, blogs and protests clearly show the global volume of discontent with economic disparity and the impact of the investment banking disaster. Yet now investment bankers and usurers who were primarily responsible for the global economic meltdown appear virtually unscathed and billions will suffer the consequences from the fallout. For most, business is not booming, life has not returned to normal and the future of an entire generation remains at risk. But independent protest will not be sufficient to impart change. We need volume. Make demands for change the trending topics on twitter!

Westminster is populated by a weak inexperienced government. Blinded by privileged upbringings and cowed by threats from the city and the affluent, we cannot count on our leaders for common sense or foresight. Although Britain is currently under threat from social unrest as well as both internal and external terrorism, the Lib-Dem coalition are responding by imposing cuts to the NHS, the police and education. Clearly the coalition would rather risk the safety security and future of Britain on a misguided policy which reeks of class-based oppression to impose the economic burden of recovery onto the masses rather than impose increased economic burden onto those who benefitted most from the years of plenty. The wheels of government are greased by the halls of commerce which in turn feed on the poor and oppressed.

Challenged by the public, bankers remain recalcitrant. To quote Bob Diamond ‘The time for remorse and apology is over’. Bonuses are back in season. When challenged by the government, bankers threatened to leave the UK. In response to shareholders angst at reduced dividends contrasting with current massive bonuses, Bob diamond claimed ‘We have made a good start to 20-11 in a challenging external environment’. Bankers have become the ultimate bullies, using financial oppression to maintain their hold on power and are arguably equally as guilty of causing human suffering as any dictator currently in power. Financial speculation on commodity markets can result in price-spikes resulting in hunger for millions of people. The recent revolt in Tunisia originated by a rise in food prices and led to the downfall of the government. Bankers are clearly out of touch with the importance and impact of their actions and are in complete denial of their role and responsibility in maintaining global peace. Yet economic disparity hurts everyone, although obviously the impact is most keenly felt by those who have the least financial security. Only by showing the combined strength of majority opinion will the threat of accountability be taken seriously.

And change will not come quickly as behaviours have become too deeply entrenched. Moreover, better cannot mean better for everyone, it can only mean better for some. By my argument, it is far better to impose an increased burden onto those who are affluent to spread the wealth to benefit the majority. In ancient times, Roman senators were obliged to fund civic buildings, ceremonies and public entertainments. Sadly, now the rich seem to view affluence with a sense of entitlement to act with impunity and belligerence.

Although the current situation may not feel quite like war, it certainly isn’t peace either. Either way, the time has come to pick sides and take a stand. We live in democracies and our governments are accountable to the majority. Yet, with Cameron stacking the House of Lords, ever increasing strategies for the rich to evade or minimise their personal burdens of taxation, and economic recovery funded by a highly controversial strategy of cuts to social services, democracy has never seemed so fragile. Yet the first step to recovery is to acknowledge that there is a problem. Democracy is broken; currently it is for sale to those with money and power. It is time for the voice of the masses to speak in unison and impose democratic change for the good of the majority, the good of the world.

98% of the world’s wealth is held by a mere 2% minority. Today, bankers, footballers and movie stars earn staggering wages whilst academics and scientists are reduced to practising as professional beggars in an attempt to maintain funding and job security in addition to performing research which benefits humanity. This is insanity!

As a final note; following the recent Facebook purge (http://j.mp/iUDmnI), censorship and political oppression is now clearly being mediated within regions which were formerly democratic. The time to act is now, before Big-Twitter steps in to silence the dissenters further. Tweet freely. Tweet to your friends, tweet to your enemies, tweet to the world while you still can that we, the majority, want change!!!