Category: Political leaders and chief financial officers from the top 20 industrialized nations met in London yesterday at a summit to discuss international finance matters. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the city to demand worldwide economic reform, including more focus on fighting poverty, inequality and global warming.
A long-time activist, Russell Brand attended the G20 protests and was disappointed at his inability to blend into the crowd and to participate in the experience with his fellow citizens.
Brand gave a brief statement to reporters, then attempted to return the focus to the event itself. “I’m here to observe and participate peacefully in this protest,” Brand said. “I live here. Listen, mate, talk to everybody else.”
Brand became increasingly frustrated as reporters continued to badger him and ultimately left the protest early.
Later in the day, he discussed the experience , as well as his reasons for attending the protest, on his website:
“The sincere aspect of my attendance to these carnivals of disobedience is my instinctive mistrust of authority and innate belief that whilst we are different we are all equal and have a social culpability to care for every member of our society. That, ultimately we are one, that separation is an illusion and that none of us can be content as long as there is neglect and suffering among the weaker of our number.”
You can read Russell’s entire blog here: Revolution
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