Smash Capitalism: Big banner on the Thames

This morning, a group of pixies put up a large banner with the words "SMASH CAPITALISM" emblazoned on an empty building right next to Tower Hill, on the Thames.

Preparation...

next time, a banner on the gherkin

a building without people for people without buildings

SMASH CAPITALISM

While we must choose between extortionate rents and sleeping rough, houses, buildings and land are left empty and disused for years.

While we must choose between shit jobs that pay crumbs or sign on and beg for 40 pounds a week, some bankers retire on a £700,000 a year pension.

While we produce, they profit.

Everyday, everywhere, our power and dignity are being destroyed.

But when we see an empty building in which we want to live and create, we occupy it; When we want to create spaces to challenge Racism, Sexism, Economic Slavery and all oppressive systems, we do it (or at least we try!); When we want to have fun and put banners up, we do it; When we decide to feed people for free using the waste of Capitalism, we do it. Despite all they tell us, we can and will empower ourselves!

And what is their solution to the disgusting mess they've created? They come into our city for their useless G20 spectacle and pretend they're gonna solve a crisis that they're responsible for in the first place.

Capitalism is not in crisis
Capitalism IS crisis!

                                                                                                                                    lets smash it then...