Occupy Wall Street demonstrations planned worldwide today

Map of the global demonstrations today. (United for #globalchange)

Map of the global demonstrations today. (United for #globalchange)

The big Occupy-related action today is United for Global Change (#globalchange), with nearly 1,000 demonstrations planned in over 80 countries. While not directly affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement, Occupy Wall Street is giving the action its full endorsement. Click on the image above to see an interactive map of cities with events.

United for Global Change and Occupy Wall Street have a shared emphasis on public decision making and direct democracy. A notable difference is that there is a manifesto of sorts for United for Global Change. With its focus on opposition to international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, G-8 and the World Trade Organization, the manifesto will sound familiar to anyone who remembers the significant anti-globalization protests from a decade ago.

Another action worth keeping an eye on today is the continued revival of the Move Your Money Project. The Labor Committee of Occupy Wall Street is hosting a march on Chase Bank in support of customers closing their accounts and switching to credit unions and community banks. This is part of a build-up to Bank Transfer Day on November 5, when tens of thousands of people have pledged to move their money out of major banking institutions and into non profit credit unions. David Dayen has more on the rebirth of Move Your Money.

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