Anti Bank Actions

On Saturday June 12th, demonstrators occupied two banks, blockaded a third and staged an unauthorised march. 100 people marched behind a banner reading 'Global Capital Can Bank On Global Resistance'. Whistle blowing, drumming protesters stormed into the Clydesdale Bank on Hanover Street. Exiting the Clydesdale, the crowd next took over the Abbey National and staged a half hour party inside with drumming, dancing and singing, while the bank's plate glass windows were plastered with posters. Later a 100 strong crowd blockaded the Halifax on George St., then marched along George St. & Princes St., Edinburgh's main street. The day's actions finished with a demonstration outside the Bank of Scotland Headquarters.

Six van loads of police were in attendance but were unable to stop the protest. There were no arrests.

One protester commented that: "capitalism has always been inherently flawed: it reduces people and a beautifully rich natural world to just one dimension: the one that increases profits."