A small group of Jamaicans, led by Children’s Advocate Betty-Ann Blaine, this morning chained themselves to the median near the clock in Half-Way-Tree square in a protest against “inequities and injustices in the Jamaican society”.
Taking their cue from the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States, where the protests are against social and economic inequality, corporate greed, corporate power and influence over government particularly from the financial services sector, the Occupy Half-Way-Tree group said they would protest as long as necessary to get their point across.
“We are calling on Jamaicans wherever they are, to occupy wherever they are send a message to the injustices in the society,” said Blaine.
She said high food prices, mounting light bills, lack of jobs, growing poverty, corruption and huge income gaps were among concerns of the group.
Source-Jamaica Observer
