November 22. protest november seven in Reykjavik - Iceland

Today ,on the 22nd of November 2008 ,the will be the seventh protest in Reykjavik against the financial meltdown.
It will start at 15:00 hours ,gmt.
Last weekend - about ten thousand people attended.
It will be interesting to see how many will come today .
I will be there with my little camera and video.

Here are some photos from protests few weeks ago

Publish Post

New banks in Iceland

Now that there are three banks - owned by the goverment.
And the men that controll them - the same that controlled the banks that collapsed last month.
Protests will be again next saturday -
Probably a lot more will attend .

Citizen meeting in Reykjavik tonight

Tonight in Reykjavik,there a a public citizen meeting .
And the discussion was ,the Icelandic press .
Editors of the Icelandic press answered questions from the public.
We have here in Iceland around four big news broadcast systems.
And it has been confirmed that three of the editors where in a secret meeting last week with the prime minister and assistants to the ministers --
What happenend at that meeting ,nobody knows.
Freedom of the press ?
They did not answer every question ,but tried to blame he public .

Protest in Iceland - video

Here are two videos i took today - when protests where in Reykajvik - Iceland.
Young teenagers tried to make it worse - by throwing eggs at the Parliement building.
and some made small fires at the building.

Protest in Reykjavik - november 15th - 2008

Another protest was held today in downtown Reykjavik. Mostly peaceful ,and the same demands as before - Election as soon as possible and new governors at the Icelandic Central Bank. It is cold here - around the minus,on the celcius. But there where around ten thousand people downtown.
But toilet paper was thrown at the parliement building and also eggs and tomatos People gave the few policemen that where downtown ,flowers and where very kind to them.
This financial crisis is also hurting them. Here are a few photos - and i will add video later. Click on the photos ,and they will be bigger.

Imagine Peace Light in Iceland photo

This last weekend i went out and took a few photos of the Imagine Peace Light in Reykjavik.
It is only on at dark ,between the birthday and the day of his death - John Lennon.
I used about 30 seconds exposure and you can see the noprthern lights to the left .

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More next saturday ?

IMF ( international Moneytery fund ) is not going to take Iceland loan request this week . Nobody knows what will happen. Radio stations think that next saturday ,there will lots more people protesting in Reykjavik. At the protest last saturday,there where people with children,old people and young. Here are a few photos from the protest last saturday. Comments welcomed.
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