"First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin"

As the well known song by Leonard Cohen says, the goal of the protesters that will gather in public places around the world to show solidarity to the people of Greece, is to move and shake the decision makers in the United States and Germany. The Occupy Wall Street Movement has announced that will join in the “International Day of Action: We Are All Greeks Now”  global event to protest against the harsh austerity measures that have been imposed to the people of Greece.

Protests have already started taking place around the world from people who want to show solidarity to Greeks who will take to the streets again and gather at Syntagma Square in protest of the extreme austerity measures on Sunday February 18.

The OWS movement states that “the 99% everywhere are under assault by the same global banking interests. Greece is merely the most severe economic crisis yet to be imposed by the International Monetary Fund and other agents of the 1% in the Global North. People all over the world live under the tyranny of policies dictated by the IMF, the World Bank, and the G8. As demonstrated by the wholesale slashing of social services in the name of “debt reduction,” New York City and the United States are not immune.”

This weekend, the people of cities across the world will take to the streets in solidarity with the Greek protesters who have occupied their workplaces and public spaces to resist austerity, tax-hikes and salary cuts.

Demonstrations are planned throughout Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portgual, the United Kingdom, the United States, Sweden, and more. You can see a full list here.

Yesterday Occupy Chicago held a Greece solidarity rally and today  there is a rally  in San Francisco. Tomorrow (February 18) in New York City, where a huge population of Greek descent resides, people will gather at the Liberty Plaza (Zuccotti Park) at 2p.m.