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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-11 05:12 PM
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Designer Vivienne Westwood addresses at St Paul's camp (Occupy London Stock Exchange)
19 November 2011 Last updated at 13:59 ET

Designer Vivienne Westwood addresses at St Paul's camp

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Standing on a wooden crate facing the 200-odd tents, Dame Westwood said: "I'm terrified by the problem of climate change. Climate change is connected completely to the financial situation.

"We have nothing else cheap left to exploit. We are completely in danger from lack of culture.

"We were all trained up to be consumers...throw away the past, the future will take care of itself, catch the latest thing and suck it up. We don't have any art today."

Urging people to visit the National Gallery and the British Museum, she said: "An art lover is a freedom fighter."

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15806945




Designer Vivienne Westwood leaves after speaking to demonstrators in front of St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London November 19, 2011. The Occupy London group, inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, has set up camps outside St Paul's Cathedral and in Finsbury Square in the heart of the City.



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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-11 05:18 PM
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1. You are Awesome, Ms Westwood! Nt
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-11 06:05 PM
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2. I love that gallery. when mama and I would go to London- OUR
FAVORITE CITY ON PLANET EARTH---SHOUT OUT TO LONDON!!!!!- we would go straight to Trafalgar Square and then cross the street to the gallery. We would pass a statue of George Washington on the way. :) Love London. Terribly. A protester's protester town.
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