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Occupy Edinburgh was a protest against economic and social inequality as part of the global Occupy movement.[1]

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  1. 21 relations: British Chambers of Commerce, Camp for Climate Action, City of Edinburgh Council, Economic inequality, Edinburgh, Essential Edinburgh, List of Occupy movement protest locations, Occupy Glasgow, Occupy movement, Political demonstration, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scotland, Social inequality, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, The Meadows, Edinburgh, Timeline of Occupy Wall Street, United Kingdom government austerity programme, We are the 99%, 15 October 2011 global protests, 2007–2008 financial crisis, 2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package.

  2. 2011 in Scotland
  3. Occupy movement in the United Kingdom
  4. Protests in Scotland
  5. Squatting in Scotland

British Chambers of Commerce

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC, formerly known prior to 1996 as the Association of British Chambers of Commerce) is the national representative body of 53 chambers of commerce across the UK.

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Camp for Climate Action

The Camps for Climate Action are campaign gatherings (similar to peace camps) that take place to draw attention to, and act as a base for direct action against, major carbon emitters, as well as to develop ways to create a zero-carbon society.

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City of Edinburgh Council

The City of Edinburgh Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Baile Dhùn Èideann) is the local government authority covering the City of Edinburgh council area.

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Economic inequality

Economic inequality is an umbrella term for a) income inequality or distribution of income (how the total sum of money paid to people is distributed among them), b) wealth inequality or distribution of wealth (how the total sum of wealth owned by people is distributed among the owners), and c) consumption inequality (how the total sum of money spent by people is distributed among the spenders).

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Essential Edinburgh

Essential Edinburgh manage the Edinburgh New Town city centre Business Improvement District (BID).

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List of Occupy movement protest locations

The Occupy Wall Street protests, which started in 2011, inspired a wide international response.

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Occupy Glasgow

Occupy Glasgow was a protest in Glasgow, Scotland, and an offshoot of the Occupy movement. Occupy Edinburgh and Occupy Glasgow are 2011 in Scotland, occupy movement in the United Kingdom, protests in Scotland and Squatting in Scotland.

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Occupy movement

The Occupy movement was an international populist socio-political movement that expressed opposition to social and economic inequality and to the perceived lack of real democracy around the world.

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Political demonstration

A political demonstration is an action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause or people partaking in a protest against a cause of concern; it often consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, in order to hear speakers.

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Royal Bank of Scotland

The Royal Bank of Scotland (Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba) is a major retail and commercial bank in Scotland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Social inequality occurs when resources within a society are distributed unevenly, often as a result of inequitable allocation practices that create distinct unequal patterns based on socially defined categories of people.

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St Andrew Square, Edinburgh

St Andrew Square is a garden square in Edinburgh, Scotland located at the east end of George Street.

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The Meadows, Edinburgh

The Meadows is a large public park in Edinburgh, Scotland, to the south of the city centre.

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Timeline of Occupy Wall Street

The following is a timeline of Occupy Wall Street (OWS), a protest which began on September 17, 2011 on Wall Street, the financial district of New York City and included the occupation of Zuccotti Park, where protesters established a permanent encampment.

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United Kingdom government austerity programme

The United Kingdom government austerity programme was a fiscal policy that was adopted for a period in the early 21st century following the Great Recession.

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We are the 99%

We are the 99% is a political slogan widely used and coined during the 2011 Occupy movement.

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15 October 2011 global protests

The 15 October 2011 global protests were part of a series of protests inspired by the Arab Spring, the Icelandic protests, the Portuguese "Geração à Rasca", the Spanish "Indignants", the Greek protests, and the Occupy movement.

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2007–2008 financial crisis

The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.

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2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package

In the period September 2007 to December 2009, during the Global Financial Crisis, the UK government intervened financially to support the UK banking sector, and four UK banks in particular.

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See also

2011 in Scotland

Occupy movement in the United Kingdom

Protests in Scotland

Squatting in Scotland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Edinburgh