AlHijjah 2, 1432, Oct 29, 2011, SPA -- Berlin's version of the global Occupy Wall Street protests marched through the city Saturday, its message a mixed one, according to dpa. Some 1,000 protesters participated, police spokesman AlexanderTuennies told dpa. Retirees, communists, anti-fascists, and students walked fromBerlin's main city hall to downtown Friedrichstrasse, calling fortransparency in financial systems and more equitable wages. The parade's focal point might have been a group of 20 youths,dressed in ball gowns and suits, chanting: "We are the 1 per cent. Weare rich and you are not. " The Occupy Wall Street movement has grown from a protest againstrich world excesses in New York City to protests that have swept thenation, with protesters regularly arguing that the world's richest 1per cent is benefiting on the backs of the rest of the globalpopulation.
