Everything about the Occupy Wall Street movement is global. Its origins are rooted in Tunisia, Egypt and Canada. Its strategies were honed on the streets of Paris and Lisbon. The issues occupiers forced into the mainstream discourse of the United States last year exist everywhere. The whole world suffers from income inequality. The whole world suffers from corporate malfeasance and corruption. And, now, the whole world is scrambling to fight back.
LONDON — Ten weeks after officials dismantled a tented camp of Occupy protesters outside the London stock exchange and St. Paul’s Cathedral, one of their causes has been picked up by an unlikely new campaign group: shareholders. Investors in the UK rarely rock the boat. But the past few weeks have seen them stage something of a revolt as simmering discontent over executive pay and poor dividends finally comes to a boil.
