Take Back Power supporters have been ‘taking over’ the playgrounds of the super-rich this morning. Take Back Power is a nonviolent campaign, demanding a tax on extreme wealth, to be decided by a ‘House of the People.’ [1]
At around 10 this morning, 22 Take Back Power supporters occupied a Ferrari dealership in Berkeley Square, they could be heard chanting “WE DEMAND EQUALITY!” and “THE BILLIONAIRES HAVE GOT TO GO!”. By around 10:30 the group left the store.
At around 11:30, the group reconvened at Burlington Arcade- the world’s first modern shopping mall, which positions itself as an ‘elegant and exclusive upmarket shopping venue’. The group could be seen holding signs which read “HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE” and “4 MILLION KIDS IN POVERTY”, which were quickly seized by door staff.
By around 12:20, the group had moved on to the food hall at the luxury department store, Harrod’s. Security was much more reactive, dragging Take Back Power supporters from the building.
A Take Back Power spokesperson said:
“This country is in crisis and everyone knows it! The people to blame are the corporations and super-rich who are extracting every last penny from working people, and then using their ownership of the media to distract people into blaming the poor and migrants. Nothing short of a massive transfer of wealth and power away from the 1% and back to working people can hope to fix Britain. Join us at takebackpower.net.”
One of those taking action today is Robert Pembroke, 43, a builder and dad from Devon, who said:
It’s time ordinary people take back our power from the super-rich. Inequality is spiralling out of control, 50 families in the UK hold more wealth than 50% of the country. Around the world, it’s even worse with eight men holding more wealth than 50% of the world’s population!”
“It is obscene to allow this, people are dying. We need ordinary people, taking part in a permanent citizens’ assembly- a House of the People deciding how to tackle this. To find out more go to takebackpower.net.”
Also taking action today is Ana Heyatawin, 63, a grandmother from Somerset, who said:
“Inequality, which is being imposed on ordinary people by big business, billionaires and the politicians who work for them, is killing people right now. More than a third of people in the UK now don’t earn enough to buy life’s essentials.”
“We need ordinary people at the heart of deciding how to tax extreme wealth to begin fixing this mess. This is why we are calling for a permanent citizen’s assembly, with the power to tax extreme wealth- a House of the People.”
It’s time working people take back our power from the super-rich. This is why Take Back Power is demanding that the UK government establish a permanent House of the People– a citizen’s assembly chosen by democratic lottery, that has the power to tax extreme wealth and fix Britain.
Until the government makes a meaningful statement in response to our demand, we will undertake nonviolent action to resist the super-rich, who are driving us towards social collapse. Donate or sign up to take action at TakeBackPower.net.
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Notes to Editors
[1] Take Back Power is a nonviolent civil resistance group in the UK. We aim to put the 99% in charge through citizens’ assemblies. We are ordinary people from all walks of life who believe that in order to fix Britain, we have to tax the rich. And we don’t think the rich should get a veto. We want the people to decide how we tax the rich through a legally-binding citizen’s assembly – A House of the People. It’s time for the 99% to have 99% of a say!
Join us to demand a permanent House of the People with powers to tax the rich and fix Britain.
