At 10am this morning 25 life-size figures appeared in front of a Deutsche Bank branch in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. The cut-out figures were, in fact, cardboard ‘clones’ of Occupy activists from around the world. In October 2011 two designers from Berlin visited Occupy Wall Street, Occupy DC and Occupy London to meet occupiers and take their photos. “The protests of the Occupy movement address global issues,” said Paul. “We wanted to give protesters the opportunity to make their voice heard in other countries.”
Deutsche Bank was heavily involved in bringing about the financial crises, knowingly selling “junk” subprime mortgage-backed securities that it’s own analysis’s described as “crap”. Although the German bank received $11.8 billion of United State’s bailout funds, European governments insist that the costs of the financial crises be paid for by working people as part of the hugely unpopular austerity programmes.
The cardboard protestors will join the global day of action on May 12th. The march to Alexanderplatz starts at 2pm in Berlin.











