Occupy Lisbon and Occupy Portugal demonstrations

Protestors in Lisbon, Portugal took to the streets of the Capital starting at the Rotunda of Marques do Pombal and marching on to Parliament in the neighborhood known as Rato. The marchers numbered in the tens of thousands and were from all levels of society, ages and incomes. The march and protest was in support of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement in New York but the marchers concentrated on the economic woes of Portugal and Europe. The march was mostly peaceful with a late afternoon tumbling of the barricades, at the bottom of the stairs at the parliament building, which garnered very slight attention from a couple of dozen of riot police, but went no further. The protestors were extremely peaceful but also as extremely vocal and firm on their demands of no more cuts to the social net, make the banks pay for the bills the banks have to pay with no public bailouts and that all the problems which the economic and political systems have , hand in hand , caused must come to an end and radical change. The protesters did this through Signs, Song and voice.