Yellow Vest protests spread to the UK

Rothschild’s Panic as Anti-Globalist Protests Spread to UK

Newspunch.com,

12 January, 2019

The Rochschild family are reportedly “nervous” about anti-globalist protests sweeping across Britain as millions of citizens reject their elitist policies.

Yellow vest activists are urging citizens to empty their bank accounts and spark a massive run on banks – something that would lead to the collapse of the Rothschild banking system.

Beforeitsnews.com reports: The left-wing “People’s Assembly” activist group has invited thousands of people to wear yellow vests at an anti-austerity “Britain is broken” march in central London this weekend.

The group, which is demanding a general election to end the ruling Conservatives’ program of austerity, wrote on Facebook. “See you on the streets and don’t forget your #YellowVests,”

Meanwhile right-wing, Brexit-supporting activists have signaled their intent to hold demonstrations in British cities, including the capital, under the banner “#YellowVestUK”.

This comes ahead of the ninth straight weekend of protests across France, with yellow vests now issuing calls on social media for massive cash withdrawals from banks.

Protesters hope the move will force the government to listen to their demands, notably their call for more direct democracy through the implementation of popular votes that allow citizens to propose new laws. Remember democracy, always hailed as some virtuous form of government (as if there could ever be such a thing) is a majority rule scenario…which works against, not for individual liberties.

Activist Maxime Nicolle called it the “tax collector’s referendum.”

In a video message, Nicolle said “we are going to get our bread back … You’re making money with our dough, and we’re fed up.”

WHAT COULD A BANK RUN MEAN?

If a bank run succeeds, the yellow vests could cause a complete failure of France’s banking system.

Unlike Australia, France operates on a Fractional Reserve System meaning their banking system holds a fraction of money that’s deposited by customers. The rest is used to make loans, creating new money.

A bank run is the situation that arises when a financial institution’s customers withdraw all of their deposits simultaneously or within short succession out of fear for the bank’s solvency, or the bank’s ability to meet its long-term fixed expenses.

Essentially, it is the banking customer’s fear of losing their money and distrust in the sustainability of the bank’s business that leads to a mass withdrawal of assets. To gain a better understanding of what occurs during a bank run and its implications, people have to understand how banking institutions and customer deposits work.

When you deposit funny money, known as bank notes, into a bank, you will generally make that deposit into a demand deposit account like a checking account.

With a demand deposit account, you have the right to take your money out of the account on demand, that is, at any time. In a fractional-reserve banking system, though, the bank is not required to keep all of the money in demand deposit accounts stored as cash in a vault.

In fact, most banking institutions only keep a small portion of their assets in cash at any time. Instead, they take that money and give it out in the form of loans or otherwise invest it in other interest-paying assets. While banks are required by law to have a minimum level of deposits on hand, known as a reserve requirement, those requirements are generally quite low as compared to their total deposits, generally in the range of 10%.

So at any given time, a bank can only pay out a small fraction of the deposits of its customers on demand. By the way…there’s another term you could use for fractional-reserve banking. It’s called a ponzi scheme where there’s not enough available cash for all participants at any given time.

The system of demand deposits works quite well unless a large number of people demand to take their money out of the bank at the same time and over the reserve. The risk of such an event is generally small, unless there’s a reason for banking customers to believe that money is no longer safe in the bank.

Suffice it to say that Bank runs can be economically disastrous and serves to highlight the fact that the federal reserve banking cartel is operating on a foundation of unbridled unprincipled immorality.

If banks were legitimate businesses holding all the assets of every customer at all times there wouldn’t be a problem. If everybody who deposited any amount today could ALL withdraw all their cash tomorrow without a problem you would have an honest business with honest practices.

But, since Everyone can’t withdraw all their deposits at the same time without the bank declaring a “bank Holiday” and closing it’s doors, you have just revealed a dishonest business with dishonest practices.

The countries banks are believed to have about a quarter of the cash needed to weather a bank run.

If reports are true in saying 70 per cent of the population plans to withdraw all their euros, it means more than 46 million people will be directly revolting against the system.

This could lead to a systemic banking crisis in the country where almost all the banking capital is wiped out.

HOW COULD IT AFFECT ECONOMY?

France has the seventh largest economy in the world and the second largest in Europe, valued at $US2.58 trillion, according to world bank data.

It relies heavily on tourism and agriculture to sustain this — and boasts being the most visited country in the world.

If a bank run leads to widespread financial crisis it can result in a long economic recession for businesses and consumers who don’t have enough money.

During the Great Depression in the 1930s much of the economic damage was caused by bank runs.

A bank run like the one being promoted in France now could potentially paralyze the country’s economy and lead to a collapse in the Euro.

It’ll be interesting to see what happens in the coming weeks. 

Thousands to gather in London to call for a general election

France's ‘gilets jaunes’ will be joining the rally organised by the People's Assembly Against Austerity

Morning Star,

11 January, 2018

THOUSANDS of anti-austerity protesters from across Britain will take to the streets of London on Saturday to call for a general election to replace the failing Tory government.

Some protesters will be wearing yellow high-vis jackets to echo the “gilets jaunes" movement in France — two of France’s yellow jackets, Erick Simon and Laurie Martin, will be speaking at the end of the rally.

Ahead of the protest, Ms Martin said they were pleased to be joining the protesters in solidarity with those fighting British austerity.

At the protest, she will say: “Yellow jackets are rising up against this corrupt, unjust system, which widens the gap between the rich and the poor, which can only be ruled by the oligarchy and which no longer respects its people or even its own motto.

“We are fighting for better pensions, higher minimum pay and better pay and also for democracy in France.

“This yellow vest movement is made to last, it is a citizen movement created to defend democracy and human values. Faced with a government that turns a deaf ear, the determined people will remain mobilised.

“Our peoples must unite and become united against those governments that no longer listen to us.”

The pair arrived in King’s Cross St Pancras this evening and were met by a welcoming committee.

Coaches will be bringing protesters from across the country to join the rally organised by the People’s Assembly Against Austerity (PA).

PA organiser Tom Griffiths said the government was using Brexit to distract people from austerity.

“It doesn't matter which way you voted in the EU referendum,” he said. “The real division in our society is between the people at the top and the rest of us.

“And the only way to change this is to get a general election as soon as possible to get the Tory government out now — this is the essential duty of now, everything else has to come second.”

In 2017, the British Medical Journal revealed that 120,000 people had died as a direct result of austerity measures, Mr Griffiths said.

“Two people have died on the steps of Parliament, the centre of power in this country, and the Tory government does not care,” he added.

Trade union Unite has called for its members to join the demonstration and deputy general secretary Steve Turner will be taking to the stage to address the crowd.

“A broken Britain needs healing and it’s bigger than Brexit,” Mr Turner tweeted. “We need a new economy and a better politics that works for, listens to and speaks for the many not the few.”

Speakers will also include other union leaders, politicians such as shadow chancellor John McDonnell and shadow business minister Laura Pidcock, and a number of campaigners.

The demonstration will assemble at noon on Saturday January 12 outside the BBC in Portland Place and march to Trafalgar Square.