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On the eve of the anniversary of the beginninng of the Occupy London Stock Exchange camp by St Paul's Cathedral, supporters of Occupy London, in collaboration with Christianity Uncut, today staged a dramatic intervention to highlight their call for the leadership of St Paul's Cathedral to stop sitting on the fence and join the fight against rising inequality in the UK and beyond.
 
While Christianity Uncut unfurled  a 5m x 10m banner outside the Cathedral urging the leadership of St Paul's to "Throw out the money changers from the temple", four Occupy activists staged a mic check during Evensong.  They are now locked on to the Cathedral pulpit not planning to leave.

Activist Alison Playford shouted during the protest:

"Your collusion with the City of London Corporation led to our violent eviction on your doorstep. You testified against us which acted to uphold injustice and inequality that is growing by the day. St Paul's Cathedral you must stand up and be counted at this great trial of history."

At around 10.30pm last night, having been threatened with arrest by the City of London Police, the four female activists that chained themselves to the pulpit of St Paul's Cathedral, cut their chains and declared their action a success. Their aim was to put pressure on the leadership of St Paul’s Cathedral to stop sitting on the fence and join the fight against rising inequality in the UK and beyond.

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