Protests without a party

In the left-liberal daily La Repubblica John Lloyd praises the broad-based nature of the demonstrations against the G20. "Protests have flared in Spain and France, Italy and Britain, diverse in their targets but all mobilising a resentment that living standards, outraged by those above, should be also threatened from below. ... Equality thus becomes a cross-party matter. It is already hydra-headed. ... [In] the past few decades ... everyone could be a winner. ... Now all of us are or will be losers, in one way or other: and the sour weight of our losses and rage will, if stopping short of burning bankers, underpin the rhetoric and perhaps the reality of more equable societies, at least for a time. It may, indeed, be good for us."

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