Thursday, May 20, 2010

Great Moments in Trading Pit History: Traders vs. Greenpeace



Photo from BBC

An oldie from 2005 when Greenpeace protesters visited the floor of the International Petroleum Exchange and got their ass beat.

Kyoto protest beaten back by inflamed petrol traders Times Online story

Global oil trading stopped Greenpeace's version

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was there on that day back in 2005 working as a runner for Fortis Bank. I remember reading a news article in which some Greenpeace swampy referred to us as “just Cockney barrow boy spivs. Total thugs.” as he rubbed his bruised skull. Ha ha great days!

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