Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has offered his support for Occupy London protesters. Jackson told the protesters camped out at St. Paul’s Cathedral their demonstration was reminiscent of the activism of many historic figures.

Reverend Jesse Jackson: “Martin King was an occupier, Mandela an occupier. They’re all exalted as martyrs now, but were rejected as occupiers, as protesters, as radicals, called 'terrorists' by governments. The occupiers’ cause is a just cause, a moral cause.”