Around the world, crowds took to the streets in a dozen cities last week to call on the world’s financial institutions to take greater responsibility for their actions.

The Robin Hood Day of Action was a global event coinciding with Make Finance Pay, a week-long initiative pushing for a Financial Transactions Tax or FTT.

Dressed as Robin Hood, Maid Marian and a host of merry characters, demonstrators from a dozen cities urged their countries to consider introducing an FTT, also known as the Robin Hood Tax.

In Canada, a whopping six cities took the campaign to heart, with events in Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Saskatoon, Ottawa and St. John’s, while in Washington thousands rallied on 17 May, calling for the tax as part of broader financial reform.

In Berlin, campaigners attacked a bankers’ carriage loaded with money bags, while in Glasgow Robin Hood and his merry men rode down Buchanan Street throwing Fairtrade chocolate coins to passers-by. In London, campaigners marched to the Houses of Parliament where they delivered giant photography mosaics of more than 3,400 supporters to new MPs and in France the campaign received a huge amount of publicity with the launch of the Make Finance Work petition.

In Sydney, the Robin Hood Tax coalition saw a town crier join Robin Hood and his crew as they marched through the CBD, while in Perth a crew of campaigners took to the city streets armed with arrows and a giant kangaroo.

Finally, a film of the Sydney Action will be ready for viewing next week!

For the full story see the Robin Hood Tax Australia website; for a compilation of global photos, see this FlickR group.