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Now, taking their cue from social-media fueled uprisings in places like Egypt and Iran, a band of online activists are hoping it will work on Wall Street. (15) - Kalle Lasn, co-founder of the venerable counterculture magazine AdBusters, has taken to Twitter and other websites to help organize a campaign encouraging tens of thousands of Americans to hold a nonviolent sit-in on Saturday in lower Manhattan, the heart of the U. S. financial district — a protest monikered, hashtag and all, as #occupywallstreet. of 2011. (13)
- In Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Syria, protestors took the streets and occupied public spaces in protest of stagnant economies, lack of freedom of expression, and regimes which seemed more concerned with consolidating power than addressing the needs of their people. (13)
- Each of these revolutions began in a different way, but they all shared a single common denominator: They were organized and fueled by tech-savvy users of social media, particularly Facebook and Twitter. Is the U. S. ripe for protests akin to those of the Arab Spring? Lasn said. (12)
- Many people feel that these people who are financial fraudsters, who basically got away with it, have yet to be brought to justice … . now have to congregate on Wall Street and other financial districts around the world, and force the global economic system to move in a better, more just direction." s Tahrir Square. which released a short video urging its supporters to participate in the sit-in. (25)
- Since then, the movement has seen the addition of planned protests in other countries, including Japan, Israel, Canada and a half-dozen European nations. s financial district, although Lasn hopes that number could climb as high as 90,000. Lasn said. (15)
- Of course, the situation here in America and many European countries is quite different. re not living under a torturous dictatorship, for one." s a feeling that the global financial system, the heart of which is in the U. S. he continued. s a feeling that we need a revolution in the way that our economy is run, the way that Washington is run." t, Lasn stresses, an excuse for rioting and looting like the world witnessed recently in the U. K. (Another situation touched off on social-media sites). s a call for radical change, but in the tradition of nonviolent protestors like Mahatma Ghandi, he says. (16)
- If protests turn violent, he fears the message will be lost amid grisly news stories about columns of riot police and bloodied protesters. Lasn said. (12)
- If we have peaceful assemblies and debates about what our demands to President Obama should be, then bit by bit we can create a situation that will rival what happened in Egypt." he said.
- Now, taking their cue from social-media fueled uprisings in places like Egypt and Iran, a band of online activists are hoping it will work on Wall Street. (15)
- Kalle Lasn, co-founder of the venerable counterculture magazine AdBusters, has taken to Twitter and other websites to help organize a campaign encouraging tens of thousands of Americans to hold a nonviolent sit-in on Saturday in lower Manhattan, the heart of the U. S. financial district — a protest monikered, hashtag and all, as #occupywallstreet. of 2011. (13)
- In Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Syria, protestors took the streets and occupied public spaces in protest of stagnant economies, lack of freedom of expression, and regimes which seemed more concerned with consolidating power than addressing the needs of their people. (13)
- Each of these revolutions began in a different way, but they all shared a single common denominator: They were organized and fueled by tech-savvy users of social media, particularly Facebook and Twitter. Is the U. S. ripe for protests akin to those of the Arab Spring? Lasn said. (12)
- Many people feel that these people who are financial fraudsters, who basically got away with it, have yet to be brought to justice … . now have to congregate on Wall Street and other financial districts around the world, and force the global economic system to move in a better, more just direction." s Tahrir Square. which released a short video urging its supporters to participate in the sit-in. (25)
- Since then, the movement has seen the addition of planned protests in other countries, including Japan, Israel, Canada and a half-dozen European nations. s financial district, although Lasn hopes that number could climb as high as 90,000. Lasn said. (15)
- Of course, the situation here in America and many European countries is quite different. re not living under a torturous dictatorship, for one." s a feeling that the global financial system, the heart of which is in the U. S. he continued. s a feeling that we need a revolution in the way that our economy is run, the way that Washington is run." t, Lasn stresses, an excuse for rioting and looting like the world witnessed recently in the U. K. (Another situation touched off on social-media sites). s a call for radical change, but in the tradition of nonviolent protestors like Mahatma Ghandi, he says. (16)
- If protests turn violent, he fears the message will be lost amid grisly news stories about columns of riot police and bloodied protesters. Lasn said. (12)
- If we have peaceful assemblies and debates about what our demands to President Obama should be, then bit by bit we can create a situation that will rival what happened in Egypt." he said.
- Twitter #occupywallstreet movement aims to mimic Iran – CNN
- Thousands of protesters to 'Occupy Wall Street' on Saturday
- Middle East News 16 September 2011
- Turkey says Syria regime will fall as deaths mount
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