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• Indignants

  The International Context of Global Outrage

  14 January 2012, by TOUSSAINT Eric

  Looking back on the movements that preceded the Arab Spring, the Indignados, and Occupy Wall Street
  In 2011, social and political rebellion has re-emerged in the streets and on squares all over the world. It has appeared in new forms and been given new names: the Arab Spring, the Indignados, (...)

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  Bankers are the dictators of the West

  10 December 2011, by FISK Robert

  Writing from the very region that produces more clichés per square foot than any other “story” – the Middle East – I should perhaps pause before I say I have never read so much garbage, so much utter drivel, as I have about the world financial crisis.
  But I will not hold my fire. It seems to me (...)

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  The Stones Cry Out: The Power of the Occupation in the City Square

  4 November 2011, by LA BOTZ Dan

  “And some of the Pharisees among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”
  Luke 19:39-40
  Where does the tremendous power of the occupation of city (...)

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  Occupy first. Demands come later

  26 October 2011, by ZIZEK Slavoj

  Critics say the Occupy cause is nebulous. Protesters will need to address what comes next – but beware a debate on enemy turf.
  What to do after the occupations of Wall Street and beyond – the protests that started far away, reached the centre and are now, reinforced, rolling back around the (...)

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  15-O: Global Indignation

  25 October 2011, by ANTENTAS Josep Maria, VIVAS Esther

  The 15th of October (15O) was the first coordinated global response to the crisis, signifying the emergence of a new international movement. Initially inspired by revolutions in North Africa, through emulation and imitation, protests began in the periphery of Europe. The Mediterranean world (...)

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  15 October 2011: a great victory for the Outraged

  16 October 2011, by TOUSSAINT Eric

  Since February 2003, this is the first time a call for an international action on a specific date has met with such an echo. In Spain, where the Indignados movement began, almost 500 000 demonstrators marched through the streets of around 80 different cities, including 200 000 or more in Madrid (...)

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  Wall Street Protests Spread Globally as Rome Turns Violent

  15 October 2011, by CINELLI Francesca, DEPREZ Esme’ E.

  Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — The Occupy Wall Street protest against income disparity spread across Western Europe, Asia, the U.S. and Canada today. Rome’s demonstration turned violent, contrasting with peaceful events elsewhere.
  As many as 500 marchers in Rome wielding clubs attacked police, two banks (...)