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1/. "We now have a weapon. It’s called Tahrir Square"
An activist told me this in 2011, after the #ArabSpring had spread there from Tunisia
It was a heady time
It that felt change was possible
10 years on, it's hard not to look back on those times without a painful nostalgia
An activist told me this in 2011, after the #ArabSpring had spread there from Tunisia
It was a heady time
It that felt change was possible
10 years on, it's hard not to look back on those times without a painful nostalgia
2/. Over the last decade, I've watched as the #ArabSpring turned quickly into the #ArabWinter & the dreams of so many turned sour or were crushed
The civil war in Syrian for has cost 590,000 lives & displaced millions of people
And yet the hope lives on vice.com/en/article/nn4…
The civil war in Syrian for has cost 590,000 lives & displaced millions of people
And yet the hope lives on vice.com/en/article/nn4…
3/. The energy of the #ArabSpring spilled around the world
People were thinking about alternatives
The Occupy Movement attempted to give space to that thinking
Jefferson wrote “A little rebellion is a good thing”
But maybe "a little" isn't quite enough newint.org/features/web-e…
People were thinking about alternatives
The Occupy Movement attempted to give space to that thinking
Jefferson wrote “A little rebellion is a good thing”
But maybe "a little" isn't quite enough newint.org/features/web-e…
