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Beware of False Friends: Reflections on TIME’s praise of ‘The Protester’

Last week Time Magazine announced The Protester as its person of the year. Celebrating individuals fighting for equality and democracy around the world, this year’s most important person followed in the footsteps of facebook founder and entrepreneur extraordinaire Mark Zuckerberg … Continue reading

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Activist Exchanges: the Occupation of Squares and the Squatting of Buildings

Over the past two months of the Occupy Movement we have seen protesters move from reclaiming city squares to reclaiming foreclosed homes and disused buildings. In Spain, similar actions have been taking place for months. Activist-academics Miguel A. Martínez and … Continue reading

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