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The Very Different "Occupations" That Led to 2011's Global Uprising

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. December 18, 2011.

The protests around the world this year were preceded, in the last twenty years, by some very different kinds of occupations.

Letter to a Dead Man About the Occupation of Hope

Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch.com. October 19, 2011.

An open letter to Mohammed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation set off the Tunisian revolution, about the beautiful movements that have sprung up in the wake of his death.

Could the Global Meltdown Spark a Great Revolution?

Ben Protess, Christian Science Monitor. August 4, 2009.

A look at mass protests during the past 500 years reveals surprising clues.