From Cairo to Wall Street : voices from the global spring

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Label

From Cairo to Wall Street : voices from the global spring

Title remainder

voices from the global spring

Statement of responsibility

edited by Anya Schiffrin and Eamon Kircher-Allen ; foreword by Jeffrey D. Sachs ; introduction by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Contributor

• Kircher-Allen, Eamon
• Schiffrin, Anya, 1962-

Subject

• Democratization -- Case studies
• Protest movements -- Case studies
• Social movements -- Case studies

Genre

• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

• "Protesters in the Middle East made history in 2011 when they toppled dictators who had been entrenched for decades. As the world economy worsened and austerity measures hit, the wave of demonstrations spread to Europe and the United States. From Tunisia to Egypt, from Athens to Madrid, from Zuccotti Park to London's financial district, protesters came out en masse, calling for an end to inequality and for government leaders to be held accountable. Specific demands varied, but one thing was universal: a new conviction that real change could be achieved through the peaceful action of the masses."
• "From Cairo to Wall Street is a stirring, on-the-ground account of these protests, in the words of the people who made them happen. Journalists Anya Schiffrin and Eamon Kircher-Allen bring together voices from across the world, many from the front lines, to tell the story of movements that redefined history. We hear from the Egyptian youth leaders who transformed Tahrir Square into a symbol of freedom; we hear from the Indignados who raged against austerity measures in Spain's already-dark times; and we hear of the many Americans, from New York to Madison to Oakland, who marched under the banner 'We Are the 99%.' Chapters by Schiffrin, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, economist Jeffrey D. Sachs, and columnist Laurie Penny frame these movements in the context of global capitalism and its discontents, drawing connections between the individual protest movements and the singular sense of outrage that has fueled them the world over." -- Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

303.48/4

Index

no index present

LC call number

HM881

LC item number

.F76 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography