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Tahrir Square meme: Event
openAwakening in conjunction with the University of East London is organizing a three-part event series on ‘The Tahrir Square Meme’ to be held at UEL's Dockland Campus.
Our first event is Rap and the Arab Spring.
The Long Revolution
The Long and the Quick of revolution Anthony Barnett
We live in revolutionary times... but what does this mean? Anthony Barnett
The precariat: why it needs deliberative democracy Guy Standing
The Long Revolution Raymond Williams
Occupy movement
For England's Sake!
Our Authors
Jim Gabour Sunday Comics
James Warner Standing Perpendicular, as books do
Markha Valenta Inter Alia: religion, politics, culture
Paul Rogers on Global security
Li Datong on China from the inside
Mary Kaldor on Human security
Daniele Archibugi on Cosmopolitan democracy
Book - Fred Halliday's oD essays
The Drugs Policy Forum
Demotix: photo partner
All these hopeful "ignorant" masses who believe in themselves and their potential refuse to rise up and revolt. It must be very frustrating for you to miss out on all the blood in the streets you seek.
Here's some more to mull over.
99% of American households have at least one television
http://www.blurtit.com/q540527.html
In 2001, 90% of Americans drove to work in cars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_vehicles_in_the_United_States
The unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent on August 1st 2008...a 6-year "high" when economists debate full employment to include 4-7% unemployment.
You attribute the failure of the American people to rise up to be the result of their delusions and misplaced faith in God or Obama. At some point you will have to examine whether it is YOUR paradigm which is flawed, not theirs.