> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.opendemocracy.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Week in 1 Minute: Squares and streets retaken (June 24 – 28 on openDemocracy) - URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/week-in-1-minute-squares-and-streets-retaken-june-24-28-on-opendemocracy/ - Published: 2013-06-23T23:06:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-23T01:29:04.000Z - Description: Taksim, Tahrir, Sol, Wall Street, Bulgaria, even divided Bosnia – the streets and squares, and openDemocracy, have come to life with popular protest across the globe. - Author: openDemocracy Supporters - Tags: The Week in 1 Minute, #Migrated, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:36, #appended-excerpt We hone in on the continued demonstrations in Taksim square, with Heather Grabbe’s [analysis](https://www.opendemocracy.net/heather-grabbe/turkeys-twitter-generation-is-its-european-future%E2%80%A8) of **Turkey’s ‘Twitter generation’ and their place in the new politics**, Anna Bragga looks at [the role of Turkey’s media crisis](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/521c827bb1&ref=opendemocracy.net) in its democratic crisis and Sami Zubaida takes on the symbolic importance of [the Turkish alcohol debate](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/8829258adb&ref=opendemocracy.net). From Taksim to Brazil, Jaime Amparo puts the [Brazilian protests](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/abb805b307&ref=opendemocracy.net) in both national and global context, while on Friday Edin Dedovic outlines how[ Bosnia’s baby revolution](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/d026b7893a&ref=opendemocracy.net) may signal the end to entrenched divides in the country. Meanwhile, **Bulgaria’s ongoing demonstrations** highlighted the new forms that democratic demonstrations are taking, as John O’Brennan delineates [the Bulgarian protesters’ position against the oligarchs](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/1d70fa9106&ref=opendemocracy.net), and Ivan Krastev presents a [memorandum](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/d0b58f87cc&ref=opendemocracy.net) from the Center for Liberal Strategies. No survey of contemporary political protest would be complete without Tahrir Square: in the build up to the June 30th demonstrations, Mariz Tadros looks at the **Muslim Brotherhood’s sectarian policies** as they [manifest in public space](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/157c9cea74&ref=opendemocracy.net), and WJ Dorman looks at the [dynamic between](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/8df016f9bf&ref=opendemocracy.net) the Muslim Brotherhood and the army. These protests were brought together as a whole in a comprehensive [interview](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/f597367ab4&ref=opendemocracy.net) between Anthony Barnett and Annalena di Giovanni, which explores **the concept of the space of the political ‘square’**. Running alongside the theme of popular protest is the concept of political populism, which is drawn out in a debate between [Philippe Marliere](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/d0e591ac4b&ref=opendemocracy.net) and [Catherine Fieschi.](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/34860abc0a&ref=opendemocracy.net) Meanwhile, as global protests continue, the state of British liberty was called into question by a number of articles that consider how those within its borders are treated. Clare Sambrook [looks at](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/ff8eb30e75&ref=opendemocracy.net) **the steep rise in attacks on staff and prisoners at a G4S-run prison**, while children [deported in the dead of night](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/d84fad8661&ref=opendemocracy.net) highlights the issue of the treatment of young Afghans in the UK. In his weekly analysis, Paul Rogers looks at the provision of more [sophisticated arms](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/4ff2ea865b&ref=opendemocracy.net) to Syria’s rebels, in which Saudi Arabia is involved, and what it means for the region. Karima Bennoune [marks](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/5d957c82e5&ref=opendemocracy.net) **the twentieth anniversary of the Algerian jihadist war on culture** by paying tribute to those who fell during the culturcide. In Russia, Mikhail Loginov explores how [small businesses](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/b6ffc74a31&ref=opendemocracy.net) are disappearing under Putin’s rule, and [‘Radio Jittery’](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/c526b12750&ref=opendemocracy.net) provides an analysis of the crisis shaking the Moscow bureau of Radio Liberty. **Links not to miss:** - [Der Spiegel on NSA’s spying on European allies](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/fc2147e925&ref=opendemocracy.net) - Timothy Garton Ash on NSA - [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/27/big-brother-public-private-partnership-nsa](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/ac7e86e665&ref=opendemocracy.net) - [PRISM break – guide to safe and private software alternatives](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/15800ebcc8/395fab3139/99760859d6&ref=opendemocracy.net) **openDemocracy’s week in 1 minute is emailed to Members, Friends and authors who help pay for and create our great content. 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