Re:What is Happening in Istanbul?
by ctdonath on Sunday June 02, 2013 @08:32AM
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What's confusing is: in the USA, the term "occupy" has been taken as a practical trademark for a series of organized political protests. Look up "Occupy Wall Street" as the first and primary instance.
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Hard to ignore the stereotype of the American who knows little of what happens beyond their borders :(
The Occupy Movement was a global one, with protests in over 80 countries. It started there, but it wasn't just a Wall St. thing.
'scuze me for not keeping up on the happenings in each of ~200 countries, and assuming not everyone everywhere is keeping up on the latest in my sphere of awareness.
Yes, Occupy was global. I don't know who from where knows how much about it. I was answering a question about why someone might be confused by usage of the term "occupy" when it was unclear whether it was an "Occupy"-brand event vs "hey let's go occupy this space to save it". I referenced the Wall St. thing precisely because that's where Occupy started.
Besides, http://xkcd.com/1053/
The name's very important as a link to the fight against neo-liberal capitalism, these protests are not just about state power.
Still, AFAIR it started as an Internet thing, not entirely unrelated to 4chan. It was a meme at its birth, it has spreaded this way through the US, and now - like all internet memes - it is evolving.