Protest 2.0

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Here Comes Everybody
05.08.2011

Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, Jordan, Oman, Syria  even Madison, Wisconsin, and the list grows day by day. People are filling the streets and demanding change. They want different things, but their protests have one thing in common: they have no leaders. They're organizing without organizations. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge,  Protest 2.0, how open source protesting is changing the word.

 

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