POL S101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Canadian Magazine, Occupy Movement, Adbusters
12 Jul 2018
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Civil rights movement - began 40s, emerged in 50s/60s addressing a serious political problem. We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. Martin luther king jr. able to respond to the depth of the urgency? guarded attention but didn"t offer anything concrete? hesitant or innovative and new model of politics as a response to an issue. Too big to fail - so large and the companies that own them are too large and important to the american economy if they fail it will create massive economic instability. Adbusters (canadian magazine critical of consumerism) invitation to occupy wall street on. Longer context: anti globalization" seattle 1999 - protesters able to shut down a meeting of an international trade deal able to occupy the city to stop the meeting from going forward, quebec. City 2001, etc left - the risks associated with the crisis were not spread equally or fairly - bailouts from the.
