SOCI 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: White Privilege, Binary Code, Xenophobia
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2011: year of discontent: stanley cup riots, vancouver, 15 june 2011. Anatomy: hockey and subculture violence/violent masculinity, individual responsibility, the black bloc and anarchist subculture. Arab spring: series of violent clashes between police and demonstrators. Over skyrocketing food prices and deteriorating economy. Suicide of mohammed bouazizi on dec. 17, 2010: he was a symbol/martyr for government discontent. Jan. 14, president ben ali flees tunisia for saudi arabia. Jasmine revolution in tunisia sent shockwaves across north africa and the middle east: copy cat suicide of bouazizi, post shockwaves in syria, border of israel. #occupy: adbusters" (canadian) asked readers to occupy wall street with swarm of people, lack of recovery, corporate receiving financial aid, the people are not receiving and are suffering, across the us protests in large scales resulted. Protests escalated into riots after an unarmed man was killed. Encumbered london, birmingham, liverpool: toronto june 2010.
