Two men in a movie discuss the importance of film, and
a few social protests are thrown in for good measure, one of which ends with a man lighting himself on fire as passersby continue on indifferent.
Not exact matches
Just a
few years ago, a similar
protest for
social housing led by working - class families ended without any tangible achievements.
However, within a
few months, we started to see people getting arrested and tortured — including students on campus — for participating in
protests or speaking out on
social media.
Though the unrest roiling Turkey began as an environmental
protest, the police brutality in response and the prime minister's imperious reaction have brought hundreds of thousands out into the streets to
protest the government's
social policies, urban - planning agenda, assaults on press freedom, and heavy - handed approach to its critics — to name just a
few of the grievances.
The conversation begins with my post expanding on Tom Friedman's column about the Wall Street
protests and broader
social turbulence and moves in a
few related directions.