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And I also believe that we’re witnessing the rise of a global Metamovement, as said Umair Haque. Across the globe, protests are rippling out like vectors in an epidemic.
The question is: why we are being oppressed by 1%? It’s time to say NO. History is made by those who say NO.
Frustration, doubt, chaos, and failures dominated the early days of Occupy Wall Street. So how has it lasted so long, grown, and spread around the country? Fast Company reporter Sean Captain was at the occupation from day one and looks back on a series of moments that made the movement feel different than any other action he’d covered or participated in before.
(via fastcompany)
Across the globe, protests are rippling out like vectors in an epidemic.
I believe that we’re witnessing the rise of a global Metamovement.
The Metamovement is a movement of movements. Not all these movements are similar, and no two are exactly like. The Arab Spring is part of the Metamovement; the London Riots were part of the Metamovement; India’s nationwide anti-corruption protests were part of the Metamovement, just like Israel’s massive demonstrations were; protests spreading across America, under the banner of Occupy Wall Street, are all part of the Metamovement.
Article by Umair Haque for Harvard Business Review
Umair Haque is Director of the Havas Media Lab and author of The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business. He also founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique that shaped strategies across media and consumer industries.Umair Haque
Over the past week, we’ve been dropping by the Occupy Wall Street camp in Zuccotti Park and taking photographs. (We’ve also been writing about the protests: read our coverage.) Click here for a closer look at what we’ve seen.
