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Protest Leaders in Israel Planning Nation's First National Strike – Could This be the Next Phase for Occupy Wall Street?
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This summer, thousands of social justice protesters built tent cities across Israel, occupying public spaces in dozens of cities. Taking inspiration from Cairo’s Tahrir Square – and enraged by skyrocketing costs of living and the growing economic divide between the country’s wealthiest elite and everyone else – protesters fought against what they viewed as corrupt economic systems by being perpetually present, by sleeping. This seemingly simple form of civil disobedience – sleep – is fittingly what awoke within Israel a slumbering populace and brought them, marching and chanting, into the streets. Sound familiar? -§-
After one month, the Occupy Wall Street movement has remarkably mirrored what occurred in Israel this summer.