Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2011

"Is there a global tipping point for frustration?"

Proteste in Kairo >> Bilder des Jahres 2011

Das Time Magazine hat die Person des Jahres gewählt: The Protester.

Rick Stengel erklärt warum:

"History often emerges only in retrospect.
Events become significant only when looked back on. No one could have known that when a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire in a public square in a town barely on a map, he would spark protests that would bring down dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya and rattle regimes in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain...