Monday, August 21, 2017

In The Age Of The Internet, Is There Any Point To Protests And Demonstrations?

"What has protest done for us lately? Smartphones and social media are supposed to have made organizing easier, and activists today speak more about numbers and reach than about lasting results. Is protest a productive use of our political attention? Or is it just a bit of social theatre we perform to make ourselves feel virtuous, useful, and in the right?"



Article source here:Arts Journal

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