Toronto The work of the Free Fare Movement in Brazil has triggered mass movements and mobilizations for change in Brazil. The simplest of their demands, reducing what is reportedly a somewhat modest fare increase, has already been met in the major cities of Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro, but as the numbers have increased, …
Category: Protests
Walmart Watch: Occupy Reunion, Bangladesh Fire, and Spreading Retail Chaos
New Orleans The protests of Black Friday may be over but that’s about all that’s over on either Black Friday or the woeful Walmart watch. Occupy’s Role in Protests One interesting side note of the protests is the critical, though largely unrecognized, role of the remnants of last year’s Occupy Wall Street movement and its …