SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Structural Marxism, Marxism, Power Balance
6 Sep 2017
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Series of protests in middle east which began in 2011. Described as arab spring or arab awakening . Ultimately led to downfall of political regime. Young man, unemployed, selling vegetables on street, police took them all. People from all religions, age, gender protesting critique of political structure (economic issues (unemployment, low minimum wages, food not affordable), human rights (free speech, free elections, military/police brutality, abuse of political elite power) Use of social media (forced world to pay attention) Anti-globalization protestors against imf, world bank, world trade organization. Critical of american corporate interests, power of multi-national corporations. Mostly university students protesting against communist government, demanding change and wanted social justice and greater rights, pushing for democracy. Protest violently stopped by government forces who opened re indiscriminately. Preached non-violence, leader of resistance movement against british colonial rule. Picture of structure of state and pieces of civil society that have bearing on the state.
