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Mall-Free Planet: Finish What Occupy Gezi Started | Mickey Z.
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Mickey Z. – World News Trust
June 8, 2013
"The mall at the end of town is dead. Amen."
- Rev. Billy
At their root, all protests and demonstrations are the result of systemic issues -- and the current uprising in Turkey is no different. However, one of the original sparks for Occupy Gezi was a government plan to remove Gezi Park -- a rare green oasis on the European side of Istanbul -- to not only rebuild the Ottoman-era Taksim Military Barracks but also to erect a shopping mall.
Now, I'm sure those same Ottomans -- not to mention the Aztecs, Incas, Romans, Mongols, etc. -- were pretty damn pleased with themselves at one point and figured what they were doing could and would never end. But, in reality, all empires, cultures, and civilizations fall… leaving behind tell-tale remnants.
Like military barracks.
And shopping malls.
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http://worldnewstrust.com/mall-free-planet-finish-what-occupy-gezi-started-mickey-z
