Re: <nettime> Egyptian and Tunisian riots were driven in part by the spike in global food prices

[Gita Hashemi <gita@ping.ca>]

> Subject: <nettime> Egyptian and Tunisian riots were driven in part
> by the spike in global food prices


the choice of words reveals perceptions. "riot" evokes images of
irrational mob violence. why choose that word to refer to people's
uprising, i.e. conscious acts of resistance and revolt?

avidly reading,

gita




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