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RSS FeedsFrom Tahrir to Trump: how rightwing populists usurped the fight for dignity | Ece Temelkuran
(The Guardian Egypt)

 
 

14 february 2019 09:24:56

 
From Tahrir to Trump: how rightwing populists usurped the fight for dignity | Ece Temelkuran
(The Guardian Egypt)
 


Protesters´ need for recognition has been harnessed to a darker, divisive movement and new heroes promising them greatnessThousands of people in Tahrir Square chanted the slogan: `Bread! Dignity! Freedom!` It was 2011, and the height of the Arab spring. Standing on my own in the crowd, I recalled a middle-aged worker I´d met in Buenos Aires a decade earlier telling me why he and his colleagues had taken over a factory during Argentina´s economic collapse. He rattled off reasons such as hunger, poverty and inequality. But then his voice changed: `And the boss ... ` he said. `Well, he never said good morning to us and, you know, that destroys your dignity.`Defending one´s dignity sometimes tastes sweeter than the bread - yes, even when you´re hungry Related: Viktor Orbán has crossed all the red lines. And no one´s stopped him | Dóra Diseri Continue reading...


 
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