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From Facebook movements to city square movements

From Facebook movements to city square movements
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From Facebook movements to city square movements

From the article: Use of the internet has not led to a predominance of virtual actions and movements over mobilizations in ‘physical space’. On the contrary, since 2011 the occupation of urban public spaces – and more particularly symbolic spaces – has been a major feature of many movements.

Geoffrey Pleyers

opendemocracy.net, April 3, 2014

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