Istanbul and Sandy: Social Justice and Earth Justice
Posted: 06/11/2013 12:29 pm
Today in Istanbul, the surprise Spring continues, with many thousands rising up against the abuses of Turkey's fundamentalist government. At the beginning, though, it was a modest protest of the kind I have devoted my own life to: resisting a new downtown mall, the bulldozers advancing on Gezi Park, the last green space in that part of the old city. I've noticed that reporters think it is fluke-ish that a park's destruction would launch a nationwide response. The livability of trees and grass must be a separate issue from the human rights encroachments that sparked this passionate uprising.
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