Buzzfeed: Turkish Protesters Sing “Les Miserables” Rebel Song, Quite Beautifully

The protesters in Taksim Gezi Park have made an important discovery: The easiest way to get people to understand and care about your cause is to latch on to some pop-culture signifiers.

Now in the third week of demonstrations over a number of grievances against the Turkish government, including its violent response to initial park sit-in, the Occupy Gezi movement appropriated from Les Miserables the French rebel song, “Do You Hear the People Sing?” in a carefully organized choral number that has begun to spread on YouTube.

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