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Jacobin: From Turkey with Love – Belen Fernandez

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The protests in Turkey are, quite simply, an assertion of humanity in the face of inhumanity. My first experience with tear gas took place last Tuesday in a rundown bar off of Istanbul’s İstiklal Street where my friend and I had come after visiting Gezi Park. The Turkish prime minister’s hallucinatory depiction of the composition of the anti-government protests had [...] → Read the full article…