My Dear Francis...What Kind of Phoenix Will Arise From These Ashes?

Nikolas Patsopoulos (author)

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Title	My Dear Francis...What Kind of Phoenix Will Arise From These Ashes?
Contributor	Nikolas Patsopoulos (author)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0053.1.11
Landing page	https://punctumbooks.com/titles/the-funambulist-papers-vol-1/
License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Copyright	Patsopoulos, Nikolas
Publisher	punctum books
Published on	2013-10-23
Long abstract	The recent developments in Tahrir Square in Egypt and the Indigna-dos in Spain followed by the London riots and the Syntagma Square uprising in Athens have forced me to revisit this quote. Albeit it is not mud anymore, in this fully “developed” corner of the world, but yel-lowish tear gas dust, just as the holes in the clothes have converted to rips from excessive police violence. Someone might ask, why is it any different now? Protests and demonstrations have been occur-ring non-stop, well after the “end of history” had been declared in the beginning of the 90’s. Many of them are even more violent and oppressive than the ones I listed.
Page range	pp. 51–54
Print length	4 pages
Language	English (Original)

The recent developments in Tahrir Square in Egypt and the Indigna-dos in Spain followed by the London riots and the Syntagma Square uprising in Athens have forced me to revisit this quote. Albeit it is not mud anymore, in this fully “developed” corner of the world, but yel-lowish tear gas dust, just as the holes in the clothes have converted to rips from excessive police violence. Someone might ask, why is it any different now? Protests and demonstrations have been occur-ring non-stop, well after the “end of history” had been declared in the beginning of the 90’s. Many of them are even more violent and oppressive than the ones I listed.