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Article: Signs of the Times : POST-SEPTEMBER 11, EVEN PEACEFUL PROTESTS DIRECTED AT POWERFUL SYMBOLS OF CAPITALISM FIND THEMSELVES IN AN UTTERLY TRANSFORMED SEMIOTIC LANDSCAPE.
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- The Nation
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- October 22, 2001
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As shocking as this must be to New Yorkers, in Toronto, the city where I live, lampposts and mailboxes are plastered with posters advertising a plan by antipoverty activists to "shut down" the business district on October 16. Some of the posters (those put up before September 11) even have a picture of skyscrapers outlined in red--the perimeters of the designated direct-action zone. Many have argued that O16 should be canceled, as other protests and demonstrations have been, in deference to the mood of mourning--and out of fear of stepped-up police violence.
But the shutdown is going ahead. In the end, the events of September 11 don't change the fact that the ...
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