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.

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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