ContinueToServe@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Iraq War was preceded by the largest worldwide non-violent protests in history and the war happened anyway.
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4 hours agoPartially because “peaceful” and the definition of what would or would not be accepted as valid protest became co-opted by the management/ ivy league class.
Compare the Seattle WTO protests to the 2003-2005 Iraq protests.
I would say it laid the ground work for OccupyWallstreet, which laid the ground work for modern progressive movement.