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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: February 27, 2013, 02:19:37 PM »
Former Résistant and Buchenwald deportee, diplomat who contributed to draft the 1948 declaration of human rights, and intellectual involved with left-wing movements in France. With his 2010 essay Indignez-vous! ("Get outraged!") he contributed to spark the worldwide "occupy" movements. A great and fascinating man in all regards.

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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2013, 11:46:24 PM »
May a freedom fighter rest in peace. But I have a question


What are these?
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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2013, 12:03:12 AM »
Quote from: Vosem on February 27, 2013, 11:46:24 PM
May a freedom fighter rest in peace. But I have a question


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The Spanish "indignados", the OWS guys, and their equivalents in other countries. Please don't tell me you missed all the stuff they did back in 2011?
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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2013, 06:49:42 AM »
Quote from: Californian Tony on February 28, 2013, 12:03:12 AM
Quote from: Vosem on February 27, 2013, 11:46:24 PM
May a freedom fighter rest in peace. But I have a question


What are these?

The Spanish "indignados", the OWS guys, and their equivalents in other countries. Please don't tell me you missed all the stuff they did back in 2011?

No, I get what you mean. It just seemed to me your post was referring to something ongoing.
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« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2013, 07:36:21 AM »
« Edited: February 28, 2013, 07:38:33 AM by Hashemite »
No, you were just being your usual smug dick.

Anyway, this is pretty sad. RIP.
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« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2013, 01:25:04 PM »
Quote from: Californian Tony on February 28, 2013, 12:03:12 AM
Quote from: Vosem on February 27, 2013, 11:46:24 PM
May a freedom fighter rest in peace. But I have a question


What are these?

The Spanish "indignados", the OWS guys, and their equivalents in other countries. Please don't tell me you missed all the stuff they did back in 2011?

In fact Spain's Indignados took their name from the essay Indignez-vouz! and were the pioneers of those movements.

Really sad news. He was a great man.
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« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2013, 02:57:33 PM »
Really sad new. Hessel was certainly a great man and an example of good old-fashioned European humanism.
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« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2013, 05:04:19 PM »
Rest In Peace. Being able to start a new political movement when already over 90 years old, that's pretty much a great progressive thinker.
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« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2013, 06:46:45 PM »
Quote from: Insula Dei on February 28, 2013, 02:57:33 PM
Really sad new. Hessel was certainly a great man and an example of good old-fashioned European humanism.

Couldn't have said it better.
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« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2013, 08:39:31 AM »
A great person. RIP.
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