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Go Ahead and Argue With Me, but Seriously...

Daniel Alexandre Portoraro | Posted 02.19.2012 | Canada
Daniel Alexandre Portoraro

Look at the impact protests in the Middle East have had on the world. Now take a look at Occupy. What does the latter have to show but incessant claims of police "brutality" (remember, perspective here --Time's throwing them in with people who rebelled and ousted Gaddafi), and evictions from parks which now look like barren wastelands?

A Year of Failed Protests

Yoni Goldstein | Posted 02.17.2012 | Canada
Yoni Goldstein

We have a tendency to romanticize protesters, those who nobly publicize injustice, and bravely fight against government and all-powerful institutions. We wish we had their guts. But results matter too, and in 2011 protesters weren't very good at getting anywhere.