On this day in 2013, Turkish protesters began occupying Gezi Park to oppose its demolition, an act with led to widespread protests and strikes with approximately 3,500,000 participants, 22 deaths, and more than 8,000 injuries.
The wave of civil unrest across Turkey began after the park occupation was violently evicted by police, who used to tear gas, pepper spray, and water cannons to try and break up the protests, injuring more than one hundred people and hospitalizing a journalist.
The protest quickly grew in size - by May 31st, 10,000 gathered in Istiklal Avenue. In June, the protests became national in scope and transcended any particular demographic or political ideology. Among the wide range of concerns brought by protesters were issues of freedom of the press, expression, and assembly, as well as the alleged political Islamist government's erosion of Turkey's secularism.
Millions of Turkish football fans, normally divided by intense sports rivalry, marched in unity against the government. Protesters displayed symbols the environmentalist movement, rainbow banners, depictions of Che Guevara, different trade unions, and the PKK and its leader Abdullah Öcalan.
On June 4th, Taksim Dayanışması (Taksim Solidarity) issued a set of demands that included the preservation of Gezi Park, an end to police violence, the right to freedom of assembly, and an end to the privatization of public spaces. Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç met the group on June 5th and rejected these demands.
Erdoğan blamed the protests on "internal traitors and external collaborators", demonizing his political opposition as the former. Despite the popular mobilization, Erdoğan remained in power and no major concessions were won from the government.
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It's funny that reactionaries are deciding Furiosa has to be bad for culture war reasons. 1. The film slaps. 2. It's much more sillier if they make up some wildly inaccurate right-wing interpretation of it that justifies their ideology and enjoying the film
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Dementus represent immigration and communism no food (he's literally the Red Dementus at one point!). The Vuvalani are based trad homstead-pilled. Immortan Joe shows us that fascism is necessary in bad times. Praetorian Jack and Furiosa demonstrate a chaste heterosexual relationship in the chaos of the queer wasteland. CAR GOOD!
Is that true? I liked Fury Road (hot take) but thought the trailer for this one looked bad. Should I watch it? I'm taking a mental health day tomorrow maybe I could catch a matinee
Fury Road has been my favourite film since it came out hasn’t budged from number 1 at any point. And I feel Furiosa is almost as good. Possibly better. I’m going to need to watch a few more times and digest it.
Trailer was bad. Film is great.
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