The case for human dignity

The fact that broadcasts through microphones and loudspeakers are forbidden at Zuccotti Park by the city of New York, has meant that today, "We the people" are literally using the pure unadulterated human voice as the powerful weapon it has always been to shatter the deafening silence of t...

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Published in:Latino studies 2011-12, Vol.9 (4), p.373-376
Main Author: Oboler, Suzanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activists
Community
Cooperation
Cultural and Media Studies
Cultural Studies
Democracy
Demonstrations & protests
Editorial
Equal rights
Ethnicity Studies
Hispanic people
Human dignity
Literature
Migration
Oppression
Oral cavity
Political activism
Politics
Populism
Postcolonial/World Literature
Power
Regional and Cultural Studies
Sexual orientation
Sexuality
Silence
Social activism
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Summary:The fact that broadcasts through microphones and loudspeakers are forbidden at Zuccotti Park by the city of New York, has meant that today, "We the people" are literally using the pure unadulterated human voice as the powerful weapon it has always been to shatter the deafening silence of the mainstream media and politics. [...] in this dawn of renewal of democracy in the twenty-first century, it is once again the human voice that reverberates from mouth to mouth and from heart to neighbor's heart, providing a glimpse of the irreducible and harmonious plurality that true community brings to life, affirming the visibility of each person, regardless of race, gender, generation, nationality, class, sexual orientation, legal status ...
ISSN:1476-3435
1476-3443
DOI:10.1057/lst.2011.53