Six-year-old Mina is talking animatedly about Saturday’s upcoming protests. “We want water! We want electricity!” she says, skipping down the street on the way to the demonstration. Lebanon’s older generations agree with her. Over the past week, downtown Beirut has turned into a nightly battleground between riot police and protesters, demanding an end to the trash crisis that has suffocated the country for the past month, and more recently, the corrupt politicians that can’t provide basic services—such as reliable power, water, and sanitation—to their own people. Saturday was anticipated to be the biggest night of protests yet, with crowd estimates as high as 50,000 people. While many of the protesters prepared for the worst, carrying scarves to protect themselves from teargas inhalation, and scrawling the legal aid hotline number on their arms in case of arrest, the mood was festive. Many carried banners, calling out the corruption of the state, or wore costumes and props referencing the garbage crisis and Lebanon’s woeful environmental policies. http://fus.in/1JF6yHO http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ This video was produced by Wochit using http://wochit.com
8/30/15
How A Garbage Crisis Ignited A Thousands-Strong Movement In Lebanon
Six-year-old Mina is talking animatedly about Saturday’s upcoming protests. “We want water! We want electricity!” she says, skipping down the street on the way to the demonstration. Lebanon’s older generations agree with her. Over the past week, downtown Beirut has turned into a nightly battleground between riot police and protesters, demanding an end to the trash crisis that has suffocated the country for the past month, and more recently, the corrupt politicians that can’t provide basic services—such as reliable power, water, and sanitation—to their own people. Saturday was anticipated to be the biggest night of protests yet, with crowd estimates as high as 50,000 people. While many of the protesters prepared for the worst, carrying scarves to protect themselves from teargas inhalation, and scrawling the legal aid hotline number on their arms in case of arrest, the mood was festive. Many carried banners, calling out the corruption of the state, or wore costumes and props referencing the garbage crisis and Lebanon’s woeful environmental policies. http://fus.in/1JF6yHO http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ This video was produced by Wochit using http://wochit.com
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