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Facebook and Proletarian Public Spheres by Jorge Giraldo Ramirez is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document summarizes a research article about the use of a Facebook group by striking workers at a Greek mining company from 2011-2012. The research examines the Facebook group as a potential "proletarian public sphere" where the strikers could organize. It also briefly compares this case to two other instances where digital platforms played a role in social movements - the independent media site Indymedia Athens during Greek protests in 2008, and Facebook during the Arab Spring in Egypt. The research a

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Jorge Giraldo Ramirez

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