Janet posted on SOYMB about

Janet posted on SOYMB about the Gezi Park events http://www.socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-green-public-park-or-concrete.htmland also herehttp://www.socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2013/06/occupy-gezi.htmlA few weeks ago SOYMB posted about a 1969 Occupy event in Berkeley that was also sparked by the planned development of a park.http://www.socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-1969-occupy-movement.htmlSeems that parks as public spaces have always been the centre of resistance and protest. I recall the fights for free speech in various cities and various countries during the teens and 20s were centred also on access to the parks.