Government critics, both Islamist and secular, jockeyed to exploit street-level discontent.
The outcome of the vote, coming on the heels of aggressive lobbying by JPMorgan to secure a victory, also pointed, some observers say, to how Wall Street tackles shareholder discontent as if it were a political campaign.
Occupy Wall Street has exposed discontent with global economic inequalities and inspired conversations about oppression across the country and around the world.
After seeing non-activists take to the streets, Yousif believed discontent had spread far enough and deep enough for the government's political intimidation to be insufficient to stop the protests.
MOSCOW — The Kremlin's chief political strategist sought to soothe the discontent of street protesters on Friday, a day before a rally expected to draw a large crowd, saying in an interview that the government had already acquiesced to many of the protesters' demands.
The immediate aftermath of the July coup reminds us what Egypt is without its democracy and that cannot have been what the many who were angry at President Morsi's government had in mind when they chose to (and were allowed to) vocalise their discontent in street protests.
Wall Street's winter of discontent is already into summer with no thaw in sight.
If Bernie doesn't win, however, and President Clinton follows Barack Obama by appointing her economic advisors straight out of Wall Street, then the economic discontent may grow.
WALL STREET JOURNAL Dodd-Frank Discontents | A year after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, the financial sector seems to have stabilized, but dozens of bills have been introduced in Congress seeking to undo parts of the overhaul, and lawmakers are stonewalling over who should run certain regulatory agencies, The New York Times reports.
No one saw the protest movement coming last year, when Brazilians surprised themselves by taking to the streets to express their discontent.
