'Nothing is going to stop us at this point'
Photo: Scott Peterson/Getty Images Imagine living without electricity or water for hours a day, governed by unthinkably corrupt politicians who often don’t provide basic services like trash removal because they’re too busy fighting about who gets the biggest cut.
That unexpectedly changed on October 17, when massive, multi-sectarian demonstrations broke out in Beirut, triggered by a tax issued on the messaging platform WhatsApp, the primary form of communication in the country. The tax sparked a fire that had been quietly building for years, and although it was soon repealed in the face of such intense backlash, once the fire was lit, it continued to burn.
I spoke with people in the cities seeing the largest demonstrations to ask why they’re protesting, and what they hope to accomplish with this historic movement.I’ve been protesting as an activist for ten years now in order to reach a civil society in Lebanon. Then my fellow countrymen went down to the street to make the same demands I’ve been asking for years, so I just found myself automatically drawn to be part of this revolution.
It was the first time that we actually felt the severity of the economic problems we’ve been facing. There was a shortage in supply of some very basic items, and then came the forest fires, to which the government was not able to respond properly. It was only because of the bravery of some civil defense workers and other independent activists that they were able to stop the fires … And then [people] woke up to the idea of new taxes on them.
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