Posted on 08/23/2013 6:44:57 AM PDT by brityank
Mapped: Every Protest on the Planet Since 1979
From Cairo to Wall Street to the West Bank, plotting a world of upheaval.
BY J. DANA STUSTER | AUGUST 22, 2013
This is what data from a world in turmoil looks like. The Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT) tracks news reports and codes them for 58 fields, from where an incident took place to what sort of event it was (these maps look at protests, violence, and changes in military and police posture) to ethnic and religious affiliations, among other categories. The dataset has recorded nearly 250 million events since 1979, according to its website, and is updated daily.John Beieler, a doctoral candidate at Penn State, has adapted these data into striking maps, like the one above of every protest recorded in GDELT -- a breathtaking visual history lesson. Some events to watch for as you scroll through the timeline:
(Excerpt) Read more at foreignpolicy.com ...
Click on through and see just how disastrous our world has become in just the last few decades.
Look how the US erupted in protests since obammy was put in office.
The accompanying text provides some interesting caveats to the images. Notably, reporting is more common and available, and one cannot distinguish what is being protested (OWS and Tea Party protests count the same).
Not every. There were some MAJOR anti-income tax protests in Nashville in the early 2000’s that didn’t show up at all.
It’s all Elmer Fudd’s fault.
As was noted - if the Maggot Slime Media didn't report it it didn't show up.
How is Phil Valentine anyway? :^)
I think the only optimists looking at these are the weapons manufacturers.
Of course, the other reason it looks like this is the massive growth of communications by the “Little People”.
Ping for your info. Enjoy ?
What the hell is going on in Wichita? Protest of the Month, every month? That is the most striking thing about this map to my eye.
Looks like a global intifada by and for moslems.
Kansas seems like quite an angry spot ... what where they so mad about?
Wolf Creek nuclear facility for power.
Doing great. His show is still on from 4 to 7 or 8 pm weekdays.
If you don’t feel like putting up with FP’s nonsense, just go here and click the map to see the original source data in a full screen view:
Thanks. Be darned, haven’t heard of it. I will never forgive Jane Fonda for two things, we all know what the first one was, the second was how that bitch wrecked the nuclear power industry with her dumb China Syndrome movie in the 70s.
Many thanks for that - it led me to http://johnbeieler.org/protest_mapping/ that is the map itself with the data, and http://johnbeieler.org is his blog where he explains the presentation.
Lots to zoom into view.
Totally meaningless.
Many thanks, brityank
Sorry; didn’t mean to pop your blinders off. Go back to sleep.
Totally meaningless... to the easily led.
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