Outrage in Europe

It only took a few weeks for the outrage movement (‘the indignant ones’) to sweep through Europe. Spain, Greece, Israel, Germany, England, Belgium, France: in each instance the same desire, the tents, a public square, pieces of cardboard, a red nose and red hands, debates, and a little something that can’t be captured in words. I don’t know how many times I heard that the indignés were just a band of utopians and that their paper revolution wouldn’t last. Maybe they were right; the indignants failed to start a revolution. They wrote their names on a few city benches. They talked about their dreams and danced into the night. They marched and shared their meals. They reminded people who passed by that certain things can’t be bought. So no, they didn’t revolutionize the world. But they changed it forever, just by existing.

Nathanael Charbonnier / News-pictures