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| Technocracy now: The US is working to turn Lebanons anti-corruption protests against HezbollahKhalek, Raniahttp://thegrayzone.com/2019/12/01/us-working-lebanon-corruption-protests-hezbollah/ 
 Publisher:  The Gray Zone
 Date Written:  01/12/2019
 Year Published:  2019
 Resource Type:  Article
 
 The movement was spurred by the levying of regressive taxes and the persistence of a corrupt neoliberal order that has mismanaged the economy and hollowed out the public sector while enriching a handful of elites amid a looming economic collapse. Though the protests remain focused on class issues and corruption, the US is increasingly determined to co-opt the movement for its own goals.
 
 
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