"V for Vendetta": The Other Face of Egypt's Youth Movement
The inspiration for the peaceful side of revolution in Egypt and Tunisia was derived from divergent sources ranging from celebrated figures and icons of nonviolence like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Gene Sharp and the human rights orientation of the cause. In this article Linda Herrera takes on a different approach by looking as to how the symbolism and imagery of the popular movie ‘V for Vendetta’ is used by activists in a way that shows the symbiotic relation between the bellicose language and images of objects of their rage and instructing the community on using peaceful non-violent strategies.