The Protester is TIME's Person of the Year

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Check out Kurt Anderson's 8-page essay in TIME on The Protester as the person of the year: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101745_2102132_2102373,00.html with a series of portraits of protesters, globally, including many Occupiers: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/12/14/person-of-the-year-2011-protesters-2/#28.

The Washington Post has the story about the story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/time-person-of-the-year-2011-the-protester/2011/12/14/gIQAvZtntO_blog.html

As it has for the past eight decades, Time magazine selected its person of the year Wednesday morning. The distinction goes to the man or woman (or sometimes group or idea) the magazine’s editors believe had the greatest impact during the past twelve months, for good or for ill. In 2011, they chose: “The Protester.”

The Post story includes this viral screen grab of TIME's most recent issue with distinctly different covers for the U.S. market, compared to others around the world.