Abstract: During the last decade, and as a consequence of the global crisis of 2008, the modern public space, an essential element of urban habitation, has undergone radical transformation. The financialization of the economy, causing distortions in all spheres of public life and leading to new global inequalities, has ultimately led to the emergence of a global public space formed by the “new poors” pursuing new place-based protest tactics and coordinating their activities via social networks and the Internet.