From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement, "The Protester" has been named Time Magazine's 2011 "Person of the Year".<br /><br />The annual distinction is given to the person or thing that Time believes has most influenced culture and the news during the past year, for good or for ill.<br /><br />Time says the outcry for democratic politics became globalised this year and protesters made history.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports from Washington DC.
