Title: Public Protests Around The World — Global Issues
Headings: Public Protests Around The World
Public Protests Around The World
Protests due to the global financial crisis, 2008
News coverage from Inter Press Service
Nobel Economist and 100 Experts Condemn Corporate Action against Argentina and Bolivia after Rollback of Failed Pension Privatization
Beyond the Crisis
Inequality and Its Many Discontents
Crisis Drives Nicaragua to an Economic and Social Precipice
International Community Ramps Up Action on Venezuela Crisis
Venezuela’s Government Is Following a “Policy to Repress,” the UN Says
UN Work Stoppage in Geneva Halts Human Rights Meeting
Brex’it, So Be’it; And Then What?
Recession and Repression Fuel Anger
Europe's Leaders Visit Athens to Celebrate Their Failure
Robin Hood Activists Take Aim at Wall Street
Nationwide Protests Rage against Colombia’s Economic Policies
Protests in Portugal Going Grey
Pray Again to St. Precarious
Cancelling Fare Hike Fails to Quell Brazil Protests
Portugal’s Carnation Revolution under the Shadow of the Troika
U.S.: Occupy Affiliate Aims at Abolishing Consumer Debt
Switzerland Sets Example for Income Equality
Protests in Portugal Get Creative
Winter of Discontent Progresses to Bulgaria
Q&A: "Neoliberalism Negates Human Rights"
Davos Puts Protests Behind
Salvaging Waste Food for the Hungry in Spain
Faces of the Crisis in a Protesting Europe*
Creditors' Stalemate Brings Greece to Knife Edge
Defying Foreclosures in Spain
Spain at Risk of Chronic Protests
Occupy Celebrates Birthday, Forges Ahead
Occupy Marks Anniversary Amid Grim Economic Climate
Food Activists See Portents of New and Deeper Hunger Crisis
Teachers’ Strike Does Not Mean Political Liberation for Swaziland
Austerity Package Sparks Protests in Spain
‘Israeli Bouazizi’ Raises Questions
FINANCE: Protestors Demand Robin Hood Tax on Financial Transactions
Spain’s 'Indignados' Take to the Streets Again
U.S.: Marches and Militancy at Occupy Oakland's May Day
U.S.: Occupiers Confront Wells Fargo Shareholders
U.S. Occupy Activists Hit With Stay-Away Orders
Banking 'Leprechauns' Steal Irish Taxpayer Money
Spain's Jobless Unite for Solutions and Survival
Facing Painful Cuts and Tuition Hikes, U.S. Students 'Occupy Education'
SPAIN: Demonstrators Protest Bank Bailouts and Spending Cuts
EUROPE-DEVELOPMENT: The 'Indignados' Still Have Wind in Their Sails
Political and Economic Turmoil Threaten Women's Progress
Occupy DC Protesters Stay Put Amid Eviction Threats
U.S.: A Credit Union to Bail Out People, Not Big Banks
GREECE: Austerity Plan Breaches Last Line of Defence of Greek Workers
U.S.: A Movement Evolves to Occupy the Future
NIGERIA: Police Crack Down on Fuel Protests
MEXICO: Youth on the Front Lines of Protest Movement
ECONOMY: Argentina Shows World How to Beat the Crisis
U.S.: Protestors Occupy Ports in Oakland and Beyond
Forging Bond Will Be Test for Co-ops and Occupy Movement
U.S.: Homeless Play Key Role in Occupy Movement
U.S.: Occupy Targets Foreclosures
OP-ED: Occupy Foreign Affairs
Occupy Oakland Rallies Amid Anger over Pepper-Spraying of Students
U.S.: Occupy Movement Pushes Back in Coordinated Day of Action
U.S.: Occupy Cal Students Revive Camp After Police Clubbing
CHINA: Only Business Occupies Shanghai
U.S.: Occupy Wall Street Activists Vow to Fight On
U.S.: Divide Emerges over Bounds of Occupy Protests
U.S.: Divide Emerges over Bounds of Occupy Protests
U.S.: Occupy Activists, Union Leaders Find Common Cause
BRAZIL: 'Occupy' Movement Rolls to Rio
U.S.: Occupy Oakland Shuts Downtown, Port Areas
U.S.: Who is the 99 Percent? — Part 2
JAPAN: Wall Street Protest Finds Strong Echoes
U.S.: Who is the 99 Percent? - Part 1
U.S.: New Inequality Data Likely to Boost 'Occupy' Movement
Not Just a Protest, But a Little Utopia
Occupy Movement Heats Up U.S. South
Occupy Wall Street Protests March on Midtown, and the World
SPAIN: ‘Rich Must Share Cost of Crisis’
U.S.: Backlash Swells Against New 'Gilded Age'
U.S.: 'Leaderless' Protest Movement Continues to Snowball
SPAIN: 'Indignant' Protests Heat Up Election Campaign
Occupy Wall Street: 'It Is a Revolution'
Emerging Markets Hit Economic Stage Like a Tonne of BRICS
MALAWI: Markets Torched Ahead of Cancelled Protests
Fixing the Economy, Not Lives
OP-ED: Protest Movements Teach Economics to Bankers
SPAIN: 'Indignant' Demonstrators Marching to Brussels to Protest Effects of Crisis
Syria’s Once Profoundly Secular Society Shaken Up
GREECE: Public Outrage over Austerity Plan
SYRIA: Ongoing Unrest Threatening Economy
SPAIN: Protest Movement Spreads to Neighbourhoods, Small Towns
Global protests up to early 2000s
Mainstream Media Portrayal
Protests Have Occurred All Over The World
Protestors Are Labeled as Anti-Poor!
Protestors Are Labeled as Anti-Trade and Anti-International
Violence and media fixation on it
From direct democratic protests to virtual democracy
Police Brutality and Other Civil Rights Violations Ignored
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Content: It is a global movement for true democracy and better human conditions, … reflects a collective idea, a movement without borders or leaders. But others argue that in order to at least appeal to the wider audience, they may need representatives who appear as leaders while trying to ensuring and retaining peaceful, democratic ways. The response from the media, police, politicians and other parts of the establishment will be interesting to follow; will it be as it was a decade ago (which is discussed further below)? It seems too soon to see how effective these protests will be. News coverage from Inter Press Service
There is no way this web site will be able to keep up with the global protests, so here are stories from Inter Press Service carried by this web site: Nobel Economist and 100 Experts Condemn Corporate Action against Argentina and Bolivia after Rollback of Failed Pension Privatization
Monday, March 29, 2021 - Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 29 (IPS) - Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, Juan Somavia, Jeffrey Sachs, Jose Antonio Ocampo and more than 100 high-level development experts have issued a statement protesting insurance corporations suing Argentina and Bolivia over the reversal of their failed pension privatizations at closed sessions of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of the World Bank. If Argentina and Bolivia lose the disputes, it means that impoverished citizens and elderly pensioners will have to compensate wealthy financial corporations. Read their letter: Beyond the Crisis
Tuesday, June 02, 2020 - Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 02 (IPS) - Now is the time to take advantage of this opportunity to build a better world
Looking back to the start of 2020, the world has changed almost beyond recognition.