In photos straight from an apocalypse film, Reuters captures three destroyed Tesla vehicles following a fire at a Tesla dealership in Rome, Italy. In Berlin, Germany, protesters spray painted a Tesla dealership in protest of Elon Musk. Protesters in Texas, California, and New York are captured holding signs in protest.
Read MoreThe recent arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul, has sparked protests across Türkiye. İmamoğlu was detained on Wednesday, March 19, and arrested the following Sunday. According to BBC News, İmamoğlu has been charged with various crimes related to corruption and criminal organizations, and the government attempted to charge him with aiding a terrorist organization.
Read MoreUnited States immigration officials arrested and detained a Columbia University graduate student, Mahmoud Khalil, on March 8 because of his role in pro-Palestinian protests, Reuters reports. Khalil, a Palestinian student who grew up in Syria, was arrested and brought to Louisiana.
Read MoreWhen Americans talk about Cuba, a complex and perhaps dated narrative unfolds. People may think of communism, echoes of the Cold War, and the enduring impacts of widespread embargoes, which are all representative of the geopolitical and ideological differences between Cuba and the United States in the 1950s. However, since the thawing of the Cold War in the late eighties, Cuba has undergone a path marked by development juxtaposed by persistent stalls in progress in various spheres.
Read MoreStarbucks has recently faced backlash due to its perceived stance and position on pressing social issues tied to the Israel-Gaza conflict. Protests at Starbucks locations can be traced back to the company’s lawsuit against Starbucks Workers United which seemingly began in opposition to the union’s public demonstration of solidarity with Palestine.
Read MoreOn Saturday, February 24, a large group of French farmers led a protest through one of Paris’s largest agricultural fairs. The farmers were protesting extreme costs, green regulations, and other issues plaguing the farming community.
Read More“I want Ariel to stand in front of my bullets, so they go through him,” the commander told a cheering group of protesters. “We’re the ones who have the support of the population.”
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Protests in France are a different breed for a few main reasons: their frequency, widespread diffusion, and relatively high success rate.
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These strikes have come in response to a recent, unpopular law that implements an increase in the minimum retirement age and changes in pension plans across the country. The strikes that I saw throughout my semester abroad in Spring 2023 have reshaped the way that I think about protests.
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On February 26 an electoral reform law approved by the ruling party-controlled Congress of Mexico, which has been widely perceived as an attack on democracy, led to tens of thousands of Mexicans protesting against the government, France24 reports
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