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The difference between then and now is that those taking to the streets to
protest
against Macron’s proposed fuel-tax increase are animated not by utopia but by despair.
Meanwhile, Monti’s centrist grouping has only 16% support, while the populist Five Star Movement, founded by the comedian Beppe Grillo in 2009, has 17% backing – a figure that could go higher if those who previously stayed at home decide to cast a
protest
vote.
While Grillo’s supporters may ignite fireworks in
protest
of these gilded giveaways for a few months, a consistent assault leading to genuine reform seems doubtful.
The king summoned the Thai junta leader and the leader of the
protest
to his palace in the center of the city, and on live television both men prostrated themselves before him while he demanded an end to the bloodshed.
Specifically, if Russians believe that their leaders have buckled under pressure, they might protest, destabilizing the country in a way that would benefit neither Russia nor the West.
A few years ago, it seemed that every tenth person wore a white ribbon, a symbol of
protest
against Putin.
However, Aziz opposed the anti-Hindu protest, even calling a group of anti-Muslim protestors in the United Kingdom more civilized in their approach.
The “cow head” protest, which was led by UMNO members, quickly fuelled racially-charged manipulation of public sentiment.
Havel’s death comes at a time of massive demonstrations in Russia to
protest
ballot fraud; violence in Egypt as democratic activists battle the deeply entrenched military; an uprising in rural China against corrupt local officials; and police in body armor violently dismantling the Occupy
protest
sites in American cities.
The voice of
protest
could rise to the surface once again, and with far more dangerous results.
Next June he could carry some of the popular vote (mostly from elements of the intelligentsia), but the question is whether he could withstand a candidate embodying the
protest
vote without massive financial backing from Russia's new "moneyed" elite, backing which now looks unlikely to come his way.
There will be Pakistanis who
protest
against the recent American military action, arguing that it violated Pakistan’s sovereignty.
In fact, the movement represents a spark of
protest
against mindless consumerism, grass-roots resistance against an impersonal logic, and an expression of communal activism.
On one hand, India is a democracy with a long tradition of allowing peaceful protest, including against foreign countries when their leaders come visiting.
Afghanistan’s Feminist RevolutionOn April 16, more than 300 Afghani women – many of them students – marched together in Kabul in
protest
of a new law passed by Parliament that would impose a series of Taliban-like restrictions on women.
I do not know whether Edward J. Snowden, the American former intelligence contractor who exposed official secrets in
protest
against his government’s snooping on its citizens, is a Christian.
Trump’s First VictimsPRINCETON – When Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, I did not join those who took to the streets in
protest.
I thought it important to respect the democratic process, no matter how dismaying its outcome may be, and wait until the Trump administration had given us something to
protest
about.
These young people are also the leaders of erupting political
protest
movements.
In particular, Iran is a fount of moral corruption that spearheads extremism and halts reform, crushing the legitimate
protest
of its own citizens and acting against the brave Syrians now fighting for their freedom.
If it happens, one of the world’s most oppressed legal workforces will have scored a major victory – largely symbolic for now, but one that will inspire other women garment workers around the world to rise up in
protest.
Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus resigned in
protest
rather than carry out the president’s order.
The fate of LiveJournal – the most influential blogging platform in Russia, which is often used to express dissent and
protest
against the government – is one unfortunate example.
Through
protest
marches and viral social-media campaigns, women everywhere are demanding an end to sexual harassment, abuse, femicide, and inequality.
These efforts have had a lasting effect on the groups that were at the heart of the
protest
movement.
Russians of all walks of life have shown that they prefer passive adaptation over
protest.
The country’s activist mothers and grandmothers follow in the Latin American tradition of predecessors like the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who in 1977 began to march in front of the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to
protest
the mass disappearance of children under the military dictatorship.
Although the threatened indictment of al-Bashir has prompted
protest
in Khartoum, no one expects him to appear in court soon.
What began just a few months ago as an attitude of
protest
has quickly become a social norm.
The images coming to us from next door are horrifying, and Jordanians have taken to the street in
protest.
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