A number of attendees at the star-studded Oscars ceremony this year will be sporting orange American flag pins
Protests articles on Democracy Chronicles
Political protests are a human right, political right and civil liberty to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interest. Today, pro-democracy protests and freedom of speech remain under threat. Also take a look at our articles on the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Turkey, and the Tea Party.
My coverage of NYC march to support immigrants and against ICE
A crowd of around 50 people or so who came out March 1st to Union Square in NYC to bring more awareness to the plight of immigrants and the brutality of ICE, the national immigration enforcement service.
Anti-Putin Activists Spray-Paint Frozen River in His Hometown
A group of Russian activists spent the night in jail after spray-painting a giant slogan against President Vladimir Putin
Ethiopians strike over stifling state of emergency
Businesses closed in Ethiopia’s capital to protest a state of emergency declared after prime minister’s resignation
Iranian Workers Protest Unpaid Wages in Public Dissent
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reacted to an upsurge in labor unrest by labeling it a plot
Activists Using Novel Tactics to Stop Gun Lobby Money Stream
Interrupting the revenue stream of politicians from certain lobbying sources could make them defy the NRA
Hong Kong independence activist on trial over 2016 protest
Hong Kong’s best-known independence activist went on trial on riot charges Wednesday over protests in 2016
Arrested activists released after Sudanese bread protests
Sudan has released more than 80 political activists and students who were detained in the wake of deadly protests
At the ‘Frack It Up’ Rally Taking Aim at NY Governor Cuomo
Demonstrators at this event were protesting the latest allegations of the corruption of Joseph Percoco, one of the two of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s closest aids, and payoffs tied to Cuomo’s upstate nefarious dealings.
Rights groups warn over campaign against Togo protest leaders
President has been in power since 2005 and took over from his father, who ruled the country for 38 years.