by Jasmine Thomas-Petit | Mar 25, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
In July 2021 Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated. Prior to his death, there were various protests and riots calling for him to step down because of his corrupt regime and his refusal to step down. Moïse was elected in November 2016 and many citizens of...
by Lucas Aguayo-Garber | Mar 15, 2022 | Brown University
Through the first two months of 2022, Canada has been in the midst of one of the most unforeseen political stories to emerge in years, a Vaccine mandate protest which has grown so confrontational in just one month that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the...
by Becca Richards | Mar 7, 2022 | Ohio State University
On January 12th, 2022, a violent demonstration over vaccine and mask mandates from the far-right led to an attempt on seizing the Parliament building in Sofia. As this rift between the far-right and mainstream politics continues to grow, the implications of...
by Vikram Joshi | Feb 26, 2022 | University of Chicago
Recently, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers in Canada in order to shut down protests. The protests were started by a group of truckers who were against the cross-border vaccine mandates put in place by the government. They eventually grew, and...
by Amanda Brown | Feb 16, 2022 | Boston University
Democracy is meant to be a direct reflection of the will of the people. Though this will is hard to define, “the people” are often able to communicate their will through protest. Protest serves as a tool of dissent; a way for citizens to express their disapproval of...
