Paul Weinberg
More than just a musical accolade, UNESCO has recognised the social and political importance of Jamaican music.
South African women march against high levels of gender based violence in the country.
EPA/Nic Bothma
Gender based violence should not be addressed only once it has happened, by jailing offenders. Prevention is just as important.
Enough?
EPA/Erdem Sahin
A snap poll intended to boost the Turkish president’s power has stirred up online opposition to his increasing authoritarianism.
A cement delivery truck was burnt by angry protesters against corruption and poor service delivery in South Africa.
INL/Bhekikaya Mabaso
Corruption has become one of the biggest concerns for South Africans living in a province that has erupted in violence.
Out of patience.
EPA/Jorge Torres
By remorselessly crushing political dissent, Daniel Ortega has squandered his people’s goodwill and eroded his power base.
EPA/Abir Sultan
The events of summer 2011 proved that Israel incubates the same sort of socio-economic discontent that upended the wider Middle East.
Time’s nearly up: Iranian presidents Mohammad Khatami, Hasan Rouhani, and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
EPA/Abedin Takerkenareh
With a hollowed-out agenda and a cynical attitude to corruption, Iran’s reformist forces have squandered their people’s trust.
EPA
Iran’s main opposition is loath to embrace a new wave of protesters. It may soon have no choice.
Student protesters at the University of Tehran.
EPA
The nationwide anti-government protests in Iran could have significant implications in Syria and beyond.
Bob Brown was arrested under an anti-protest law after refusing to obey police directions to leave a forestry coup at Lapoinya State Forest.
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Bob Brown’s successful High Court challenge to an anti-protest law in Tasmania will cause many states to review their own protest laws.
NFL players from many teams have knelt or linked arms in protest during the playing of the national anthem.
Reuters/Paul Childs
Donald Trump’s ill-timed comments on protests by America’s elite athletes have given legitimacy to claims of his racial animus.
Antifa, or militant progressives, have always existed and flourished in democracies.
Reuters/Stephanie Keith
The anti-fascist movement, or ‘antifa’, has undergone more of an evolution of progressive militancy than a birth.
The homeless camp in Martin Place, Sydney, is an uncomfortable reminder of a deeper systemic crisis.
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The Martin Place camp and others like it should make us uncomfortable. We live in a system that creates and tolerates homelessness.
A Venezuelan police officer at a protest in Caracas.
EPA/Cristian Hernandez
The spectacle of two countries confronting systemic corruption and bad government says a lot about the state of Latin American democracy.
EPA/Cristian Hernandez
After a high point in 2011, it looked like a global wave of protest had crested. But another one is surging.
Ninety percent of the protesters at the Women’s March on Washington voted for Hillary Clinton.
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Who are those people out there marching on Washington, DC? Researchers at the University of Maryland did a survey to find out.
Enjoying it while they can.
EPA/Mike Nelson
Freedom of protest and dissent could not be more fundamental to the American project. Is it in mortal peril?
EPA/Andrew Harrer
If people fall for Trump’s idea that we live in a constant crisis, they’ll never be able to think clearly enough to save themselves.
EPA/Kimimasa Mayama
People have been rising up against nuclear weapons ever since the first one was used – and it hasn’t been for nothing.
The Founding of Australia. By Capt. Arthur Phillip R.N. Sydney Cove, Jan. 26th 1788, Algernon Talmadge R.A, 1937.
State Library of NSW
The marking of our national day has long been fraught, and this year is no exception.