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The loyalty of Venezuela’s soldiers is getting shaky. History shows from the Arab Spring to Latin American coups, when the military withdraws support for a leader, a fall from power is imminent.
After a high point in 2011, it looked like a global wave of protest had crested. But another one is surging.
According to famed anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, the central question of our times is whether we’re witnessing the worldwide rejection of liberal democracy and its replacement by some sort of populist…
Musicians who learned how to play through a state-funded program called El Sistema are taking their instruments to the streets to protest the government.
Some Puerto Ricans voted, but most stayed home amid a looming financial debt crisis and political protests. Will this vote matter?
A new generation of workers has underpinned a successful election for Jeremy Corbyn. But can they be harnessed to recreate the power of the poll tax protests?
Popular protest is on the rise globally, particularly in places with deeply entrenched inequalities.
From Gezi Park in Istanbul to Wall Street in New York City, urban protest camps are shaking up the political establishment on an international scale.
As 1,300 prisoners went on strike for improved conditions, a wave of solidarity protests spread across the Palestinian Territories.
Protests in South Africa are about more than just service delivery of basic services such as water and electricity. They reflect a wider crisis about the failure to build a more equitable society.
There are groundswells of civic engagement in a handful of countries, but ensuring the survival of fundamental freedoms in these dangerous times will require a resistance that knows no borders.
When it comes to politics these days, it feels like everything is ‘my way or the highway.’ What can colleges do to end this moral fundamentalism and get students listening to each other?
Student protest has been in the political spotlight since Trump’s election. Todd Gitlin, former president of Students for a Democratic Society, shares his perspective on protest in the 60s and now.
Following his 2016 arrest, former Greens leader Bob Brown aims to show that Tasmania’s anti-protest laws are in conflict with the constitution’s implied right to political communication.
A scholar of rhetoric makes note of one way Trump’s language has changed since he became president.
Messaging for the April 29 People’s Climate March is stressing collective resistance against President Trump. This theme may appeal to activists, but is unlikely to grow the movement.
Protests in South Africa have largely been confined to black working class townships and informal settlements. Is this beginning to change?
Here’s why I’m supporting this weekend’s March for Science.
Over 70% of Ethiopia’s population is under 30 years of age. This can be converted to economic muscle if policies are introduced to tackle the high unemployment levels in the country.
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Reader in Political Sociology, Aston University
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Associate Professor in Politics, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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John and Elizabeth Bates Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity, and Equality, University of Minnesota
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Journalism, Radio and Communication, University of Sheffield
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Lecturer in Criminology, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of UK Human Rights Law, University of East Anglia
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Aberdeen
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
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Director, Tas Law Reform Institue / Associate Professor, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, Rhodes University
