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At a time when discussions about tech companies revolve around algorithms making automated decisions, the walkout gives Google a thousand human faces.
The criminalisation of fracking protesters is not the exception, it has become the rule.
Nicaraguan migrants send over US$1 billion home each year. This money has played a changing role in domestic politics – first boosting the Ortega regime and, now, sustaining the uprising against him.
Today’s urban public spaces tend to represent governments and cities rather than people and citizens. Architects and urban designers should contribute to shaping spaces for freedom and interaction.
The Left’s Gift to Nixon.
1968 is often remembered as a time when protest galvanized the left. But it was also the year that Richard Nixon won the White House — which Republicans would control for most of the next two decades.
As Iran struggles under another round of international sanctions, a widening social gap is putting President Hassan Rouhani's government under pressure.
Revolution Starts on Campus.
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Fifty years ago, students rose up against authoritarian governments, racial inequality and, most passionately, the war in Vietnam. Two historians reflect on those momentous days in 1968 – and discuss what current movements learn from them.
Technology companies have immense power over our lives. But why are so many of their employees and others concerned about the ethics of their behaviour?
When different sides in a violent political crisis become ever more entrenched, democracy quickly starts to wither.
Trump Baby is the latest in a long history of visual protests. But is this 'cheap shot street theatre' truly effective, or should we ask more of protest artists?
Elin Ersson was accused of frightening children – but it's more likely that she inspired them.
The young activist acted morally and intelligently when staging her protest against the deportation of asylum seekers from Sweden.
Oleg Sentsov's trial was a farce, but the world continues to ignore his plight.
One of South Africa's finest hip-hop crews message was that you couldn't box identities forged through multilingual living in the ghettos.
The changing aesthetics of protest allow many more voices to be heard.
An immigration expert breaks through the alphabet soup of federal agencies responsible for enforcing immigration laws.
Activism increasingly relies on strong visuals that can be shared online, and – somewhat surprisingly in a digital world – physical billboards still play an important role.
Massive noxious garbage dumps piling up around Moscow have sparked citizen protests. And those protests are turning into criticism of the political system, which could threaten the Putin regime.
Palestinian nonviolent protests and mass movement of resistance is one of Israel's biggest fears.
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