Questions tagged [protests]
Questions related to political protests where attempts by individuals or groups to address or stop perceived injustices within a political system, without overturning the system itself.
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Why are people protesting so desperately in Bangladesh
Based on what the Western media is reporting over one hundred people have been killed protesting a new government quota system that reserves up to 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans ...
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Are there fewer street protests in Switzerland than in other democratic countries?
Street protests are a wasteful activity: people walk on the streets for hours, wasting their own time, as well as the time of cops and drivers. They do this in order to have the government change its ...
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(Is it known) what, if anything, sparked the Columbia pro-Palestinian university encampment protest in mid-April specifically?
On April 17, 2024, the Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus protest began, shortly spreading to other universities in the United States. More recently they have spread abroad - where I am in the ...
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Have some colleges shown tendency to meet the demands of protesters other than Trinity College?
Trinity College Dublin agreed to divest from Israeli firms acquiescing to the demands of the students' protest. It was the first college to meet such demands after college protests broke out across ...
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Are campus protesters anti war or pro war protesters? [closed]
Watching the college protests about the war in Gaza has me wondering why some refer to them as anti war protesters. While they do sometime call for a ceasefire, the rest of their slogans clearly ...
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Why protest against the war in Gaza on the campus of Columbia University?
According to Wiki:
An ongoing occupation protest conducted by pro-Palestinian students is
occurring at Columbia University in New York City. The protests began
on April 17, 2024, when pro-Palestinian ...
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Why do protests happen in the light of their apparent futility?
Just today,
Riot police called in to disperse angry locals after [a bishop] was attacked at Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd church
There seem to be an ingrained belief that when something bad ...
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Why are there so many pro-Palestinian protestors in the United States?
Amid the recent rise in pro-Palestinian protests in the United States, most recently one interrupting the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting, I've begun to wonder: why has there been such a ...
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How significant is the UN's condemnation of UK imprisonment of Just Stop Oil protestors?
It has recently come to light that the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Ian Fry, had sent a letter to the UK government warning ...
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Have the UK government explained exactly why a march for peace in Gaza on Armistice Day would be disrespectful?
It is reported that various members of the UK government consider a march calling for peace in Gaza planned in London on Saturday 11 November disrespectful. However, while there are multiple quotes ...
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Despite the high public support to fight Russia, why are some family members of soldiers protesting in Ukraine and making demands? [closed]
As this answer points out, political support to fight the Russians and retrieve occupied territories remains high among the public in Ukraine. So I was surprised when I came across the news that ...
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Did any Prime Ministers go on strike before?
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/23/europe/iceland-women-strike-scli-intl/index.html
Women across Iceland – including the prime minister – will go on strike Tuesday as part of a campaign pushing for ...
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Have any countries besides France banned pro-Palestine demonstrations recently?
Reuters reports:
French police used teargas and water cannon to break up a banned rally in support of the Palestinian people in Paris on Thursday, as President Emmanuel Macron urged the French to ...
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What exactly are the negative consequences of the Israeli Supreme Court reform, as per the protestors?
Israel has had massive anti-government protests for 6 months due to the proposed Supreme Court reforms. But what are the exact negative consequences of such a reform, as per the protestors?
Are they ...
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How and why has the UK been arresting anti-monarchy protestors?
The UK police have been arresting protesters for being anti-monarchy in public.
What I want to know is:
HOW: Can the UK justify these arrests within their own laws? Have they tried to?
WHY: Has there ...
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Is increased retirement age really the reason for 2023 protests in France?
France has one of the world's highest working populations by percentage. Hence, the lack of jobs/unemployment is clearly not the root cause of this problem.
Most protestors are relatively young (20-30 ...
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What are the options for a government facing massive protests over seemingly unsustainable economical measures?
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France is currently facing nationwide strikes due to pension system reformation discussions. According to France24, there seems to be a debate over the opportunity of such a reform:
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What do woke and cancel groups call themselves?
I'm aware of "woke" and "cancel culture" being used by conservatives as pejorative terms and by others as non-pejorative attempts to describe the visible trend of fierce protest ...
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Who has first or most famously distinguished different stages of social movements?
Who has first or most famously distinguished 4 stages of social movements?
It is common to take social movements to have four stages: emergence, coalescence, institutionalization or bureaucratization, ...
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Looking for references on campus protests
I am looking for references (books, articles, essays) on campus protests. I am looking for texts that discuss different kinds of campus protests, how they succeed, how they become successful, etc.
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During the Canadian Convoy Protests, what was the stated reason for freezing bank accounts?
It is common knowledge now that the Canadian Government froze a handful of bank accounts based on suspicion of funding the 2022 Convoy Protests.
When I watched Justin Trudeau's portion of the ...
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What are the main concerns regarding the new powers recently given to the police to curtail protests?
In the wake of the arrest of a man in Edinburgh for apparently heckling Prince Andrew, a woman called Mariángela also being arrested in Edinburgh for holding a sign that said “**** imperialism, ...
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Have there been any legally held demonstrations against the war (or against the "specially military operation") in Russia?
I'm well aware that Russian authorities have cracked down on spontaneous/illegal anti war demonstrations. Whereas for the pro-military-intervention ones, e.g. using the "Z" sign...
Have any ...
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Do wars on foreign soil often affect military celebrations?
Many countries hold annual military celebrations of various kinds. How have these been affected when they were in another war? On foreign soil of course.
I'm looking for examples of countries ...
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In Canada, why can't the Emergencies Act be used against a political opponent?
(Unsure if this belongs on Law or Politics SE, it might be better suited for Law)
Apropos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act against the Freedom Convoy in Canada earlier ...
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Apart from Serbia, have there been pro-Russia/pro-Putin demonstrations in other countries, since the war started?
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-60630351
Up to 4,000 people have taken part in a pro-Russia demonstration in the Serbian capital.
Friday's march was a show of support for Moscow after its ...
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How have Ukrainians managed to protest in occupied Kherson?
I'm a bit at loss of how this happened:
Around 2,000 people came onto the streets to protest this morning. They marched through the city centre, waving flags and singing the Ukrainian national anthem ...
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Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act to end the trucker protests in Canada. Did he previously speak in support of similar protests in India?
The BBC's Trudeau vows to freeze anti-mandate protesters' bank accounts
What began as a rally against a new rule that all truckers must be vaccinated to cross the US-Canada border, or quarantine upon ...
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Was Trudeau's invocation of the Emergency Act legal? [closed]
On Monday, February 14, 2022, Justin Trudeau invoked the never-before-used Emergencies Act in response to the ongoing Freedom Convoy Protests across the country, including the series of border ...
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Why was the Emergencies Act invoked in Canada with regard to the "Freedom Convoy"?
The Emergencies Act was invoked in response to the "freedom convoy" in Canada. I don't understand what makes this convoy so important to put the country in this situation. Why it is invoked?
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