Africa
Arab Revolution hits Sudan
Street clashes continued in the Sudanese capital Khartoum for a second day after massive protests broke out over the regime's move to cut fuel subsidies.
Tag: crisis of capitalism
Greater Middle East
Did climate change spark Syria crisis?
A jet stream blockage related to climate change caused the Russian wheat crop to fail in 2010, halting exports to Syria and the Arab world, and fueling unrest and revolt.
Greater Middle East
Turkey: protest movement gets another martyr
A young protester was killed by police in Antakya, as demonstrations re-mobilize across Turkey—this time in response to a new highway development in Ankara.
Southern Cone
Brazil: 300 arrested in new round of protests
Thousands of Brazilians took to the street again to demand better schools, hospitals and social services, and to protest the vast sums expended on new sports stadiums.
The Andes
Colombia: strikes halt US coal giant Drummond
Indefinite strikes brought Drummond’s coal mining operations to a halt in Colombia, putting further pressure on the country’s economy amid a growing wave of labor actions.
Southern Cone
Brazil: unions respond to protests with general strike
The union movement held its first big general strike in three decades in a bid to bring labor demands to the spontaneous protest movement that swept Brazil in June.
Palestine
Occupy Tel Aviv —again
Thousands marched in Tel Aviv, blocking traffic on the city’s main thoroughfares, for a rally marking the two-year anniversary of Israel’s mass movement against inequality.
Southern Cone
Brazil: Rousseff offers protesters a plebiscite
The governing center-left Workers Party is pushing for major political reform in response to the June protests, but would that be enough to satisfy the protesters?
Southern Cone
Brazil: protests continue despite concessions
Small protests over a fare increase turned overnight into Brazil’s largest demonstrations since 1984, with three out of four Brazilians backing the actions
Southern Cone
Brazil: tensions had been growing before protests
Well before the massive protests, many Brazilians were organizing against homophobia, the expropriation of indigenous lands, and the diversion of funds to sports events.
Southern Cone
Brazil: where is the protest movement heading?
The Brazilian protest movement echoes many other spontaneous mass movements around the world, and like them it has a number of ambiguities.
Europe
Bulgaria protesters say ‘NOligarchy!’
Over the past 10 days, thousands of protesters have repeatedly taken to the streets of Bulgaria to oppose the interim coalition government of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski.