Protest Movements
Protest movements have been of high interest to sociological research since the inception of the discipline in the mid-nineteenth century, during the periods of great industrial and ...
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Anti-war Protest
Introduction
During times of war, soldiers on the front line must acclimate to the realities of combat and the possibility of death. However, those who are fighting are not the only o...
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A protest of the city's reinstatement of a police officer involved in a fracas with skateboarders drew more than two dozen chanting protesters to the scene where the boarders were arrested.About 25...
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Several thousand opponents of Thailand's military-installed government marched through Bangkok's streets Saturday, staging their most defiant protest yet against the regime that came to power in la...
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Angry islanders closed off Capri's harbor on Tuesday, isolating the island tourist destination from the Italian mainland in a protest over plans to reduce the ferry runs that power the economy...
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Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition joined labor unions Tuesday in protesting tax increases proposed by the embattled prime minister, stepping up pressure to force the government to resign.The demon...
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Myanmar's ruling junta on Thursday hunted pro-democracy activists it blames for spearheading ongoing protests against rising fuel prices, a rare wave of dissent in the tightly controlled country.Ja...
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Thousands of people protested outside Prime Minister Tony Blair's residence Sunday to demand decisive action against the violence in Darfur, holding up a 7-foot hourglass filled with artificial blo...
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Parliament held its first session Friday as police arrested several people protesting an election that strengthened Kyrgyzstan's president but opened the door for further turmoil.The 90-member parl...
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