Tag: Demonstrations, Protests and Riots
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First, France Had Riots and Protests. Now It’s Bracing for a General Strike.
More than 220 demonstrations are expected to take place across the country on Thursday, escalating weeks of protests against the rising cost of living.
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India’s Congress Party Plans Mass Protest in New Delhi
Organizers are calling for one of the biggest demonstrations yet, in a string of rallies that has racked India since the summer.
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I Covered the Tiananmen Square Massacre. It Still Weighs on Me.
The day that changed modern China also taught me how to recognize true courage.
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Europe Is on Edge, and It’s Not Going to End
The protests roiling the continent express feelings of generational futility.
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I Went to India and Found It Has Lessons for Us All
Young people have revived the country’s glorious tradition of nonviolent dissent.
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A Day After Renewed Street Clashes in France, Relief and Anxiety Mix
While the police kept a lid on vandalism, the huge number of protesters, and France’s fraught politics, suggest unrest could grow.
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Unrest Erupts Again in France, but This Time, With Less Property Damage
After largely peaceful marches on Saturday, clashes broke out in the evening. But a large-scale police presence, 1,000 arrests and the rerouting of protest routes kept a lid on wholesale vandalism.
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Looting Left Damage and Fear on Paradise Street in Marseille
Looters ravaged a storied commercial avenue in France’s second-largest city. Its merchants fear that more unrest could follow.
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France Riots Expose the Rage Aimed at Dior, Hermès and Other Luxury Brands
The looting of stores belonging to brands like Dior, Celine and Hermès has exposed a crack in the glossy facade.
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Macron Says Trump Does Not Like France and Distorts Its Troubles
Speaking in Qatar, President Emmanuel Macron railed against foreign leaders who he said had made false claims about unrest in France for their own political ends.