protest
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Opening a major legal challenge to the group's proscription last year, lawyers for co-founder Huda Ammori said that no other protest organisation had been treated the same way.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
"Young people are sticking it to the education system," read another, in a nod to the lyrics of a popular protest song against the far right.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
After returning from a two-week autumn break, some students resumed their protest campaign Monday, calling on the authorities to renovate dilapidated schools, reduce class sizes and create more university places.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
French protest organisers, the Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vests, have said dozens of protesters have been seriously injured during recent demonstrations across the country, with many hurt by "grenades".
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
“This will pay for a three-bedroom apartment I found in Somewhere. Don’t worry, Lily,” Dad says when the little girl in my lap begins to protest.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Hundreds of garment factories in Bangladesh have been forced to closed after days-long protests by workers demanding higher wages.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The youth protests have struck a nerve with the wider public, at a time when Europe is gearing up for a wave of key elections in Spain, France, Italy and Greece over the coming year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
I lived in Paris for four years as a teenager, and protests were part of normal life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
He also formed a civilian “posse” to respond to any potential protests after the murder of George Floyd.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
So many people wear them at Black Lives Matter rallies and protests, I’m sure she knows what it’s for.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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"You are not the majority," a staff member protested.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
She recalled that her grandmother protested as a dentistry student in 1968 and her aunt, an architecture student, took part in demonstrations in the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The Mothers of East L.A. organized and protested and lobbied, and put the brakes on plans for a state prison in their midst, and created a template for community power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The interior ministry said an estimated 410,000 people protested on Saturday, while the unions put the number at about 800,000.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
If Twig had been in town, she would have protested and worn the flashiest costume she could find—probably something that lit up or made noise—but she was in Paris with her mom for the week.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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Sheen has been arrested more than 60 times throughout his life for protesting various causes, and was a friend of the labor leader Dolores Huerta, whose image sits on a table in his dining room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
"Seeing people on the front lines creating communities, protesting, running campaigns, tirelessly fighting for their own rights and the rights of others is what keeps me going," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Student unions welcomed the measures but pledged to continue protesting until all of their demands are met.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting in the streets.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
If there was ever a moment to declare you like someone, it was with a churro in your hand and a day of protesting a greedy land developer’s hostile takeover of your neighborhood behind you.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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