riots
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His Red Special presidential campaign train in 1908 and his Socialist Party conventions were riots of red flags, pennants and bunting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Before the student riots kicked off, there was a one-day national strike by civil servants, firefighters and others to protest government-wage freezes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Last month authorities detained nine people and seized 10 social media accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation about possible riots, though they did not disclose who was behind it.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Vietnam, inner-city riots, and the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. had cast a pall over the Day-Glo optimism of the Love Generation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
This section of Baltimore had never fully recovered from the riots of the 1960s.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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