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Another French Revolution? Yellow Vests mobilize for thirteenth round of protests
On Saturday France withstood the thirteenth round of mobilisation from the movement “the Yellow Vests”, with 52,000 protesters turning out around the country. Since the movement began as an online petition last November …
Revolution in flames: How the promise of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution descended into misery
How has Venezuela descended into its current state? This question will have been in the minds of many consumers of recent press coverage of Venezuela following the actions of the US, much of …
The changing landscape of Swedish politics
After an ambiguous election outcome last September, Swedish politics has revolved around who can scrape together the most support in parliament to be able to run the country. With only one seat differentiating …
A timeline of the yellow vest movement: From single petition to nationwide protests
The yellow vest (gilet jaunes) movement began last November and was named after the high-vis jackets worn by motorists who started the movement. Although the gilet jaunes started by protesting against rising fuel …