{"id":24324,"date":"2019-10-27T00:19:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T08:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=24324"},"modified":"2019-10-27T00:19:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T08:19:28","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-ten-toes-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-ten-toes-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: Ten Toes Down."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Protests rage around the world \u2013 but what comes next?<\/h1>\n

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Unrest is seemingly everywhere. We look at the some of the reasons for and responses to it in Hong Kong, Lebanon, Chile, Catalonia and Iraq<\/em><\/p>\n

I<\/span><\/span>n Lebanon they are against a tax on WhatsApp and endemic corruption. In Chile, a hike in the metro fare and rampant inequality. In Hong Kong<\/a>, an extradition bill and creeping authoritarianism. In Algeria, a fifth term for an ageing president and decades of military rule.<\/p>\n

The protests raging today and in the past months on the streets of cities around the world have varying triggers. But the fuel is familiar: stagnating middle classes, stifled democracy and the bone-deep conviction that things can be different \u2013 even if the alternative is not always clear.<\/p>\n

Few corners of the world have been spared significant protests in 2019. Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and Albania have all seen major demonstrations. So have the UK, against Brexit<\/a>, France, with its yellow vest movement<\/a>, and Spain, in the restive region of Catalonia<\/a>. The Middle East has convulsed with so much dissent that some are calling it a second wave of the Arab <\/a>spring<\/a>. In South America, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela have experienced popular unrest. The list goes on.\u00a0 www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/oct\/25\/protests-rage-around-the-world-hong-kong-lebanon-chile-catalonia-iraq?fbclid=IwAR1JaIXhhdWVtDedeLChcNS1859o4I4DBvadr6slg7Ra_sOOlOop29H6DM0<\/a><\/p>\n