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The World Is Exploding in Mass Protest. Will the U.S. Join In?
People are revolting against repressive governments but to sustain such widespread rage in the United States is more complicated
In recent months, mass protests involving tens and hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have ignited across much of the globe — Chile, Lebanon, Iraq, Hong Kong, Spain, Indonesia, Haiti, Ecuador, Egypt, and elsewhere. Corruption, inflation, joblessness, contamination, violence, a scarcity of goods and public services, and a quest for sovereignty, coupled with a ruling class bathing in exponential wealth, are some of the factors that have galvanized protestors to take to the streets.
The ground for lasting transnational protests against Trump has never been more fertile. Evidence of Trump’s obstruction of justice, stonewalling, and collusion with foreign governments is accumulating rapidly. Trump has given Turkey’s President Erdogan the green light to crush the Kurds in northern Syria, stalwart U.S. allies. Some 1,500 more asylum-seeking children were separated from their parents and guardians at the border than previously thought. The Trump administration has eliminated climate and immigrant protections while openly instigating terror and disregarding the law.
