Protest

Anti-vaxxers protest strategies that trivialize the Holocaust

How anti-vaxxers trivialize the Holocaust

Article
Nathalie Schabio
23/11/2022
14 minutes to read

During the Covid-19 pandemic, anti-vaxxers have utilized multiple protesting methods, including the trivialization of the Holocaust. How is Germany's Nazi history used by anti-vaxxers to protest against the pandemic management?

Hashtag activism in the online-offline continuum

Hashtag tactics: Algorithmic activism in Chile

Column
Juan Eduardo Bonnin
03/03/2020
7 minutes to read

Algorithmic activism requires handcrafted tactics to reinforce the online-offline continuum of political actions. We can see it at work in the first week of protests in Chile.

slavic union

Slavic Union is on the rise in Eastern Europe

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
27/11/2018
20 minutes to read

Much of the information about Alt-Right nowadays comes from 'the West'. This is not very accurate, because the movement is strong and growing in Eastern Europe. This article describes the concept of Slavia and why we should know about it.

On the freedom to protest

Column
Ana Deumert
26/11/2018
7 minutes to read

A recent South African court ruling ended the requirement to give notification to the authorities before setting up protest actions. Ana Deumert agrees and in this column she reflects on the right to protest as central to democratic citizenship.

FEMEN

FEMEN: "My Body is a Weapon!"

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
30/05/2018
9 minutes to read

FEMEN is a sextremist organisation claiming to be feminist. They draw media attention by showing their half-naked bodies in public. 

Mai 68 50 years later. Revolution Revolt

Did anything happen in May 68?

Column
Jan Blommaert
23/04/2018
11 minutes to read

Was May 68 just a moment of countercultural protest? No, it was big, very big.

Protestscapes and the art of protesting in Romania

Article
Ioana Pisaltu
05/12/2017
16 minutes to read

In this article I introduce the concept of "protestscape" as a language of mobility that employs rich semiotic resources within the context of protest. In doing so I focus on the anti-corruption demonstrations in Romania (January - February 2017).