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2024 Kenyan protests
Kenya Finance Bill protests (Gen Z protests, #RejectFinanceBill2024): youth-led June 2024 demonstrations against a $2.7 billion tax bill, which peaked when protesters stormed Parliament on June 25 and forced Ruto to withdraw the bill and dissolve his cabinet.
2025 Malagasy protests
Youth-led protests that began in Antananarivo on 25 September 2025 over water and power shortages, known as Gen Z Madagascar, grew into anti-corruption demonstrations that ended President Andry Rajoelina's rule in the 14 October CAPSAT military coup under Colonel Michael Randrianirina.
2025–2026 Philippine anti-corruption protests
The 2025–2026 Philippine anti-corruption protests, also called the Trillion Peso March movement, are demonstrations against corruption in flood-control projects, sparked by the July 2025 SONA revelations, peaking 21 September 2025, and continuing through 2026 with arrests and resignations.
2025–2026 Turkish protests
2025–2026 Turkish protests (19 Mart protestoları): nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in Türkiye triggered by the 19 March 2025 arrest of Istanbul mayor and CHP presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, the largest protests since Gezi 2013, met with protest bans, internet throttling, and detentions.
2026 Delhi Jantar Mantar protests
2026 Delhi Jantar Mantar protests: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) demonstrations demanding resignations of Dharmendra Pradhan and Gyanesh Kumar; ended with Jantar Mantar de-notified as Delhi's protest site in October 2026.
2026 Jharkhand student protests
The 2026 Jharkhand student protests, also called the JPSC-JSSC agitation, were a 26-day Ranchi sit-in over alleged recruitment-exam irregularities including paper leaks and outsourced conduct by TDPL; the government cancelled 22 exams and all three JPSC members resigned, while the CBI-probe demand stayed unresolved.
Alexei Navalny (Алексей Анатольевич Навальный)
Alexei Navalny (Алексей Анатольевич Навальный), Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner; survived 2020 Novichok poisoning confirmed by OPCW; imprisoned 2021; died February 2024 in Arctic penal colony at 47.
Andrey X
Andrey X is the handle of Andrey Khrzhanovskiy, a Russian-born journalist and Israeli citizen documenting West Bank settler violence, co-founder of Kompas Media, with hundreds of thousands of followers and 14 pending Israeli court cases.
Anti-Maidan
Anti-Maidan (Антимайдан) is a pro-Kremlin Russian social movement founded 15 January 2015 by Sablin, Starikov, Zaldostanov, and Berezikova to prevent a 'color revolution' and counter the opposition; analysts describe it as Kremlin-supervised and unregistered.
Baltic Way
The Baltic Way (Balti kett, Baltijas ceļš, Baltijos kelias) was a peaceful human chain of about two million Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians on August 23, 1989, linking Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius on the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to demand restored independence from the Soviet Union.
Bloquons tout
Bloquons tout (Block Everything): leaderless French protest movement born on social networks in May-2025, calling to blockade France on 10 September 2025 against Bayrou's €43.8bn austerity budget; 812 actions, 473 arrests.
Boris Nemtsov (Борис Ефимович Немцов)
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov (Борис Ефимович Немцов), Russian physicist, Nizhny Novgorod governor and Yeltsin-era deputy prime minister turned Putin critic, co-led PARNAS and Solidarity; assassinated 27 February 2015 on Moscow's Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge.
Daria Navalnaya (Дарья Алексеевна Навальная)
Daria (Dasha) Navalnaya, born 2001, daughter of Alexei Navalny and Yulia Navalnaya; Stanford student and activist who accepted the 2021 Sakharov Prize for her imprisoned father and spoke at TED and Georgetown.
Death and funeral of Alexei Navalny
Death and funeral of Alexei Navalny: the Russian opposition leader died 16 February 2024 at the Polar Wolf penal colony above the Arctic Circle; his funeral in Moscow on 1 March 2024 drew thousands; 2026 findings identified epibatidine poisoning.
Fighting Oligarchy tour
Fighting Oligarchy tour: Bernie Sanders's rally tour launched February 22, 2025, joined by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, criticizing Trump, Elon Musk, and billionaire influence, drawing crowds up to 36,000 and backing 2026 progressive primary candidates.
Flamingo Revolution
The Flamingo Revolution is a leaderless anti-government protest movement in Albania. It began in May 2026 against a luxury resort project by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom
Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom: pro-Palestine demonstrations since 7 October 2023, including London marches by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, campus encampments, and Palestine Action proscription arrests.
Great British PAC
Great British PAC (GBPAC) is a British political action committee launched 22 March 2025, chaired by Ben Habib with CEO Claire Bullivant, campaigning cross-party outside elections on sovereignty, free speech and the Chagos deal.
Hope for Democracy (Ελπίδα για τη Δημοκρατία)
Hope for Democracy (Ελπίδα για τη Δημοκρατία) is a Greek political movement founded 21 May 2026 by pediatrician Maria Karystianou, an independent citizens' movement focused on justice, anti-corruption, and transparency.
January 30, 2026 protests against ICE
January 30, 2026 protests against ICE, also called the National Shutdown or ICE Out: nationwide US strikes, walkouts, and demonstrations against ICE operations after the Minneapolis killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, followed by a 50501-led day of action.
July Uprising (জুলাই গণঅভ্যুত্থান)
July Uprising (জুলাই গণঅভ্যুত্থান), or July Revolution, was Bangladesh's 2024 student-led anti-quota movement that escalated into mass protests toppling Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024 after 15 years of rule; deaths estimated at 819 to 1,400.
Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre
Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre (HRDC Memorial), successor to the liquidated Memorial Human Rights Centre, is a Russian human rights NGO founded 14 June 2022, providing legal aid to political prisoners and vulnerable groups; Nobel Peace Prize 2022; banned in Russia as extremist in April 2026 and now operating from abroad.
Osman Hadi
Osman Hadi, also known as Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, was a Bangladeshi political activist and poet, spokesperson for Inqilab Mancha, shot in Dhaka in December 2025.
Progressive Victory
Progressive Victory (PV) is a left-of-center American political organization and hybrid PAC founded in 2022 by Sam Drzymala that recruits online-streamer audiences as canvassers and phone bankers, endorses candidates via the PV Pledge, and operates the 501(c)(4) Progressive Victory Action.
Protests against Elon Musk
Protests against Elon Musk, led by the Tesla Takedown movement from February 2025, targeted Tesla showrooms worldwide over Musk's DOGE role; organizers urged boycotts, Tesla sales fell 13%, and Trump called dealer attacks domestic terrorism.
Protests against mass deportation during the second Trump administration
Protests against mass deportation during the second Trump administration, also called the anti-ICE protests and No Kings movement, began with June 6, 2025 ICE raids in Los Angeles, spread nationwide, and coincided with falling public support for deportations.
Punter's Politics
Punter's Politics is an Australian political commentary podcast and movement started around mid-2024 by former high school teacher Konrad Benjamin, known for satirical explainers on corporate influence and gas taxation.
Raja Miah
Raja Miah (Mohammad Raja Miah) is an MBE-holding Oldham-based British campaigner, former Peacemaker charity officer and free-schools operator, known for alleging a Labour cover-up of Oldham grooming gangs, amplified by Elon Musk and linked to the 2025 national grooming gangs inquiry.
Revolution of Dignity (Революція гідності)
The Revolution of Dignity (Революція гідності), or Euromaidan, was Ukraine's 2013–2014 protest movement triggered by Yanukovych's EU Agreement postponement, ending with his ouster, the Heavenly Hundred deaths, and Russian annexation of Crimea.
Russia of the Future (Россия будущего)
Russia of the Future (Россия будущего) is Alexei Navalny's liberal Russian opposition party, founded at a congress on May 19, 2018 after failed People's Alliance and Progress Party attempts; authorities refused registration, and Navalny led it until his 2024 death in prison.