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One point five million people they're angry cross The globe. People are mobilizing in growing numbers, but what are the causes and how are they connected to never seen as many protest before we have in this current decade? In a decade that began with the Arab Spring 2019 has had an especially high number of protests happening on almost every continent. Hashtags are often the beating heart of these movements. a social media revolutionizes modern protests proud this process. Social media pay played an important role where protesters communicate with each other talking about tactics how to deal with rapid. This also means that uprisings are often leaderless and able to attract people from different. Rich Poor well educated working class men women children across sectarian divides across political party divides that all United and they all coming to the streets in their thousands increased visibility through news coverage has allowed protesters to show solidarity for causes half a world away. I want to show my support to Catalonia because just share the same difficulty with us, you're also able to borrow from each other's playbooks. The current protests movements are definitely learning from each other when it comes to picking location when it comes to drawing. Branch of strategies and using creative methods as way to reach out to both the domestic audience and their fellow citizens, but also to the international audience. that's alone. protesters began blocking airports and train stations after seeing how effective the tactic was in Hong Kong human chains as a symbol of peaceful protests have become popular as well. Lasers to blind police, That's also a common technique and yellow vests made famous in France have become a symbol of revolt in not only Belgium and Germany. But as far away as Taiwan has, that's my best offer, they're three main causes seem to be Central to these modern protests. When economy stole public services falter and the poorest often suffer most today, we see people protesting against democracies that haven't work so their discontent with the way elected politicians have performed especially in the economic arena. I am says the world economy is in a synchronized slowdown the worst since the 2008 global financial crisis in Ecuador, sterility measures led people to the streets and in Chile. Mind a train fare increase spots National interest, The four cent increase struck a nerve with many lands who are already unhappy with the cost of education, housing and health, and with stagnant salaries and low pensions. Protesters are also standing up to governments that abuse public funds in Iraq. Corruption is so rampant that hundreds of thousands have flooded the streets and nearby Lebanon purchases also want the political system overhauled The Lebanese people are Fed up with the political class with corruption and the state of their country. They want all of the leaders to step down the stolen money to be returned and they want a new government of experts to rebuild the country. They love. Many protesters feel trapped within a political system in Spain, separatists continue to fight for independence for Catalonia, but the world's attention has been focused on Hong Kong. We are here to fight for freedom of Hong Kong months of protests started after an extradition Bowl of China was introduced at Danny advising to a field out of the month. including what protesters talk, police brutality they call for an independent investigation into this. Police brutality as they call it including how police handled protesters at different sites and they also ended up with more than months of greater democracy in the city. Many movements are seeing unprecedented success. There's no doubt that Karen government do feel threatened by these protests. Most protests have received some kind of concessions from the government leaders have even stepped down as momentum builds for global protests so too to their demands. The Prime Minister did resign after two weeks of protests taking his Cabinet with him. But the President and the leaders are still not listening to people's demands, and that's why protesters are still coming to the streets in their thousands across the country. Counting things such as how to how to me, which means thieves thieves. It remains to be seen. However, how these protests can move on to sort of the next stage, which is essentially influencing policies in working with the existing leaders, and maybe even the next leaders to carry out the changes that they desire.











