Category: lockdown protest

Netherlands Imposes Christmas-Time Lockdown, Taking the Dutch by Surprise

The Netherlands entered into a strict Christmas lockdown driving desperate Dutch shopkeepers to demand government reimbursements for sales lost, as Omicron keeps spreading in European nations. Prime Minister Mark Rutte declared the shutdown in an announcement Saturday, ordering the closure of all services, including gyms, hairdressers, restaurants, and other public places. Only essential services are…


Australian Protest Rallies and Civil Disobedience

Commentary Every weekend, numerous rallies are held in the major cities and regional centres against the COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions. These rallies are mostly ineffective and meaningless exercises to halt the transformation of Australia into a bureaucratic and illiberal state. The emergence of a period of capricious authoritarianism in the history of Australia has…