Category: protests

Hundreds of Southwest Workers Protest COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates at Airline’s Headquarters

Hundreds of Southwest Airlines employees protested outside the carrier’s headquarters in Dallas against the pending COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to footage posted online. A flyer that circulated online for the event called for a peaceful protest against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, calling on workers and others to gather outside the headquarters. “Let your voice be…


Australian Police Officer Quits After Seeing Force Treat COVID-19 Protesters ‘Like Foreign Invaders’

A second member of the Victoria Police force has joined former Acting Senior Sergeant Krystle Mitchell in breaking rank over criticism of how directions from the state’s chief health officer are being enforced. In Australia, chief health officers have emergency powers under the Biosecurity Security Act 2015 to make and impose public health orders in attempts to…


Poles Demonstrate in Support of EU Membership

WARSAW—More than 100,000 Poles demonstrated on Sunday in support of European Union membership after a court ruling that parts of EU law are incompatible with the constitution raised concerns the country could eventually leave the bloc. Politicians across Europe voiced dismay at the ruling by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal on Thursday, which they saw as undercutting…


Indian Minister’s Son Arrested After Recent Protest Left 9 Dead, Including 4 Farmers

The son of a junior minister in India’s government was arrested by police on Saturday after a recent protest escalated and ultimately left nine people dead. Officials and farm leaders said four farmers died after a car ran over a group of farmers who were protesting on Oct. 3 in Lakhimpur Kheri, a town in Uttar Pradesh…


Musk’s Tesla Plant Party in Berlin Draws Fans and Protests

GRUENHEIDE, Germany—Tesla fans flocked to the carmaker’s new factory near Berlin on Saturday, where Chief Executive Elon Musk staged a county-fair style festival to celebrate the site’s imminent opening. Musk hopes in coming weeks to get the green light to start production at the site, which at its peak will produce 500,000 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs)…


Head of NYPD Sergeant Union Resigns After FBI Raids Office, Home

Ed Mullins, the head of the NYPD’s Sergeants Benevolent Association, has resigned from his role just hours after FBI agents raided his home and the group’s Manhattan headquarters. Dozens of federal agents were seen carrying boxes out of the union’s Manhattan headquarters and loading them into a van on Tuesday morning as part of a “law enforcement…


Little Outcry Over Antifa’s Equal-Opportunity Beatdowns of Journalists Left and Right

From covering displaced refugees around the globe to the obstacles faced by protesters seeking change in America, freelance photojournalist Maranie Staab believes her camera can be a force for truth and social justice. The work of a “conflict photographer” often requires physical courage in places she has reported from, such as Africa and the Middle…


Australians Strike Against Vaccine Mandates in Nationwide ‘ReclaimTheLine’ Protests

Australian workers across multiple sectors held strikes across the country on Friday to speak up against state government vaccination mandates in what participants say is an effort to “Reclaim the Line.” Workers gathered in almost two dozen regions across the country. Participants wore white shirts on which they wrote #ReclaimTheLine on the front and their…


West Australians March Against No Jab, No Job Mandate For Health Staff

Hundreds of West Australians gathered outside the WA Department of Health on Friday to protest the state’s decision to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers. The directions issued last month covers staff providing services for heath, medical, nursing, pathology, pharmaceutical, and social work, along with administrative, security, and other ancillary services. Non-compliance will result in…


Quebec, Alberta Laws Banning Some COVID Protests Raise Concerns

New laws in Alberta and Quebec that bar COVID-19-related protests from outside many public institutions raise concerns about curtailment of free expression, with one civil liberties lawyer describing the clamp-down as “political in nature.” In Quebec, public security minister Geneviève Guilbault tabled Bill 105 on Sept. 23 to ban demonstrations “in connection with health measures…