Category: Political Unrest

How do Cell Phones and Social Networks Help Protesters Organize?

26 August, 2011 (23:17) | Political Unrest, Protest | No comments

2011 has been a very tumultuous year around the world as almost every country on earth has struggled with the economic recession. As unemployment remains high around the world more political groups are forming to protest their government’s lack of progress or inaction with solving fiscal and social problems. Protests are an effective means of [...]

Red Shirts/Yellow Shirts

12 December, 2010 (01:37) | Political Unrest | No comments

Since 2005, the yellow-shirted People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), has fought two governments in Bangkok and now looks to be protesting the border along Cambodia. Many in the region are worried that the protests will distract from upcoming elections and feel that PAD’s protests are meant to undermine them. In addition, there have been legitimate [...]