Insights and Stories on Protest

France could face nationwide farmer protests as anger mounts

Jan. 19, 2024 at 10:15 am CST

France's largest farm union FNSEA is considering nationwide protests in the coming weeks, a spokesperson said on Friday, potentially expanding action by farmers in the southwest who have blocked a highway and dumped manure on public buildings.

Demonstrating farmers with tractors pack a street near the Brandenburg gate in Berlin.

German farmers block roads with tractors in protest at subsidy cuts

Jan. 8, 2024 at 9:24 am CST

By Reuters

Farm and agrifood groups press for clear border crossings

Feb. 11, 2022 at 8:29 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Pandemic protestors block Windsor border crossing

Feb. 8, 2022 at 4:35 pm CST

By David Ljunggren Ismail Shakil

Greek farmers stage tractor protest against soaring energy costs

Feb. 4, 2022 at 5:21 pm CST

By Alexandros Avramidis

Vaccine protest jams southern Alberta border crossing

Jan. 31, 2022 at 2:41 am CST

UPDATED, Jan. 31 — A major supply chain corridor between Alberta and the U.S. remained blockaded through into Sunday evening by vehicles in protest of mandates requiring foreign truckers entering Canada and the U.S. to be vaccinated. The protest on Highway 4 at the Coutts, Alta. border crossing, about 100 […]

By Dave Bedard

India’s Modi backs down on farm reforms in surprise win for protesters

Nov. 19, 2021 at 4:56 pm CST

Ghaziabad, India | Reuters — In a surprise announcement Friday, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would repeal agriculture laws that farmers have been protesting against for more than a year, sparking celebrations for what farmers called a hard-fought victory. Modi’s decision is a significant climb-down for the combative […]

By Mayank Bhardwaj rajendra-jadhav