All around the world people are upset with their governments and the way they are being treated. Even in our own country people are standing up for what they believe is right. Americans are fighting against oppression, the inaction of government, and corporations who don’t seem to care who gets hurt in the name of progress and profit. In other countries like Brazil and Venezuela protesters fill the streets pleading for their political change as they starve. It would be nice to think that this is something rare but the truth is the world’s societies are constantly growing and the only way for us to grow is to evolve through our struggles. When the populous takes to the streets to battle corrupt governments or large corporations it could be for
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Many of Brazil’s citizens were kicked out of their homes. The cost of Food rose and the standard of living plummeted. All the while the government and large corporations were making a killing in trade. In 2013 the announcement that Brazil would host not only the Confederations Cup and the World Cup, but also the Olympics in 2016, the people had had enough. According to the Guardian, “At least eighty cities held demonstrations with a turnout of over two million. Some protestors wore Guy Fawkes masks to emulate the Occupy Wall Street protests here in the states. Some protestors were seen wearing red noses to show that they no longer wanted to be treated like clowns. These weren’t just young people, but white and blue collar working class people as well.” This went on for years and there is still unrest in Brazil as they fight for clean drinking water and better living conditions. The 2016 Olympics and other mega events still took place, having bankrupted the nation’s economy, and President Delma Rousseff has finally gone to trail for impeachment. This may not seem like a lot was won in 3 years but here we are over fifty years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and African-Americans are still fighting for equality and against issues that refuse to go away. Brazil has a long uphill battle but if the citizenry continues to organize and make themselves heard their change will
Many of Brazil’s citizens were kicked out of their homes. The cost of Food rose and the standard of living plummeted. All the while the government and large corporations were making a killing in trade. In 2013 the announcement that Brazil would host not only the Confederations Cup and the World Cup, but also the Olympics in 2016, the people had had enough. According to the Guardian, “At least eighty cities held demonstrations with a turnout of over two million. Some protestors wore Guy Fawkes masks to emulate the Occupy Wall Street protests here in the states. Some protestors were seen wearing red noses to show that they no longer wanted to be treated like clowns. These weren’t just young people, but white and blue collar working class people as well.” This went on for years and there is still unrest in Brazil as they fight for clean drinking water and better living conditions. The 2016 Olympics and other mega events still took place, having bankrupted the nation’s economy, and President Delma Rousseff has finally gone to trail for impeachment. This may not seem like a lot was won in 3 years but here we are over fifty years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and African-Americans are still fighting for equality and against issues that refuse to go away. Brazil has a long uphill battle but if the citizenry continues to organize and make themselves heard their change will