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2010s Popular Uprisings
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Uprising↕ | Year(s)↕ | Location↕ | Trigger↕ | Outcome↕ | Legacy↕ |
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Tunisian Revolution | 2010-2011 | Tunisia | Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolation over harassment | Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia | Sparked Arab Spring across region, Tunisia only lasting democracy from the wave, 2015 Nobel Peace Prize |
Egyptian Revolution (Tahrir) | 2011 | Cairo, Egypt | Tunisia inspiration, police brutality | Mubarak resigned February 11, 2011 | 18 days of Tahrir Square protests, Morsi elected then overthrown by Sisi in 2013 coup, revolution reversed |
Libyan Civil War | 2011 | Libya | Arrest of human rights lawyer Fathi Terbil | Gaddafi killed October 2011 | NATO intervention, Gaddafi captured and lynched, Libya descended into ongoing civil war chaos |
Syrian Uprising | 2011-present | Syria | Arrest of boys for anti-Assad graffiti in Deraa | Assad survived through Russian Iranian backing | Morphed into brutal civil war, ISIS rise, refugee crisis, ongoing tragedy, half a million dead |
Occupy Wall Street | 2011 | Zuccotti Park, NYC (global spread) | Post-2008 inequality anger | Evicted November 2011 | Introduced we are the 99 percent, reshaped US discussion of inequality, influenced Sanders and Warren |
Euromaidan Revolution | 2013-2014 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Yanukovych rejected EU association agreement | Yanukovych fled to Russia Feb 2014 | Triggered Russian annexation of Crimea and Donbas war, prelude to 2022 full-scale invasion |
Hong Kong Umbrella Movement | 2014 | Hong Kong | Beijing restrictions on 2017 elections | Protests ended without concessions | 79-day occupation, Joshua Wong as symbol, precursor to bigger 2019 protests and National Security Law |
Hong Kong Protests | 2019-2020 | Hong Kong | Extradition bill to mainland China | National Security Law 2020 crushed movement | Massive airport and university sieges, Apple Daily closure, thousands jailed or fled abroad |
Chilean Estallido Social | 2019-2020 | Chile | Santiago metro fare hike | Constitutional rewrite process (rejected 2022) | Not 30 pesos but 30 years slogan, massive protests, rewrote social contract though final charter failed |
Gezi Park Protests | 2013 | Istanbul, Turkey | Plans to demolish Gezi Park for mall | Park saved but Erdogan cracked down | Largest anti-Erdogan protests, brutal police response radicalized opposition, Kavala imprisoned |
Brazilian Vinegar Revolt | 2013 | Brazil | Bus fare hike in Sao Paulo | Fare hike reversed | Giant protests across Brazil, precursor to Rousseff impeachment and Lava Jato political upheaval |
Venezuelan Protests | 2014, 2017, 2019 | Venezuela | Economic collapse and authoritarianism | Maduro remained in power | Massive protests repeatedly crushed, millions fled country, Guaido interim presidency faded |
Iraqi Tishreen Protests | 2019-2020 | Iraq | Unemployment, corruption, Iran influence | PM Mahdi resigned November 2019 | Youth-led anti-sectarian movement, hundreds killed by security forces, shifted Iraqi politics |
Sudanese Revolution | 2018-2019 | Sudan | Bread price triple and economic crisis | Bashir overthrown April 2019 | Ended 30-year Bashir rule, civilian-military council, derailed by 2021 military coup |
Lebanese October Revolution | 2019-2020 | Lebanon | Proposed WhatsApp tax | Hariri resigned, no lasting reform | Mass protests across sects, followed by currency collapse and 2020 Beirut port explosion |
Belarus Protests | 2020 | Belarus | Stolen election, Lukashenko vs Tikhanovskaya | Lukashenko stayed with Russian backing | Largest protests in Belarus history, women-led pro-democracy movement, Tikhanovskaya exiled |
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