Global Resistance in Solidarity with Ferguson

By: Jaclyn Sisto

Follow this link to see an interactive map of the global resistances and protests that followed the events that happened in Ferguson.

https://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/sisto15.jgaej58l/page.html?access_token=pk.eyJ1Ijoic2lzdG8xNSIsImEiOiJiWFJDaFJRIn0.SGcPOmeoH5ssGeb7G2EKiA#2/31.4/-2.8

The protests in Ferguson following the shooting of 18 year old Michael Brown have sparked nationwide conversations about police brutality and race issues. These conversations have spread with the help of social media to different parts of the world. The reactions differ, but here are some of the best.

texas

(Taken at a solidarity march and rally in Houston, Texas)

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(Taken during a solidarity rally in Boston, Massachusetts)

tibet

(Exiled Tibetan monks travel from India to Ferguson in an act of solidarity)

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(Taken at the Champions League match; Arsenal v Besiktas)

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(Taken outside the US Embassy in London, England)

Issues of race, class, and inequality permeate through global society. They are issues that many people can relate to personally. The bravery of the people protesting in Ferguson are making it possible for other marginalized groups to stand up and speak in both solidarity for the people in Ferguson and also to advocate for their own issues.

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