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Beginning in early April 2020, there were protests in several U.S. states against government-imposed lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The protests, mostly organized by conservative groups and individuals, decried the economic and social impact of stay-at-home orders, business closures, and restricted personal ...
- April 15, 2020 – December 25, 2021, (1 year, 8 months, 1 week and 4 days)
- United States
As local area lockdown measures were reintroduced towards the end of summer, followed by stricter national lockdown measures, anti-lockdown protests resurged across the country beginning in September 2020. More than 55 protesters have been arrested in these events as of October 2020.
- Local struggles or opposition to government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Worldwide
- 15 March 2020 – 5 December 2022, (2 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
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November 4, 2020 – April 11, 2021 (5 months and 1 week) Caused by: False claims of electoral fraud made by Donald Trump: Goals: Overturn 2020 presidential election results: Methods: Civil disobedience; Demonstrations; IEDs; Online activism; Resulted in: Attempts to overturn the election of Joe Biden fail. January 6 United States Capitol attack
- November 4, 2020 – April 11, 2021 (5 months and 1 week)
- Overturn 2020 presidential election results
- Allegations of electoral fraud made by Donald Trump
Mar 24, 2022 · Published: 24 March 2022. Restrictions introduced throughout the U.S. in 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19 fostered immediate backlash and gave rise to an anti-mask, anti-lockdown protest movement. This movement provided an opportunity for extremists to campaign, mobilise offline, and potentially reach new sections of the public. Eventually ...
- ‘Operation Gridlock’
- Far-Right Groups
- War of Words
One of the first protests that took place was in Michigan last week, with a group Facebook page called “Operation Gridlock” calling for demonstrators to take to their vehicles to stop traffic near the state’s capitol building in Lansing on April 15. The demonstration was meant to protest Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s strict coronavirus lockdown measu...
Websites and Facebook groups, as well as Reddit threads, calling for states to reopen also popped up across the US over the last week. Many featured the same introduction text on their “About” sections, including Operation Gridlock Tennessee and Operation Gridlock Los Angeles. Though the events appear to be organised in part by mainstream conservat...
Many governors say they are eager to reopen their states but cannot do so until widespread testing is implemented with the help of the federal government. Trump, who has long heralded the strength of the US economy under his stewardship, could face political challenges as the global economy falters due to stay-at-home orders and the resulting lack ...
Apr 21, 2020 · 21 April 2020. Getty Images. Across the country, groups of Americans are taking to the streets in protest of lockdown orders aimed at limiting the spread of Covid-19. Why? The US now has...
Dec 21, 2020 · Published on December 21, 2020. The year 2020 highlighted the resilience of protests around the globe. Despite the greatest public health challenge in over a century—and the viral threat, lockdowns, and increasingly repressive environment it triggered—protests remained an integral part of the global political landscape.
