Executive Summary.......................................................................................................... 8
1. Objectives and Methodology................................................................................... 12
2. The World Awakes: Protests Increase 2006-2020...................................................... 15
3. Main Grievances/Demands...................................................................................... 18
4. Grievances/Demands on Failure of Political Representation and Political Systems...... 21
4.a. Real Democracy............................................................................................... 24
4.b. Corruption....................................................................................................... 24
4.c. Justice............................................................................................................. 25
4.d. Sovereignty and Patriotic Issues........................................................................ 25
4.e. Transparency and Accountability...................................................................... 25
4.f. A "Deep Government"/Oligarchy...................................................................... 25
4.g. Anti-War Protests/Anti Military-Industrial Complex........................................... 26
4.h. Citizen Surveillance.......................................................................................... 26
4.i. Anti-Socialism and Anti-Communism................................................................. 26
5. Grievances/Demands on Economic Justice/Anti-Austerity......................................... 27
5.a. Jobs, Higher Wages and Labor Conditions......................................................... 30
5.b. Reform of Public Services.................................................................................. 30
5.c. Corporate Influence/Deregulation/Privatization................................................ 31
5.d. Inequality........................................................................................................ 31
5.e. Tax/Fiscal Justice............................................................................................. 31
5.f. Low Living Standards....................................................................................... 32
5.g. Agrarian/Land Reform..................................................................................... 32
5.h. Fuel and Energy Prices...................................................................................... 32
5.i. Pension Reforms.............................................................................................. 33
5.j. Housing........................................................................................................... 33
5.k. Food Prices....................
Isabel Ortiz is Director of the Global Social Justice Program at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, USA, and former Director at the United Nations’ International Labor Organization and UNICEF.
Sara Burke is Senior Policy Analyst at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung New York, USA.
Mohamed Berrada is a Senior Economist and Independent Consultant.
Hernán Saenz Cortés is Senior Researcher on Inequality and Tax and Advocacy Coordinator on European Union - Latin America relations at OXFAM.
