The students were part of nationwide protests against new employment regulations that will allow employers to hire and fire young workers more easily.

The resulting tower blockades have been an integral part of periodic protests at the Goethe University for many years.

Wikipedia has taken its English-language site offline as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US.

Editors Robert Head and Darlene Fife were part of political protests that extended the "memeo revolution" through pamphleteering used by freedom-of-speech poets during the 1960s.

Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press A huge rally in downtown St. Petersburg on Saturday, part of nationwide protests.

Since then over 100 arrests have taken place as a part of various protests associated with Climate Ground Zero.

Left-wing anarchists have been a part of anti-globalization protests.

In the 1930s, during an economic crisis, the town was part of fierce protests against the government of Antanas Smetona.

"At times the French appear irritated by American power," Mr. Belin noted, recalling attacks on McDonald's as part of anti-globalization protests.

The rally was part of statewide protests across Tamil Nadu in 2008 condemning Sri Lanka.