Economic Crisis, Anti-government Protest | featured news

Fueling the demonstrators’ anger is the perceived failure by politicians to alleviate the hardships imposed on a struggling population by a jobless rate of 21 percent.

May Day protesters clashed with riot police in Germany, Turkey and Greece on Friday while thousands angry at the government's responses to the global financial crisis took to the streets in France.

Police in London braced for new protests a day after several thousand demonstrators jammed the streets of London’s financial district in a brief but brutal spasm of violence.

Thousands of protesters crowded together outside the Bank of England in London today, a day before President Obama and other leaders gathered for the G-20 summit to discuss the world's economic crisis. Some protesters lunged toward the police line.

US Vice-President Joe Biden urges G20 protesters to give governments a chance to tackle the economic crisis.

Thousands of people marched through European cities Saturday to demand jobs, economic justice and environmental accountability, ...

The financial crisis and a series of scandals has Irish workers fuming -- and likely to take it out on the government.