英国伦敦两年前爆发了大规模骚乱；巴黎时不时因为罢工和示威而陷入瘫痪；希腊正在日渐变成法西斯城市；墨西哥城因为教师占领中央广场而陷入了实际关闭；土耳其总理埃尔多安6月份以暴力手段镇压了持续了数周的反对其日益独裁的治国风格的游行。
The United Kingdom had mass riots in London just two summers ago; strikes and demonstrations have paralyzed Paris on a regular basis; Greece has a rising fascist party; Mexico City has been practically shut down by teachers occupying the central square; and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan resorted to violence in June to quell weeks of protests against his increasingly autocratic ways.