Hues and cries: The colors of protests around the world 3 SHARES Share it! YELLOW VEST PROTESTS, FRANCE 2018“Yellow vest” protests have gripped France for four weeks, blocking highways from Provence to Normandy and erupting in rioting in Paris. UMBRELLA MOVEMENT, HONG KONG, 2014The color yellow was closely associated with massive pro-democracy protests known as the Umbrella Movement. (AP Photos/Sakchai Lalit)YELLOW SHIRTS AND RED SHIRTS, THAILAND 2006Thailand’s Yellow Shirts and Red Shirts represent two opposing political factions: respectively, opponents of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and his supporters. BLUE STATES, RED STATES, UNITED STATES 2000The notion of “blue states” and “red states” in the United States emerged during the aftermath of the contested 2000 election when TV networks used frequent on-air maps to show the breakdown between states going for Texas Gov.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 12, 2018 15:11 UTC