Instead, Arizona was dubbed "immigration ground" zero when a series of volatile street protests burst in Phoenix in the fall of 2007, and now with the passage of 1070, it has also become the epicenter of sharp criticism and mockery around the nation and the world in 2010.
But it quickly transformed into a volatile political protest, as a mob of several thousand burned down a hotel, then set siege to a regional official's house.
According to the reports, Alameda County Sheriff's deputies used grenades filled with rubber pellets, and Palo Alto police officers used pepper-ball guns to fire indiscriminately into a volatile crowd during protests last October and November, both of which are prohibited.
Its shares have been volatile since Arab Spring protests in February.
While the current situation is somewhat volatile, the mass protests in Ferguson, New York City, Berkeley, Calif., on multiple college campuses by undergraduate and graduate students, law students, medical students, college presidents, celebrities and other influential citizens across racial and economic lines is inspirational as well as hopeful.
Sarah Lyall (NYT) THE AMERICAS COLOMBIA: PEASANTS PROTEST -- Thousands of peasants blocked highways in the volatile northeast to protest President Andrés Pastrana's plans to open peace talks and cede territory to a second guerrilla faction.
Analysts warn that the indictment, coupled with Yingluck's call for elections, could further stoke an already volatile situation, sparking further protests and potential violence.
With the Middle East highly volatile as fighting and protests continue in a number of countries, Mrs. Merkel warned the visiting Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, against any further delay in returning to the negotiating table.
Of course, we will never know whether Hong Rengan and his cousin would have ruled better than the debauched Qing, but China today is, as in the pre-Taiping era, volatile, plagued by widespread protests, strikes and insurrections (and, as then, the instability follows a period of intense globalization).
