(The Conversation) – From Paris and Rome to Jakarta, Indonesia, and New York, a curious banner has appeared in protest squares. With hollow cheeks, a broad grin and a straw hat with a red band, the ...

Gen Z protesters from Indonesia and Nepal to Madagascar and Morocco, are rallying behind an unexpected banner: a grinning ...

Why did a pirate flag from the Japanese anime series "One Piece" become a rallying symbol for the Gen Z protest movements around the world?A grinning skull wearing a straw hat: Fans of the Japanese ...

The Jolly Roger flag was not so merry for a merchant ship in the golden age of piracy. Legend has it that pirates marauded the Caribbean and the eastern seaboard flying flags decorated with symbols of ...