Protest
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Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations: sometimes in favour, more often opposed. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly and forcefully making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or may undertake direct action to attempt to directly enact desired changes themselves.
Self-expression can, in theory, in practice or in appearance, be restricted by governmental policy, economic circumstances, religious orthodoxy, social structures, or media monopoly. When such restrictions happen, grumbles or interior opposition may spill over into other areas such as culture, the streets or emigration.
- Note: In American English, the verb protest often acts transitively: The students protested the policy. Elsewhere one can still find intransitive usage: The students protested against the policy; or: The students protested in favour of the policy.
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Historical examples
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Unaddressed protest may grow and foster dissent, activism, riots, insurgency, revolts, and political and/or social revolution, as in:
- Northern Europe in the early 16th century (Protestant Reformation)
- North America in the 1770s (American Revolution)
- France in 1789 (French Revolution)
- United States of America in the late 20th century (for example Stonewall riots)
- Serbia in 2000
- Argentina in 2001 (December 2001 Riots, Cacerolazos)
Forms of protest
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Recognized forms of protest include:
- Boycott
- Bully pulpit
- Civil disobedience
- Some cases of culture jamming and graffiti
- Demonstration
- Flag desecration
- Satyagraha (non-violent protest)
- Occupation
- Peace camp
- Picketing
- Protest march
- Protest song
- Certain classes of publicity stunt
- Riot (sometimes protests lead to riots)
- Samizdat and zine
- Self-immolation
- Sit-in
- Sitdown strike
- Die-in
- Strike action
- Formation of a Tent City
- Rent strike
See also
- Anti-globalization movement
- Global protests against war on Iraq from 2002 to 2004
- First Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
- UK fuel protest
- May 1968
External links
- High-tech protest at the 2004 Republican National Convention (http://www.alternet.org/story/19541/)
- Protests over the Rules in the German Wikipedia (http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_Diskussion:Neues_Meinungsbild_Urheberrecht&oldid=4963401)de:Protest