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[[Image:A16 IMF march.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the [[World Bank]] and [[International Monetary Fund]] on [[April 16]], [[2005]].]] |
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[[image:Mar15-peace-protests-mtl.jpg|right|thumb|200px|March 15, 2003, peace protest in Montreal]] |
[[image:Mar15-peace-protests-mtl.jpg|right|thumb|200px|March 15, 2003, peace protest in Montreal]] |
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[[Image:Hotel Washington during Million Worker March.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Protesters outside the Hotel Washington during the [[Million Worker March]].]] |
[[Image:Hotel Washington during Million Worker March.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Protesters outside the Hotel Washington during the [[Million Worker March]].]] |
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[[Image:Sacramento 2003 GMO USDA protest-'Resist' flag-300px.jpg|thumb|right|200px|2003 GMO USDA protest]] |
[[Image:Sacramento 2003 GMO USDA protest-'Resist' flag-300px.jpg|thumb|right|200px|2003 GMO USDA protest]] |
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[[Image:Breasts-not-bombs.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Protests can use controversy surrounding [[topfree equality]] to draw attention. Scene from an [[September 24, 2005 anti-war protest|anti-war protest]] in Washington, D.C. September 24, 2005.]] |
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Revision as of 16:28, 14 March 2006
Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations: sometimes in favor, though 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 favor of the policy.
Historical examples
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 (for example the Stonewall riots (1969) or the Haymarket riot (1886))
- Anti-globalization Protests in Prague in 2000
- Serbia in 2000
- Argentina in 2001 (December 2001 Riots, Cacerolazos)
Forms of protest
Recognized forms of protest include:
- Literature and art - such as the 13th century Spanish tale "The Emperor Has No Clothes"
- Boycott
- Bully pulpit
- Civil disobedience
- Some cases of culture jamming and graffiti
- Demonstration
- Flag desecration
- Satyagraha (non-violent protest)
- Tax resistance
- Occupation
- Peace camp
- Picketing
- Protest march
- Protest song
- Public nudity
- Certain classes of publicity stunt
- Riot (sometimes protests lead to riots)
- Samizdat and zine
- Self-immolation
- Sit-in
- Teach-in
- Topfree
- Sitdown strike
- Die-in
- Strike action
- Formation of a Tent City
- Rent strike
- Raasta roko
See also
- Action on Climate Change
- Anti-globalization movement
- First Amendment to the United States Constitution
- May 1968
- Protests against the 2003 Iraq war
- Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
- UK fuel protest