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| x Civil disobedience |
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Civil disobedience is the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government, or of an occupying power, without resorting to physical violence. It is one of the primary methods of nonviolent resistance. In its most nonviolent...
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| x September 24, 2005 anti-war protest |
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On September 24, 2005, many protests against the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the Iraq War took place.
Protesters from around the country joined a march in Washington, D.C. organized by ANSWER Coalition and United for Peace and Justice to promote peace...
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| x 12th Street riot |
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The Detroit 1967 riot or the 1967 Detroit rebellion , or more commonly referred to in Detroit and Michigan as the Twelfth Street riot, was a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan that began in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 1967. The...
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| x Riot |
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A riot is a form of civil disorder characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of violence against people or property. While individuals may attempt to lead or control a riot, riots are typically chaotic and exhibit...
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| x Peace camp |
Peace camps are a form of physical protest camp that is focused on anti-war activity. They are set up outside military bases by members of the peace movement who oppose either the existence of the military bases themselves, the armaments held there,...
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| x Tobacco Protest |
The Tobacco Protest, was a Shi'a cleric-led revolt in Iran against an 1890 tobacco concession granted by the Shah to the Western imperial power of Great Britain. The protest climaxed in a widely-obeyed December 1891 fatwa against tobacco use issued...
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| x Raasta roko |
Raasta roko means "obstruct the road" in Hindi. It is a form of protest quite commonly practised in India. It usually involves a fairly large number of people preventing vehicular traffic from using a generally busy thoroughfare. Pedestrian traffic...
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| x Self-immolation |
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Self-immolation is often used to refer to suicide by fire. The Latin-based English word immolate, which for centuries was rarely used, means sacrifice, without any reference to burning, so more generally self-immolation means suicide without...
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| x Rent strike |
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A rent strike is a method of protest commonly employed against large landlords. In a rent strike, a group of tenants come together and agree to refuse to pay their rent en masse until a specific list of demands is met by the landlord. This can be a...
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| x Samizdat |
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Samizdat (Russian: самиздат; Russian pronunciation: [səmɨˈzdat]) was a key form of dissident activity across the Soviet-bloc; individuals reproduced censored publications by hand and passed the documents from reader to reader, thus building a...
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| x Culture jamming |
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Culture jamming is a tactic in which an activist attempts to disrupt or subvert mainstream cultural institutions or corporate advertising. Culture jamming is usually employed in opposition to a perceived appropriation of public space, or as a...
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| x General strike |
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A general strike is a strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city, region or country. While a general strike can be for political goals, economic goals, or both, it tends to gain its momentum from the ideological or class...
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| x Anti-Japanese demonstrations, 2005 |
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The Anti-Japanese demonstrations of 2005 were a series of demonstrations, some peaceful, some violent, which were held across most of East Asia in the spring of 2005. They were sparked off by a number of issues, including the approval of a Japanese...
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| x Maldon Grain Riots |
The Maldon Grain riots of 1629 took place after a particularly poor grain harvest . In March of that year a group of rioters led by one “Captain” Ann Carter, the wife of a butcher boarded a Flemish grain ship. There was a widespread belief at the...
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| x 2006 Dalit protests in Maharashtra |
In November-December 2006, the desecration of a Ambedkar statue in Kanpur triggered off violent protests by Dalits in Maharashtra, India.
There was resentment among the Dalit in Maharashtra, due to murder of four Dalits, allegedly by a mob of Kunbis...
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| x Mandal Commission protests of 1990 |
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Mandal Commission protests of 1990 closed roads, highways, transportation services, government services, schools, and businesses of India. Anti-reservationists protested against the political content of the commission with the potential to riot and...
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| x Assam Agitation |
The Assam Agitation (or Assam Movement) was a popular movement against illegal immigrants in Assam between 1979 and 1985. The movement, led by All Assam Students Union and the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad, set an agitational program to compel the...
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| x 2006 Indian anti-reservation protests |
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The anti-caste-based-reservation protests 2006, that took place in parts of India, were in opposition to the decision of the Union Government of India, the multiparty coalition 'United Progressive Alliance' (headed by the Indian National Congress),...
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| x Notre-Dame Affair |
The Notre-Dame Affair was an action performed by Michel Mourre, Serge Berna, Ghislain Desnoyers de Marbaix, and Jean Rullier, members of the radical wing of the Lettrist movement, on Easter Sunday, 9 April 1950, at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris,...
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| x May 1968 |
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May 1968, referring to the period when the events occurred in France, saw the largest general strike that ever stopped the economy of an advanced industrial country, the first wildcat general strike in history, and a series of student occupation...
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| x 2006 student protests in Chile |
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The 2006 student protests in Chile (also known as the Penguins' Revolution or The March of the Penguins, because of the students' uniform) were a series of ongoing student voice protests carried out by high school students across Chile from late...
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| x Cochabamba social unrest of 2007 |
The Cochabamba social unrest of 2007 is an event in Bolivia. The policies of the socialist President Evo Morales had caused many politicians in other political parties to speak out openly against his goals. Especially notable among them is the...
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| x Bolivian miners' protest of 2007 |
In early 2007 members of Bolivia's mining co-operatives took to the streets to protest a proposed tax by the government of Evo Morales. The gravity of the situation was compounded as some threw sticks of lit dynamite.
In early February 2007, parts...
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| x Bolivian Gas War |
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The Bolivian gas conflict was a social confrontation in Bolivia centering on the exploitation of the country's vast natural gas reserves. The expression can be extended to refer to the general conflict in Bolivia over the exploitation of gas...
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| x 2008 unrest in Bolivia |
The 2008 unrest in Bolivia began with protests against President Evo Morales and calls for greater autonomy for the country's eastern departments. Demonstrators escalated the protests by seizing natural gas infrastructure and government buildings....
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| x 2000 Cochabamba protests |
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The Cochabamba protests of 2000, also known as the "Cochabamba Water Wars," were a series of protests that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia's third largest city, between January and April 2000 because of the privatization of the municipal water...
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| x 1989 riots in Argentina |
The 1989 food riots were a series of riots and related episodes of looting in stores and supermarkets in Argentina, during the last part of the presidency of Raúl Alfonsín, between May and June 1989. The riots were caused by the rampant...
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| x December 2001 riots |
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The December 2001 riots were a period of civil unrest and rioting in Argentina, which took place during December 2001, with the most violent incidents taking place on December 19 and December 20 in the capital, Buenos Aires.
The riots were a...
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| x 2006 United States immigration reform protests |
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In 2006, millions of people, with at least 500,000 in Los Angeles alone participated in protests over a proposed reform to U.S. immigration policy. The protests began in response to proposed legislation known as H.R. 4437, which would raise...
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| x WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity |
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Protest activity surrounding the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, which was to be the launch of a new millennial round of trade negotiations, occurred on November 30, 1999 (nicknamed "N30" on similar lines to J18 and similar mobilizations), when...
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| x Birmingham campaign |
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The Birmingham campaign was a strategic movement organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to bring attention to the unequal treatment black Americans endured in Birmingham, Alabama. The campaign ran during the spring of 1963,...
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| x Montebello High School flag flipping incident, 2006 |
The Montebello High School flag flipping incident, 2006 was a local incident that became a flashpoint for critics of illegal immigration.
In response to proposed federal legislation regulating illegal immigration Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, and...
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| x Selma to Montgomery marches |
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The Selma to Montgomery marches were three marches in 1965 that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement. They were the culmination of the voting rights movement in Selma, Alabama, launched by Amelia Boynton and...
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| x Liberty Street Protest |
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Liberty Street Protest. In the summer of 2004 artist/photographer Glen E. Friedman had gained permission from his long-time friend Russell Simmons to make a huge political statement in the windows of his property across the street from 9-11 Ground...
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| x Turn Your Back on Bush |
Turn Your Back on Bush was a form of protest in the United States to express dissatisfaction with former President George W. Bush. The first known protest took place on June 14, 2002 in Columbus, Ohio where President Bush delivered a commencement...
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| x Solidarity Day march |
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The Solidarity Day march was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on September 19, 1981. Approximately 250,000 people took part in the march.
On 3 August 1981, 12,500 air traffic controllers, members of the Professional Air...
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| x Poor People's Campaign |
In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) organized the Poor People's Campaign to address issues of economic justice, specifically for sanitation workers to receive a $9 per hour minimum wage rather than...
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| x Berkeley oak grove controversy |
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The University of California, Berkeley oak grove controversy arose over the planned removal of a grove of oak trees in preparation for the construction of a new student athletic training center for the University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley...
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| x Columbia University protests of 1968 |
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The Columbia University protests of 1968 were among the many student demonstrations that occurred around the world in that year. The Columbia protests erupted over the spring of that year after students discovered links between the university and...
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| x Children's Crusade |
The Children's Crusade was the name bestowed upon a march by hundreds of school students in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 2 and May 3, 1963, during the American Civil Rights Movement. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel, the purpose of the...
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| x Million Woman March |
The Million Woman March was a protest march organized on October 25, 1997, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded and formulated by Sis. Phile' Chionesu, a grassroots activist, human rights advocate, and Black Nationalist/Freedom Fighter....
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| x Valdez Blockade |
The Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 had devastated the shore around Prince William Sound, diminishing the marine population. Consequently, the fishery industry in the area faced a sharp fall on their fish catch and revenue. Feeling little had been...
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| x East L.A. walkouts |
The East Los Angeles Walkouts or Chicano Blowouts were a series of 1968 protests against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools. While the students who organized and carried out the protests were primarily concerned...
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| x Miss America protest |
The September 1968 protest by feminists outside of the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey was largely responsible for bringing the term "Women's Liberation" into the American national consciousness. The group was led by former...
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| x Million Fax on Washington |
Million Fax on Washington is a November 2008 – January 2009 petition aimed at influencing the President-elect of the United States to put the extraterrestrial issue on the new administration's agenda. The strategy by which to achieve this is to have...
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| x 2003 Port of Oakland dock protest |
On April 7th, 2003, in Oakland, California, United States, police fired wooden dowels, sting balls, concussion grendades, tear gas and other non-lethal weapons when protesters at the gates of two shipping lines at the port refused an order to...
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| x Purple Rain Protest |
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Also: Purple Rain Revolt, and Purple Rain Riot
On September 2, 1989, four days before South Africa's racially segregated parliament held its elections, Burg Street in Cape Town rained purple. A police water cannon with purple dye was turned on...
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| x Rainbow Nation Peace Ritual |
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The day after F W De Klerk's landmark announcement that the African National Congress (ANC) and other political organisations would be unbanned and Nelson Mandela would be released from prison, a small group of Capetonians took to the streets in an...
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| x 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott |
The 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott was a protest undertaken against the Public Utility Transport Corporation by the people of Alexandra in Johannesburg.
It is generally recognised as being one of the few successful political campaigns of the Apartheid...
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| x Cape Town peace march |
On 13 September 1989, 30 000 Capetonians from a diverse cross-section of the city marched in support of peace and the end of apartheid. The event, led by Mayor Gordon Oliver, Archbishop Tutu, Rev Frank Chikane, Moulana Faried Esack, Allan Boesak,...
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| x Rand Rebellion |
The Rand Rebellion (or Rand Revolt, or Second Rand Revolt) was an armed uprising of Afrikaans and English-speaking white miners in Witwatersrand, Union of South Africa, in March 1922, sparked off by the mining companies’ intensified exploitation of...
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| x Sharpeville massacre |
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The Sharpeville Massacre, also known as the Sharpeville shootings, occurred on March 21, 1960, when South African police began shooting on a crowd of black protesters. The confrontation occurred in the township of Sharpeville, in what is now Gauteng...
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| x Defiance Campaign |
The Defiance Campaign against Unjust Laws was presented by the African National Congress (ANC) at a conference held in Bloemfontein, South Africa in December 1951.
'The ANC decided to implement, a national action the following year, based on non...
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| x Bisho massacre |
The Bisho massacre occurred on 7 September 1992 in Bisho, in the nominally independent homeland of Ciskei in South Africa. Twenty-eight African National Congress supporters and one soldier were shot dead by the Ciskei Defence Force during a protest...
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| x Soweto riots |
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The Soweto uprising or Soweto riots were a series of clashes in Soweto, South Africa on June 16, 1976 between black youths and the South African authorities. The riots grew out of protests against the policies of the National Party government and...
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| x Fathers 4 Justice protests |
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Fathers 4 Justice is a fathers' rights pressure group based in the United Kingdom, who have staged many protests which have received national news coverage because of their circumstances.
On October 31, 2003, David Chick, dressed as Spider-Man,...
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| x Environmental direct action in the United Kingdom |
The environmental direct action movement in the United Kingdom started in 1990 with the forming of the first UK Earth First! group. The movement rapidly grew to include road protest camps, airport camps, anti-GMO actions, electricity generators, and...
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| x End Water Poverty |
End Water Poverty is an international campaign calling for sanitation and potable water for all. UN figures show that worldwide, 2.6 billion people live without anywhere to excrete in a sanitary manner and over one billion have no safe water to...
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| x UK fuel protests |
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The fuel protests in the United Kingdom were a series of campaigns held in the United Kingdom over the cost of petrol and diesel for road vehicle use. There have been 3 notable campaigns amongst many other protests in the 21st century. The first...
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| x Road protest in the United Kingdom |
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Road protest in the United Kingdom usually occurs as a reaction to a stated intention by the empowered authorities to build a new road, or to modify an existing road. Protests may also be made by those wishing to see new roads built or improvements...
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