- Iranians in US Protest Registration Order (December 19, 2002)
...ests of some Iranian nationals by U.S. immigration officials. Thousands of protesters took to the streets Wednesday, saying hundreds of Iranians were detained i... - Undercover Police Officers Spied on Anti-War Activists (March 28, 2004)
...own Grand Rapids street. Police had reason for heightened concern about protesters, because of the arrest of 12 people at a January 2003 rally protesting an... - Iranian-Americans Protest Registration (December 19, 2002)
...s. The demonstration was peaceful, and police reported no arrests. Most protesters carried signs such as "Detain terrorists, not innocent immigrants." Anothe... - Protesters call for a Chestnut Revolution (November 25, 2004)
...stern Georgia. But after three weeks of protest, he had to capitulate when protesters overran parliament. A year later, many Ukrainians, disenchanted after a... - Subpoenas on Anti-War Protest Dropped (February 11, 2004)
... Tuesday dropped subpoenas that they issued last week ordering antiwar protesters to appear before a grand jury and ordering a university to turn over infor... - NION: Anti-War Protesters Line Streets in Central California (October 7, 2002)
...We want them to know they aren't the only ones." Thousands of anti-war protesters took to the streets throughout the state Sunday, beating drums, hoisting s... - NION: Rally in New York Protests Possible Iraq War (October 6, 2002)
...NEW YORK — About 10,000 protesters gathered in New York City's Central Park on Sunday to demonstrate against... - 'Free Speech Zones' Shouldn't Squelch Right to Disagree (May 5, 2003)
...re he was doing it." Federal charges against out-of-place but peaceful protesters are unusual, particularly when the charges carry maximum penalties that ru... - British Peace Protester on Hunger Strike in Israel (June 5, 2002)
...i jail. Josie Sandercock is thought to have been taking part in a peace protest at a Palestinian refugee camp. The University of Birmingham says it is inv... - Anti-War Protests Swell After Iraq Attack (March 21, 2003)
... nightsticks arrested more than 1,300 people by early evening. About 1,000 protesters remained on downtown streets late Thursday, vowing to shut down the city a... - Anti-War Protesters Shot with Wooden Bullets (April 7, 2003)
...Protesters and dockworkers were hit with wooden bullets when Oakland police opened fi... - Who Are the Genoa Protesters? (June 21, 2002)
...ical group with anarchist tendencies Seeking alternatives In Genoa the protesters formed an alternative summit to the G8. They hoped it would galvanise... - NION: Anti-War Protesters Demonstrate in Seattle (October 8, 2002)
...Westlake Center was unusually full last night as more than 1,000 protesters showed up to protest war and for a “call for actions of protest and resist... - With One Voice, the World Says No (February 17, 2003)
... one voice, one heartbeat, through the streets of Sydney yesterday. The protesters joined a worldwide wave of demonstrations, not seen since the Vietnam War,... - A20: Angered by War and Poverty, Thousands Set to Descend on Washington (April 14, 2002)
... that these protests have resulted in violent behavior on the part of some protesters in the past and that's what we have to guard against," Ramsey said. "The m... -
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.
Table of contents 1 Causes
2 Historical Examples
3 Forms of Protest
4 See also
Causes
Wherever governmental policy, economic circumstances, religious orthodoxy, social structures, or media monopoly restrict self-expression in theory, in practice or in appearance, grumbles or interior opposition may spill over into other areas such as culture, the streets or emigration.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 (see Protestant Reformation)
- North America in the 1770s (see American Revolution)
- France in 1789 (see French Revolution)
- United States of America in the late 20th-century (see for example Stonewall riots)
- Serbia in 2000.
Forms of Protest
Canonical forms of protest include:- parts of the Anti-globalization movement
- boycotts
- Charta 77
- civil disobedience
- some cases of culture jamming
- demonstrations
- flag desecration
- non-violent protest
- occupation
- picketing
- protest marches
- protest songs
- certain classes of publicity stunt
- samizdat and zines
- sit-ins
- die-ins
- strike action
- terrorism
See also
- Global protests against war in Iraq in 2003 (both before the war and during the war)
- List of protests
Note: In American English the verb "protest" often acts transitively: The students protested the policy. Elsewhere we still find intransitive usage: The students protested against the policy; or: The students protested in favour of the policy.