Why “protest” is being discussed
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Yeah, because protesting billionaire bought laws has such a wonderul track record in the West that there are scarcely any left. To protest in most places in Australia you need a…
by scotty79 · Oct 31, 2026
I was just reading about some environmental protestors outside the first minister's residence in Edinburgh. They're doing a Halloween protest with lots of pumpkins, it seems qui…
by card_zero · Oct 31, 2026
The French students form of protest has already yielded concessions.
by analognoise · Oct 31, 2026
When people protest by bringing out the guillotine it is of course too violent and unbridled. When they block bridges then there are ambulances people might die in. When they po…
by saagarjha · Oct 31, 2026
> a symbolic protest against the problems posed by delivery robots: the displacement of low-income delivery workers; the physical hazard the robots pose on the sidewalk; and the…
by dionian · Oct 31, 2026
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A protest is a public act of objection, disapproval or dissent against political advantage. Protests can be thought of as acts of cooperation in which numerous people cooperate by attending, and share the potential costs and risks of doing so. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass political demonstrations. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or they may undertake direct action in an attempt to enact desired changes themselves. When protests are part of a systematic and peaceful nonviolent campaign to achieve a particular objective, and involve the use of pressure as well as persuasion, they go beyond mere protest and may be better described as civil resistance or nonviolent resistance. Read more on Wikipedia