Tag: Protest
Veterans Defend Standing Rock Protesters
*By Louis PascarellaTime Period: December 2016Location: United States, North Dakota (Standing Rock Reservation)Main Actors: Veterans, Veterans Stand for Standing RockTactics - Protest - Non-violent occupation - Assemblies of protest The...
A “Wall of Vets” Protects Free Expression in Portland
*By Sivahn SapirsteinTime Period: Summer 2020Location: Portland, Oregon (and then spread across USA)Main Actors: Wall of Vets Facebook GroupTactics - Protective Presence - Nonviolent Interjection Following the police killing of...
Sikh Langars Feed Protests for Farmers’ Rights
*By Claire TrillingTime Period: November 2020 - December 2021Location: Delhi, IndiaMain Actors: Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee & other Sikh organizationsTactics - Protest camps, nonviolent occupation - Declarations by organizations...
Hungarian Evangelicals Resist Democratic Backsliding
*By Adam FeferTime Period: 2010-2019Location: Budapest, HungaryMain Actors: Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship (HEF), Pastor Gábor Iványi.Tactics - Declarations by organizations and institutions - Selective social boycott - Protective presence - Signed...
Activating Faith: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference Fights for Freedom
*By Lucianne NelsonTime Period: Civil Rights Era, 1955-1970sLocation: United StatesMain Actors: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); affiliate churches; Civil Rights organizersTactics - Protest–teach-ins to educate and encourage participation -...
“Ask your Doctor if Voting is Right for You!” American Doctors Speak Out on Voting
*By Lucianne NelsonTime Period: PresentLocation: United StatesMain Actors: The American Medical Association (AMA)Tactics - Declarations by Organizations and Institutions In its June 2022 annual meeting, the American Medical Association (AMA)...
Brazilian Doctors Strike for Healthcare Reform and Democracy
*By Louis PascarellaTime Period: 1977-1981Location: BrazilMain Actors: Brazilian Doctor’s UnionTactics - Professional Strike - Slowdown Strike - Marches - Establishing new social patterns In 1964, a military coup overthrew Brazil’s...
Lawyers in Pakistan March Against a Military Dictator
*By Adam Fefer Time Period: 2007-09Location: PakistanMain Actors: National Action Committee of Lawyers, Pakistan Bar Association, Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) party, Ifitkhar Muhammad ChaudhryTactics...
Labor Unions Join the Fight for Civil Rights
*By Lucianne NelsonTime Period: Civil Rights Era, 1955-1970sLocation: United StatesMain Actors: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); Labor unionsTactics - Mass action - Boycotts - Protests/Marches - Protective Presence/Witnessing Following...
Indian Farmers’ Unions Block Roads to Bolster Democracy
*By Claire TrillingTime Period: June 2020 - December 2021Location: India (Punjab & Delhi)Main Actors: Farm Unions, organized under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (“United Farmers’ Front”)Tactics - Protest camps, nonviolent occupation,...