Protest

The protest (Latin protestor, - ari, publicly testify ') is a verbal or nonverbal expression of rejection or appeal to particular events, situations, or to a particular type of policy. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements of opinion up to mass demonstrations. Protesters may organize a protest by making their views public, to gain influence on public opinion or policy, or by trying by means of a direct action to bring about the desired changes. Where the protest is part of a systematic and peaceful campaign to achieve a certain goal, and both political pressure and persuasion involves, he goes beyond mere protest and may be better described as a case of civil resistance or nonviolent action.

Various forms of protest are legally part, limited by economic circumstances, religious belief rules, social structures or monopolized mass media. If such restrictions before, the protest may take the form of open civil disobedience or even more subtle resistance against those restrictions or influence on other areas such as culture and emigration behavior. Protest can be increased over disagreements, sit-ins, riots, insurrections, riots to political and social revolutions.

Finally, the protest may be the subject of a counter- protest, sometimes even, in which case the supporters of the latter, the positions against which directed the original protest advocate.

Selection of known protests

• Europe in the 16th century: List of peasant revolts, Protestantism
• North America in the 1770s: American Revolution
• July Revolution of 1830
• Paris Commune
• May 1968
• Civil rights movement, the Stonewall riots
• Worldwide students 1964-1968 revolutions: see, eg, extra-parliamentary opposition