Activism
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| '''Activism''' consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct [[social change|social]], [[political campaign|political]], [[economics|economic]], or [[Natural environment|environmental]] change, or stasis. The term connotes a peaceful form of conflict. Various forms of activism range from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, [[economic activism]] such as [[boycott]]s or preferentially patronizing businesses, rallies, [[Demonstration (people)|street marches]], [[strike action|strikes]], [[sit-ins]], and [[hunger strike]]s. Research is beginning to explore how activist groups in the United States and Canada are using [[social media]] to facilitate civic engagement and collective action. | '''Activism''' consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct [[social change|social]], [[political campaign|political]], [[economics|economic]], or [[Natural environment|environmental]] change, or stasis. The term connotes a peaceful form of conflict. Various forms of activism range from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, [[economic activism]] such as [[boycott]]s or preferentially patronizing businesses, rallies, [[Demonstration (people)|street marches]], [[strike action|strikes]], [[sit-ins]], and [[hunger strike]]s. Research is beginning to explore how activist groups in the United States and Canada are using [[social media]] to facilitate civic engagement and collective action. | ||
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Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental change, or stasis. The term connotes a peaceful form of conflict. Various forms of activism range from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing businesses, rallies, street marches, strikes, sit-ins, and hunger strikes. Research is beginning to explore how activist groups in the United States and Canada are using social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action.
Methods
- Agitation
- Civil disobedience
- Community building
- Dissident
- Economic activism
- Boycott
- Guerrilla gardening (boycott of food- and drug industry)
- Freeganism
- Veganism (boycott of animal usage)
- Vegetarianism (boycott of animal meat usage)
- Consumer activism
- Divestment (a.k.a. Disinvestment)
- Simple living
- Tax resistance
- Boycott
- Franchise activism
- Lobbying
- Media activism
- Nonviolence
- Peace activist and Peace movement
- Political campaigning
- Propaganda
- Protest
- Strike action
- Youth activism
- Atheist activism
See also
- List of activists
- Advocacy group
- Agitator
- Counterculture of the 1960s
- Cultural Marxism
- Community leader
- Feminism
- Media manipulation
- Restorationism
- Social engineering (political science)
- Social movement
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